Can I have one of those ?

[Monkey Tennis]

What Toy...etc did you really really really want but never got, and never got over it ?

I always wanted a Raleigh Chopper bike, my friend David had one, which he never let me on. So On my Chrimbo list was a bike...I got a BMX. It was cool I could jump over ramps and get gravel embedded in my knees as I fell over, but a Chopper was like a lowrider, Just cool, like Easy Rider, without getting your head blown off back then.
I still ride a bike to work each day...NOT a BMX, but still I know it would be impractical but I would love a Chopper.

I started thinking about this as I successfully taught my two daughters to ride there bikes today

[Ridgeaxe]

Re: Can I have one of those ?

I was lucky enough to have a Chopper bike way back in 1978. It was red and a real mean beast!

The toy I most wanted as a kid was a TCR (Total Control Racing) set. One of my mates had one (what is it about the parents of mates. They understand the concept of buying the toys THEIR kids want!)

I even entered a competition to win a set in 79 and was so convinced of victory that I made room for it under my bed in readiness!

The closing date came and went and sadly no TCR set! I wonder if it went to a good home?

[Morcar]

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I always wanted a Grifter Bike. Loved the twist gear change. Although you did tend to change gears by accident.

Never got one though.

[greebo2001]

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I never got the spacehopper I so dearly wanted. What a deprived child I was...
^..^