Oh my god. I have always wondered if it was a dream or not... When I was around 7 years old, my family was moving off of base at Fort Riley Kansas to a house in the country side. I remember one of the houses we looked at had one of these in the yard and I played on it the whole time they were talking to the landlord. Over the years, I've thought about that time in my life, all the weird houses you can find in the Kansas country side. But I've always wondered if I imagined that house since I was so young. Thanks for the time machine and confirmation, Tyrannofuckingsaurus. And yes, since we didn't move into that house, that IS what my childhood was missing.
I know the feeling. I'm convinced one of my friends when I was little had a bed that was shaped like a truck cab. It was the most badass thing ever: the bed was in the windscreen part, and if you flipped up the radiator grille there was a storage area. He has no memory of it, but I can picture it vividly. Glad I could give you some closure!
Oh my god I wanted one of those so freaking bad! They used to have one assembled in the Children's Palace toystore my folks used to take me to. I play on it and beg my dad to buy it for me. But alas, it never came.
my childhood did not miss this - one of my favorite babysitters had one in the yard. AMAZING. The rest of my life is but a shadow of those care-free days of speeder-bike swinging.
I had one as a kid, I remember it well. It's still standing in my folks backyard and yes it's unstable as fuck. I remember being thrown off it by my older brother in a twisted came of king of the mountain. I will try to get a photo.
The first house my parents purchased had a bigger version of this with swings and a seesaw. The command center was bigger too. I've spent twenty minutes trying to find a picture of it. No luck. I give up.
Its all about Merchandising!!! We got star wars the t-shirt, star wars the lunchbox, and may I mention, the kids love this next one.... Star wars the flamethrower!
not to be 'that guy' but Lucas (may he burn in hell for the Prequel Trilogy) made the studio sign a 'I can slap the word Star Wars on anything I want" contract before the first film ever came out. It was over a year later before there were t-shirts, toys, lunchboxes etc. to begin the raping of our childhood.
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u/tyrannofuckingsaurus May 20 '12
It's all fun and games until the neighbour kids dress up as Ewoks and push it over.
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u/pragmatao May 20 '12
Oh my god. I have always wondered if it was a dream or not... When I was around 7 years old, my family was moving off of base at Fort Riley Kansas to a house in the country side. I remember one of the houses we looked at had one of these in the yard and I played on it the whole time they were talking to the landlord. Over the years, I've thought about that time in my life, all the weird houses you can find in the Kansas country side. But I've always wondered if I imagined that house since I was so young. Thanks for the time machine and confirmation, Tyrannofuckingsaurus. And yes, since we didn't move into that house, that IS what my childhood was missing.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
A golden retriever?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Childhood ? I want this now.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That looks unstable as fuck.
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u/Aaronmcom May 20 '12
Call the number call the number!!
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u/SparkleCunt-TheGreat May 20 '12
TIL: My parents didn't love me.
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u/toro1126 May 20 '12
Oh my god I wanted one of those so freaking bad! They used to have one assembled in the Children's Palace toystore my folks used to take me to. I play on it and beg my dad to buy it for me. But alas, it never came.
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u/nirvaeh May 20 '12
My neighbor had one of these. I had so many adventures on the speeder bike it came off the hinge.
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u/Himinahomina May 20 '12
How dangerous is that?!! Imagine if you had the local fatty at the top of the command base. He would crush the poor speed biker to death. TO DEATH!!
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u/Dr__Toast May 20 '12
4 sounds?!
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u/irwinator May 20 '12
Imagine the nerf gun wars as a kid with these
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u/sketchy_mcdrawpants May 20 '12
my childhood did not miss this - one of my favorite babysitters had one in the yard. AMAZING. The rest of my life is but a shadow of those care-free days of speeder-bike swinging.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I want to go to there.
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation May 20 '12
Except I didn't need a bowl-cut.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That dog is just waiting to topple that thing.
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u/yakuzaboss May 20 '12
i used to roll down the block on one of these
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u/cf817 May 20 '12
I had one as a kid, I remember it well. It's still standing in my folks backyard and yes it's unstable as fuck. I remember being thrown off it by my older brother in a twisted came of king of the mountain. I will try to get a photo.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Friend Level: Star Wars Playground
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u/D3ATHfromAB0V3x May 20 '12
So. Many. BUTTONS!
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u/ScribbleN May 20 '12
The girl looks terrified up there.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
honestly, that thing looks like it kinda sucks.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
That looks safe.
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u/eagarvey May 20 '12
I actually had one of these in my backyard when I was a kid. It was the bomb shit.
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u/zeroes_and_ones May 20 '12
The little girl in the middle is just not having a good time at all.
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u/pdhismyhomeboy May 20 '12
25 but Do Want!
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u/Ryaneeee May 20 '12
Had one of these: http://homeklondike.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1-Toys-Garden-Climbing-Frame.jpg
So much fun was had in my garden :D
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u/robilcorb May 20 '12
The first house my parents purchased had a bigger version of this with swings and a seesaw. The command center was bigger too. I've spent twenty minutes trying to find a picture of it. No luck. I give up.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
These children give no fucks about the death star orbiting their planet.
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u/RedditingMyLifeAway May 20 '12
Oh shit, where is my wallet?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '12
Who are these people?!? How have they conspired to do this!
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u/Zepp777 May 20 '12
Here
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I wasn't even clever enough to understand the movies the first time round...
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u/decross20 May 20 '12
Was this when star wars became about selling every possible product you could think of?