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  1. December 9th, 2004, 04:41 PM #1
    meatwad
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    Flashback to my youth.

    I remember going to the store when I was little and buying these things. They were usually broken after 15 minutes, but they were damn fun. Who needs expensive toys when you've got theses!

    http://www.rudystoys.com/category.aspx?categoryID=116
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  2. December 9th, 2004, 04:43 PM #2
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    Remember the ice cream man that came by the school used to sell those.
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  3. December 9th, 2004, 04:52 PM #3
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    the good ole days. anyone ever get the big styrafoam (sp?) ones? where the final toss was the one where it hit head first and the wings broke off.....
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  4. December 9th, 2004, 04:55 PM #4
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    damn...they used to be a quarter at most!
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  5. December 9th, 2004, 05:02 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by geeksRus
    damn...they used to be a quarter at most!
    I know. We paid about $.35-.50 depending on if they had props or not. Now the friggin COST is $.70.
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  6. December 9th, 2004, 05:16 PM #6
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    the smaller balsa wood ones that were just gliders were a nickel (damn i feel old) and the bigger powered ones were a quarter. i think i was able to keep one for a week before it broke.
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  7. December 9th, 2004, 05:17 PM #7
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    Balsa? LUXURY!

    Ours were just compressed styrofoam and about the same size.

    My fav was the Spitfire.



    Gonna have to go find some for the boy now.
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  8. December 9th, 2004, 08:32 PM #8
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    I actually have one of those on my desk, got it from a tech show in Pittsburg in october
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  9. December 9th, 2004, 09:08 PM #9
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    I remember all of those.

    I think i had just about every balsa one that is shown there at one time or another.
    I also had just about all of the smaller styrofoam ones as a kid too
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