Reply With QuoteHas to be Scalextric for me, still buy the odd car 30 years later! :D
What was your favorite? Scalextric ? Subbuteo ? Tin Can Alley ?
Mine was a game called Flght Deck , you had to land a F4 Phantom on a flight deck as it came down from the top of the living room door on a peice of wire.
Has to be Scalextric for me, still buy the odd car 30 years later! :D
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
Does a BMX count as a toy? :D
I want another one now :(
Does a swatch Navy Berry count?
Still have my Atari 2600, Commodore VC20, C64, Amiga 500, Sinclair ZX Spectrum etc. :shock:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
you can get evil knievel from hawkins bazaar for £30 its a reissue and im hopng my wife gets me one for xmas!
And not forgetting...
Still got my battered one from circa 1975, also bought a NOS vintage boxed one from the States for £££s a couple years ago
Tin can alley and scalextric for me although the one I wanted was the game where you had a plane on a string and had to land it on an aircraft carrier ???? Can't mind what its called though :?:
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Well, apart from Johnny Seven, Corgi Hot Wheels and Etch-a-Sketch it has to be SIMON!
Like said it was called FLIGHT DECK
Si has an affliction where he can only read the first half of the opening post :lol:Originally Posted by hlovett
Well if I had known the game I was refering to was called Flight Deck ................ ahhhhhh whats the point, smartarse :DSi has an affliction where he can only read the first half of the opening post :lol:
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Right that's my pressie sorted :Dyou can get evil knievel from hawkins bazaar for £30 its a reissue and im hopng my wife gets me one for xmas!
I used to have the jet bike one, if only i had kept it in its box unopened!!
Lego, Subutteo, and the dashboards, steering wheels and other items from various London Transport buses that my brother used to get me from the bus garages he worked in!
My kids have just inherited my Playstation 1 which I lent to my niece 9 years ago. They think it's fantastic, and indeed FIFA 2000 hasn't dated as badly as I expected it to. Kind of tempted not to give them the Wii we've bought for Christmas now, and save it for their birthdays: games are about £2 for the PS1 these days, and all the other bits and pieces are dirt cheap too!
Aha me too, did sparks in the "boosters", couldn't do jumps very well though :lol:
Had the "Scramble Van" too, liked Evel Knievel i did :D
Yeah my local sainsburys had the orginal xbox fo a tenner!! They only had 3 and i missed out , getting Off Topic nowtho!
I just had an old bike tyre and a stick .
Star Wars figures. Lego. Toy cars. Action Man. He-Man figures.
All totally awesome and way better than any console because I got to explore the limits of my imagination.
D.
Girls
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Action Man!!! I had a complete trench system with dugouts in the back garden. And my mum made a jumper and matching bobble hat out of an old pair of socks. Happy days
From my childhood, I'd say I was most excited about my Commodore 64.
Second place is Scalextric. Good memories!
We've just been trying to buy the LEGO Pink Brick Box for our niece and it's sold out everywhere apart from some dealers on eBay selling at twice the price. It's really nice to see LEGO selling out for xmas :)
Definitely agree - specifically fantasies about Debbie Nash from the age of 10 (I started young :D )
I had a couple of chemistry sets, you can still see the burnt ring on my mother's tallboy where I mixed glycerine and potassium permanganate in a metal dish
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I always wanted a Johnny 7 but my mum would have none of it. This was back in the 1960s when a grenade launching machine gun was an OK toy (but not for my mum) :(
Scalextric - every time, although my chemistry set was pretty exciting - unless you were my Mum!
Cheers,
My toy history from about 8 to 30 years.
Lego > Star Wars, He-man, Mask, Transformers Action Figures > Technics Lego > BMX, Raleigh Burner > Peugeot Mountain Bike > Skate Board > Acorn Electron (with Frogger/Packman) > Amiga 500 > Saracen Mountain Bike > Air Rifle > Game Boy > Sega Mega Drive > Marin Mountain Bike > VW Beetle > Another Marin Mountain Bike > Santa Cruz Mountain Bike > Specialized Road Bike.
Sadly Lego ain't what it used to be: too many flimsy movie tie-ins that can only make what the instructions tell you to make. Like an Airfix kit without the glue or paint, basically...
I loved this as a kid:
The river Almond. Mum called the police at least three times as I was late home.
My little Atari games console :)
Toy soldiers, HAD to be Britains though. And also Britains Indians and USA Soldiers and my Fort. God I loved my Fort :lol:
Chemistry sets when they were still dangerous! Had yellow turkey one year as my little brother spilt "Methyl Orange" on it.I had a couple of chemistry sets, you can still see the burnt ring on my mother's tallboy where I mixed glycerine and potassium permanganate in a metal dish
Eddie
Thanks,I had one of those ,hadnt crossed my mind in years ,lots of happy memorys :)And not forgetting...
Still got my battered one from circa 1975, also bought a NOS vintage boxed one from the States for £££s a couple years ago
Hours spent playing this and not once did I ever win a game :D
GI Joe not the tiny ones the 12 inch pre life like hair and beard BTW.
My Favourite was my Johnny Seven
When you had runout of ammo and rockets you could detach the handgun and finish them off with that - Brilliant
Anyone remember this ???? I think mine may still be at my mum and dads :D
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
I think the oft mentioned "Flight deck" was made by Airfix?
My favourite "toys" were Airfix models. :)
Cheers,
Neil.
I was quite partial to Lego myself
By 'eck that brought back memories. For years I pestered my mum for one of those, to get the standard "Don't be daft, son, and don't even think of asking your dad" reply. Then one day I had a little accident on a climbing frame involving lots of blood, some screaming by other people and a bit of unconsciousness on my part. When I came round I was in hospital with a lot of stitches in my head, surrounded by very concerned relatives. When asked what I would like when they let me go home what did I say?
Magic. I liked the grenade launcher the best. :D
Still got both "Escape from Colditz" and "Buccaneer". They've recently re-released it with a "pirates of the Caribbean" theme - shame!
Cheers,
Battleships. Best played with a grubby pencil stub and pages ripped out of school exercise books, but I did have a posh plastic set with coloured pegs and little model ships when I was a bit older. I found a set at a boot sale recently and many hours are spend teaching the game to my son.
A Football.
I doubt any other toy gave me as much value for money over the years! Also had the benefit of keeping me healthy and still very active all these years later!
Graham
Can you still wind it really fast and then have your hand fly off the handle to cause major brusing on fractures to the knuckles only to watch evil slump over after half a metre?
Is it still ok to build a ramp at the top of the stairs and jettison the piece down it.
Does the box contain a warning that sleeping cats should not be woken by Evils front wheel?
Or was that just me!
RIAC
I must be old school........
I must be old school........
What the hell is that a Junior Vampire Hunter kit?
:lol:
Btw, I've totally forgotten those old Swedish S*x Magazines from the 60's and 70's. Loved them (and still do) ;-)
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
That's not a toy, it's a way of life.I must be old school........
Cheers,
Best wishes,
Bob
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