Best toy you NEVER had

[darren]

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Best toy I never had? Beyond a shadow of doubt, the Tardis model, with the Tom Baker doll that you put into the Tardis, pressed a button and when you opened the door he was 'gone'. Friend of mine had one of those, brought it in at the end of term and let me play with it. I...erm...accidentally pressed the button too hard and broke the internal gubbins. Bang to rights, my fault, though it really WAS an accident. He didn't speak to me for about four years though. Fair enough - I would have shot me if I'd been him...

These days, I can't imagine what it's like to be a Who fan as a kid - you've got ride-around Daleks, for God's sake...It's about the only thing I think might have actually IMPROVED for kids since my day. Well that, and now you get big-budget Spiderman movies, i suppose...

ive never heard of this the Tardis model, with the Tom Baker doll that you put into the Tardis, pressed a button and when you opened the door he was 'gone'.
it must have came out between seventy four and eighty one.
how tall was the tardis.
wpuld love to have one of these.

wonder did they do this with any other dr.

cant stand these silly coloured daleks.

[Falco]

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Don't think they did it with any other Doctors, no - of course, now you can get all Doctors with their Tardises. The Tom baker doll was tall-ish - about 12 inches I'd have said, and he just fitted in the Tardis, so a chunky bit of kit, toy-wise, but not massive. Just looking on another site that specialises in historical Who toys, and they don't list it either - s'gonna bug me now! Am joining a forum over there to find out what this was.

Although while over there, I did spot a listing for something I DID own as a kid - the Talking K-9....
Ahem...
I broke that too - was determined to see how the 'voice-disc' worked. Very simple - after I'd gotten my hands on it...it didn't. Will come back to you when I have more info on this disappearing Doctor Tardis I remember, Darren ;o)

[davidthomas27]

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The Denys Fisher Doctor Who toys, including the TARDIS:
http://www.doctorwhotoys.net/denysfisher.htm

[Falco]

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Yeah, I know about the Denys Fisher stuff - including the Cyberman with a nose(!). Didn't think the 'dissapearing Doctor' was part of their range though...

[darren]

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Oh yeah - the ATATs were way cool. And huge. And did I mention, cool...?

they where just amazing.
one of the best toys i did have.
i had the atats and the two legged scout walkers.

[Colin]

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Airfix have re-issued the chocolate machine:

Airfix Chocolate Vending Machine

[Cartimand]

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So many, so many!
Well we were quite poor and I was jealous as hell seeing a more middle-class friend with his new Scalextric set. I dropped plenty of hints, but what did I get? The much cheaper and much less fun Minic Highway. Instead of racing cars, I had to stage my (not-so) grand prix with a coach and a double-decker! It was only some 25 years later, when I had a son of my own that I finally got a Scalextric set. Was it worth the wait? You bet!

Another disappointment was getting a bendy Captain Scarlet, instead of the Major Matt (Mason) spaceman with his amazing space station and jet pack. Have you seen the prices Major Matt Mason stuff goes for now on ebay?

[sf1378]

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A lot of Major Matt Mason stuff got reused accessory wise for Mattels later BIG JIM line...especially in Europe. Mason had a stilt like space walker and that was one which was reused for Big Jimmy...lol. Then a lot of Big Jim stuff got reused in He Man, remolded, repainted or slightly resculpted but the similarities in provenance are apparent to see....if your stupidly knowledgeable about such guff like me...

Minic is far rarer than Scalextric anyday. Having seen it I wish they'd bring it back, seems really nice....Cartimand, are you saying you had Minic coach and double decker bus to race with? Interesting.

[sf1378]

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http://www.minicmotorways.org.uk/Set12.htm

Thats what you must have had Cartimand....must say, compared to Scalextric this stuffs much more cooler looking. As a kid I always wanted normal vehicles whizzing on tracks like this...but I didn't have a brother to play with and these were no longer being made by that time....

[Cartimand]

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Wow! That IS the set I had (with the black track), but the cover art looked more modern, with a colour picture of a motorway if I recall. That brings back some memories! Those controllers that you could lock at half or maximum speed overheated after about 15 mins use. I still remember the smell of smouldering plastic! I thought then and still think now that Scalextric was far sexier though.

[Morton]

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I used to want an Incredible Hulk Rage Cage by Break, but instead I got Incredible Raging Hulk. Slight difference, but I was only 5 so my parents probably couldn't understand what I meant when I saw the advert on TV

I also used to want an Action Man Professor Gangrene, Beast Wars Optimus Primal, and a Street Sharks Slobster Puppet. But I didn't get those either.

[filmguylee]

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Although growing up in the 80s my parents where great, & always got me most things X mas time, the toys I always wanted but NEVER had due to costing too much for my working class folks where: Mr. Frosty (though that was cheap), Simon Says, Dino Riders, Centurions, big trax - & although I had tons of Star wars stuff, I NEVER had the giant, mighty AT-AT (for obvious reasons, as it was the most expensive star wars toy ever), OR the A Team van (Though I had all the figures)...

[Southendnick]

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Has to be my Tomy Zoids hours of fun, with a collection of lego as well I built bases and repair bays for them.

Still got most of them somewhere.

[Trickyvee]

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I thought that was a picture of a vacuum cleaner! Maybe your spouse will let you have one of them instead.

I remember wanting a vaccuum cleaner once - you know how they always had toy versions of the real thing in the catalogues. I mean why would a kid ever want one of those? Why did I???? I'm glad I never got one.

[Richard1978]

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I remember my sister had a toy hoover when she was young.