Polystyrene Aeroplane Gliders

_blank_ · 07-09-2007 10:14am #1

Does anyone remember these?

I used to get one every Friday as part of my pocket money:)

Can they still be bought in shops?

Reku · 07-09-2007 1:44pm

Used to be 20p and have the little propeller on the front (which the plane ALWAYS broke where this connected on after a few... ahem... "landings").:p
They were still great, though think that one you have the pic of is one of the bigger ones only toystores tended to stock, I only ever got the little ones that were in most newsagents.:(

Ruu_Old · 08-09-2007 3:09am

Yeah I got the ones in the newsagents as well, they came in a very small packet (nearly the size of an ice lolly).

Hagar · 08-09-2007 7:37am

When I was a kid they were made of balsa wood with a lttle lead weight on the front.

Aisling(",) · 08-09-2007 12:45pm

ah yeah i remember them!

my borthers had some lying around from when they were yound so i used to rob them and play with them....the unfortunate dog next door always seemed to be getting hit with them!

rejkin · 08-09-2007 1:05pm

i loved these things though they did break very easily,they have them in the banana tree on belgard road in tallaght but they prob have them in banana tree in the dublin city centre in stephens green sc aswell

_blank_ · 08-09-2007 1:12pm

rejkin wrote:

i loved these things though they did break very easily,they have them in the banana tree on belgard road in tallaght but they prob have them in banana tree in the dublin city centre in stephens green sc aswell

Cool.

I'll pop in on Monday on my way home from work.

Thanks.

Dord · 08-09-2007 3:34pm

ahhh the memories, I remember buying these things. I always used to end up with the spitfire ones

dlofnep · 08-09-2007 6:22pm

I remember em, used to collect them all the time. I'd go up to the shop with 30p, buy a plane and 3 of those 3p bubble gums with the tattoos on them.

Gaspode · 08-09-2007 8:35pm

I've seen them around in the 'pound shops' so they're still available.

The rag 'n bone man used to give them out if you only had a small amount of clothes to give him, but his ones were by far and away the best compared to the shop ones.

stcatherine · 09-09-2007 10:21am

yeah someone bought some for my son only last year so def still around.

Polystyrene Aeroplane Gliders

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