What were your favourite toys as a nipper?
Mine were:
- Lego
- Scalextric
- Roller Skates
Still love lego
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Subute. - had the fencing, the trophies, the grandstand. you name it.
Mitre Trophy football - great for the Streets - and orange.
Rubiks Cube - Took me a while, but i did it in the end.
lego playmobil, we had it all the castle, the pirate ship, and the space ship. matchbox. my marklin train set. my fully functioning steamroller.
i still have most of this stuff.
J.A.K wrote: 3. Rubiks Cube - Took me a while, but i did it in the end.
Taking the stickers off does not count 
- A 1975 Hesketh Cosworth (Hunt) (errmmm a model of one)
- Thunderbird2
- Lego (space kits mainly)
[pink]Missy Jem[/pink] wrote:
J.A.K wrote: 3. Rubiks Cube - Took me a while, but i did it in the end.
Taking the stickers off does not count
oops. nearly forgot my steve austin six million dollar man action figure with bionic eye. nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, nah nah--nah nah.
Steve Campbell wrote:
- A 1975 Hesketh Cosworth (Hunt) (errmmm a model of one)
- Thunderbird2
- Lego (space kits mainly)
You didn't include Semtex 
[pink]Missy Jem[/pink] wrote:
Steve Campbell wrote:
- A 1975 Hesketh Cosworth (Hunt) (errmmm a model of one)
- Thunderbird2
- Lego (space kits mainly)
You didn't include Semtex
Typical English ignorance.....you don;t get Semtex til yer 12...up till that it's only molotovs and nail bombs, oh and roadbloacks in the summer 
Al Jarvis wrote: Subbuteo Scalextric Meccano
Subbuteo won through in the end then :D
I actually consider myself as having had a deprived childhood on account of never having had mechano. I asked repeatedly, played with my mates sets, but my folks just always had this look of terror when I reminded them I liked it. Oh well.
Wembley Trophy Football (Mitre? tsk!) 10 Embassy Filter Knave/Fiesta/Escort/Mayfair
I was a rebel because I wasnt allowed a 6 milliion dollar man or an Evil Knevil wind up bike 
Barney Army wrote:
Knave/Fiesta/Escort/Mayfair :
Kids of today eh? T'internet my arse!
PS....Fiesta ended up as a showcase for hairy old trolls and dinner ladies on their way to the knackers.
Barney Army wrote: Wembley Trophy Football (Mitre? tsk!) 10 Embassy Filter Knave/Fiesta/Escort/Mayfair
I was a rebel because I wasnt allowed a 6 milliion dollar man or an Evil Knevil wind up bike
10 lucies from the Mobile at the end of the street.
Wembley? haha. i remember now. came in a box.
J.A.K wrote:
Wembley? haha. i remember now. came in a box.
bit of a stinger on a cold wet day I seem to remember.
What about Kevin Keegan's super striker, orange & black? and much lighter. Impossible to save a shot with one of them, they didnt half move in the air 
I remember Santa got me. Spectrum for xmas as it was cheaper than the Amiga. The Spectrum was a load of oul shite 
J.A.K wrote: ASTRO WARS.
top little game where you had to dock the spacey.
I could clock that game 3 or 4 times, probably the last thing I was any good at, I took up bass shortly afterwards and wasted my life with it instead....man I coulda been a contender.
Was it astro wars or firefox that played the clip from holsts planets in little monophonic beeps, whichever, it shaped my musical destiny LOL.
And even I the football avoidist extraordinaire can remember the sheer terror of standing there in shorts facing a wet "caser".
I had the ZX Spectrum with the rubber keys. I spent all day Christmas Day and til lunch-time Boxing day inputting this programme and at the end of it all it did was draw the outline of a Union Jack then colour it in!!
My Mum and Dad were laughing their heads off because it kept me quiet for so long and that's all i got!
Snoopy wrote: I remember Santa got me. Spectrum for xmas as it was cheaper than the Amiga. The Spectrum was a load of oul shite
watch it fucker....you and your ameoba games machines PAH.
Ok, lets face it the amiga could kick piss out of a speccy, they are of different generations and you clearly pissed santa off a treat that year. As an Atari St owner (and caretaker, mucker-outter and vet) I am honour bound to make fun of the amiga, and ignore the fct it made every decent special effects shot on tv until Linux took over.
[pink]Missy Jem[/pink] wrote: I had the ZX Spectrum with the rubber keys. I spent all day Christmas Day and til lunch-time Boxing day inputting this programme and at the end of it all it did was draw the outline of a Union Jack then colour it in!!
My Mum and Dad were laughing their heads off because it kept me quiet for so long and that's all i got!
hand on heart. Me too! not xmas day, but I typed in that same program...possibly out of that magazine "input"?
Stop doing stuff like that it scares me
Steve Campbell wrote:
J.A.K wrote: ASTRO WARS.
top little game where you had to dock the spacey.
I could clock that game 3 or 4 times, probably the last thing I was any good at, I took up bass shortly afterwards and wasted my life with it instead....man I coulda been a contender.
Was it astro wars or firefox that played the clip from holsts planets in little monophonic beeps, whichever, it shaped my musical destiny LOL.
And even I the football avoidist extraordinaire can remember the sheer terror of standing there in shorts facing a wet "caser".
nothing worse than a CASEY across the back of the legs on a winters day. kept the blood movin.
Still got Astro Wars - somewhere.
think you are talking about Firefox maybe with the beeps.
also loved any of these:
err...i mean these:
I used to be interested in those for as long as it took me to work out where each of the lcd "animation" cells were, then I got bored with actually playinh.....I'm like that...weird.
PS I think maybe the union jack program was in the back of te speccy manual.
[pink]Missy Jem[/pink] wrote: I had the ZX Spectrum with the rubber keys. I spent all day Christmas Day and til lunch-time Boxing day inputting this programme and at the end of it all it did was draw the outline of a Union Jack then colour it in!!
My Mum and Dad were laughing their heads off because it kept me quiet for so long and that's all i got!
my sister (same age as you) had dolls.
- trivial pursuit (is that a toy?)
- my barbie dolls
- my doll, amanda (i've had her since i was two and she sits on my dresser to this day)
