Archive for January, 2006

Toys I Wish I Still Had #8: Microvision

January 10, 2006, 10:37 pm

Slowing making my way to #1, but with a stop-off on the high-tech wonder of the 70s: the first cartridge-based handheld system: the Milton-Bradley Microvision. This was the one toy that was coveted by all: brothers, sisters, friends. I’m not sure who actually got this, though (at the time, there were three sisters and at [...]

Toys I Wish I Still Had #9: Hot Wheels and Sizzlers

January 6, 2006, 6:21 pm

I wasn’t a really big Hot Wheels fan, but in the 70s, everyone had Hot Wheels, so you had to go with the flow. Plus, my brothers both had them, so I got all their cars when they outgrew them. But without all the cool tracks and loops, Hot Wheels were pretty damn boring. [...]