I was just as happy getting stuff that didnt work as I did with stuff that did.. They got Atari's, Nintendo's ( the first one's ) and all that good stuff.. I know a few guys that still have Nintendo's, and play them quite often. I play the PC version Nintendo games, no blowing on the cartridges 
Thats the #1 thing I remember about Nintendo's.. Anyone remember the Sega console that used CD's? I recall having one when they first came out, but I honestly cant remember what happened to it. They were a flop pretty much, never took off, drives me nuts that I cant remember the details on that thing, but it obviously must have sucked because I've never known anyone who had one.. Never got into the console games, I've always preferred PC games ( flight sim's only though )..I had Lincoln Logs ( and I'm 25 ), never cared for them though, the Lego's were much better. I was going through some of my really old stuff that was up in the attic and actually found a few Lincoln Log pieces.. Cant tell ya how many times I've thought about running to a toy store to buy a BIG set of Lego's, just to play with
I still think I've have more fun with a Erector set, more my style 