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Toys you had as a kid
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smokingman wrote: »Crossbows and Catapults...effin awesome
Nice one, I had that too. Great craic altogether, vikings v barbarians if I remember correctly. Fun.0 -
i loved watching and playing with thundercats. Used to get up early every sat morning to watch it. The toys where cool with the switch on their back that moved their arms. Plus you could make their eyes glow. hope to pick some more up at the weekend at one of the toy fiars0 -
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When i was a kid the original Star Wars films were being released so we had the model X-wing fighters and Tie-fighters. Used to wage inter-galactic wars all over the house with my brother and i taking turns being the eveil empire!!
The x-wings went into 'battle mode' with wings forming an 'x' when you pressed on R2D2's head!!
Also, Subbuteo rocked!!! :cool:
For all the kids complaining now about not having a PS3 instead of their PS2 - trying living in a age where an Atari was the best available! The most advanced soccer game was not PES or FIFA but 'World Champioship Soccer' where you had three a side and they all ran in formation. If you wanted to select a more difficult level they just shrank the goals!0 -
Space Lego!!! By far and away the best toys i had were space lego. If you think you had something better then not only are you wrong but your probably a right bastard too!
this was the first one i got in 84. too young to avoid smashing it on the second day and not being able to remake it
this however was the best! i used to daydream about having a real one and driving it into the school and over the teacher!
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Remember Stickle Bricks? Not sure if you can still get them.
I was listening to fix it Friday on today fm last week and they mentioned these. I couldn't picture them at all until I seen your pic. These can still be got online. From what they said on the radio, the original company no longer makes them. They pulled the whole product range a few years back due to faulty bricks that caused a choking hazard in children.
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smokingman wrote: »Cool thread and brings back a load of good memories...
Crossbows and Catapults...effin awesome
Best game of all time that thing! Wish I still had mine as there was such satisfaction from lobbing a plastic disc across the room to destroy a castle
Hero Quest also deserves a mention, its why I love RPG games now.
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I got the exact above pictured bucket of lego for Christmas when I was about 5 or 6 and loved it so much. I spent hours making things. I got a few of the little sets with the little lego men etc in them over the years, but only ever had the one bucket of lego! I can still remember the plastic smell off the box quite distinctly.
I'm quite sad it got lost somewhere over the years. I would quite happily while away the time playing with lego now!
My dizzy bear, which I got when I was about 4 was much loved- the Nosy Bears were SO eighties!! I enjoyed her spinny nose.
I think she is still in my attic.
I'm still angry with myself for leaving behind my beloved commodore 64 in the shed when I moved house a few years ago. Idiot!!0 -
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The Dark Lord Cthulhu wrote: »I had that lego bucket! And I remember being distinctly disappointed that I could never manage to make the house on the front of it
(it could be done but was above my building abilities
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I'd the same issues with a lego police station.
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I was listening to fix it Friday on today fm last week and they mentioned these. I couldn't picture them at all until I seen your pic. These can still be got online. From what they said on the radio, the original company no longer makes them. They pulled the whole product range a few years back due to faulty bricks that caused a choking hazard in children.
There were savage
I hate the sight of them. They were used at work one time as part of a team building/productivity enhancing yoke. People fell out that day didn't speak for years. :P0 -
I used to collecy old WWF and WCW action figures when I was a kid. I created my own fantasy wrestling federation. I also used He Man figures and cheap pound shop wrestlers and I gave them my own names and gimmicks. I had my own championships, feuds and storylines. Stinkor here from He Man was my World Champion umpteen times over and had great feuds with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage :pac:
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Sgt Hartman wrote: »I used to collecy old WWF and WCW action figures when I was a kid. I created my own fantasy wrestling federation. I also used He Man figures and cheap pound shop wrestlers and I gave them my own names and gimmicks. I had my own championships, feuds and storylines. Stinkor here from He Man was my World Champion umpteen times over and had great feuds with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage :pac:
Hope you had this aswell :pac: (Stupid small picture)
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Professey Chin wrote: »Hope you had this aswell :pac: (Stupid small picture)
I did but without the cage though. I got a ring for Xmas in 1991 along with The Bushwhackers action figures and and Andre the Giant figure
Before I got my ring a handyman neighbour of mine built me one with a biscuit tin for the base, a piece of carpet for the mat and 4 small brass pipes for the ringposts and elastic twine for the ropes. I made the turnbuckles myself with paper and sellotape. I have a couple of old pics of it which I'll upload soon :pac:0 -
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Main ones I remember having were hulk Hogan, ultimate warrior, big boss man, Ted dibiasi and roddy piper (the dog beat most of them in a fight )
I always wanted the ring with the spring to launch people off the top rope. Mine didn't come with it 0 -
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I had the Bushwhackers and Ultimate Warrior, also made my own ring with some painted plywood, dowels for the corners and them some elastic for the ropes.Professey Chin wrote: »Main ones I remember having were hulk Hogan, ultimate warrior, big boss man, Ted dibiasi and roddy piper (the dog beat most of them in a fight )
I always wanted the ring with the spring to launch people off the top rope. Mine didn't come with it
I had all of those action figures and much more Anyone remember the old early 90's WCW figures? Here's Goldust before he was ordered by Mr. McMahon to paint his face gold and act all camp 
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Sgt Hartman wrote: »I used to collecy old WWF and WCW action figures when I was a kid. I created my own fantasy wrestling federation. I also used He Man figures and cheap pound shop wrestlers and I gave them my own names and gimmicks. I had my own championships, feuds and storylines. Stinkor here from He Man was my World Champion umpteen times over and had great feuds with Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Macho Man Randy Savage :pac:
Heh, me too. Although I used to use He-man figures and pretend the were WWF wrestlers. I'd try to match up a He-man guy with a WWF guy so that there was some sort of similarity between them. So, for instance this guy 'Tung Lashor' was my 'Brutus The Barber.....
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They weren't all so perfectly matched however. For instance, for some reason I had Meckanek as "Hulk Hogan". Yeah even now I don't know how I made that connection, but there you go.0 -
Professey Chin wrote: »The galoob figures! I remember I had lex luger from that line and maybe a couple others. The lack of movement on them always annoyed me though
Yeah, some well meaning aunt would get you one for your birthday. You'd still feel ripped off.0 -
anyone remember those slimey / sticky type yo-yo thingies that invaded classrooms in the early 90s?
there were single colour and would have a ring part to go around your finger - they you could throw the main part and see if stick on a window / wall.
nice n squishy to touch. Mad yokes!
found a pic of them here:
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lord lucan wrote: »These were the mainstay of my xmas presents for much of the 80's.:)
Tonka toy trucks! Remember those very well. Also don't forget the He-Man action figures and the Original Transformers G1 toys from 1984 as well0 -
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Anybody remember this one? "Bandit Chase" - I remember it being a Christmas present bought in Dun Laoghaire (?). I must have been about 13 at the time and really got some fun out of it. One player controlled the movement of the truck laden with stolen barrels while the other player controlled the movement of the police car. When I say controlled the movement I mean they controlled the 'points' in the track as the vehicles were not radio controlled. The objective of the game was for the police car to ram the back of the truck and cause it to shed its load. Sadly the game was left behind in one of my many moves over the years.
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