Mine was about a foot long piece of bamboo. Depending on the day, it was a sword, a rifle, a guitar or a spear.
And in later years, a bong.
I collected Matchbox cars. Wish I still had some of them...some are quite valuable. Also, many of the kids in the neighborhood had Flexies. We didn't get much snow where we lived in California, so our sleds had wheels instead of runners. I'm sure I hit terminal velocity more than a couple of times on that thing.
