Comments on: AT-AT jungle gym from a lost and golden age http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Feenicks http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786692 Feenicks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786692 hahah, best comment! I wonder if i can use inspiration from this and that AT-AT bunk bed to finally come up with a decent design for a back yard cubby house for my 2 boys.... hmmm hahah, best comment!

I wonder if i can use inspiration from this and that AT-AT bunk bed to finally come up with a decent design for a back yard cubby house for my 2 boys…. hmmm

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785924 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785924 definitely an AT-ST definitely an AT-ST

]]> By: mrfantasy http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785930 mrfantasy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785930 You'd probably have sank the feet 2-3 feet in the ground, in large concrete footings. And, you probably shouldn't put it on the hard grass--you should have wood chips or a similar soft surface beneath it. You’d probably have sank the feet 2-3 feet in the ground, in large concrete footings. And, you probably shouldn’t put it on the hard grass–you should have wood chips or a similar soft surface beneath it.

]]> By: cyg.net http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785942 cyg.net Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785942 A kid in my neighborhood had one of these when I was growing up. It would loom over the fence and taunt me with its coolness. A kid in my neighborhood had one of these when I was growing up. It would loom over the fence and taunt me with its coolness.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785957 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785957 I don't what you guys are talking about it being unstable. It's held together by the "force". I don’t what you guys are talking about it being unstable. It’s held together by the “force”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785961 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785961 I wanted one of these so badly when I was a kid. I wanted one of these so badly when I was a kid.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785963 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785963 I had one of these. The best part was inside the AT-AT there was a console with buttons that made sound effects when pressed. The speeder bike was awesome but pinched finders. It was all surprisingly safe, though after years of desert sun and elements the roof did collapse. Also I sat on it. Eventually it was dismantled, but we kept the speeder bike around as a lawn chair, real classy-like. Eventually my parents moved out of that house, but I still have fond memories of laser tag battles with my sister (the only human near my age in at least 10 miles) and sleeping in the AT-AT until dawn. I had one of these. The best part was inside the AT-AT there was a console with buttons that made sound effects when pressed. The speeder bike was awesome but pinched finders. It was all surprisingly safe, though after years of desert sun and elements the roof did collapse. Also I sat on it. Eventually it was dismantled, but we kept the speeder bike around as a lawn chair, real classy-like. Eventually my parents moved out of that house, but I still have fond memories of laser tag battles with my sister (the only human near my age in at least 10 miles) and sleeping in the AT-AT until dawn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786222 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786222 Screw the playhouse! I want my REAL house to look like that! Screw the playhouse! I want my REAL house to look like that!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786487 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786487 I was fairly old before I got tired of swings, and I don't think anyone with an imagination ever gets tired of forts. I was fairly old before I got tired of swings, and I don’t think anyone with an imagination ever gets tired of forts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786239 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786239 My cousins had one and I loved going to their house to play on it. The sound effects were so sweet. Oddly, I remember it being a lot bigger than it looks in the ad. My cousins had one and I loved going to their house to play on it. The sound effects were so sweet. Oddly, I remember it being a lot bigger than it looks in the ad.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785984 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785984 Really? Would you want your kid to have this? Yet another cheap plastic thing cluttering up the yard that is WAY less cool than it looks on the box? That the kids will bore of in a week? You can still pretend to be Luke Skywalker with only a lightsaber made out of a stick... (<i>curmudgeon curmudgeon...</i>) Really? Would you want your kid to have this? Yet another cheap plastic thing cluttering up the yard that is WAY less cool than it looks on the box? That the kids will bore of in a week?

You can still pretend to be Luke Skywalker with only a lightsaber made out of a stick… (curmudgeon curmudgeon…)

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785990 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785990 loook it has a control panel ahhhhh hack that sucker loook it has a control panel ahhhhh hack that sucker

]]> By: TJ S http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785997 TJ S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785997 The dog = four legged wookie. The dog = four legged wookie.

]]> By: Rick. http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785998 Rick. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785998 AT-ST. AKA the Chicken Walker! AT-ST. AKA the Chicken Walker!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785999 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785999 You're right, that is Wicket cool. You’re right, that is Wicket cool.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785745 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785745 Vulnerable to people tying its legs together and to big kids pushing the swing too hard. Vulnerable to people tying its legs together and to big kids pushing the swing too hard.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786002 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786002 That's no moon. oh, wait; yes it is. That’s no moon.

oh, wait; yes it is.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786004 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786004 Why are outdoor toys so lame today--we should have hover swings by now!! Why are outdoor toys so lame today–we should have hover swings by now!!

]]> By: arkizzle / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785749 arkizzle / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785749 In before AT-ST. In before AT-ST.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786781 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786781 you're just jealous, I had one and it did look that cool. Unfortunately I jumped off of it and broke my leg. I'd still buy one for my kids if they still made them. you’re just jealous, I had one and it did look that cool. Unfortunately I jumped off of it and broke my leg. I’d still buy one for my kids if they still made them.

]]> By: MooseDesign http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786014 MooseDesign Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786014 And the manufacturer is Gym Dandy. Awesome. That would also make for a great gay porn star name, I think. And the manufacturer is Gym Dandy. Awesome. That would also make for a great gay porn star name, I think.

]]> By: Fett101 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785759 Fett101 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785759 Scout walker is an AT-ST. Scout walker is an AT-ST.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785762 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785762 so dad dresses up as a wookie when drunk and stumbld out to backyard and knock it over no big deal my brother will recover one day, yea its 30 years later but ..... so dad dresses up as a wookie when drunk and stumbld out to backyard and knock it over
no big deal my brother will recover one day, yea its 30 years later but …..

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786018 Mark Dow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786018 I like the inset photo of the console with 2-bit sound. Princess Leia it telling Luke that he's doing it wrong. I like the inset photo of the console with 2-bit sound. Princess Leia it telling Luke that he’s doing it wrong.

]]> By: phlavor http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786020 phlavor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786020 That dog totally wishes he had opposable thumbs so he could get up there and be Chewie. That dog totally wishes he had opposable thumbs so he could get up there and be Chewie.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785765 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785765 Yes, enjoy your play gym kiddies... as we power up this FULLY OPERATIONAL DEATH STAR! Yes, enjoy your play gym kiddies… as we power up this FULLY OPERATIONAL DEATH STAR!

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785767 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785767 I wonder if any of these still exist, or if they actually were in production in the first place... the "command tower" part is pretty lame but the speeder bike swing is brilliant. I wonder if any of these still exist, or if they actually were in production in the first place… the “command tower” part is pretty lame but the speeder bike swing is brilliant.

]]> By: vinegartom http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785769 vinegartom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785769 Oh, I can so see this thing falling over. And not because it resembles something that fell over in the movies. But referencing something that did probably wasn't a bright idea. Oh, I can so see this thing falling over. And not because it resembles something that fell over in the movies. But referencing something that did probably wasn’t a bright idea.

]]> By: Brawndo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-786027 Brawndo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786027 The kid around the corner had one of these when I was growing up. I was jealous. Now that I've been reminded of it, I am jealous again. The kid around the corner had one of these when I was growing up. I was jealous. Now that I’ve been reminded of it, I am jealous again.

]]> By: Steve Schnier http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/at-at-jungle-gym-fro.html#comment-785777 Steve Schnier Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785777 I think it could be made fairly stable. My Dad had swing-set anchor spikes that he'd hammer into the ground. Attach those to the Command Tower and no way those pesky rebels could knock it over, Luke Skywalker or no Luke Skywalker. I think it could be made fairly stable. My Dad had swing-set anchor spikes that he’d hammer into the ground. Attach those to the Command Tower and no way those pesky rebels could knock it over, Luke Skywalker or no Luke Skywalker.

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