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As a kid growing up in the 1970s, the toys I did not like were toy lines based on TV/Movie properties I did not watch. I was not a fan of Star Trek, or Planet of the Apes, so I really never played with Mego as a kid (That came later). I primarily collected the 12-inch GI Joe Adventure Team line. Then, I moved on to The Six Million Dollar Man and all his stuff, then Star Wars came out and I started collecting that line. Didn't have a lot of room (or money) to collect any other toy lines.
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Play-Doh and Play-Doh paraphernalia. My opinion about it softened for a short period, long about the time I discovered "Mr. Bill" from Saturday Night Live, but for me it largely held no appeal.
Train sets were okay, but the set up and tear down for so little a payoff made me not play with them much. Mainly, I would set it up to entertain my kid sister who got all the benefit without having to futz with the details.
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Have to agree on the sports toys.
OTOH I was happy with actual sports equipment. We played a ton of wiffle ball in the back yard in the day.
I was also not into playing with super heroes. I liked reading comics, building SH model kits, watching the TV shows. But I had no interest in super hero toys.Comment
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Hard to believe given my love for nearly every action figure line of the 1970's at this point, but I never could get into BIG JIM when I was a kid. My older cousin had them and loved them, and I'd kinda reluctantly play with them with him, but I never really thought they were all that cool. I appreciate them more now, but yeah that was one of the few toy lines that I didn't covet whatsoever. I was always begging my cousin to just pull out the Bionic Man toys and Evel Knievel instead of Big Jim.Comment
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