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Toys from your youth

thecretinhop

i used love those soldiers you made in casts with molten hot lead, epic fun nowadays the health and safety officer would pass out.
me dad gave us some lead from roof left over again not so safe lol anyway favourite toy and why..

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[Deleted User]

Anyone else have the game Mastermind with the coloured pegs? Lost hours to that game, used to love it.

There must be a PC/phone/etc version of it out there.

Lady Haywire

This beauty. I was quite young when I got it & I remember I was enchanted with it. It was still dark when I got up to see what Santa had left & I brought it back to bed and just lay there watching it twinkle on my quilt

Though I also grew up with a brother & male cousin to play with so had the toy farm, Mega Drive/Sonic grá too. We'd also build carts and race them up and down the lane, we'd take it in turns for two to sit in & one to push. We were actually very adventurous kids, we'd create 'Crystal Maze' type games & we'd each have to try & complete it in the fastest time for the crystal. And if time ran out we'd get locked in the cow shed :pac:
Simple games like file this bucket with water from the tap but you must use this bottle, or hit these targets with turf, build a tower of sticks to touch this height. Ah memories.

Andrewf20

Never had but would loved to have had this book:

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drake70

Andrewf20 wrote: »

More of a Hardy Boys fan myself

mulbot

This was one of my favourites-the big foot truck.

[Deleted User]

mulbot wrote: »

This was one of my favourites-the big foot truck.

My parents got me that after I was in hospital to get my adenoids out. Loved it!

[Deleted User]

Deleted User wrote: »

Transformers
M.A.S.K
Starcom
Lego

All of these!

Also,

Battle beasts

and I had a Power Extreme suit. :cool:

[Deleted User]

I still have this up in my mothers attic, I could never let it go.

[Deleted User]

mistersifter wrote: »

All of these!

Also,

Battle beasts

and I had a Power Extreme suit. :cool:

Battle beasts were all the rage for a few months in my class/circle of friends. Then they just seemed to vanish overnight. We played with mask and transformers for years.

[Deleted User]

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Surprised to see no mention of Transformers or He-Man, they were my favourites.
My bike was a Raleigh mini burner but I wanted a Vektar so much.

I had a Wild Cat Bike meself. Remember those!? they had a "computer" on them.

mulbot

Have the He-man toy in my father's attic somewhere, little button on his back, when you pressed it his right hand and sword raised up and down.

[Deleted User]

Greyskull and Skeletor castles were cool. Skeletor one had a monster puppet thing that lived in the castle.

Mehaffey1

WWF Ring with a good few superstars like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

cbreeze

YoYos. Hours of cheap fun trying to get them up and down the string.
Shoe polish tin filled with dirt to use for hopsotch.

[Deleted User]

Ball in a cup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkaXJKL38BI

The Princess Bride

I had a Sindy doll and had her giving kisses and hugs to my brother's Action Man, remembering back now, he wasn't a very manly man.

Potential-Monke

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

There must be a PC/phone/etc version of it out there.

There is, but most are 'Merican so done with balls instead of pegs. Search for Mastermind in the Google Play Store/Apple App Store.

I was an Action Corp kid, while everyone else got those figurines which could just move at the top of the arms and hips (GI Joe), Action Corp could bend their elbows and knees, and had more motion control in general. And were cheaper! Loved them, when I lost the weapons I'd sellotape toothpicks to their hands and give them pointy staffs and swords!

Surely everyone had this:

Also had these bad boys (mice):

Of course, had hapes of WWE stuff. Pretty sure we had all these plus the ring and more:

And finally, the good ole racism that wasn't racist at the time (they were about 3ft high!):

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We are the famous fiiiiiiive !
Julians dicking Anne, George and Timmy the dooooooogg

Nigel Fairservice

Hornby Train sets.
Enid Blyton books.
Air fix models....many hours spent making models of WW2 planes.
Transformers.
MASK.
And probably the most daft of my list, Dino-Riders.

I had completely forgotten about the Fisher Price garage. Great to see it. Had a burst of memories when I saw it. Had this Fisher price tape deck thing too.

Canis Lupus

BigTrak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak

ozmo

I was a big fan of those electronic sets - had a few types including the one in the video below - they were great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKrOo7zVU24

Rawr

One year I got Manta Force and was blown away by the sheer scale of it. Every single bit of it was a toy in it's own right. All made with really solid plastic.

I later got the "Red Venom" ship from this series which was just as fun (but had more springs in it and more parts that would wear down and fail.
There was one final "Black Baracuda" ship I managed to get, which I remember being pretty lack luster and cheaply made. Nothing really compared to this first ship in terms of fun or value

Dr Turk Turkelton

mistersifter wrote: »

I had a Wild Cat Bike meself. Remember those!? they had a "computer" on them.

Any pics,I don't remember the wild cat. Im talking mid 80's and the Raleigh Vektar was the only computer bike I can remember.

Dr Turk Turkelton

mulbot wrote: »

Have the He-man toy in my father's attic somewhere, little button on his back, when you pressed it his right hand and sword raised up and down.

I think that was "Battle Armour" He-Man.
Just a dent, more dent.

Dr Turk Turkelton

mistersifter wrote: »

Greyskull and Skeletor castles were cool. Skeletor one had a monster puppet thing that lived in the castle.

I think that was Hordak's lair that had the monster puppet.
Skelators lair was one of the coolest toys ever invented.

Rawr

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

I think that was Hordak's lair that had the monster puppet.
Skelators lair was one of the coolest toys ever invented.

That reminded me of this:

I think I inherited it from a relative who had gotten too old for it, and I remember loving this thing...especially the elaborate door and gate system of the fortress.

It was only years later that I learned this this was the Tower of Doom, the lair of Dr. Doom from Spiderman.

RGARDINR

Had that as well was so class.

Zero hour as well was another one i loved.

Manta Force was class as pic just a few above.

Lego knights and Lego Pirates i had as well that i loved.

Looking at the old Argos catalogue online from the late 80s early 90s at the toys its mad the things you see in it your like damn i had that or my friends did. Good memories.

RayCon

My Favourite toy growing up .... my first set of wheels. The Christmas I got it happened to coincide with a snowy / icey winter - spent days skidding all around my road - loved it.

up for anything

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I wasn’t allowed play with toys but I loved the Commando comics when I was a kid.

Why weren't you allowed play with toys?

I always wanted a pogo stick but Santa let me down year on year. My mother says he even tried to get one in London but they were always sold out.

I got Ker-Plunk one year, Spirograph another year, a scooter another year.

murphyebass

Rawr wrote: »

One year I got Manta Force and was blown away by the sheer scale of it. Every single bit of it was a toy in it's own right. All made with really solid plastic.

I later got the "Red Venom" ship from this series which was just as fun (but had more springs in it and more parts that would wear down and fail.
There was one final "Black Baracuda" ship I managed to get, which I remember being pretty lack luster and cheaply made. Nothing really compared to this first ship in terms of fun or value

I was going to post this. Favourite toy of my childhood. Loved it. Wish I still had it. Tempted to buy it online now.

We had black barracuda and red venom as well but they paled in comparison with the original ship.

Still brilliant in their own right, just not a patch on the original.