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    Well how about discussing what we all had for xmas,when we were young


    I can remember from the age of 6 but not before

    A walkie talkie Doll
    Sweet shop
    Pastry making set
    Switchboard
    Till and toy money
    Sindy and Paul her red sports car
    Jigsaw every year
    More dolls had one that use to giggle
    When I was 11 got a record player
    When I was 14 got a cassette tape recorder
    Toy phones
    Games
    Annuals

    Didnt have many gagets around in them days not like today

  • #2
    Re: Christmas as a kid

    Here's a few that I can remember
    Super striker
    Subbuteo
    Chutes away
    Various action man vehicles and figures
    Star wars deathstar
    Scalextric Rally cross(the one with the minis)
    Various Airfix kits
    Operation
    Bucaroo
    Mousetrap
    Lego
    Meccano

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    • #3
      Re: Christmas as a kid

      Etch-a-Sketch and a Chad Valley Record Player come immediately to mind.

      I also recall the Christmas there was a box, about a foot square, sitting under the tree and with my name on it. I would have been about 11.

      I tried picking it up to get an idea of how heavy it was but my Dad discovered I'd touched it and said, "Oh! You haven't disturbed the air holes have you?" He then put his hand round the back of the box and said, "...no, I think they're alright. But please don't touch!"

      I sort of knew he was joking. Or was he? Could the contents be alive? Surley not.

      It turned out to be a portable black and white TV. I was actually quite relieved!

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      • #4
        Re: Christmas as a kid

        Roller Skates
        Miniture China tset
        Anyone remember high heels plastic shoes with glitter on them
        Stationery sets
        Paint by numbers
        Clay
        Blackboard and chalks

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        • #5
          Re: Christmas as a kid

          Lots of different memories:

          The odd little things that came in Christmas stockings... Which were blue and white football socks (my Dad's old ones, I now realise... I never thought about it before.)

          Oddest perhaps, for more two years, a "press out-and-make" WW2 battle scene book. (I have hunted for such, but never found its like. A thing of its time)
          Most effective for keeping us kids quiet on Christmas morning
          (we had the big present opening after Christmas Dinner)
          were Waddington's Panoramas. All those little Letraset transfers, choosing where they should go, how the battles should play out.
          The original black and white ones were the best, in my memory.
          Moonbase, Pirate Island, Wild West...
          Waddington Panoramas - Adventure
          "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

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          • #6
            Re: Christmas as a kid

            Ghostbusters Ghost Zapper (around 1989).

            Spinhead Beetlejuice figure and Vanishing Vault playset.
            Bart Simpson bubble bath.
            Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles electronic game (all 1991).

            Hasbro WWF electronic wrestling ring (around 1992).

            Lego Technic remote controlled car and buggy (around 1993).

            Sega Mega Drive with Sonic the Hedgehog.
            The Lion King action figure sets.
            Hanna-Barbera Animation Workshop for PC (all 1994).

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            • #7
              Re: Christmas as a kid

              Ok,lets see.This is hard.

              A wendy house,a talking Mickey mouse,six million dollar man tee shirt,a twin silver cross buggy,dolls,my grandpa did up the little wooden cot I had and my gran draped it all for my baby doll.a golden arrow bike.Can't think of anything else,if I do,I will let you know.


              tulip

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              • #8
                Re: Christmas as a kid

                Hard to remember a lot of stuff but the main things were:-

                Beano and Dandy Annuals every year without fail.
                One year I got a Pink Panther Annual and a Scooby Doo annual too.
                Electric Train Set.
                Portable b&w Ferguson TV - I had that in 1973 and it still works!
                Raleigh Arena racing bike
                Raleigh Grifter bike (silver)
                Aneroid Barometer
                Vertical hi-fi centre with glass door
                Records
                Nookie Bear toy
                Kermit the frog toy

                There's loads I forgot about.
                Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

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                • #9
                  Re: Christmas as a kid

                  My most fondly remembered pressies are :

                  Tiny Tears
                  Action Barbie
                  Sindy's Horse
                  Patch's Pony
                  Rosebud Kiddle Kologne
                  Barbie, Francie and Stacey Dolls
                  A 2 foot tall princess type doll
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                  'Dreams come true if you want them to'

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                  • #10
                    Re: Christmas as a kid

                    Wow, this had me really thinking back. Here's some of the best bits:

                    Ghostbusters figures, car and fire station
                    Mouse Trap (Legendary board game!)
                    Buckaroo
                    Atmosfear
                    Beano/Dandy/Dennis & Gnasher annuals
                    WWF wrestlers & ring
                    Monopoly
                    Ninja Action Man
                    Bike
                    Sega Gme Gear with Batman Returns & James Pond 2
                    Wind-up Christmas toys
                    PS1 games
                    Wallace & Gromit plastacine set
                    Subbuteo
                    Goalkeeper gloves/football shirts
                    Balaclava & Wooly gloves (Got these in my stocking many years back!)
                    Lego
                    Scalextric

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                    • #11
                      Re: Christmas as a kid

                      Ah yeah, I remember every year since I was about 4..
                      Among what I got was-
                      A little white dolls pushchair with red roses on it.
                      A navy blue pram with shiny silver wheels.
                      3 Sindys from the ballerina 'lovely lively' range -two brunettes and one blonde..all with an extra outfit.
                      A Sindy wardrobe and bed.
                      A twin baby doll set, their names were Debbie and Trudy.
                      A doll who rocked a baby and played a lullaby when you wound her up..names were Jane and Jenny.
                      A little piano keyboard.
                      A Melodica (a keyboard you'd blow into)
                      An Accordian.
                      Mandy, Bunty, Misty, Debbie and Jinty Annuals.
                      Annuals.
                      Slippers.
                      Crayons, markers and colouring books.
                      A particularly special present I got one year was a big brothers Grimm story book. It had a pink cover sleeve with lots of Disney characters on it..the inside cover was red. The illustrated characters were all from Disney...for example in 'Hans in Luck', Hans was played by Goofy..and in King Grisly Beard, Snow White was the princess..The nixie in 'The Nixie Of The Millpond' was Aurora from Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'..a dream of a book. I'd love to find another edition of it.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Christmas as a kid

                        I was never short of toys etc as a kid..A few examples where:-

                        The six million dollar man action figure
                        The original action man (s) plus the usual extras
                        Colditz board game
                        space 1999 board game and Eagle transporter
                        Rolf Harris Stylaphone
                        Dandy/Beano/Beezer/Topper Annuals.
                        Buccaru
                        Scalectric
                        Meccano
                        Airfix Betabuilda (pre lego much more detailed smaller pieces)
                        Tonka Dump Truck (green)
                        Hornby Train set
                        Raleigh Stratos 10 Speed Racer
                        Dinky toys (numerous)
                        Planet of the apes annual and figures..
                        Thunderbird Annual and diecast toys.
                        B/W Portable.
                        Much MoreOver The Years..
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                        • #13
                          Re: Christmas as a kid

                          I can only remember my Commodore 64 (with Yie Ar Kung-Fu on tape!) when I was 9 and the Tomy Armatron when I was 10.

                          I'm from Belgium and on 6 December kids get toys from Sinterklaas. Christmas usually meant receiving clothing...

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                          • #14
                            Re: Christmas as a kid

                            I always get a car or a robot plus many sweets.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Christmas as a kid

                              1970 - Zeroids!
                              1974 - Flight Deck!

                              Other late 60s/early 70s Christmasses included such gems as Billy Blastoff, more Zeroids (can't believe I had to wait a whole year for the blue Zerak), Stylophone and Tomy's Spacenik (woke nan up in the wee small hours to show her that one!).

                              Mum also made sure I had a great stocking each year (always including staples such as a bottle of Matey and a big tube of Smarties) from which came such classics as Small Shots, Wall Walkers, Super Action Transfers and much more.

                              Great days and it's fantastic to see the same excitement and wonder now in my own son's face. He's got some classics this year.

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