My Collection: Tomy Plastic Games / T.H.I.N.G.S. by Milton Bradley

So as a kid I had one T.H.I.N.G.S. toy, and that was Sir Ring-a-Lot. My neighbor had one called Grabbit. I know it was a simpler time but I loved playing these simple little wind-up games. I still have my original Sir Ring-a-Lot (minus his rings though), and was lucky enough to get a boxed one through a trade online.

Then I found a plastic Tomy game called "Kid Kong" at a thrift store. It was a cool looking piece which I initially intended to try and re-sell to make a few bucks. I pulled it apart and fixed the broken mechanism inside, and decided it was too cool to get rid of just yet.

At a garage sale not too long after I found a "Strolling Bowling" game by Tomy, and after I played with that for a while that collector's flame was ignited. I've become very interested in all the old wind-up and battery operated Tomy games from the 70's and 80's. Not so much the arcade and digital stuff they made, but the plastic kinetic games with moving parts and cool characters. I went on a little bit of an ebay bender (I'm very susceptible to these which is why I abandoned Paypal for a year, and may have to again) and purchased several more in the next couple days. I've had to stop myself from that moving forward, but I'm sure I'll be keeping a better eye out for these from now on.

I think the Tomy games and T.H.I.N.G.S. share that same simple, fun spirit, so I'm clumping them together in one post.

My collection so far:

Milton Bradley T.H.I.N.G.S.: