Okay...so we never grew up right? I mean c'mon guys, we still play "toy soldiers". (Please note that Pendraken miniatures are not toys and may contain lead)"
So I was wondering why...why could we not move on...why we could not grow up...why the obsession with hording pewter?
My personal reflection led to this:
(http://ufoseries.com/models/dinkyMobileGreen.jpg)
The Shado 2...the one that got away...the forbidden fruit.
And this is why I have the yawning hole that needs to be filled with shiny shiny goodness.
So, what was yours? And remember the pics please :)
A Mr Frosty ice crusher machine! ;D
Photo after request
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/image_zps06d08798.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/image_zps06d08798.jpg.html)
Yeah...me too. They were crap but "WANT IT".
Pic please Lemmey. No pic...didn't happen.
I always wanted a 4 lane Scaletrix set of Brands Hatch..Sadly never happened
Also this
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/crossfire.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/crossfire.jpg.html)
I have 3!
The original turtles sewer hq
http://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sewer-playset.jpeg
the thunder cat car (seen in front of the hq)
http://www.forodefotos.com/attachments/series-de-dibujos/14046d1286565860-thundercats-thundercats-juguetes.jpg
and the gi joe mobile command centre!
http://powet.tv/powetblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gijoe_mobile_command_center_box_front.jpg
My parents did try to get me these, but never found any of them! They always got me something in return though :D
For thundercats i instead got the thunder claw: http://theredwoodconnection.com/?page_id=1714
For the turtles i got the technodrome scout vehicle : http://gogreenmachine.org/?p=3858
And the gijoe HQ got replaced by another want of me, a playmobil siege tower i had been eyeing too : http://www.collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3887.htm
So i can't complain :)
I wanted everything posted so far. >:(
Maybe I was just a greedy b@$£@rd :D
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:32:14 PM
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/crossfire.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/crossfire.jpg.html)
This one looks a bit unsafe to the eyes :P :P :P
I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off
I also wanted one of these
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg.html)
but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all
When I was about 7 a toyshop, I think it was Jennings, possibly in Enfield Lock, had a spy kit. A briefcase with molded insert to hold all the cool spy equipment. It was far superior to other cheapy spy kits on sale.
My mother said "Wait to see what you get for Christmas"
Bet you can guess what I DIDN'T get.
36 years later I still remind her...
Maybe they did buy it for you
You just couldn't work out the subtle clues to find out where they had hidden it..Its probably self destructed by now
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:41:19 PM
I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off
I also wanted one of these
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg.html)
but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all
I did actually own a load of these, plus tiggers, panthers, Pattons and the Bailey bridge.
Sold them to pay for Xmas when I was about 11, most were boxed too!
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:41:19 PM
but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:54:18 PM
Maybe they did buy it for you
You just couldn't work out the subtle clues to find out where they had hidden it..Its probably self destructed by now
=O
You think on an entirely different plane don't you ;D
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 06:37:06 PM
This one looks a bit unsafe to the eyes :P :P :P
Apparently there was a science kit that actually contained radioactive material so you could conduct "glow in the dark" experiments.
I am not making this up :o
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:41:19 PM
I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off
I also wanted one of these
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/ReadyMadeHO-OOCenturionTank.jpg.html)
but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all
Yes, I had several of those. None of them had a straight gun barrel.
Anyone have the ubiquitous Airfix pontoon bridge to go with?
I always wanted a Johnny 7 (which, before you smutmongers get involved, was a toy rifle.) It had a grenade launcher, bipod, pistol, missile and everything that a boy could want.
Quote from: fsn on 07 September 2013, 07:43:18 PM
I always wanted a Johnny 7 (which, before you smutmongers get involved, was a toy rifle.) It had a grenade launcher, bipod, pistol, missile and everything that a boy could want.
Didn't that have a really cool (by 7 year standards) advert?
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 07:43:09 PM
Anyone have the ubiquitous Airfix pontoon bridge to go with?
Hell, yes! And the gun emplacement with British para and the
first German infantry (the one with the squeezebore gun). It came with a DUKW, Centurion, M60 and SPG of some description.
It's how I got started, and also why the Centurion is so dear to me. :-[
Quote from: fsn on 07 September 2013, 07:46:41 PM
Hell, yes! And the gun emplacement with British para and the first German infantry (the one with the squeezebore gun). It came with a DUKW, Centurion, M60 and SPG of some description.
It's how I got started, and also why the Centurion is so dear to me. :-[
OMG OMG OMG the DUKW!!! 8)
Pic please someone!
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 07:46:34 PM
Didn't that have a really cool (by 7 year standards) advert?
I Don't know. We didn't have a television at that time.
Quote from: fsn on 07 September 2013, 07:50:04 PM
I Don't know. We didn't have a television at that time.
Luxury :D
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 07:47:54 PM
OMG OMG OMG the DUKW!!! 8)
Pic please someone!
http://www.die-cast-toys.com/plastic-soldiers/1-72/1-72b.html
I had the Robin hood castle too!
I had the airfix set of the coastal gun emplacement! I still have it actually <:-P
But i had the 'newer' set:
https://www.google.be/search?q=airfix+gun&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=JYMrUs6QN6Sg0wWy74Aw&biw=1024&bih=583&sei=KIMrUonZIaSM1AXU6YHABg#hl=en&q=airfix+gun+emplacement&rls=org.mozilla:nl%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&um=1&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=YMweikv4OLQMCM%3A%3BakR10vt5bEOJrM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi.ebayimg.com%252F00%252Fs%252FMTYwMFgxMjAw%252Fz%252FxAYAAOxyu1FRj4Oc%252F%2524%28KGrHqN%252C!qMFGBSkEpSDBRj4ObB%289w~~60_35.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252Fitm%252FAirfix-WW2-Gun-Emplacement-06704-German-British-Paratroopers-Italeri-Revell-%252F181138932772%3B225%3B300
I believe FSN is referencing to this:
http://www.esci-diorama.com/pages/Airfix_Gun_Emplacement_Assault_Set-8573629.html
Quote from: fsn on 07 September 2013, 07:52:17 PM
http://www.die-cast-toys.com/plastic-soldiers/1-72/1-72b.html
I had the Robin hood castle too!
There she is :) :) :) :) :) :)
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 07:53:29 PM
I had the airfix set of the coastal gun emplacement! I still have it actually <:-P
You still have it :o
God I love this forum...I am O D ing on nostalgia 8->
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 07:53:29 PM
I believe FSN is referencing to this:
Indeed it is ... this is with a M113. It's the first military thing I had bought for me. I got it for Xmas when I was about 6. Think I was specially allowed out of hospital for that Xmas.
Never looked back!
Those tank choices are so historically inaccurate, but how many of us ever noticed?
Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 September 2013, 08:02:31 PM
Those tank choices are so historically inaccurate, but how many of us ever noticed?
Centurions 2WW you mean?
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 07:58:07 PM
You still have it :o
God I love this forum...I am O D ing on nostalgia 8->
Yeah i had the original box in my hands just an hour or 4 ago at my folks house when i was rummaging the attic for some stuff for the little one. The original figs are lying here.
Never throw away something good :p
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 08:06:36 PM
Yeah i had the original box in my hands just an hour or 4 ago at my folks house when i was rummaging the attic for some stuff for the little one. The original figs are lying here.
Never throw away something good :p
Awesome...I would love a find like that. :)
The Millenium Falcon, Slave 1 and an AT-AT
Quote from: Uncle_Cthulu on 07 September 2013, 08:17:43 PM
The Millenium Falcon, Slave 1 and an AT-AT
They HAVE to be EVERYONE'S default.
Did everyone also know the jammy bastard who had one or more these? >:(
OMG so many happy memories have come flooding back :). I always wanted a JCB toy that we called "a bucket on the front and a bucket on the back". I used to see it in Eden Lillies in Cambridge but sadly it was too expensive :(.
Quote from: Steve J on 07 September 2013, 08:20:25 PM
OMG so many happy memories have come flooding back :). I always wanted a JCB toy that we called "a bucket on the front and a bucket on the back". I used to see it in Eden Lillies in Cambridge but sadly it was too expensive :(.
Picture picture picture.
On to google please Steve :)
For me it was
(http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/River%20Plate%20400.jpg)
when I was 8 or nine (1961/ 62).
My cousin had umpteen of these and I was desperate to get the Graf Spee which I thought looked really cool. Eventually got Achilles as a consolation because I got chicken pox and couldn't go to some show with my sister and cousins. Would far rather have had Achilles and chicken pox than go to the show tbh.
Never saw these.
I did have a massive collection of Airfix waterline models that my brother and I used to play with. The "rules" were:
Main gun: 12" or bigger you rolled a "dobber" (fat marble) at the enemy ship.
Ancillary gun: 6"-12" you rolled a marble at the enemy ship.
Battleships could take 3 hits
Cruisers 2
Destroyers 1
I had completely forgotten this til I saw your ships :)
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 08:08:11 PM
Awesome...I would love a find like that. :)
http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/Airfix-1-72-Playset-WWII-German-GUN-EMPLACEMENT-1993-Release-Open-Box-/181194126807?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2a3002f5d7
There you go, little bit expensive though :P
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 08:38:50 PM
http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/Airfix-1-72-Playset-WWII-German-GUN-EMPLACEMENT-1993-Release-Open-Box-/181194126807?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2a3002f5d7
There you go, little bit expensive though :P
Yeah, just a touch :)
Not the same as finding it though. :-bd
Ha but i didn't find it, i always knew where i put it :P :P :P
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 08:43:14 PM
Ha but i didn't find it, i always knew where i put it :P :P :P
Git :)
Flight Deck and Evil Knieval.... :'(
Bought both of these as an adult off flea bay at bargain prices and was massively disaapointed at how sh*t they were.... ;D
Not everything from childhood was as good as my friends made out!
Quote from: Nosher on 07 September 2013, 08:52:12 PM
Flight Deck and Evil Knieval.... :'(
Bought both of these as an adult off flea bay at bargain prices and was massively disaapointed at how sh*t they were.... ;D
Not everything from childhood was as good as my friends made out!
Had the EVEL Knievel bike (was sh*t but took skill).
Mate had "flight deck" (was sh*t but took skill).
Loved em both (were sh*t but I was 8 :))
Actually, thinking back, both had bloody awesome adverts that LIED!!! >:(
In my younger days, I always wanted a Scalextric set.
My better half got me one for my (I think) thirtieth birthday.....Better late than never. ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 07 September 2013, 09:04:28 PM
In my younger days, I always wanted a Scalextric set.
My better half got me one for my (I think) thirtieth birthday.....Better late than never. ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
So did mine :)
We really are freaking bonkers aren't we :D
Flight Deck was a bit of a one trick pony... :(
Anwya, this was the sort of toy I wanted, but would have been a diecast one, not plastic.
(http://www.diggertoys.co.uk/jcbbruder.jpg)
Quote from: Steve J on 07 September 2013, 09:10:27 PM
Flight Deck was a bit of a one trick pony... :(
Anwya, this was the sort of toy I wanted, but would have been a diecast one, not plastic.
(http://www.diggertoys.co.uk/jcbbruder.jpg)
Yellow Card :) Original photos only :(
Yeah, flight deck. Seem to remember you spent about 5 hours (was 8 so probably 11 minutes really) setting it up to try and get a plastic Phantom to hook a piece of string on the "Flight Deck".
Is this right???
It was a box of fully painted, plastic, 25mm ACW figures made in Italy. This was in the mid-60s. I ended up with a Chemistry set. It was the only O Level I failed.
Quote from: Dour Puritan on 07 September 2013, 09:21:27 PM
It was a box of fully painted, plastic, 25mm ACW figures made in Italy. This was in the mid-60s. I ended up with a Chemistry set. It was the only O Level I failed.
=O =O =O
Now that is funny...parents, take note :)
Quote
.... I got it for Xmas when I was about 6. Think I was specially allowed out of hospital for that Xmas.
Never looked back!
Maybe that's the problem - you were supposed to go back to that nice room for aversion therapy about mid 20th century tanks.
Upstairs I have a book all about those nostagia toys- the Amazon link, though I got mine in Waterstone
's
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-Cream-Toys-Presents-Pestered/dp/1905548273 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-Cream-Toys-Presents-Pestered/dp/1905548273)
Nostalgia heaven.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 September 2013, 09:31:18 PM
Maybe that's the problem - you were supposed to go back to that nice room for aversion therapy about mid 20th century tanks.
Upstairs I have a book all about those nostagia toys- the Amazon link, though I got mine in Waterstone's
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-Cream-Toys-Presents-Pestered/dp/1905548273 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-Cream-Toys-Presents-Pestered/dp/1905548273)
Nostalgia heaven.
Oh dear lord, I wanted 7 out of the 11 on the front cover.
You can guess which...if anyone suggests the decapitated girl make up head, there will be a slap :)
It was this for me...
(http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac108/kiwigunner/tommy_gun.jpg)
To be fair, I did get this one though - which was better:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Grasshopping/mark/DSCF3158.jpg)
:)
Quote from: nikharwood on 07 September 2013, 09:39:34 PM
It was this for me...
(http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac108/kiwigunner/tommy_gun.jpg)
To be fair, I did get this one though - which was better:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Grasshopping/mark/DSCF3158.jpg)
:)
To quote Homer:
(http://tastyislandhawaii.com/images13/general/homer_simpson_drooling.gif)
How depressing, of the items on the cover of the TV Cream book I was too old to want any of them except Subbuteo when they came out.
I got a rubik's Cube when they were first released .... I was 27 I think :o :( :'(
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 September 2013, 09:43:22 PM
How depressing, of the items on the cover of the TV Cream book I was too old to want any of them except Subbuteo when they came out.
I got a rubik's Cube when they were first released .... I was 27 I think :o :( :'(
=O =O =O
Quote from: nikharwood on 07 September 2013, 09:39:34 PM
It was this for me...
(http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac108/kiwigunner/tommy_gun.jpg)
To be fair, I did get this one though - which was better:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Grasshopping/mark/DSCF3158.jpg)
:)
My brother had the Tommy gun, I had the SLR :)
The one that got away:
(http://a5.img.v4.skyrock.net/0965/77260965/pics/3024128850_1_11_Efnxk9HE.jpg)
Father got me a similar construction crane though so it was all good. It was my seven years old birthday I believe. :) As a side note I was never allowed or interested in toy soldiers or weapons. I approached the hobby (tm) in my mid-teens from the gaming and painting perspective. As opposed to a model train layout a miniature army with terrain is quite versatile once it's completed.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 September 2013, 09:55:19 PM
My brother had the Tommy gun, I had the SLR :)
Okay, the FAL had a strap...seriously 8) to the under 12s
butthe Tommy gun went drrrr drrrr drrr
It's a tough choice :-\
With my first real paycheque I bought a mini race Scalectrix, set it up in my classroom, and the three male me,bets of staff at school all suddenl had really important reasonsnnot to go to that staff meeting...
Quote from: get2grips on 07 September 2013, 08:43:41 PM
Git :)
Let's put it this way:
Wife makes a shopping list, teels me where it is and 5 minutes later i forget there even was one.
I take a miniature, put it down somewhere, 10 years later i can pinpoint its location to within 1 meter easily :P :P :P :D :D
Quote from: petercooman on 07 September 2013, 10:05:26 PM
Let's put it this way:
Wife makes a shopping list, teels me where it is and 5 minutes later i forget there even was one.
I take a miniature, put it down somewhere, 10 years later i can pinpoint its location to within 1 meter easily :P :P :P :D :D
Guru ;)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 September 2013, 10:03:59 PM
With my first real paycheque I bought a mini race Scalectrix, set it up in my classroom, and the three male me,bets of staff at school all suddenl had really important reasonsnnot to go to that staff meeting...
You could put a teabag in your room and I wouldn't go to a staff meeting to hear Gove's latest bollocks :D
Quote from: mad lemmey on 07 September 2013, 10:03:59 PM
With my first real paycheque I bought a mini race Scalectrix, set it up in my classroom, and the three male me,bets of staff at school all suddenl had really important reasonsnnot to go to that staff meeting...
About 15 years ago we decided to put everyones scaletrix together, so once everyone had been into their attics and outhouses,the buying of a few more pieces of track and some new cars we set it all up ended up with a back straight of 25 feet long
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 10:08:02 PM
About 15 years ago we decided to put everyones scaletrix together, so once everyone had been into their attics and outhouses,the buying of a few more pieces of track and some new cars we set it all up ended up with a back straight of 25 feet long
Bet they still came off on the bend :D
yup ;D
This was one of my faves growing up
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/AirfixRomanFort-1960s.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/AirfixRomanFort-1960s.jpg.html)
I even got the plastic fort that came with the box
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 10:12:16 PM
I even got the plastic fort that came with the box
;D
Yeah, I remember that :) Cracking toy!
I fullfilled most of my outstanding childhood wishes a couple of years ago when we went on hols in UK and quite by chance stood at a red light and saw the magic words "Hornsby Visitor Center" on a sign.
That was a quite costly but strangely fulfilling experience... :D
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 10:12:16 PM
I even got the plastic fort that came with the box
Long since lost the gates and internal buildings but still have the fort itself.
Don't know much about the scale: would it work with 10mm?
Ah the Roman Fort. I also had the FN rifle and recently saw a pic of me and my bruvver holding them outside a Welsh Aunts house. From memory the end of the barrel snapped off rather easily :(.
I love the phrase:
"Flexible Safety Bayonet"...oxymoron or what :D
Quote from: nikharwood on 07 September 2013, 09:39:34 PM
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/Grasshopping/mark/DSCF3158.jpg)
I have this morning instructed my lawyers to begin to build the case against Mr N Harwood Esq. for opening personal skeletons in closets and invoking childhood memories best forgotten. I will be claiming for substancial damages brought about by this most heinous of crimes...It was the summer of 78. All was well with the world. I was 10. My mates and me were playing Japs and Commando's around the twon centre of Scarborough at the start of the school holidays. It was a slow news day on a balmy day with my hometwon bathed in sunshine. It was so early in the School Holidays that most of the tourists had not yet arrived.
An eager (bored) young Media Guru from the Scarborough Evening Post gathered us boys together on the steps of the local Bingo Hall, less than 200m from my front door and Mum's place of work - Wright's the Butchers. Snapping away us boys posed in typical heroic stances armed with a variety of hand guns, machine guns, bows and arrows (Who brought that kid...?) and the much vaunted FN which Dad had recently bought me on return from one of his tours of duty with the Aldershot Concrete Company. Little did I know the pain that was about to be invoked after the snaps the young media guru appeared in that evenings Evening Post...
Returning home victorious from the bloodstained battlefields of Peasholm Park, the Battle of Scarborough Castle, the Assault on North Bay Beach and the last ditch stand of the Commando's at the Gaitey Bingo Hall, I was immediately sent to my room with no tea and had my FN confiscated. Grounded for a week my world came crashing down around my ears. Confused by my Mum's fury, I finally plucked up the courage to ask what I had done wrong - after all surely 5 minutes late home looking like a ragamuffin and with a ravishing appetite cant have been the cause of Mum's angst???
What followed was an hour long ear bashing about the level of disrepute I had brought upon the family. How the family couldn't show their faces in public and what would the neighbours think...
There on the front page of the news was our last ditch stand at the Bingo Hall. "Isn't that great though mum? I'm famous!" I then got a clip round the ear for being cheeky for my troubles! On closer inspection, my new jeans, Bought less than a week ago, were torn at both knees, there was a spurious looking stain around my groin area (which was the result of a very well aimed 'Water Grenade', my hair looked like I had been dragged through a hedge, and my face was covered in sugar/chocolate/icecream residue which when mixed with sand from the Assault on North Bay Beach was the final nail in my coffin :'(
I'm going for significant damages Nik! ;D =O ;D
Having some skill and experience in legal matters I think you should be aiming for damages in and around 3 sherbet dips, and packet of half eaten spangles ( raspberry flavour) and maybe the defendant not being allowed to play with his TCR set for a week
I had a stick that looked like a Sten.
Quote from: fsn on 08 September 2013, 09:20:12 AM
I had a stick that looked like a Sten.
Interestingly I had a sten that looked like a stick
To hell with all these wussy plastic things, I wanted one of these.
http://www.marketbook.co.uk/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=9436359&LP=MAT (http://www.marketbook.co.uk/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=9436359&LP=MAT)
Still do.... :d
I had a stick that looked like a JCB.
Every stick looks like a sten!
Quote from: Fenton on 08 September 2013, 09:20:08 AM
Having some skill and experience in legal matters I think you should be aiming for damages in and around 3 sherbet dips, and packet of half eaten spangles ( raspberry flavour) and maybe the defendant not being allowed to play with his TCR set for a week
Morning Fenton.
If you are acting on behalf of Mr H, I dont much fancy Sherbet Dips :-& I am however partial to Curly Wurly, Space Dust and Cresta Pop!
Out of interest my wife's Grandfather was the man behind the advertising campaign for Space Dust and Jolly Green Giant Sweetcorn
Cresta Pop and Space dust...part of your 5 a day ( well mine anyway when I was a kid)
I will see what I can do on the Curly Wurly front for you
Curly Wurlys = god fodder.
The barman at our collage bar got a box in as a laugh whilst I worked there, sold the lot in five minutes! Always on a constant restock since.
They were 18p in 1992, then they took the crisp joke off, and the price dropped to 15p!
Quote from: mad lemmey on 08 September 2013, 11:50:27 AM
Curly Wurlys = god fodder.
The barman at our collage bar got a box in as a laugh whilst I worked there, sold the lot in five minutes! Always on a constant restock since.
They were 18p in 1992, then they took the crisp joke off, and the price dropped to 15p!
They used to be bigger and more crumbly :(
I told Mrs Techno about this thread, and asked......
"What was your 'toy' that you always wanted ?"
"Oh.....A pony." Was the reply.
I ask you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury to note the use of the word 'A'. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
So how come we've got four of the little 'boggers'......And four more of the somewhat larger variety ! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Cheers - Phil.
See...childhood deprivation makes for obsession in later life. :(
Incidentally, a pony is not a toy. What plastic crap did Mrs Techno want? :)
Please don't say decapitated woman's make up head :o :o :o
Quote from: Nosher on 08 September 2013, 09:14:37 AM
I have this morning instructed my lawyers to begin to build the case against Mr N Harwood Esq. for opening personal skeletons in closets and invoking childhood memories best forgotten. I will be claiming for substancial damages brought about by this most heinous of crimes...
I'm going for significant damages Nik! ;D =O ;D
Nosher mate, your solicitor seems to be even slower than the ones 'progressing' my house sale... :-\
Quote from: nikharwood on 13 September 2013, 09:11:38 PM
Nosher mate, your solicitor seems to be even slower than the ones 'progressing' my house sale... :-\
I'm paid by the hour
Quote from: nikharwood on 13 September 2013, 09:11:38 PM
Nosher mate, your solicitor seems to be even slower than the ones 'progressing' my house sale... :-\
Yep, been there. Put in an offer on the house in August, finally moved in at the end of November. There's got to be an easier way... :o
All,
I kinda can't believe this one hasn't been posted already, or maybe all you lucky bastards had one. But my toy that got away is right here:
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_battleground_play_set.jpg
It was 1979 or 1980, and a friend had one. We lived on an Air Force base and the BX had them for about $40, and I begged and begged and begged, but never got one. Via the friend that had one, I was able to trade stuff (usually marbles) for pieces, and ended up with some trees and some barbed wire, some German troops, some US troops, the US halftrack, LCVP, and jeep (with driver).
I look back and I believe that's where it all started...
Jack
Quote from: bigjackmac on 15 September 2013, 02:03:17 AM
All,
I kinda can't believe this one hasn't been posted already, or maybe all you lucky bastards had one. But my toy that got away is right here:
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_battleground_play_set.jpg
It was 1979 or 1980, and a friend had one. We lived on an Air Force base and the BX had them for about $40, and I begged and begged and begged, but never got one. Via the friend that had one, I was able to trade stuff (usually marbles) for pieces, and ended up with some trees and some barbed wire, some German troops, some US troops, the US halftrack, LCVP, and jeep (with driver).
I look back and I believe that's where it all started...
Jack
Not that exact one but LOTS that were similar :)
Happy days
I asked for something nice in the stocking, but apparent 'being married' means I can't have those any more :'(
Quote from: Fenton on 07 September 2013, 06:32:14 PM
Also this
(http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/SteveW_04/crossfire.jpg) (http://s625.photobucket.com/user/SteveW_04/media/crossfire.jpg.html)
I had Crossfire, it was actually pretty good :-)
For me, it was this:
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRaxLc9hUn9wPwCQmyV5Oz9PZXpnEAWGLmRL6ILUfTqJu_QZSM9W75Sr3zhzA)
It could be an aircraft, a helicopter, or ... something else, I can't remember what. But it was three toys in one!
I did have an Action Man tank though. I didn't know it at the time, but it was a Scorpion:
(http://www.vectis.co.uk/AuctionImages/79/3738_l.jpg)
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Quote from: Russell Phillips on 15 September 2013, 07:13:23 AM
I did have an Action Man tank though. I didn't know it at the time, but it was a Scorpion:
I had the Armoured car
(http://www.vectis.co.uk/AuctionImages/124/1029_l.jpg)
and the radio
(http://www.eagleeyesactionstation.co.uk/ekmps/shops/eagleeyes/images/vintage-action-man-field-commander-field-radio-boxed-[2]-2862-p.jpg)
With the big camp commander.
The armoured car sucked because it wasn't a tank :(
The radio was brilliant though: you inserted the three coloured discs and they played suitable war messages:
"FSN to base...where is the armour."
"Base to FSN...jog on..." :D
Quote from: get2grips on 15 September 2013, 07:27:15 AM
and the radio
(http://www.eagleeyesactionstation.co.uk/ekmps/shops/eagleeyes/images/vintage-action-man-field-commander-field-radio-boxed-[2]-2862-p.jpg)
With the big camp commander.
The radio was brilliant though: you inserted the three coloured discs and they played suitable war messages:
"FSN to base...where is the armour."
"Base to FSN...jog on..." :D
I'd forgotten about the radio. I shouldn't have - he was my first Action Man. I could never work out what he was saying, though.
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I heard that they used the announcer from King's Cross Station to do the voice overs for those. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 15 September 2013, 08:01:49 AM
I heard that they used the announcer from King's Cross Station to do the voice overs for those. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Well, you learn something every day: can't see that one ever coming up at the pub quiz though :-\
Action man- stood in weird poses to get him to balance, holding a rifle in a pose that would be luck to hit a barn from the inside. Who had 'Real Gripping Hands' that broke at the knuckle? Who else pulled the feet off trying to remove his boots? And I bet you all had clothes for him knitted by your nan!
didnt have gripping hands...yeah my mum knitted stuff for him...also took him ages to dry out once he had been scuba diving in the bath...My action man was one of the original GI Joe's that my aunt set from the states for my brother about 5 years before action man was released in the UK
Quote from: Last Hussar on 15 September 2013, 10:34:04 AM
Action man- stood in weird poses to get him to balance, holding a rifle in a pose that would be luck to hit a barn from the inside. Who had 'Real Gripping Hands' that broke at the knuckle?
Yep, broken fingers; :(
Clothes that slowly unravelled; :(
Hair that came out making him look like he had scurvy; :(
And a melted back. :o
yeah...that last one...I tortured him over a fire to extract information and he melted...didn't give up any info though :D
Had to keep him clothed from that point on so my mum didn't find out.
Never had an Action Man or GI Joe but did have Mark Hazard : Secret Agent. He was moulded in blue-grey plastic (with flesh coloured hands and feet) wearing shirt and trousers. Only his trench coat was fabric. His plastic tie had a clip for his stiletto and his hat contained a concealed tape recorder. Latterly he sported a Sutton Hoo style helmet, a large round shield, a cloak and a sword made from a japanese katana style letter opener - all hand-crafted by yours truly having discovered Sword-and-Sorcery fiction.
Talking of concealed I also had this guy...
(http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/smdm/smdm/smdm/steveboxedlarge.jpg)
De..de..de..de..de..de..de..de........
But did you have the spaceship that converted into a medical centre?
Quote from: Last Hussar on 23 September 2013, 08:11:38 PM
But did you have the spaceship that converted into a medical centre?
:'( :'( :'(
No...git
didnt they do a bionic woman doll as well?
Quote from: Fenton on 23 September 2013, 11:16:04 PM
My bad
Didnt they do a Bionic girl as well?
Fenton...you know WAY too much about girls' toys :D
Shut up or your not getting your Wonder Woman action figure back
Quote from: Fenton on 24 September 2013, 08:50:12 AM
Shut up or your not getting your Wonder Woman action figure back
;D ;D ;D
Our secret is out Fenton :P 10mm is just a front :D
Just bought this as one of my son's Christmas presents...
(http://www.toytalk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Imaginext-castle.jpg)
How much would you have liked that as a kid? :-bd
I that the Imaginex one, I really wanted to buy that for my son last year. But we plumped for the bat cave instead :D
Quote from: get2grips on 26 October 2013, 06:39:00 PM
Just bought this as one of my son's Christmas presents...
Which rule set will he be using?
Quote from: fsn on 26 October 2013, 08:06:57 PM
Which rule set will he be using?
;D ;D ;D
He is 2 and 11 months: he does not abide by rules. :D
Quote from: get2grips on 26 October 2013, 09:39:43 PM
;D ;D ;D
He is 2 and 11 months: he does not abide by rules. :D
Tournament gamer then
Quote from: Fenton on 26 October 2013, 09:53:38 PM
Tournament gamer then
=O =O =O
They do behave like two year olds ;D
Quote from: get2grips on 26 October 2013, 09:54:48 PM
=O =O =O
They do behave like two year olds ;D
NO I DO NOT - IT'S MY TURN NOW MY TURN MY TURN MY TURN
MY TURN IanS ;D ;D
>:( >:( MY TURN! >:( >:(
Stop bickering!!!!!
Or it'll be the naughty step for you two :D
Quote from: get2grips on 27 October 2013, 08:56:29 AM
>:( >:( MY TURN! >:( >:(
Continue this sort of behaviour and you be playing nothing but 40K for a week!
Quote from: get2grips on 26 October 2013, 06:39:00 PM
Just bought this as one of my son's Christmas presents...
(http://www.toytalk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Imaginext-castle.jpg)
How much would you have liked that as a kid? :-bd
I think your using your son as an excuse - he wont get his hands on it. :)
Quote from: Fenton on 27 October 2013, 10:58:01 AM
Continue this sort of behaviour and you be playing nothing but 40K for a week!
That's a bit harsh Fenton ! ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 27 October 2013, 12:34:06 PM
That's a bit harsh Fenton ! ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Oh Ok,..then Challenger 2 ( playing a division) for you me laddo
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 27 October 2013, 12:11:46 PM
I think your using your son as an excuse - he wont get his hands on it. :)
My wife agrees :D
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 27 October 2013, 12:11:46 PM
I think your using your son as an excuse - he wont get his hands on it. :)
Which brings me very nice to my next politically incorrect wife joke...
What have a womans breasts and a train set got in common?
They are both made for little boys but daddy's like to play with them too :-[
Airfix Japanese infantry on both scales.
I wasn't allowed them as ....
the Japanese were nasty people who were really cruel. Well that was what my mum said. I never ever did get them.
Quote from: Nosher on 27 October 2013, 06:46:44 PM
Which brings me very nice to my next politically incorrect wife joke...
What have a womans breasts and a train set got in common?
They are both made for little boys but daddy's like to play with them too :-[
Another example of Nosher's boob fetish :D
Quote from: Maenoferren on 27 October 2013, 06:55:34 PM
Airfix Japanese infantry on both scales.
I wasn't allowed them as ....
the Japanese were nasty people who were really cruel. Well that was what my mum said. I never ever did get them.
These were my FAVOURITE Airfix soldiers. Loved the prone machine gunner. :-bd