ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Yup
if it is just me then that seems reasonable
but as it is 50 years old I get worried about its functionality when the kids are around
they also will not think it is very impressive as it doesn;t use an App!
Your favourite childhood toys
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Yup
if it is just me then that seems reasonable
but as it is 50 years old I get worried about its functionality when the kids are around
they also will not think it is very impressive as it doesn;t use an App!
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
At primary school there seemed to be a season for all sorts of things which everybody had from bools to peeries depending on season.
One of the things which had a time was the “ tank “ you mention and everybody had them till the next fashion came along.
Punkawallah
Über Member
Did Kielkraft charge you extra for the ‘realistic diving action’?
”Bally Jerry, did a whoopsie, dickie birdied, in the Briny”. :-)
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
I had Lego and Playmobile, Starcom and MASK, etc, as well as what I've said below, but my real favourites, certainly when younger were the small things, like Hopper Poppers, Wiggle Giggles, those plastic articulated snakes that you held by the tail and were able to control the movement of (or not sometimes) as well as toy cars, boats and planes.
I also had my teddies and loved them all dearly, but... Erm... I used to play with my sister's dolls too and eventually got her old cabbage patch one, which she was never very happy about, but she was older and had outgrown it anyway 😆
I just saw it as a teddy but in the form of a person.
I had a little red tractor and cart which I absolutely LOVED too! I went all over on it.
One day, it disappeared, my parents had got rid (as they did with a lot of things). I must have outgrown it to be fair, but I was still devastated when I realised it was gone.
We also had a space hopper, you know, the orange ones with the little face and horns.
I remember 'marrying' it when I was about 5 with my then best friend being the minister and then pretending to take pictures! 😆
I just loved the small polystyrene planes and I must have gone through quite a number of them!
Railway modeller here, but by my time, it was the '80s' and '90s', so my collection was mainly (the more modern) Hornby and Lima diesels and electrics.
That said, I do have a Dublo Co - Bo somewhere and Mallard in BR Green.
4 - 6 - 0... That sounds like a B12 or whatever.
As for historical accuracy, I just pretended the steam locos I did have were preserved and were doing tours and things.
I also had my teddies and loved them all dearly, but... Erm... I used to play with my sister's dolls too and eventually got her old cabbage patch one, which she was never very happy about, but she was older and had outgrown it anyway 😆
I just saw it as a teddy but in the form of a person.
I had a little red tractor and cart which I absolutely LOVED too! I went all over on it.
One day, it disappeared, my parents had got rid (as they did with a lot of things). I must have outgrown it to be fair, but I was still devastated when I realised it was gone.
We also had a space hopper, you know, the orange ones with the little face and horns.
I remember 'marrying' it when I was about 5 with my then best friend being the minister and then pretending to take pictures! 😆
I just loved the small polystyrene planes and I must have gone through quite a number of them!
Railway modeller here, but by my time, it was the '80s' and '90s', so my collection was mainly (the more modern) Hornby and Lima diesels and electrics.
That said, I do have a Dublo Co - Bo somewhere and Mallard in BR Green.
4 - 6 - 0... That sounds like a B12 or whatever.
As for historical accuracy, I just pretended the steam locos I did have were preserved and were doing tours and things.
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
I had a Dalek suit, and used to roam around the street shouting "Exterminate!". Before you ask , yes that is a sink plunger and a broom handle. I also don't think you were supposed to be able to see my feet, but apparently they didn't do them in size XXL back in 1965.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
My BSA .177 air rifle.
A few years later after my original post we moved away to a quiet village.It was back in the early 80s and there seemed to be a local "craze" going on in the village of summer 82.
Everybody seemed to be enjoying flying kites down on the local playing field.It wasn't just kids either but there was many adults there too.At it height the must of been about 20/30 kites flying around on a weekend day..Oh course I had to join in with a cheap kite from the local shop ,but I was always envious of my best friends kite.
He had an original Peter Powell stunt kite which was relatively rare.The thing was huge and dwarfed everything else being flown.As we were young it was quite a handful to hold on to when the wind got up.. Nowadays you never see kids out there flying kites sadly, except down on the beach.
Everybody seemed to be enjoying flying kites down on the local playing field.It wasn't just kids either but there was many adults there too.At it height the must of been about 20/30 kites flying around on a weekend day..Oh course I had to join in with a cheap kite from the local shop ,but I was always envious of my best friends kite.
He had an original Peter Powell stunt kite which was relatively rare.The thing was huge and dwarfed everything else being flown.As we were young it was quite a handful to hold on to when the wind got up.. Nowadays you never see kids out there flying kites sadly, except down on the beach.
Brilliant picture
One of memories as well.
JtB
Prepare a way for the Lord
- Location
- North Hampshire
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
presta
Guru
The bike
Meccano
Lego
Model railway
Scalextric
Minic
Not long after the model railway graduated to a 12' x 6' layout in the loft my interest in these waned a bit (bar the bike, possibly) when I got interested in electronics instead. I've still got the Meccano.
I nearly got into steam engines about a decade earlier when I was going out with a lass whose father built them, but then never got round to it.
Meccano
Lego
Model railway
Scalextric
Minic
Not long after the model railway graduated to a 12' x 6' layout in the loft my interest in these waned a bit (bar the bike, possibly) when I got interested in electronics instead. I've still got the Meccano.
It wasn't until I was in my 30s that I built this down at the local college:
I nearly got into steam engines about a decade earlier when I was going out with a lass whose father built them, but then never got round to it.
I used to build tree houses in our greengage tree.
- Location
- Inside my skull
