i bought me a toy

[hipshot]

for my birthday, i bought a new toy. i haven't seen one on the market in 30+ years.

do any of you remember ".05 spinning tops"?

you know , the wooden one, that you wrap the string around, and toss!

dang near beat my brains out, trying to re-learn what seemed to come so easy , when i was a kid.

lol

just jt

[BradT]

for my birthday, i bought a new toy.

 

you know , the wooden one, that you wrap the string around, and toss!

 

I do not remember, maybe this is a old Toy !

 

This last statement you sure are leaving yourself open for a 1st gen comment ??

 

Brad

[muffinman]

We were looking at a web site last week that sold them and other old toys. When you get the top mastered post a video :rotf:

Jeff

[Yammer Dan]

Watch out those Old toys are pretty fast.

[Redneck]

Watch out those Old toys are pretty fast.

There is no doubt in my mind that you old first gen guys could have a hard time keeping up with the speed of an old top.

Where the heck have you been hiding anyway?

[Yammer Dan]

There is no doubt in my mind that you old first gen guys could have a hard time keeping up with the speed of an old top.

Where the heck have you been hiding anyway?

 

So far in front of those 2nd Gens that you can't see Us!!!!

[KiteSquid]

Someting like this?????

 

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yoyostore_1952_852542

[hipshot]

Someting like this?????

 

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yoyostore_1952_852542

yeah! that's it.

only mine is RED!!!

red is the fastest!

lol

just jt

[mini-muffin]

But have you figured out how to work it yet JT? Without hurting yourself.

 

Margaret

[BEER30]

Them thing were fun !

Need me to send you a hoop and stick , slingshot , Bag of Marbles , Jacks , anything else to amuse yourself ?

 

 

BEER30

[Eugene]

Them thing were fun !

Need me to send you a hoop and stick , slingshot , Bag of Marbles , Jacks , anything else to amuse yourself ?

 

 

BEER30

 

Hey - I'll take the marbles - seen a bag go for around $200.00 at an auction recently.

(That's Can$ - equal to about US $400.00 - )

[hipshot]

Them thing were fun !

Need me to send you a hoop and stick , slingshot , Bag of Marbles , Jacks , anything else to amuse yourself ?

 

 

BEER30

gene. i have a slingshot(wrist rocket), and coffee cans FULL of old and OLDER marbles, some hand made.

went back to the store, to buy one of those tops, for a friend. guess what.

they weren't there!!!!!!

i asked a sales lady ,what happened to them.

she told me that they had been removed from the shelf,because they were made illegal , many years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shipment should have been sent back to mexico and not shelved at all.

seems ,that the "metal and or plastic ", points were deemed dangerous to users and spectators alike!

go figure. i guess i could make one, like we did in the "olden days" when we couldn't scrape up a nickel for a new one.

lol

 

just jt

[muffinman]

Here ya go Jack I am not sure if you need to be making a top you might hurt your finger and not ba able to ride.

http://www.turnertoys.com/American_Classics_Toys/tops/wooden-toy-spinning-top.htm

 

 

 

 

Jeff

[Rocket]

Hey - I'll take the marbles - seen a bag go for around $200.00 at an auction recently.

(That's Can$ - equal to about US $400.00 - )

 

You lost your marbles???????? Probably long ago too...............:rotf: