Tomy Wonderful Waterful Basketball

[Tranquil]

Hi Guys any one remember this Vintage Classic, i remember getting it in 1977 as a birthday present, played with it for hours, then never played with it again for some reason haha, its been boxed up and only just seen light of day again..... Had a little go and brought back some memories, ahhh



Cheers

Mark

[Sly]

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I didnt have that specific one, but I had these as a kid. Probably still in the loft.

http://vintageunreal.com/img/tomy_wa..._pacman_01.jpg

I had a car racer one as well but I cannot find any images of it online. I remember my cousin had one where you had to get a rider on a horse.

[Tranquil]

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I like that pac-man one although wasnt the pac-man created by Namco, do hope Tomy asked first haha, think i know which one you mean, ive seen a few different variations over the years, imagine giving your 8 year old one of those games these days without batteries or a power supply, think they would throw it back at you.....

I also found a Speak And Spell in the loft, not really sure where that came from, surprised its in a good condition as well, sold a Super Simon on Ebay last week it made £15, had no back cover or instructions but was boxed.......

[Heather74]

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We had quite a few, the ones I most remember are hoopla/ring toss type and the ones where you get balls into various holes

[Trickyvee]

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I had one of these. Think it was the fisherman one.

[darren]

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thanks for reminding me of this tranquil.

this was a great toy which i got many hrs of enjoyment from.


tomy did great toys though

[Tranquil]

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Yes i agree Darren, Tomy had a great range of toys 70s 80s. Not sure if one is allowed to plug selling toys but my Tomy Basketball is for sale on a certain popular selling website

Hope that wasnt too blatant!!

[Sly]

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Speaking of Tomy Toys, does anyone remember that ball bearing game they had? It was an obstacle course that snaked down under a plastic screen. It was really hard, I don't think I ever did it. I cannot remember the name of it at all. The casing was yellow and it had a dial on it to start the timer and a button to release the ball bearings. It made a mechanical clunk as the gears inside it made the obstacle course work right.

[Tranquil]

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Have a look here it may be one of them..... http://www.planetbuilders.co.uk/ian/...ers/index.html

[Sly]

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I had a gander and couldn't see it. It had a little GOAL! sticker at the bottom that was meant to house the balls you got to the bottom. The only time I got any balls in there was when I shook the unit and managed to get one in that way.

[Heather74]

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I had a gander and couldn't see it. It had a little GOAL! sticker at the bottom that was meant to house the balls you got to the bottom. The only time I got any balls in there was when I shook the unit and managed to get one in that way.

Sounds like Tomy wind up Rock n Roll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ4ruhCB7uY

[Sly]

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That isn't it, this was meant to be played on a table. The outer casing was yellow, but the actual play area was black, while the obstacles were an orange colour.

I did know somebody that had one of those though Heather. We used to sit in the cobbled street playing it in the sun.

[Heather74]

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Tomy AAAAGHH ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOMY-AAAAG...#ht_500wt_1361

there was also an upright version called Yeeaghh

[Sly]

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That's the one. It was impossible.

[Sly]

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Here's that vertical one you mentioned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI5uMeaoIqE

Sounds like a low flying aeroplane.