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5. Atari 800
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 08:48 PM
Dec 2018

It was dead out of the box on Christmas morning. It simply would not turn on. Somehow my dad got the owner of the computer store to meet him on Christmas day to replace it. I don't want to think how that transaction went down...

My blue and white JC Higgins bicycle. It opened up a whole new world for me. n/t monmouth4 Dec 2018 #1
GI Joe anything. Full size 12" high Maine-i-acs Dec 2018 #2
same here oldlibdem Dec 2018 #4
Yup. I got GI Joes and a lot of gear. They were SO fun. LBM20 Dec 2018 #85
Mouse Trap and Slinky, we had a lot of stairs in the home I grew up in. juxtaposed Dec 2018 #3
slinkys are still a lot of fun crazycatlady Dec 2018 #24
Atari 800 targetpractice Dec 2018 #5
I loved my Atari 800! DonaldsRump Dec 2018 #7
I moved on to an Amiga... What was your next computer? targetpractice Dec 2018 #11
I kept it until I graduated from college DonaldsRump Dec 2018 #15
Many hours playing Star Raiders, Missile Command... targetpractice Dec 2018 #16
Star Raiders was fab... DonaldsRump Dec 2018 #18
I do remember Shamus, Battle on the Eastern Front, etc... targetpractice Dec 2018 #41
On Christmas Day!? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #8
My mother was like "Your father is going out for a while." targetpractice Dec 2018 #10
Amazing gift Polybius Dec 2018 #34
The Atari computer designers moved on to Commodore to create the Amiga... targetpractice Dec 2018 #40
The Amiga should have went to Atari Polybius Dec 2018 #42
You can get Amiga & Atari emulators for Windows and Mac... targetpractice Dec 2018 #45
I was also really bummed out that the Atari did not get the Amiga... targetpractice Dec 2018 #46
Books, books and more books Cal Carpenter Dec 2018 #6
I loved getting books, too Ohiogal Dec 2018 #43
My first pair of skates that weren't USED..... a kennedy Dec 2018 #9
Probably the Batman Big Wheel I got The Genealogist Dec 2018 #12
Oh, I had a big wheel ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #21
Electronic Star Bird! Codeine Dec 2018 #13
I loved my StarBird... I think I got a Merlin the same year... targetpractice Dec 2018 #17
I still have my Merlin! MontanaMama Dec 2018 #72
My favorite aunt gave me a Kodak camera in the mid 1950's. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #14
Ah yes, the good old Brownie ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #22
You even had to pay for the blurry prints. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #26
I had a 24 roll in a camera when I first moved to CO ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #33
Same here malaise Dec 2018 #87
My Dad asked the Monty Wards department store for some big packing boxes. TygrBright Dec 2018 #19
You win the best present contest! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #25
Cool! NT Adrahil Dec 2018 #74
Circa 1956(?). My brother and I got these cool machine guns on tripods, battery operated and also dameatball Dec 2018 #20
Can I list a birthday present instead? crazycatlady Dec 2018 #23
Your first kitten, I'm guessing ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #27
Her name was Clara crazycatlady Dec 2018 #36
Kitty cow?! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #48
Clara came from my grandfather crazycatlady Dec 2018 #89
Video games...couldn't wait for everybody to leave so I could hole up. nt UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #28
I forgot a Slinky!! akraven Dec 2018 #29
The only time I remember actually getting what I asked Santa to bring. Ink Addict Dec 2018 #30
An aquarium. GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #31
A game called NFL Strategy. My friends and I spent countless hours playing this game! Va Lefty Dec 2018 #32
A book. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #35
'89 lego pirate ship 912gdm Dec 2018 #37
It's a toss up between two. Delmette2.0 Dec 2018 #38
My favorite Christmas present ever was not a toy and not the favorite at the time. PufPuf23 Dec 2018 #39
Now that is an interesting story and present ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #52
I had a "Meet the Presidents" board game kskiska Dec 2018 #44
Gusher (Board game) 1953 DURHAM D Dec 2018 #47
Two: Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #49
That chemistry kit reminds me of the time I got a toy soldier casting kit ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #78
The third gift on my list is similar (but a less dangerous substance) Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #91
A football underpants Dec 2018 #50
Radio Shack 65 in 1 electronics kit! Pic...... USALiberal Dec 2018 #51
I'm jealous of that, and I want one right now ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #55
I loved it! Then took a computer class...... USALiberal Dec 2018 #57
I had one of those!!! I made just about every project and created some of my own. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #82
I'm old, my favorite was a Shirley Temple doll katmondoo Dec 2018 #53
Basically, when I was a kid I got underwear for Christmas. dhol82 Dec 2018 #54
I didn't get Christmas presents dansolo Dec 2018 #56
thanks for that. 912gdm Dec 2018 #60
I converted to Judaism when I was an adult ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #97
A hamster blur256 Dec 2018 #58
I got this really cool electronics kit customerserviceguy Dec 2018 #59
.22 rifle. former9thward Dec 2018 #61
it's a toss-up Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #62
A Vertibird in 1971. Coolest toy ever. But I had ... Whiskeytide Dec 2018 #63
I had to look that up, but now I remember those ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #68
My brother got one. I remember those. Fun! LBM20 Dec 2018 #84
A big red ladder Fire Truck around '62, I was 10yo. dae Dec 2018 #64
OMG Olafjoy Dec 2018 #65
Definitely! Bayard Dec 2018 #76
An Erector Set SeattleVet Dec 2018 #66
A blue bike that was my horse marlakay Dec 2018 #67
Don't lie or Santa won't bring you squat! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #69
Lol I was a kid who practically lived in trees marlakay Dec 2018 #70
I learned to ride on my parents' old Schwinn 3 speeds ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #71
But got the X-wing and TIE Fighter! Adrahil Dec 2018 #73
I wanted a Tie Fighter! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #79
I played with them until they were in pieces... Adrahil Dec 2018 #92
SNES Wrz Dec 2018 #75
A Collie Puppy Bayard Dec 2018 #77
"My brother promptly walked him up to a cherry pie on the table, and nose-dived him into it." ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #80
My family. Dem2theMax Dec 2018 #81
I was expecting this as one answer when I posted ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #94
That warmed my heart! Dem2theMax Dec 2018 #96
Back in the 70's, ice skates, hockey stick and puck, GI Joes, and Micronauts. LBM20 Dec 2018 #83
Etch-A-Sketch, Magic Robot (quiz game where the robot figure would point to the right answer) BritVic Dec 2018 #86
Nintendo 64 and Pokemon Stadium 2. nt Jamaal510 Dec 2018 #88
Not a what but a who... mitch96 Dec 2018 #90
Whoa! Great story! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #95
My dad's best Christmas Gift: panader0 Dec 2018 #93
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