[Humour] What was your favourite toy, as a child.

[Is it PotG?]

Striker and Rebound probably got used to the point of destruction.

Indeed, one player's head DID snap off in Striker due to over zealous thwacking of the ball at a direct free kick.

Poor old 'Thunderbolt Boots', as he was affectionately known.

 

[Dawn Korus]

I had an Evil Knieval doll that sat on a wind up bike. The bike was put on a big orange stand and wound up before it shot off on ramps we'd built

There was also a thing called Stock Car Smash-up where you had VW Beetles with bits that got clipped on, you then pulled a lead through the middle which propelled the cars in to each other. The car with last bit on won

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Subbuteo, Scalextric Airfix Models, those mini pack of soldiers painted loads of those. Also dad made a "tank" of a cotton reel, bit of candle, elastic band and matchstick !

 

[junior]

Britains Farm.

I used to have a massive collection and could build a farm as big as my living room.

I used to remember my mum taking me to London Road CO-OP to buy some new stuff every now and again. The toy department was on the 1st Floor and they had all the animals out on shelves in rows.

 

[studio150]

Subbuteo
Matchbox and Dinky vehicles
Action Man

 

[Insel affe]

I had a fascination with indians, must have been all those black & white cowboy films on Saturday mornings during the early mid 70's before Swap shop and Tiswaz came along..

 

[maltaseagull]

I used to have Loan Ranger with Tonto, several action men inc Six Million Dollarman and an array of Little Big Men all scrapping it out in a Royal Rumble sort of way before Royal Rumble was even a thing.


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Was he a shark?

 

[Quinney]

Was he a shark?

Schoolboy error on my part.[emoji23]


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[Greg Bobkin]

Bigtrak.

 

[Frankie]

I had a fascination with indians, must have been all those black & white cowboy films on Saturday mornings during the early mid 70's before Swap shop and Tiswaz came along..

I hope they caught the bounders who stole most of your Christmas tree branches , nothing is sacred .

 

[dejavuatbtn]

As a kid in the mid to late fifties my granddad bought me a meccano set. Looking back, I think this gave me more life skills than any other present I received. Other than that, a plastic machine gun that ran on a clockwork sort of mechanism- my mate’s had a battery and was the envy of the neighbourhood!

 

[zefarelly]

Mid 1960s - Scalextric - nothing came close.

This . . . my first recollection of toys is lego, and a lego train set, when I was 5 or 6 I got scalextric, and I still have it today, it is brilliant.

top mentions also go to meccano, Action man, Airfix/Tamiya, subbuteo

Comrade Sam, myself and a few other friends played out the whole of the 1986 World cup finals in Subbuteo . . .

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

 

[zefarelly]

As a kid in the mid to late fifties my granddad bought me a meccano set. Looking back, I think this gave me more life skills than any other present I received. Other than that, a plastic machine gun that ran on a clockwork sort of mechanism- my mate’s had a battery and was the envy of the neighbourhood!

Very Good point, I'm an angineer and have a natural tendancy to wantr to take things to bits and know how they work mechanically . . . . first toys were lego and meccano . . . . I was rebuilding bikes when I was 10-11 and scooters at 15 . . . then cars . . . still bloody doing it now

 

[Insel affe]

I hope they caught the bounders who stole most of your Christmas tree branches , nothing is sacred .

Ha, it was all my gran could afford, that was taken on day release from foster care at the peabody flats next to the church on Church Road, Portslade.
One summers day I was in the back garden and kids were nicking lead off the roof, and threatened to beat me up if I told anyone..

I promptly ran in and told my gran, who chased them off.

Indians tell no lies...

 

[zefarelly]

Ha, it was all my gran could afford, that was taken on day release from foster care at the peabody flats next to the church on Church Road, Portslade.
One summers day I was in the back garden and kids were nicking lead off the roof, and threatened to beat me up if I told anyone..

I promptly ran in and told my gran, who chased them off.

Indians tell no lies...

Thats a cracking shirt. I do like a beagle collar.

 

[Wellesley]

Before I got this beauty it was Matchbox cars and a toy fort and soldiers.

 

[Wellesley]

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[Taybha]

That big green gun thing that had grenade launchers , bullets , a telescopic site (didn't work , lying gits) , one of the Kenyon's made the massive mistake of trying to swipe it , needless to say i wiped him out with a volley of armored piercing bullets and a swing of the gun butt to his chops , which broke it

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I used to have boxes & boxes of these as a kid. Used to go away in the caravan down to Graffham a lot with my parents, & I always used to take my soldiers with me so I could set them all up among the bracken & dirt in battle situations....



Also still got all my original Star Wars figures, AT-ATs, etc - as well as a load of carded Star Wars: Power of the Force figures & vehicles that were released about 25yrs ago. Pretty sure I still have an original Subbuteo set in my parents loft as well.