LEGO, GI Joes, Matchbox cars; I cannot recall much more than these, but one year my cut included an HO train set, which my dad mounted on a 4 x 8' plywood that folded down over my bed. Too bad it also had a grass mat on it, because this 'grass' was constantly falling off the mat & into my bed.
Anyway, the train was constantly derailing because the track sections would not stay snugly aligned. Eventually, I switched to a slot car set, but had the plywood removed after a few years.
I had a ton of LEGO, though no where near as much as I now have
The parts back then were very crude, & very few of them had moving parts. There were no MINIFIGS (figures) & only a tiny fraction of the variety that is now available. I was lucky to even have doors that opened! 
I had 6 or 7 GI Joes, a total of 4 jeeps (2 Desert Patrol, 2 green (but only 1 green Hasbro with the cannon & trailer with the search light)). There was a TV show called RAT PATROL, & Hasbro was quick to model a Jeep set on it.
I think the show was rather boring, at least I now find it so, but the toys were wonderful! I got one DESERT PATROL jeep either for Xmas or a birthday, but I shamelessly begged a relative for his or somehow ended up with it. A friend of mine had a Wehrmacht (WWII GERMAN) soldier, & I believe a French resistance fighter. This boy had stuff I could only dream about! 
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I was a kid when the parents organizations pressured the toy makers to downplay war toys, so I had a few of the GI Joe ADVENTURE TEAM sets, I still have 1 of 3 huskies from the dog sled set.
MARX toys made similar figures, JOHNNY WEST was 1 series; back then Westerns were losing popularity, but still the toys were not. BTW, these figures were about 11 to 12" tall, & just the figure was about $3 -$4. They made wagons, horses, bunk houses, who series of characters; Medieval sets also; my cousins had MARX Knights & Calvary officers. I had 2 Johhnny West figures. The MARX figures were not as articulated as the GI Joes, but their hands actually held things, while the Joes usually dropped whatever we tried to make them hold.
These figures had their clothes molded on them, and their bodies were all 1 color regardless of what they 'wore.' The kid I mentioned above had a MIKE HAMMER figure, & this was the absolute coolest toy I ever saw! He was like James Bond & all the other spies combined. But most of his appeal came from his accessories:
- a lugar whith removable silencer and barrel; a submachine gun barrel could be installed.
- exploding luggage: an attache case & another case with cap firing mechanisms. The attache case also had a knife that came out of its side!
- Plastic disguises: beard and glasses, masks,etc
- weapons disguised as walking sdtick, pipe gun, transistor radio machine gun. a steletto behind his neck tie (lost that one), & others
- a cloth trench coat
- too much to continue!
I now own what is left of this collection
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He also had a kid-sized J. Bond type attache case similar to that one. I had a MAN FROM UNCLE case, but it was only cardboard!
IDEAL toys made figures also; Captain Action series had a who array of its own super heroes, but also classic ones. The Captain himself wore a costume similar to Superman's, but without a cape. I now have 4 of these anniversary figures, including THE GREEN HORNET, & TONTO. The Capt. himself wore masks of these characters, & the figures I have are just that; Capt. Action wearing the costumes & masks. These figures joints were nowhere as durable as the GI Joes' & my Capt. Action's ankle broke & he went into the trash.
I think my older cousin gave me his old erector set, somehow I was fairly able to deal with the nuts & bolts with only 1 hand, but it was not easy. Does anyone remember the little green soldiers that come in a plastic bag? That same cousin had cowboys and Indians instead of green or gray soldiers.
My Aunts were clearly out of it, though, as I recall only Avon products; things that few boys would ever want, or even appreciate!
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