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Toys you had as a kid
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that brings back memories although had a later version,lord lucan wrote: »Used to have this as a kid,was great craic. Used to drive my parents around the bend though!:D
action man was the toy of choice for years through the late seventies early eighties, we used to tie plastic bags on to them and throw them off the roof of the house instant para regiment!:)0 -
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Was just talking to my sister about toys we owned in the late eighties/early nineties! Does anyone else remember these dolls?
Tonka Cupcake dolls!
I always wanted one of these when I was a kid but never got one. So when I spotted one in a shop up north a couple of years ago my boyfriend bought it for me
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My all-time favourite toy was Eagle-Eyed Action Man!! Had several of them and loved all the uniforms and vehicles you could get for him, would always pester my Mam for new outfits and any new accessories that would hit the stores. Got this aircraft for him one Christmas and was over the moon.....just found it on Google now:eek: and it brings back so many memories!! Great times!!:D
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A few of my favourite toys were:
She Ra's Castle
Play doh hair salon:
Ghost castle Mb board game
And Lil Miss Make Up doll
And an earlier 80's version of this red post office set
http://www.toys.ie/Post-Office-Set-!103347-prd.aspx0 -
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Secret Keepers
Came in the shape of animals and bugs. I had five of them - the swan, the horse, the bunny, the purple snail and the blue ant. You got a key with them that opened up their bellies, shells, etc and you could hide stuff inside them.
Cabbage Patch Dolls
I'm sure every girl had at least one of these.
My little Pony
I had a huge collection of these.
Skip It
Girl Talk Board Game
Care Bears
Trolls!
Speak & Spell
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Don't think I got many branded toys when I was a nipper, mostly cheap generic stuff and a few battered hand me downs.
I do remember getting a Care Bear one year...
Totally jelly at the Teddy Ruxpin though, instead I got a bear that recorded your voice. I tried to read a story into it so it would tell it back to me but it only recorded 3 seconds or something so only managed 'once upon a time they all lived happily...'
Oh yeah, and Playmobile and Trolls
Still have this little punk fella knockin about somewhere...
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I had feck loads of star wars and he-man figures as well, like:
Ah he-man and star wars! Truly great toys. Definitely the big 2 in my childhood. So much so that I actually bought them all on ebay as an adult and had them wall mounted as a sort of memento to cheer me up when I need it.
As a kid I used to get only 'big toy' for xmas and bday and then the odd he-man or star wars figure here and there during the year depending on ... what I don't know exactly. I was happy to get them anyway.
All stopped when I hit around 11 and started getting interested in football and computer games and girls. In retrospect all 3 categories have been letting me down and leaving me miserable ever since! :pac:0 -
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Was a big fan of he-man too.
My fave was moss man, and grizzlor
moss man and beat man were identical, except moss man was cover in glue and dipped in green velvety stuff that attracted every bit of fluff in sight
mass produced but brilliant
Mr. Denton wrote: »Ah he-man and star wars! Truly great toys. Definitely the big 2 in my childhood. So much so that I actually bought them all on ebay as an adult and had them wall mounted as a sort of memento to cheer me up when I need it.
As a kid I used to get only 'big toy' for xmas and bday and then the odd he-man or star wars figure here and there during the year depending on ... what I don't know exactly. I was happy to get them anyway.
All stopped when I hit around 11 and started getting interested in football and computer games and girls. In retrospect all 3 categories have been letting me down and leaving me miserable ever since! :pac:0 -
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scottie pippen wrote: »Was a big fan of he-man too.
My fave was moss man, and grizzlor
moss man and beat man were identical, except moss man was cover in glue and dipped in green velvety stuff that attracted every bit of fluff in sight
mass produced but brilliant
Yeah that repacking went on a lot eg
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MASK did it a lot too. They would simply take a figure from the original range, repaint it and stick it in another vehicle. You'll find several examples of this done, sometimes multiple times for the same figure
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My mam told me when I was small, my Grandad went up to Belfast to get me this for Christmas one year as it was so popular and sold out in Dublin, what a great Christmas it was!
Anybody who didn't have any of this as a kid seriously missed out! I would still play with this if I hadn't given it away!
There is only one Action Man!!
I used to have a bigger one of these and went around with videos in the back pretending to be the local pirate video man lol
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MaidenSlayer wrote: »Anybody who didn't have any of this as a kid seriously missed out! I would still play with this if I hadn't given it away!
Bought this bad boy on ebay a while back
http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8860-1
Built it over the weekend. There's always time for Lego 0 -
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Mr. Denton wrote: »There's always time for Lego
There always is! And if there isn't time, you make it! lol That's also given me and idea to have a look on eBay for some classic Lego...0 -
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I didnt realize how lucky I was.....I had a really well-made green tricycle,
and a doll's pram, both really solid and painted green with a green leather hood on the pram.
My friend's mother asked mammy where we got them.
Mammy didn't tell her, and I didn't know.
Years later I found out it was something to do with my uncles working at Parkgate Iron and steel works in Rotherham!
One day when I was about 7 a book arrived for me by post.
It was a beautifully illustrated "Alice in Wonderland" and there was no note or inscription. It wasn't my birthday or Christmas, so that added to the mystery and made it even more special.
Sometime later, another beautiful book arrived......"Grimm's Fairy Tales".
I had many uncles and aunts in Ireland and England, but I never found out who sent them. I absolutely treasured those books.0 -
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rainshowers82 wrote: »My little brother had these ... Man they rocked ......... I used to love hiding all the little dudes from it
Actually i think its still in our attic !!!
when I got bored of playing with the ships, I'd line all the men up as pit crew on my scalextrix track, or have them building lego walls and crash the cars into them...0 -
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Sindy - The hair was very heavy for the dolls head and ended up decapitated
Patch ( Sindy's sister ) - It had really thin black hair the one I had.
http://www.petradolls.co.uk/patch_dolls_information_page.htm
Tammy - I barely recall it. It was a Christmas present. I preferred Sindy before she became headless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSHkVYdpxw
Tressy - Was a doll I loved very much, she had hair that you could lengthen by pulling her hair from the crown of her head, and it would come out so far. and when you wanted it short, just push it back in.
This is exactly the Tressy I had: http://www.tressydoll.com/page14.htm
Sindy's Red Car - I remember wanting Sindy's bed as it was gorgeous. I asked Santa for it that Christmas and ended up getting her car instead. I was disappointed to say the least! The care was fun never the less. Here is the little car: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Sindys-red-car-box-1960s-/230643865037
Crolly Doll - Ah yes Millie was one of my most loved dolls. I got her from Santa and it was Santa's last present to me
I named her after the movie, Thoroughly Modern Millie! She had lovely hair and I used to put her hair in rollers. I even knitted and sewed some clothes for her. I entered my doll into my schools best dolls competition, sadly though I didn't win!
It was great fun being a kid before the age of the electronics, internet, gadgets and gizmo's etc. 0 -
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Cool toys, If you love these then you'll love toy fairs. ive compiled a list of upcoming events where you can go down memory lane. You'll find it here on boards under toys and games
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056058054&page=3
or on my face book page TOY FAIRS
oh and heres something i enjoyed
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Cool thread and brings back a load of good memories...
Here's a few of mine.
fisher Price as a young lad..
Crossbows and Catapults...effin awesome
...and to top it off, Action Force!
Had nearly all the things in this pic and spent an insane amount of time in the sandpit/garden setting up daily battles.
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Came in Kellogg's cereal
Everybody was going crazy for these! 
My brother used to do that as well must be a sadistic streak in us somewhere 
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