your favourite schoolboy toys

[FarleyRusk]

I loved this thing. Brilliant use of plastic filters to simulate a colour display

[Alfa_75_Steve]

Best console ever:



I have 2 of them here. One still boxed.

[blueST]

CarlT said:

BigBen said:

jackal said:

i had the strika but always wanted the grifter

the strika was actually cooler ins ome respects because it hada back pedal brake and straight front forks.. it was more BMX like and you coudl pull some amazing broadsides on it

Mine did not have a back pedal brake and nor do any of the ones in the pictures (mine was liveried as per the second pic complete with 'action flashes' on the mudguards)

I had one of these in Black, did not have a back pedal brake though !

I had one too, I think it was yellow with blue tyres though....probably. Didn't back-pedal brakes either. However, my mate did have an older one with back pedal brakes, so they do exist.

[360 detailing]

Also had some form of car track, matchbox or something, cars came round a corner and into a lift that took them up and released them round a corkscrew type arragement down to the bottom again........

[jackal]

Pablo16v said:

and Interceptor

quality !!

where are the Nuclear waste symbols though !

[jackal]

my Strika defo had a back pedal brake


my fave game on teh Amiga was 'Wizball'







DID ANYONE HAVE A MARDAVE STOCK CAR ?

it was like the westfield of the RC world
much harder to build than a Tamiya but very popular
i spent all Xmas building mind then new years drove it under a passing car and the Futaba Ripmax receiver was split in two !

[jackal]

did anyone get into Magic ?

we used to go to Repro in Battersea and some shops near Russel Square.. Alan Alans and Davenports magic

i had tons of trick decks and a lot of the eddy Gibson coin tricks
still have a lot of them somewhere

Brainwave desk, Devano rising cards, the Nudist deck
Kangeroo coins, Unique coin, Cigarette through coin etc...
they were all amazing tricks.. used to buy them then watch Paul daniels do them the next week on TV !

[360 detailing]

jackal said:

my Strika defo had a back pedal brake


my fave game on teh Amiga was 'Wizball'







DID ANYONE HAVE A MARDAVE STOCK CAR ?

it was like the westfield of the RC world
much harder to build than a Tamiya but very popular
i spent all Xmas building mind then new years drove it under a passing car and the Futaba Ripmax receiver was split in two !

There are very much still on the go!!!

Edited by 360 detailing on Friday 5th December 00:35

[Alex]

Yep. I had nearly all of these:

Edited by Alex on Friday 5th December 00:42

[whitechief]

How about Chemistry sets. Learn about the basics of chemical formula. Yeah right, bung all the chemicals in a test tube stick the cork on and heat.

Edited by whitechief on Friday 5th December 00:45

[wildoliver]

FarleyRusk said:

I loved this thing. Brilliant use of plastic filters to simulate a colour display

Still got one of these.

Bought an original gameboy too.

Sold all my Atari ST gear a while ago.

Had a couple of great bikes not worth mentioning though.

Still have my Mardave meteor. Also had a mini, marauder (crap) and have built a hybrid using some of the later cobra parts.

[Nolar Dog]

I had all those. Jesus, I was a spoilt tt.

[jackal]

Alex said:

Yep. I had nearly all of these:

Edited by Alex on Friday 5th December 00:42

OMFG !

talk about memory jolt

the old mcdonals apple pie box

i had a few of them as well

[jackal]

anyone ?

[jackal]

Amok on the Vic-20 ?

it was my favourite game









LONG before Pengo, Chuckie egg and BBC pacman etc..

[Alex]

Still have my copies of the Players' Handbook and the DM's Guide. Never had the Monster Manual (a mate had a copy). I've also still got a copy of the Tunnels and Trolls rule book. I thought it might be worth quite a bit, so I checked on Ebay. It isn't.

[Andeh]

Alfa_75_Steve said:

Best console ever:



I have 2 of them here. One still boxed.

Superb! I thought i was the only one who had one of those. Still got mine somewhere.

I also had an Atari 1040 : http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/atarist/h/1040....

Does anyone remember Starcom? : http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/Star...

[barney123]

jackal said:

anyone ?

Never quite understood all the D & D 'craze' at school.

30 years later ,its just the bloody same now at work except with World of Warcraft....

[CY88]

Come on, if you think you're hard enough!

[L100NYY]

These were all from my teens iirc

Edited by L100NYY on Friday 5th December 09:00