Toys from your childhood

[simmo]

Flew back yesterday from paris airport and in the waiting gate area they had retro arcade games - Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

Tried to explain to my daughters these were the games to play in my day.

 

[Cellarite]

The hours I spent in my childhood playing He-Man must've been enormous.

One Christmas, I'd been asked what I wanted off Father Christmas and said I would like either Castle Grayskull or Snake Mountain - I didn't mind which one. I've always like an element of surprise.

On Chrismas morning, me and my brother and sister opened our presents. I was delighted to have received Snake Mountain.

About 5 minutes after the last present was opened, my Dad reached behind the couch and said that Father Christmas must have dropped a present there. He produced a huge parcel for me and I had Castle Grayskull as well.

Still the present I remember most to this day.

 

[Maintainin]

Flew back yesterday from paris airport and in the waiting gate area they had retro arcade games - Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

Tried to explain to my daughters these were the games to play in my day.

That's 2 of my favourites them, local record store got the classic table version one in that features Pac-Man, Crazy Kong, Space Invaders tho not sure if it has Asteroids.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

My rich auntie come over from New York she took us to kendals,kendals wowww you only went in kendals if you wanted the toilet because you couldn’t buy anything from in there she bought me this because I loved this fella
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Loved the TV show as a kid

 

[Marklr]

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So sorry, mate.

 

[stonerblue]

A hammer and some stones

 

[stonerblue]

I showed my kids this and explained it was the coolest most high tech present I ever got. They absolutely pissed themselves laughing when i explained what it did.

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Is it a fancy mophead?

 

[stonerblue]

Test match
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Fuck me you hot good toys

 

[threespires]

Is it a fancy mophead?

Made me laugh. In fairness it wouldn't surprise me if you could now buy an 'internet connected mop' that is more sophisticated than that (and probably sends Google data on how much of a scutter you are based on how often you use it).

 

[bluemoon32]

My Nan won at bingo and bought me this, was fucking ace

 

[Bluethemaway]

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Didn't have even half of these.....but the concept was the same, solid plastic wrestlers with no moving parts.....



Finally, the beginning of a strange path. I had this confiscated from me.

 

[pirate]

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Didn't have even half of these.....but the concept was the same, solid plastic wrestlers with no moving parts.....

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Finally, the beginning of a strange path. I had this confiscated from me.

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so you made explosives?

i did with my chemistry set in the 1980's

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

so you made explosives?

i did with my chemistry set in the 1980's

There was nothing in that kit that you could do damage with but it opened my eyes up to other things around the house and I was probably considered a firebug for a short time

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

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The hours I spent in my childhood playing He-Man must've been enormous.

One Christmas, I'd been asked what I wanted off Father Christmas and said I would like either Castle Grayskull or Snake Mountain - I didn't mind which one. I've always like an element of surprise.

On Chrismas morning, me and my brother and sister opened our presents. I was delighted to have received Snake Mountain.

About 5 minutes after the last present was opened, my Dad reached behind the couch and said that Father Christmas must have dropped a present there. He produced a huge parcel for me and I had Castle Grayskull as well.

Still the present I remember most to this day.

What a careless fucker Father Christmas was.

 

[manimanc]

I absolutely loved this.
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I had this.
Did you put flints in the back wheels so they'd spark?

 

[Marklr]

My Nan won at bingo and bought me this, was fucking ace

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I got this for my 9th birthday, in 76. Foreskin on the arm!

 

[manimanc]

Spent hours pissing my dad off playing this :)

 

[Barcon]

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Didn't have even half of these.....but the concept was the same, solid plastic wrestlers with no moving parts.....

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Finally, the beginning of a strange path. I had this confiscated from me.

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Haha.
The memories come flooding back. Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to let a kid have that in his bedroom?
I set fire to my mattress.

 

[pirate]

There was nothing in that kit that you could do damage with but it opened my eyes up to other things around the house and I was probably considered a firebug for a short time

we ended up making black powder (not with stuff from the chemistry kit
we stopped after we made a fertilizer bomb and set it off on the field behind our house. the police were less than impressed