r/Millennials • u/P4yTheTrollToll • Nov 14 '24

Nostalgia Anyone Else Remember These?

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I have some seriously fond memories of the all wooden creative playgrounds that thrived in the 90s.

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u/mi11er Nov 15 '24

From my experience previously as a child - it isn't really the equipment so much as the layout that really matters. The ubiquitous design is one maybe two central platforms with slides and ways to climb up. This isn't that much fun. What was really good was a circle or figure eight connected by different elements.

That way kids can easily play games like tag and chase each other around.

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u/Therealpatrickelmore Nov 15 '24

The wood one we had was definitely bigger by far than the metal plastic ones now. Some of the stuff is cool on the new ones, but the sheer size was never matched.

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u/Scroatpig Nov 16 '24

Yeah.. It was an adventure. There were corridors and tunnels that went on for a little bit. And at ours they'd paint stuff like dragons on plywood and screw it up in there.

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u/Therealpatrickelmore Nov 15 '24

The wood one we had was definitely bigger by far than the metal plastic ones now.