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re: Vintage Toys - See n' Say
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:14 am to 91TIGER
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:14 am to 91TIGER
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At that time, it was extremely difficult to get player jerseys. You couldn’t just walk into a Target or a Dick’s and choose whatever one you want. The Sears catalog was about the only place to get these jerseys. And every year they only had one player from each team. They would switch up so that one year they might have Terry Bradshaw for the Steelers and the next year they would have Franco Harris. One year they would have Bob Griese for the Dolphins and the next year they would have Larry Czonka.
I’m guessing from the picture of above, this was probably around 1978 or 1979. It couldn’t have been before 1976 as there’s a Jim Zorn (Seattle) and Doug Williams (Bucs) at the bottom.
I can pretty much name all the players associated with each jersey. Without looking it up, these are the ones that I’m not quite sure of -
Green Bay (#17 - David Whitehurst?)
Kansas City (#10 - Mike Livingston?)
Minnesota (#6 - not a clue)
San Francisco (#86 - Freddie Solomon?)
The rest are fairly easy.
Minnesota is completely stumping me. I know that Fran Tarkenton wore #10 and he was replaced by Tommy Kramer #9. But I can’t remember anyone who wore #6 for the Vikings. Maybe Tommy Kramer wore #6 and later switched to #9?
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:46 am to liz18lsu
Was playing with this OG with my niece last week.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:04 am to MemphisGuy
I had this version. Good times.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:05 am to S
When I was a kid, I had the electronic football game. It could get boring pretty easily having to set up the players after each play.
A good friend of mine had the Foto Electric Hall of Fame game. I preferred that over the electronic football.
It’s kind of hard to explain but I’ll give it a try. It was designed for two players. Basically, they had a stack of defensive plays, and a stack of offensive plays. If you’re on offense, you picked an offensive play (either a run or pass). The defense player would pick a defense play. You would stick the plays into a slot on either side of the game. You would then turn on the light underneath the slots and you would see where the plays intersected. If a defensive player was in the line of the offensive player, the defensive player stopped the offensive player. If the offensive player made a clean pass or run to the end zone, the offensive player scored a touchdown. Like I said, it’s hard to describe.
A good friend of mine had the Foto Electric Hall of Fame game. I preferred that over the electronic football.
It’s kind of hard to explain but I’ll give it a try. It was designed for two players. Basically, they had a stack of defensive plays, and a stack of offensive plays. If you’re on offense, you picked an offensive play (either a run or pass). The defense player would pick a defense play. You would stick the plays into a slot on either side of the game. You would then turn on the light underneath the slots and you would see where the plays intersected. If a defensive player was in the line of the offensive player, the defensive player stopped the offensive player. If the offensive player made a clean pass or run to the end zone, the offensive player scored a touchdown. Like I said, it’s hard to describe.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:14 am to liz18lsu
They don't make these anymore? How do kids learn the sound of animals?
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:34 am to liz18lsu
As far as obscure toys, I had some weird electronic project box, probably from Radio Shack where you could hook up wires and batteries for different projects.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:40 am to liz18lsu
Still got 'em in the closet
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:50 am to Nole Man
Nice.
The Mouse Trap game. Because of the TV commercial and kids yelling "MOUSE TRAP" I thought yelling it when it was "caught" was part of the game rules
I also had a bunch of Tonka Toy trucks. One survived. The wrecker.
The Mouse Trap game. Because of the TV commercial and kids yelling "MOUSE TRAP" I thought yelling it when it was "caught" was part of the game rules
I also had a bunch of Tonka Toy trucks. One survived. The wrecker.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:59 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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Gumball Machine mini NFL football helmets
I had the complete set (28) , took forever to finally get the last one, was probably 1981-82...the Houston Oilers - pretty sure I showed what a nerd I was as I ran thru the store singing the Houston Oilers fight song (no idea why I even knew it). "Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers!" Looking back it just reminds me of how much fun it was to try to collect something and it taking such a long time, it created a memory - now all you have to do is go to feebay and buy what you want.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 9:03 am
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:00 am to 91TIGER
Those Cowboys & Indian fort sets -- we all had them.
Meanwhile, the Sears Christmas catalog was Santa Claus Outlet Central.
Army sets like this -- everybody had them.
Mine came with dead Germans, a blow-up machine gun nest that fired a cap for the explosion-effect and all kinds of tanks and armor. You'd add to your American soldiers collection to completely overwhelm the German numbers. We'd drop marbles / "bombs" on the guys to "kill" them.
Meanwhile, the Sears Christmas catalog was Santa Claus Outlet Central.
Army sets like this -- everybody had them.
Mine came with dead Germans, a blow-up machine gun nest that fired a cap for the explosion-effect and all kinds of tanks and armor. You'd add to your American soldiers collection to completely overwhelm the German numbers. We'd drop marbles / "bombs" on the guys to "kill" them.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:01 am to MMauler
Still have one like this in my mom's attic. It had other overlays where you could play hockey, baseball, and other games. We mostly just played football on it. It was fun as hell.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:06 am to EphesianArmor
"Big Job" dump truck by Marx. Quite a toy.
My buddy had one and got bored. He, we decided to set it aflame and roll it down a big hill
I had a beautiful submarine that fired missiles and torpedoes. The next day we set that baby aflame in the brook by our house.
Aaah, those were the days.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:09 am to EphesianArmor
Light Brite was cool. Had the chemistry set. Think I accidentally made chlorine gas once I had an electric train set for all of a day. Left it on without the train on it and it burned up.
I had an electric train set for all of a day. Left it on without the train on it and it burned up. Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:11 am to MMauler
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Minnesota is completely stumping me. I know that Fran Tarkenton wore #10 and he was replaced by Tommy Kramer #9. But I can’t remember anyone who wore #6 for the Vikings. Maybe Tommy Kramer wore #6 and later switched to #9?
I do not recall who # 6 was. You are correct, Kramer wore #9. I do recall though, as a kid, I received the Tarkenton jersey about 4 Christmas' in a row from this very catalog. He was my guy, even growing up in New Orleans. Odd, I was just thinking of this very item yesterday.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 9:43 am to tgrfan87
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I do not recall who # 6 was.
By the numbers
They don't show anyone wearing 6 for Vikings until 1990?
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 9:51 am
Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:10 am to liz18lsu
The original Worlds or Wonder Lazer Tag was the shite. Blew the home Photon gear out of the water.
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 10:19 am to 91TIGER
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Players just went everywhere and no sense of control. It took so much time setting up just to start it for 10 seconds to become a complete mess. Our friends all loved to play with it for a few minutes too.
Rookie. You had to take the RB and push him across the carpet a few times to make the little plastic things on the bottom lay down some. That SOB would run straight as an arrow for about 20 seconds. My Tony Dorsett was money at shooting through a gap in that Pittsburgh line.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 11:01 am to PCRammer
i still have a pretty extensive collection of vintage kenner Star Wars stuff and a lot of vintage lego sets as well. i realize it's nerdy as hell, but i've made peace with that.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:09 pm to LSUisSEC
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I still remember the smell of those things when you made them.
me, too!
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:49 pm to tgrfan87
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I do not recall who # 6 was. You are correct, Kramer wore #9.
Okay, I went back and checked the Vikings roster from around this time period. They never had a #6. My best guess would be that the #6 is supposed to be #9 and some idiot ironed it on upside down and another idiot put it in the Sears catalog without checking first. It’s supposed to be #9 for Tommy Kramer.
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