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[Phyll]

Skyman, You're a laugh a minute.

Well done Les, I think they were Biff Bats, also called Paddle Ball.
Take a look at the Clip, never got as good as these.

[morgan]

The film clip posted by Phyll took me back years,everyone in the cinema were ducking because it was a 3D film.

[SKYMAN]

iEven at my age i love to fly a kite,it gives me a sense of power,
in fact i would like my cremated remains to be fastened to one
then the ashes released ,my wife has other ideas she says my
ashes are going in fag ash tray,then every day she can watch me put weight on

[Jules]

Did anyone have a Magic Robot? It was a sort of boxed quiz game with various sheets of questions and answers. You placed the "Topic" page on top and then placed the Robot (who held a sort of wand) into the circular base and pointed to a question. You then placed the Robot onto a mirror (situated opposite the base) and the Robot swung around and pointed to the correct answer. I have puzzled for years how that thing worked, but it gave me many hours of fun and also knowledge.

[SKYMAN]

YES i had one of them ,you could get them that you could put
sheets on with various topics.
could do with one now to tell me what day it is,,,,lol

[gilly]

I had one.There was a magnet in the bottom of the robot and another one on the answer part.Based on two magnets attract when north is opposite south and repel when n/n or s/s where you aimed the robot meant the magnet would turn the robot 180 degrees

[SKYMAN]

We were so poor ,
When i was a child i had no toys to play with,
well thats enough about that,,,,

[Phyll]

Hi Skyman, Don't lie, you said you had a Magic Robot Toy/Game, or were you wishing you had.

For those who did have one, look at this link. (Scroll down after the top photo)

http://tracystoys.bl...robot-game.html

Here are some links to where you can get Vintage Toys and Games.

http://www.vintageto...robot_game.html

http://www.ilovecoll...d-game-0000343/

Edited by Phyll, 08 May 2012 - 07:04 PM.

[vinty]

SKYMAN, on 01 May 2012 - 01:38 PM, said:

i wonder how many of us know what a Trundle is,i went miles with mine,

I bet you wore out a few sticks

[SKYMAN]

Hi Vint, dId you hear about the eccentric pensioner who
went for a couple of pints with his trundle,he left
it outside leaning against the wall,when he came
out it wasnt there,( teach him to go drinking in elephant lane )
his mate said dont wurry tha cun allus bar a newun,,
he sed a no but owma gunna get wom,,,,

[vinty]

Ha Ha yes I have heard a slightly different version of that one Skyman.
Serves him right he should have chained it to a Lamp Post.

[SKYMAN]

i didnt care much for them iron trundles
the ones that the handle had a ring on the
end that the hoop went through,
there was a knack in drivin them.,
my fav was a lorry tyre ,but i wasnt allowed to use it
after it ran into a bus near the York Pub,
i lost me no claims after that . ha ha

[vinty]

Did you curl up inside the tyre Skyman and let your mates roll it along .
I could never do that. I tried but it made me feel very sick.
By the way you never see old bike tyres over Lamp posts now it must be because they are too high and kids cant throw them up so far.

[SKYMAN]

No never did that VINTY ,i used to like anything fast but couldnt stand owt that went round,
made me dizzy,