Talking with Jay and Jeff Saturday we were reminiscing about our childhood. How Grandma would always buy us a couple army men or vikings or Jap soldiers whenever we would stay with her. We would go uptown to Woolworth's or Grants and there they where. A plethora of plastic goodness. I bet by the time we outgrew them we had 50 to 60 of them. We would pick teams, usually I got the little squirt Jimmy. We then divide up all the army men. We set them up on either side of the dining room and then take turns throwing things at the army men to knock them down. First team to knock all the men down on the opposing team WINS!! How in the world did we come up with that game. Genius. We played that game hundreds of times. All thanks to Grandma. I looked on Ebay for some and here is a couple pictures of some of the men we used.
It was the only game where Vikings , Japanese soldiers, World War II soldiers, cowboys and Indians could all play together.
OH MY GOODNESS. I found a picture of the most sought after army man of all. That crouching soldier. He was always chosen first so you could line him up behind the door stopper, that made him hard as hell to knock down.
Thanks Grandma, we will never forget you.
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It's always fun to reminisce about childhood games and toys. I wish now that I had hung onto some of those for when I had kids. I already know some of the boys favorites that I will hang onto for grandkids someday.
ALL I REMEMBER IS STEPPING ON THEM WITHOUT SHOES AND YELLING BUT I DO ADMIT REMEMBERING THE BOYS PLAYING FOR HOURS, NICE STORY
Them, was the good old days before video games that rot children's brains.
My brothers had those. I think on one fourth of July one of them stuck a firecracker in one and it melted, or did I dream that?
we had fun just talking about them. The gift that keeps on giving I guess. Some of the things we threw were a plastic horseshoe and solid rubber ring, it was the best day!
you forgot about the cavemen
this post is so easy even jimmy can read it
I'm glad you boys have such good memories of growing up and the games you made up. Thanks to a wonderful grandma that knew how to make her grandsons happy. Just a small part of her wonderful legacy.
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