A bit of toy history, has been in this guy's aunts backyard for decades (x/post from StarWars)

GrewUpaScrewUp · 2012-11-15T21:26:49+00:00

It's an old toy sir, but it checks out.

Timibumatay · 2012-11-15T17:35:47+00:00

Looks safe as ever.

wolfincommand · 2012-11-15T18:19:19+00:00

I think the moss and leaves just make it more authentic.

chip8222 · 2012-11-15T19:26:32+00:00

I will give whoever owns that $1,000 for it.

bashe · 2012-11-15T21:15:27+00:00

I have a friend who has a couple still in the box. His stepfather has a hardware store and bought them in 1984 and they never sold and he still has them in the warehouse.

edit. He said he did some research a few years ago and found they were extremely rare and in the box were almost impossible to find. He did put one on ebay but it never sold.

CM816 · 2012-11-15T20:43:16+00:00

What a piece of junk!

supersmax · 2012-11-15T19:52:39+00:00

For some reason this makes me a little sad. Something that once brought joy to children, still earnestly standing there, ready for the next generation of little jedis who won't ever trundle into that part of endor.

Time for a beer and a feelings.

b4dkarm4 · 2012-11-15T19:08:04+00:00

Oh man, I remember BEGGING my parents to buy me this.

No dice. :(

brbrcrbtr · 2012-11-15T19:51:30+00:00

That dog is probably long dead.

andersjoh · 2012-11-15T18:59:20+00:00

This is the coolest thing ever! Where can i buy it??

MUSTY_BALLSACK · 2012-11-15T18:00:03+00:00

/r/abandonedPorn

sgtpppr · 2012-11-15T22:47:05+00:00

The wear and tear of nature actually makes this look more like it's on the forest moon of Endor. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want this and I'm 35.

pleasingcolourscheme · 2012-11-15T18:06:22+00:00

Fix it! T'would be the best refurbished toy ever.

sweetlee · 2012-11-15T19:29:59+00:00

A console that makes 4 sounds? That's one more than I need. Forget it.

mcmurphy1 · 2012-11-15T18:32:05+00:00

I want to go to there.

WPG33 · 2012-11-15T19:25:55+00:00

As a huge Star Wars fanatic, I just learned this product existed. Amazing.

MrSelfdizstruct75 · 2012-11-15T19:55:07+00:00

WORTH MONEY!!!

98Toyota4Runner · 2012-11-15T20:02:20+00:00

Looking at that picture really makes me want to pressure wash that thing and get it so fresh and so clean.

toinfinitiandbeyond · 2012-11-16T00:00:55+00:00

I'll trade you Solo and the Wookie for it.

raziel1144 · 2012-11-15T21:31:11+00:00

does that random comma, bother anyone else

Yodela · 2012-11-15T20:45:05+00:00

Looks even better as it aged.

dirtymuffins23 · 2012-11-15T18:21:19+00:00

i wish my parents loved me enough to get me one of those as a child.

whtnonsnse · 2012-11-15T21:15:25+00:00

I used to play on one of these as a kid. Had my first kiss in it. Second grade, her name was Tina, she was a total ho. I will never forget that sweet, sweet swingset

Kjeldoran0 · 2012-11-15T18:48:19+00:00

Oh, man, I want that. I would buy that from him in a heartbeat.

tossit22 · 2012-11-15T19:34:45+00:00

That was made of high quality materials! I can't believe even the poles have lasted without rusting away!

sccerfrk26 · 2012-11-15T20:02:46+00:00

My best friend growing up had one. It was the greatest toy ever created. Dangerous as hell but-oh-so fun. Like a lot of things I guess.

realdeal6649 · 2012-11-15T20:48:44+00:00

There was a kid that lived two doors down and across the street and this....THIS....was the only reason I played at his house.

CountChugula · 2012-11-15T22:21:36+00:00

I lost my virginity in one of those. Maybe that one.

SirPoop · 2012-11-15T18:59:51+00:00

Reminds me of the deer stand in Day Z

sherunsguns · 2012-11-15T19:25:54+00:00

power wash that, and offer tours.

NikkoTheGreeko · 2012-11-15T18:09:18+00:00

Paint it camo, instant Deer hunting stand.

QuesoSc2 · 2012-11-15T19:48:05+00:00

Smokespot

Bikenutt · 2012-11-15T19:35:41+00:00

This thing needs a rescue stat!

Irkala · 2012-11-15T19:58:09+00:00

Oh man, I had one of those growing up and yes it was about as awesome as you'd think. Though I do seem to remember that the speed bike swing had a bunch of moving parts that could pinch fingers of first time riders.

I remember the instillation was a big deal with lots of family coming up to help. I deeply regretted losing access to it when we moved.

snatchinyopeopleup · 2012-11-15T21:15:51+00:00

How is it toy history? Is there something rare about it? My grandmother had one of these she bought for us to play in as well. I loved it. It's still there. If she's sitting on a gold mine I NEED TO KNOW

AudreyBway · 2012-11-15T18:11:01+00:00

In the south, that's a deer stand.

dirtymoney · 2012-11-15T21:05:06+00:00

Fuck that guy, my mom wouldnt even get me the Millennium falcon

Tron-Gorf · 2012-11-15T21:37:00+00:00

Echoing faintly on the wind, "pew pew pew".

1337Lulz · 2012-11-15T21:49:50+00:00

Would make a nice deer stand.

notuw · 2012-11-15T22:17:23+00:00

Shit only rich people had.

Anaract · 2012-11-15T23:36:41+00:00

get that damn comma out of there

LouisiAnimal · 2012-11-15T23:55:46+00:00

that's called a deer stand where I'm from...

BrainWav · 2012-11-15T19:38:45+00:00

Holy crap, I've seen the picture of the box, but this is the first time I've seen a picture of it actually assembled.

Kotomm · 2012-11-15T19:46:40+00:00

Have seen the first pic many times, oddly enough this is the first time I have actually seen the actual setup.

pdubdubs · 2012-11-15T20:05:14+00:00

TAKE MY MONEY!!!

Sr_Machete · 2012-11-15T20:11:40+00:00

wtf this existed?! This makes me want to get that pod racer arcade game...it was so sick

blackdutch · 2012-11-15T20:22:59+00:00

I had one as a kid and haven't seen a picture of one in two decades. Those buttons had sound effects, too. But the rain damaged ours pretty quickly. So many happy times.

BrokenMasterpiece · 2012-11-15T20:31:36+00:00

A 4 sound electronic console? Is this from the future?

Always-hungry · 2012-11-15T20:31:56+00:00

Clean it up and make it look cool again, then post it in DIY and get at lot of sweet karma

braq_attack · 2012-11-15T20:32:19+00:00

looks rickety af

Logical_Always · 2012-11-15T20:35:30+00:00

/r/powerwasherporn

bananabody · 2012-11-15T20:37:38+00:00

I want to go to there

nuinbot · 2012-11-15T20:37:41+00:00

At first I thought this was a screen cap from /r/DayZ. Yeah, my front page is a mess.

GammaLeo · 2012-11-15T20:38:13+00:00

My family had one years ago. Me and my bro played on it until we got to big for it. Had to have it destroyed when the supports started rusting out from under it. Impossible to preserve something like that normally.

ElleCerra · 2012-11-15T20:38:43+00:00

Frank from American Pickers would be on this.

V8titanpwr · 2012-11-15T20:39:12+00:00

I would totally rock this as a hunting stand.

lalondtm · 2012-11-15T20:40:06+00:00

makes a nice tree stand

sllewgh · 2012-11-15T20:44:51+00:00

American Pickers incoming

coderguyagb · 2012-11-15T20:54:05+00:00

On behalf of all 'people of a certain age', i hate you. :-)

Pete_on_Reddit · 2012-11-15T20:58:21+00:00

I would have loved the shit out of that when I was a kid.

blotters · 2012-11-15T21:00:24+00:00

That's a good lookin' dog

Acheronix · 2012-11-15T21:07:58+00:00

Who stole the console!!

speede · 2012-11-15T21:09:26+00:00

A family up the street from me had one of these. It was awe-inspiring to roughly 6-8 year old me.

Beer_Nazi · 2012-11-15T21:18:35+00:00

I have that top photo posted in my office and never thought anyone actually bought one. Very nice.

Stretch82 · 2012-11-15T21:26:35+00:00

looks like a prototype of the iron dome israel is using

TrampledEcho · 2012-11-15T21:28:33+00:00

Brilliant toy. Excellent choice, parents!

Lunch3Box · 2012-11-15T21:33:46+00:00

Thing looks kind of flimsy to support that speeder underneath swinging around, but it appears to have held up.

churika · 2012-11-15T21:38:29+00:00

I still have one of these as well

rblue · 2012-11-15T21:44:49+00:00

I wanted that thing so bad when I was a kid.

(That's what she said)

Erimud · 2012-11-15T21:45:41+00:00

It looks even better with weathering- why don't they make these adult sized?

Rielos · 2012-11-15T21:46:45+00:00

OMG! I totally had the speeder on a normal swing-set back in the day! That thing was awesome.

Memories...

guapolvr · 2012-11-15T21:55:22+00:00

yeah, wonder why they stopped making these things?

rammaam · 2012-11-15T21:56:37+00:00

I want one!!

Program_These · 2012-11-15T22:02:18+00:00

Bees

^Bees

^{^Bees}

^{^{^Bees}}

^{^{^{^BEES}}}

D:

AliasUndercover · 2012-11-15T22:17:26+00:00

I doubt that the plastic is salvageable, but someone should damn well try.

papalugnut · 2012-11-15T22:25:49+00:00

Best deer stand ever!!

clyder · 2012-11-15T22:26:01+00:00

I had one of those! So much fun was had!

Tulwar77 · 2012-11-15T22:27:14+00:00

this must have been the best thing ever =D

mtme · 2012-11-15T22:29:14+00:00

:( brings back so many memories. We always played at that kid's house because he was the only one with a playset. So awesome.

momatt · 2012-11-15T22:33:26+00:00

Looks like a good tree stand to me

Chatonsky · 2012-11-15T22:33:45+00:00

I need one of these...for my future kids.

Nakadai · 2012-11-15T22:37:05+00:00

reminds me of the German bunkers on Normany beach, with stilts !

Flea0 · 2012-11-15T22:40:48+00:00

I'm surprised, it actually seems to be the actual size the picture on the ad suggested it would be.

Amsterdom · 2012-11-15T22:41:35+00:00

THAT EXISTED?!?!

my parents must have hated me

JustGodlyEnough · 2012-11-15T22:42:34+00:00

I have one of those! In rather better condition too haha

AmpleReason · 2012-11-15T22:49:25+00:00

Is that kid in inside wearing an rebel helmet or does he have a really bad bowl cut?

DrunkSpatula · 2012-11-15T22:50:27+00:00

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!

wait_a_tick · 2012-11-15T22:52:55+00:00

DO. WANT.

JDre · 2012-11-15T23:01:51+00:00

URBAN DECAY!

drunkstepdad · 2012-11-15T23:07:17+00:00

Farm fresh, just how I like them.

Ozzertron · 2012-11-15T23:14:05+00:00

So, Leia and Han up in the control tower with Luke on the speeder bike while Chewbacca looks on?

Kickinback32 · 2012-11-15T23:18:23+00:00

Can I just say the company was extremely smart, they took a cheap deer stand added a swing sworn cheap shaped plastic and add cheap mold plastic to the top. Then slapped a star wars label on it and probably sold it at 4 times the cost.

Avarra · 2012-11-15T23:20:59+00:00

The dogs like "fuck I wanna be up there"

cheese7782 · 2012-11-15T23:25:52+00:00

awesome

Detective_Dinosaur · 2012-11-15T23:29:26+00:00

Shut up and take my money!

aenima1991 · 2012-11-15T23:30:29+00:00

DUDE I WANT TO BUY THAT FROM THAT GUY'S AUNT

Dr_Medic345 · 2012-11-15T23:31:37+00:00

That Speedbike looks like the ultimate nut dstroyer.

internet-arbiter · 2012-11-15T23:33:10+00:00

Holy shit I had one of these. It was AWESOME.

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