More Christmas Stories await you in Denizine's special Christmas Section. Boxed Set 101 Questions About Santa Claus Zac Elston lives in Virginia with his wife and pet iguana. Zac writes this column exclusively for Denizine. Those simple objects of our childhood that shape and mold our minds. In bright colors and soft abuse resistant shapes, toys are the first step into the real world.
Some toys suck, while others capture a generation and become icons of the time .
But some are more then they seem. I come from a long line of geeks. You had to put it together yourself, which meant lots of skill and a soldering gun. The HERO robot was a great experiment in technology awareness. Computers were still a novelty for the population and only the old Ham radio geeks were using them for more then Space Invaders.