My favourite toy as a kid....

[tonyfinster]

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Heres a piccy of myself in tonka toy world, not happy at being told off for excavating my dads veg patch, my freind from across the road was a bit camera shy and ducked at the right time.

[tonyfinster]

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my fave was Raving Bonkers,

Me and my best mate would shove the handles as far forward as possible and commence a furiously fas alternate pounding of the buttons with the flats of our hands until you heard the pleasing skritchy sound of the heads flying up. Happy days



Equally good was my action man skyhawk hang glider, hours of fun trying to bash it out of a tree with a long stick Or my tonka toy excavator, will try put a piccy up of me playing with it Circa 1974/5

[Paulos]

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Some more stuff that I had

Remote control Starsky & Hutch Car


Battlestar Galactica toys - these were really cool as all the parts were interchangable and you could make various different things with them

[Paulos]

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Some other toys I had as a kid that I've managed to find pics of, sadly I don't have any of them now.

Taking daleks - I had both of these


Action man sea wolf - used to have to suck all the air out to make it sink


Action man motorbike and sidecar

[Paulos]

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My memory juices are flowing faster than the Thames today...

Johnny Seven One Man Army

Yes I had on of these, I loved the way you cold detach the pistol from underneath it.

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When I was a kid my favorite toy is my first RC car that is only a gift for me. Until now my favorite toy is RC car I enjoy when I played my RC car in the field.

[kazboot]

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Now I'm jealous of you, Claudine!
What a bargain!

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Glad someone else remembers him Kaz, nobody I knew had one. He was £20.01 including p&p and an indian chief rider. Bargain!

[kazboot]

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Oh wow Claudine! My best friend had this and I was so jealous of her!

Did it cost much?

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This was my favorite toy. I've bought him on ebay, postman's due with him any minute. Happy

[Woodywooly]

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I'm a Director on a current CBeebies TV Show - Grandpa in My Pocket. We need examples from the past of where Live Action TV or Film was made into Toys. So far I've got the original Batman, Star Wars and the current Lazytown. Any other ideas?

[scooby365]

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Most favourite would be my collection of Corgi and Dinky cars. I used to save my pocket money until I had £3, and then beg my mum to take me to the local toy shop. For birthdays I'd have a bit more money so could venture into the section where the bigger sets (lorries and film-TV tie in sets) were displayed. For the most part though, I remained loyal to buying car models.

Our local shop had such a huge selection of diecast models and I'd spend ages deciding which one to get. Plus I had a great garage (Toy Works 3-tier as shown in the Argos catalogue pages in another forum). That garage and cars accounted for most of my playtime between the age of 5 to 8. Still have the Corgi / Dinky models and display them with pride at home. Waiting for the garage to come up on eBay ...

Also had Little Big Man - a smaller version of Action Man. Never a match for my brothers Action Man though.

Six Million Dollar Man & Command Module. Also had the Crystal Radio set which was my introduction to radio + all the programmes that it offered. MB Big Trak + Trailer - sold mine on eBay a few years ago, sadly.

Matchbox Power Track - small scale slot racing set with the added excitement of working lights on the cars. But here's the thing .. to get the best out of the car lights I used to setup the track so it went under the table + chairs in the lounge, and that was great until a car came off the track and I'd have to crawl over the track and under the table to put the car back on the track again .. did love my Power Track set.

Evil Knievel Super Cycle - heavier than the Stunt Cycle and it had 'flames' that came from the 2 rockets. Loved setting up jumps using books and bits of wood.

[miss grazelda]

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Hi everyone, my favourite toy was my tiny tears doll, she cried real tears and wet her nappy,

[Midnight Caller]

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My favorite toy was a chemistry set, what got pinched at School.

[cazzy]

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Chuckles a baby doll that if you bounced her on your knee she guess what ...... chuckles