Having noted a 'Castle' query no the forum... got me thinking.
I was 'Spoilt Rotten' as a kid... don't shoot me...
But in the 60s... when Westerns were all the rage...and toy figures... Britains / Timpo, cost pennies... or maybe less...
I had a Western Street... about 4ft long... commercially built / prepainted 'wood'' ... not bad , as I remember!
Ma also got a Whitley Bay shop man... Tthink his speciality was Bicycles!)... to build a whole Western Fort from plywood... all 'Saw cut'.. with 3 biuldings with hinged roofs... and again, about 4' square! All for an' little boy! Times were different, then... :(
Used to have 4 short sections of hardboard road, still got one.
Hmmm, off the top of my head:
- My Action Man in his original outfit circa 1969.
- My Airifx Afrika Korps and 8th Army in 1/32nd scale.
- My original White Dwarf figure bought back in the 1970's.
- My original D&D books and supplements from what is now called 1st Edition.
- My White Dwarf magazines, issues 1-7.
I'm sure there's more, but that'll do for now.
Toys I wish I still had ?
Pro shot golf.....awesomely good fun...until you'd trodden on the polystyrene 'balls' , umpteen times, so they flew the equivalent of 500 yards.
All my old Subbuteo soccer teams.....and the cricket Subbuteo game.....The Subbuteo Rugby game was complete and utter pants.
I've still got a lot of the old board games from my childhood/youth......though I really wish I hadn't sold all my original metal Talisman figures.....Or the very original Chaos All-stars (wot I made and painted)....But then....what would I do with them ? ;D ;D ;D)
Like I've said umpteen times before....The nearest I ever get to gaming is taking on the computer at chess....and I can't get a decent level.
I either beat the poop out of that...It's so hopelessly stupid....or the tiniest little tweak (upwards).....and it beats the poop out of me.
Cheers - Phil. :)
As a kid I spent a lot of time in hospital. When my parents visited (maybe twice a week if I was lucky) they would bring me either one Timpo cavalryman or two infantryman. I had a wooden fort and a saloon and wagons too.
(https://www.germantoys.eu/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/61153415/5BF4/2718/8F5B/698A/6A81/0A0C/6D09/C456/DSCN0714.JPG)(https://www.germantoys.eu/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/61153415/5E98/218E/E94A/FF8E/D996/0A0C/6D12/7091/DSCN1444.JPG)
My old Elastolin castle and knights, my old Airfix Waterloo farmhouse set
Pretty much everything . . . /sigh.
But then I'd need a couple of 40' containers to store everything in. I already have a 'spare' bedroom full of crap I can't throw away, you know, 'just in case'.
Special mentions go to all the LEGO I lobbed out, plus my Scalextric and Hornby. Also all the comic books. And, as someone else said, all my original D&D/AD&D books & early Citadel miniatures, including a full run of the 'Imagine' magazine put out by TSR UK. My original board games. We've bought new versions of Monopoly & Cluedo for the kids - they're not the same. Particular fond memories of Haunted House (https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/12472/ghost-castle).
I never had a Mamod steam engine - would love one now, but it would probably just sit on a shelf looking cool*.
* For some definition of 'cool'.
Quote from: fsn on 11 September 2021, 02:29:25 PM
As a kid I spent a lot of time in hospital. When my parents visited (maybe twice a week if I was lucky) they would bring me either one Timpo cavalryman or two infantryman. I had a wooden fort and a saloon and wagons too.
(https://www.germantoys.eu/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/61153415/5BF4/2718/8F5B/698A/6A81/0A0C/6D09/C456/DSCN0714.JPG)(https://www.germantoys.eu/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/61153415/5E98/218E/E94A/FF8E/D996/0A0C/6D12/7091/DSCN1444.JPG)
That sounds wonderful.
I had a few Timpos. the first of my plastic toys to succumb to deplasiicisation (Drying out and crumbling).
I suppose it's the lead rot for plastics.
Several years back, a blogger form the USA recommended an auto (car) product designed to revitalise classic car dashboards.
He used it to soak his ageing plastics to save them from crumbly doom.
Perhaps the same rot will do away with single use plastics faster than we expect. I live in hope.
Timpo plastics were still ok 50 years after... gave a bag to 'odd job man'... for 'grandkids' last year! THEN looked up prices on ebay!!! :(
They may have become less able to 'stress bend'... but definitely not disintegrated.
TOTALLY inaccessible parts of garage will still contain 'Victor!' comic annuals, Airfix / Mil Mod mags, Bellona Battlegrounds, various Toy guns and Dinky / Corgi vehicles! Etc.!
Will probably still be there, when I'm not!
When someone eventually 'clears' house... hope they are interested in 'archaeology', sale and re-use rather than landfill. :(
Looking back, although there was stuff my younger self wished I had but never got, I did quite well for toys, models, games and comics, etc. (I had the U.N.C.L.E. Mauser also - wonder how many they sold? - and the U.N.C.L.E. Luger with detachable silencer, arm stock and telescopic sight). But although I had some great stuff which I fondly remember, I don't really wish I still had them (except perhaps my Subbuteo pitch which would be useful today for wargaming - and possibly my plastic Airfix ACW soldiers).
But as a 'grown up,' I do regret selling off my 6mm collection (almost 20 years back) for only £210(!). :(
There's also "Toys You Wish You Had" and in this category, I recall a board game one of my pals had called "Mine a Million" (aka The Business Game). This included little trucks and canal barges which you used to transport your cargo to a port for onward transmission to other ports in little ships. I wouldn't mind having that just to show my eldest daughter who still loves playing board games in her adulthood.
Not being 'Sport' minded, my Subbuteo teams got relegated... but the football and rugby pitches were my games mats for many years!
Boards Games... which will still be somewhere...
'Monopoly' and 'Risk'... but early teen gang preferred 'Diplomacy'... less 'open' war... more 'treachery'!
When younger, 'Escape From Colditz' was a much enjoyed game. Reissued fairly recently... might be worth looking at as xmas prezzy?
REAL LOL!!! Forgotten about ...
My kiddy age plastic plastic Swords, Helmets and Armour will still be there... don't think they will fit! 'Bouncing' around on a 'Space Hopper', (long gone :( !), with sword, helmet and breastplate!!! ;D ;D ;D
Have Cine to Video of little me... in full Battledress... with a pneumatic 'Sonic' rifle... still there... sniping from a stone abbuttment round the corner... still there too!
God... GETTING OLD!!! :( ;D
1. My Matchbox cars collection which I'd been assembling for over a decade, only to return from school one day and find that my mother had 'donated' the whole lot to the local nursery. She claimed that I didn't play with them anymore so couldn't see the point in keeping them.
2. My original Magic cards, all 1st edition of the game. There's about a 5% chance that they're hiding in a box of old stuff in my parent's loft but I'm not holding out much hope.
3. My original HeroQuest from the very early 90's, along with their first expansion pack as well. I've no idea where this ended up.
Matchbox Cars! Well, going off topic.. again...there was a Middle School palyground 'game', called 'Stock Car Smash Up', (Or Something!). 'Rules' were to knock other Matchbox cars out of the marked Netball semi-circle. Intent was... DESTRUCTION! :o
I had an OLD Matchbox 'Wrecker Truck'... and it Did! :d :d :d
There was a stream running through my school grounds. Few "ships" ever made it to the finishing line when we played Poohsticks; shore-based artillery was a major component of our ruleset.
Garden has a small 'stream'... many 'E Boat / MTB 'battles'... with clay clods!... but... 'tough' little boats, in those days! lol. ;D
Reading a lot of the posts has reminded me of the stuff I've STILL got in one of the sheds.....The old AD&D rule books......Old White Dwarfs.....(Though I sold my almost complete set...No.1 to 100 and something at the same time I sold most of the old Citadel/GW miniatures.)
Hero quest ?...that's out there, in the shed...as is the Scalextric set (I doubt that that would still work, though)
Does anyone remember a cricket game, that came in a small tin box ? (size of a matchbox-ish) The game pieces were hexagonal (?) metal 'rollers'.....though I can't truly remember what was 'printed' on the surfaces.
As an aside....I didn't own the game myself....but remember playing 'Battle of the Little Big Horn'.
Virtually impossible for the US cavalry to win.
Cheers - Phil. :)
Quote from: Techno II on 13 September 2021, 06:35:39 AM
Does anyone remember a cricket game, that came in a small tin box ? (size of a matchbox-ish) The game pieces were hexagonal (?) metal 'rollers'.....though I can't truly remember what was 'printed' on the surfaces.
Howzat! Smaller than a matchbox. I've got one in a drawer somewhere, not mine originally, I guess my Dad's. I think one roller was runs, and the other was whether you were out or not.
I had a fantastic wooden castle for Britan's Knights, that my Dad and Grandad made for me. No idea what happened to that.
My scaletrix I think was sent to cousins in New Zealand when I was a teenager. Not something I would want now, as seem to recall it always takes up loads of space and time to setup, and then you spent ages going to collect cars as they flew off the bends.
Quote from: Techno II on 13 September 2021, 06:35:39 AM
Reading a lot of the posts has reminded me of the stuff I've STILL got in one of the sheds.....The old AD&D rule books......Old White Dwarfs.....(Though I sold my almost complete set...No.1 to 100 and something at the same time I sold most of the old Citadel/GW miniatures.)
Hero quest ?...that's out there, in the shed...as is the Scalextric set (I doubt that that would still work, though)
Does anyone remember a cricket game, that came in a small tin box ? (size of a matchbox-ish) The game pieces were hexagonal (?) metal 'rollers'.....though I can't truly remember what was 'printed' on the surfaces.
As an aside....I didn't own the game myself....but remember playing 'Battle of the Little Big Horn'.
Virtually impossible for the US cavalry to win.
Cheers - Phil. :)
And the batsman was a metal weight on a pivot with a string you released when the ball, rolled in a little trough, approached the wicket? Fielders had a little concavity to catch you out?
More fun than the real sport, though that's damning with faint praise, I suppose.
My action man in the rare Highlander outfit.
The toy double barrel shotgun that fired corks
Quote from: Techno II on 08 July 1970, 07:59:09 PM
I didn't own the game myself....but remember playing 'Battle of the Little Big Horn'.
Virtually impossible for the US cavalry to win.
Cheers - Phil. :)
Also had a 'Little Big Horn' board game with pre-painted figs. Too Right , Cav couldn't win! lol. Nice board, though! lol.
I also have a 'confused' 'memory' of playing on a friend's battle game... some sort of 'spring loaded thing (?)'... where you shot at tanks / troops... hit, and they dropped!
VERY unclear... anyone know? :o
Quote from: Orcs on 13 September 2021, 07:17:51 AM
My action man in the rare Highlander outfit.
The toy double barrel shotgun that fired corks
Lusted after that Shotgun... but was getting too old.
Action Men!!! Had about 8! Plus tanks and a/c, Jeep... 'The Battle Of The Bulge' has never been refought more fervently, than when garden had snow! ;)
(I was really, TOO old for such stuff at the time...but WTH! ). ;D
Quote from: fred. on 13 September 2021, 06:37:53 AM
Howzat! Smaller than a matchbox. I've got one in a drawer somewhere, not mine originally, I guess my Dad's. I think one roller was runs, and the other was whether you were out or not.
Sounds like a commercial version of pencil cricket? Many a school hour spent playing that. Probably should of been concentrating on the educashun . . .
Quote from: Raider4 on 13 September 2021, 07:43:39 AM
Sounds like a commercial version of pencil cricket? Many a school hour spent playing that. Probably should of been concentrating on the educashun . . .
Ohh Ohh, Sir!! I know this.
First Roller: 1, 2, 3, 4, Howzat, 6.
Second Roller: Various modes of dismissal and a couple of "Not Out"s. - Think of it as the saving roll.
Cheap alternative: Use a D6 (or "dice" as we called them back in the old days) with 5 resulting in the threat of dismissal.
1 = die
more than 1 = dice
Someone's going to have to take over. I'm getting too old for this.
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 13 September 2021, 09:05:55 AM
Ohh Ohh, Sir!! I know this.
First Roller: 1, 2, 3, 4, Howzat, 6.
Second Roller: Various modes of dismissal and a couple of "Not Out"s. - Think of it as the saving roll.
That's the one!
Although I quickly realised that the odds of scoring a six were ridiculously high, so changed the numbers to 0, 1, 2, 3, Howzat, 4. If you rolled a '4', roll again. If that was also a '4' then upgrade to a '6'. More realistic . . . ;)
Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 13 September 2021, 09:05:55 AM
Cheap alternative: Use a D6 (or "dice" as we called them back in the old days) with 5 resulting in the threat of dismissal.
'Cheap'? What's cheaper than a couple of old pencils? Also, pencils are allowed, nay required, in the classroom. Dice, not so much . . .
Quote from: FierceKitty on 13 September 2021, 09:55:12 AM
1 = die
more than 1 = dice
Yes, correct. But . . . usage wins out here.
It's like car tax. Technically no such thing, but if I say "Car tax is due this month :("
everyone knows what I mean.
Quote from: Raider4 on 13 September 2021, 07:43:39 AM
Many a school hour spent playing that. Probably should of been concentrating on the educashun . . .
yes my teacher warned me if I didnt stop daydreaming and playing instead of learning, I would end up still playing with toys as an old man relying on imaginary buddies for company.
Oh how wrong she was.
Duh? :'( :'(
Quote from: fred. on 13 September 2021, 06:40:42 AM
I had a fantastic wooden castle for Britan's Knights, that my Dad and Grandad made for me. No idea what happened to that.
recall it always takes up loads of space and time to setup, and then you spent ages going to collect cars as they flew off the bends.
Sounds like it was based on our local stretch of the A27. The news now reports days when there are no crashes and since built it has been subject to endless plans and consultations.
Quote from: DecemDave on 13 September 2021, 10:43:06 AM
yes my teacher warned me if I didnt stop daydreaming and playing instead of learning, I would end up still playing with toys as an old man relying on imaginary buddies for company.
Oh how wrong she was.
Duh? :'( :'(
I've always regretted that my Afrikaans teacher, whose life I made Hell on Earth, never knew I'd grown up to marry an Afrikaaner. First wife, not Lee.
Thanks Guys, :-bd It WAS 'Howzat'.....
Amazon even sell it now :o....
The rollers seem to be plastic these days. (I remember those as metal ?), and in the little piccy, on Amazon, there are a number of red 'tiddly-wink' counters.....Don't remember those , at all.
£7-99p, to you sir.(I wonder we paid for it way back then ?....Two shillings ? (10p))
Alexander's cricket game rings a bell.
I had another cricket game where the bat was roughly the size of a lolly stick...the stumps were cocktail stick sized (ish).....the fielders sat on thin wooden bases....you were out 'caught' if you knocked one over..the bowler used an elastic band attached to his arm to send the ball down. (This was fine until the band broke, and you replaced it with a stronger band...This meant you couldn't even see the ball flying down the pitch !! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil. :)