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[SKYMAN]

hope im in the right group,i remember one particular toy,it was a gun,it made a quite loud bang.
you had to put a roll of paper at the end of the pistols barrell. thread it over an hole at the end when you pressed the trigger compressed air forced an hole into the paper ,hey presto,( bang )
i think it was an american idea.

[gilly]

AH i remember Secret Sam a suitcase with all kinds of gadgets.a gun that turned into a rifle etc.Also Johnney seven a multi purpose rifle that fired grenades bullets etc but my all time favourite was scalextric especially the four laner.Oh the simplicity of Lego and Meccano!no sims and broadband to play with people on the other side of the world?We had mates in them days,who used to come round yer house to play,Now if my grandaughters friends want to come our house to play with her,we need a visit from the social services,the health inspector and 3 generations of various denominations just to prove we're not racist,subversive child molesting ,illegal immigrants.The world has seriously gone daft!BTW we are none of the above

[Olliebeak]

Besides all the usual dolls, teddies, Andy Pandy, stencil sets, boxed games - one christmas present stands out from all the rest.

My Godfather (g-uncle Jimmy) was in the Royal Navy and he frequently brought me things from his travels. This particular christmas he brought a Schuco Varianto Elektra car set with three vehicles - maybe, for some reason, he forgot I was a girl . On Christmas morning, the wire tracks were all round the living room - under the TV set and the dining table - with grandad, dad and uncle Jimmy crawling around on all fours. Poor nan was trying her best to set the table and get christmas dinner served .

[jmosh]

There is one old driving test game we used to have that you could guide small cars around a map
of London streets by rod and magnetic control
Great topic Skyman

[SKYMAN]

I remember i had one of those glove puppets ,it was a monkey,you put your index finger in a tube inside ,then your thumb and middle finger went into the arms, we both spent hours under the stairs during the air raids,,in 1945 my mother made me throw it away, it had become a close friend ,it was like one of the family,but like she explained,i was fourteen and should be making new friends,,,,,ha ha

[gilly]

I have to admit i was a spoilt kid.The youngest of 5 and my dad was 50 mum was 38. I had everything going in the 60's ,Magic robot where you asked a question and the robot answered(magnets again) the driving one mentioned before.every supercar/stingray/thunderbirds etc etc model,scalextrics,etch a sketch meccano and probably every waddington game invented ?how many of these do you remember?
Buccaneer
scoop
spy ring
battle of the little big horn
monopoly
cluedo
millionaire
??space one??
campaign
etc etc plus all the others /what was that game of ludo but the dice were in a plastic bubble you pressed and the dice rolled automatically?
Too many more to mention and it was a long time ago help please

[Alan]

The best toy from the 40s I can remember was a Meccano set. It was a Number 3 set and all my pocket money went on buying additional bits. I used to dream about one day owning the top-of-the-line - a No. 10 set.

[tessmop]

l remember one Christmas getting two board games based on two popular quiz shows on TV Double your money and Take your pick.

[Phyll]

My favourite toy was my Tressy Doll, you turned a key and her hair grew.
I also had a Dolls House. I was so sad when I had to get rid of them,
but just as Skyman said he was 14, I was 20 and getting married.

[DEVON BOY]

The best i got was a chemistry set ( used to make stink bombs ) and a make it your self Cristal set radio

[Thumpa lumpa]

I have just cleared my Mum's house out after she passed away, and what did I find, only my Hornby train set! Three engines and rolling stock, even a Royal Mail carriage that used to pluck sacks of mail off a post as it passed by, the three engines are The Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Montrose, and a little black one like a shunter, I spent many an hour playing with that, and my Meccano, I even remember my Dad taking me down to Binns Rd off Edge Lane in Liverpool to show me were they made Meccano.

[tessmop]

They should be worth a bit now,brought a tear to my eyes that did TL.

[Thumpa lumpa]

tessmop a couple of people have said that to me, but I may give them to my grandson when he is a bit older.it brought a tear to my eye when I found them.

[Lowe House Boy]

Good topic this one.
I also had a magic robot. I learned quite a bit of general knowledge from it. A Meccano set was something else I had. I remember making a windmill and powered it with another toy,my Mammod steam engine,which I have still got. A simple but fascinating toy I had was a Slinky,the coiled wire toy which would walk down stairs. I think you can still get them.
I remember at this time of the year when finishing my day at Lowe House I would visit the wonderful toy department in the Co-op basement. It was an aladdins cave of goodies for us kids.

[vinty]

You Lot have got me in tears.
All I had as a boy was a pair of football boots and a Trundle.
Christmas meant an Apple, an Orange, a Sugar pig, a new Penny and a Bar of Meesons Orange Chocolate which I didnt like.