vending machines and local drugstore..

[mightyquinn]

[QUOTE=jwyblejr;414204]I always went after the rubber balls you could get out of the machines.[/QUOTE

Me too. My kids still love those charms, esp the sticky hands and slime.

[Evel KMego]

I used to put the football helmets on my Megos and have pretend football games

[HardyGirl]

I always went after the rubber balls you could get out of the machines.[/QUOTE

Me too. My kids still love those charms, esp the sticky hands and slime.

Oh wow! I forgot about the slime! The gumball machine version was the only one I had b/c my mom vetoed getting me the trash can version w/ the worms. Of course it got kinda dirty and got smaller over time, but it was still fun.

[generic]

I just got some slime out of a vending machine over the summer I had a couple of the football helmets (no idea where they ended up), but I really didn't ever get much out of those machines...not that I didn't want to!

[EmergencyIan]

I have very clear memories of seeing those NFL helmets in the vending machines.

- Ian

[Neutron X]

I remeber a 3 mile bike ride to get a pocket ful of Squirmels and bouncing balls/ I had 10 dimes and I was ready to go. I still have 2 of the little fluffy worms you pulled with a thread to do tricks.

[vulcan2074]

I still get stuff from those machines. The last two things that I got were these little monkeys who were in different poses and a bunch of crazy looking stickers with monkeys. I Love monkeys
Sammy

[palitoy]

Saw this on Ebay last month and could not resist...

[Wee67]

[Wee67]

[ScottA]

Good ol' NFL helmet sets. Had those and the Buggy-helmet cars. Still have the gumball helmets but sadly, not the buggies.

Also have the Super Hero stickers. Don't think I have all 5 though.

My wonderful wife got me a set of cherished Super Hero secret ID flicker cards a few Christmases back. There was a machine at our local Howard's store that had those, stickers, patches, you name it. I broke my parents for quarters.
Chris

I'm missing just one of them. But I can't remember who it is. And I think I have 2 of Spider-man.

[EmergencyIan]

^ Oh, I remember those vending machine parachutists now! A real flashback.


- Ian

[70's-toy-fan]

Great stuff man..great stuff.really far out..

[tomstoyz2]

I used to love all the wacky stuff you could get but felt ripped-off a lot of times because the display card would have a Gold Rolex Watch & you would get a Cheap-Plastic Duck, ha!

[UnderdogDJLSW]

My fondest vending machine memory is of some plastic Star Wars knockoff ...

I had some of these, too. A white one that sort of looked like the Falcon and a dark blue one that was an X-wing with the wings closed.