toys of the 70's and 80's
 

by eck i remember the toys! well some of em.....

evel kneivel:D
speak and spell
rubik cube....still cant bloody do it!!

commodore 64:o omg
sinclaire spectrum .....i think it was called
atari....lol
and does anyone remember the grandstand munch man:cool:

brings back memories does this

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

was it just me who had one or does anyone else remember the dukes of hazard watch type things that had the general lee in it and when you pressed a button the general lee flew out the watch thing? i think the car was a dodge charger wasnt it :D

roller boots..i loved mine
sindy dolls with the big heads
stickle bricks

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Simon the thing that flashed lights in a specific order...

I still have my VIC 20 (forerunner to the C64) and my ZX81, (Pre spectrum days). YOu can get spectrum emulators for PC and other platforms (e.g. my flashy phone :D )

I remember teh grandsatnd games well....

my record on the rubiks was 35 seconds, and I can still do it !!!

Stickle bricks are still about.....

I remember Hot wheels stuff and there was a challange to scalextric I can't remember its name bit teh cars were smaller and it had a JUMP!!!!! and you could spin teh cars to change direction!

Then ther was teh Purple People Eater and others


:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

what about speak and spell :D

tiny tears

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

cheekaboo :D furry and cuddly we love you ;)

etch a sketch

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

little professor, transformers, rainbow brite

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

well i,ll never forget my meccano set i loved it

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

A few of my favourites :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

good god yee they bring back memories

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Proper toys :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I remember my sister getting a bionic women doll with all these little microchip things and I was so jealous. I loved my Magic Roundabout toys and my wombles. Then there was my Caveman 'handheld' arcade game that was huge.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Can you still get the shiny bog roll for the thermal printer?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Iplayed with dolls:eek: Action Man,i had the works.Army,astronaut,diver,you name it.These were the ones before he had (artificial) hair & could talk.Remember being absolutley gutted when his nazi helmet broke.I played football:) Subbuteo,ihad the works.Rovers,A.c milan,Juventus etc,played on it for hours,my own leagues & everything.Did'nt play out till i'd grown out of it when i was 35:rolleyes:

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I wasn't allowed expensive toys.

I made do with Pooh Sticks.

Oh, and a second hand Tressie Doll with the growing locks.:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

A Girls World rindy that was called because i had the one with brunette hair and my niece had one with blonde hair. I also had a bionic woman as well until my niece lost all the bits out of her. Tiny Tears until my niece tried to dye the hair with her felt tips and draw tattoos on her.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

My Chatty Kathy doll was my pride and joy, also one called April Showers which was a baby doll sat in a little yellow bath with attached showerhead, when you filled the bath up with water & squeezed the little pump thin the shower actually worked - kept me amused for hours :)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

No Tressie was like a cheap Cindy or Barbie. She had a screw in the back of her head, which lengthend or shortend her hair when you turned it.

By the way I didn't really have one, but I remember my cousin's Tressie.:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I loved my teddy ruckspin,my mickey mouse that moved its mouth and told the story when you put a tape in in the slot in the back of him,my ballerina sindy (until my brother bit her foot off-thanks Tye!),etch a sketch,and best of all my brothers tonka lorrys that you could sit and ride on-they were fab,only they were metal so if i wore a skirt i got a cold bum haha,they make them out of plastic now.
Heres a pic of teddy ruckspin-anyone else have one?i wish i still had him :(
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ilRuckspin.jpg

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Did they not teach you to wear knickers in your house :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Did they teach you in yours entwisi?:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I'm not the one complaining of a cold bum! :D

As for your Q, thats for me to know and you to find out!!!!!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

He learnt to wear knickers after talking to Rindy at an AccyWeb meet :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

looks like i just found out ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Oh, I forgot to thank you for the loan of that first pair Neil, I still think black leather G strings aren't really for newbies to it though.... ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I had Super Girls World, she had blonde hair, her eyes changed colour (if you hit her on the side of her head) and she came with hair dye, we had a lot of Sindy stuff between the three of us, teeny tiny tears, I had a Simon as well and loved it, we also used to have sweet shops and post offices which were great.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...centurions.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...-of-hazard.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image.../weebles-a.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ormers-toy.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...oys/he-man.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ys/wuzzles.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ys/penfold.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ion-figure.jpg[IMG]

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ys/bigtrak.gifhttp://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/160068625529.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...s/fraggles.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...h-a-sketch.jpg

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...viewmaster.jpghttp://www.doyouremember.co.uk/image...ace_hopper.jpg

Just a few that i remember

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

i still have my poochy dog and my little pony pj's case

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

i bought my son a teddy rukspin about 7yrs ago from accy and still have it but the tape dont work

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

ive still got my original my little pony teddy :D hidden away in a cupboard

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I found Simon really aggravating.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I remember getting some clackers (two very hard balls on some string that you banged together), and nearly smashing my wrists. No wonder they banned them. But they were brilliant. Also connect 4, and Buckeroo games that have stood the test of time

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

You want to try living across the road from him :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

That answer was a little e'vase'ive Neil :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Are you suggesting that one of my neighbors has an unhealthy attraction for Vaseline?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I might have meant vasectomy ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Stickle bricks - the poor persons lego
Tressie - yep, had one of them plus had a Lone Ranger doll instead of a Ken doll - kept making them get married and ride off into the sunset together. ;)
Also had Pippa dolls - there were about 100 in the series, 97 women and 3 men dolls. :D
Stylophones - nearest I ever came to mastering a musical instrument :eek:
Mastermind - can still buy these
Rubics cube - used to cheat by peeling off the stickers - and did anyone ever try Rubics clocks or Rubics snake?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I had a barrel shaped Rubiks thing that was very hard to cheat with, the cube, I used to take it to bits, I remember having a Weebles playground type thing and a Fisher price School.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I cant remember half of these toys:confused: ........must be me, me brain cells not like they used to be!:p

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I had one of those too :) I will confess I was another cheat, I used to peel the stickers off :o My dad on the other hand was a swine for saying "give it here let me have a look" Half hour later he'd completed it :(

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I'll give lessons if anyone wants to learnhow to do teh cube if anyone wants


How much I hear you ask!!! make me an offer :)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I'll stick to peeling stickers it's cheaper :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

but less satisfiying...............

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Try here.

Here

Or if you are really sad try here.

(I am not a member of that forum before you ask, I googled for it :) )

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

My childhood was made up of looky likey toys
Eg wanted subbuteo, got casdon soccer
wanted Jump Jockey, got escalado
wanted Lego, got bettabuilda
wanted Johnny 7 multi weapon thingy , got spud gun
.....not that these early disappointments in life have left a scar, my therapist says I'm making great progress and will soon be able to talk about my teenage let downs too.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

lol....done that!! put couldnt quite put them on straight so it always gave the game away:p

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Bloody rubix cube darn things - that ended up wizzed till i thought of re arranging the stickers too & they fell off so least it was all same colour on all sides after then ended up in bin:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Did you never think about taking them apart and then putting them back together again? That way the stickers stayed on!! :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

yessssssss but sometimes couldnt get it back together...lol:o

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I bought a book - did it a few times by following it step by step then lost interest!:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Gayle thats really sad, lol.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I begged and pleaded for a Chatty Cathy doll but alas I never did get one. I went mad for a stylophone but didn't get one of those either.
I had some Klackers. They were brilliant!
Had a Sindy doll, just wasn't impressed when I wanted a Chatty Cathy.
Had an etch a sketch.
Couldn't play music on a flippin etch a sketch

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

anything to do with space 1999

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

What were those corrugated plastic tubes called that you swung round your head to make a "Woo- Woo" sound?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

dont remember those,:confused: what year where they?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

you can still get those, Reece had one last year, till i threw it away :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I'm not sure but I think they came out about the same time as the first "Hot Wheels" sets, maybe about 1975?

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

...and don't forget the engineering triumph that was "Wall-Walkers"!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

heh, now your talking, Hotwheels, I had loads, we used to set it up on teh stairs and send teh cars down to smash into the skirting. That was till me mum noticed all teh dents :eek:

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I could never get mine to loop the loop though. I don't think we could afford enough track

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

egg n chips...everytime i see your name i wanna run to the kitchen :(

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Ahh but if only you could see my face... :eek: then you'd run to the lavvy!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

i love egg n chips, aint had it for years (egg n chips that is)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

It was all about the 'drop' or if like me you had the 'launcher' which used an elastic band.(Of course I swapped it for a much stronger one for added 'zoom' :D )

I had one other rather annoying habit with my cars. I was never actually happy with the colours they came in so I used to scour the baskets outside car accessory shops for cheap aerosols. When I bought a car the first thing I did when I took it home was dismantle it and spray it a colour I liked(Which strangely enough was Black in 95% of cases! )

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Tonight I dropped a whole container of wooden cocktail sticks ... went everywhere ... found myself playing 'Pick up Sticks' without thinking .. just loved that one .. getting the black one at the end was the best moment ever.

Took me ages to get those sticks back in their container though ...playing against meself, so to speak... :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

i had a stawberry shortcake doll in the 80s and all that i can remember is that you squeezed its belly and you could smell strawberry from its mouth,did anyone else have one of those

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

they still sell those too, i saw one when i was in manchester the other week :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

blimin eck its amazing whats still about

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

there was nowt better than your own go-cart! u would get some old pram wheels, and wood...anything you cud get your hands on, and spend all day making it only to destroy it later by crashing it cuz you no brakes :p and having to leave it outside only to find some ****** nicked it!!(what was left of it):mad: .....lol them where the days

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Tring to get them to actually stay together going down the hill on the Spring Hill field(where teh 'new' school is now) was hard enough without having to worry about brakes :D The number of times the 'steering' bar with teh front wheels on would just come apart was unbelieveable and they worry about H&S issues nowadays. They would have had a heart attack if they saw what we got up to. Rope swing anyone?????? :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

these days people just sit in front of a computer:rolleyes:

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Nah, surely not.... that would be totally non-fun :D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

You should have gone down Charter Street and right onto lonsdale street instead Entwisi, the added danger of pensioners exiting the Post office on Thursdays gave the ride added zest!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

we did actually ride out bikes down charter street and down teh side of teh Springhill WMC because there was a manhole cover there that made you do big wheelies or a jump.

The PO was closed about that point. It was just a corner shop

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Our rope swings swang over the brook and if you let go you went for a swim and went home full of mud and everything else that was in the brook. Especially if you went further up and saw the sheep and the cows in there. Council kept coming and taking them down and we kept putting them up. Now though where we had the rope swings theres no path because we scudded it away.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Didn't you live next to my cousins Craig & Mark with your sisters N & K?? If so I've just realised who you are.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

yes :D

give us a clue to your identity, (PM if you want)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I used to love playing knifey on the rope swings at Arden Hall, dont really see them these days!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

look ive reunited some old pals with this thread:D I deserve some karma for that:p ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I used to love playing elastics and stretch could get rather dangerous if you had sandals on and didn't watch were you through the pen knife though.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

A video version of ping-pong, whose "ball" was a blip that bounced back and forth on screen between two paddles moved up and down by control dials in the hands of the players. Attachment 7899

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Did you plug it in the back of the tv Panther?my mum had that game-it was well good,oooh that repetitive annoying sound when you hit the 'ball'.
The good old days ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

heh panther, I have Pong on my iPod*

* bit of a weirdo I don't use Apples software on my iPod, I use yep you guessed, Linux!!! I also have space invaders etc.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Top selling UK toys of the '70s list.

http://www.toyretailersassociation.co.uk/toty/70.htm


Peter Powell stunt kites!

Forgot about those.

How the Radio 1 DJ found time to invent them, as well as hosting Seaside Special, and his radio show, we'll never know.:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Have really enjoyed going through this thread. Me and my little brother used to make up all kinds of racing, jumping, smashing contests with Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Also did some crazy things around the neighbor hood with racing and jumping bikes. Maybe an American thing but we used to set up tons of little plastic army men and play war !

When we'd ask me mum to buy us plastic machine guns and revolvers, bows and arrows, she tell us to use a stick and your imagination. It actually help us be quite creative (probably more so then she would of like:rolleyes:). Funnt thing when I ran into the house bleeding out my eye after my little brothers friend hit me right in the eye with a projectiled stick. It was a great shot but we all still got in trouble. Ah the simple life eh?

My sisters shared an easy bake oven, some Barbies, and had their own sticks!:p

Brian

Oh yeah, forgot to mentioned the infamous erector set!!!! But that was my big brothers'

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

you know I cant remember it was that long ago, think it just went through your ariel...lol:D

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Just found my favourite board game from the '70s. Haunted House. Fantastic. You had to put a ball bearing down the chimney, and it was down to chance which room it came down into, and made things happen, like an axe falling on you.:)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

crikey how long you had that? might be worth something to a collector!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Lol, it's not mine. I found a picture on a website. Mine went to the jumble years ago.:(

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

You plugged it in where the ariel was!

I had a tv game - only chucked it out last year. The batteries leaked in the back of it. It had 10 games on it and thought it was the bees knees when i first got it! lol

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Attachment 7978 remember this game? i remember my dad making one and it was brilliant kept me busy for hours (probably cuz i couldnt knock em down)...lol:Banane44:

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

That looks familiar, dont know what its called though.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

its called tabletop skittle!..i think

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

ok old thread i know but.....i'm looking for a picture of a certain toy i had when i was ickle(r)

it was a General Lee and it came with a strap for your wrist and the General Lee was inside a little dome and when you wound it up the General Lee flew out

just watching The Dukes Of Hazard with Richard and i'm trying to explain the toy to him but i cant find a pic of the toy

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

Remember these!

Popples, victoria plum, lights alive,wuzzles,cabbage patch dolls.

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I remember those 'gamagatcha' (?spelling) thingys
My grandson left one in my care for several days
You had to feed it and clean up its #2s every few hours
What a pain that was :eek:

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

lol that would be Tamagotchi ;)

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

I had both of these:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...447371_std.jpg http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...447367_std.jpg

Stickle Bricks & Ala Carte Kitchen.

Does anyone remember the advert for the kitchen, the little girl cooked a jam swiss roll & beans!!

Ooh what abot this one:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...27CADTK3R0.jpg

Bluebird Big Yellow Teapot! Loved that one!

Re: toys of the 70's and 80's
 

lol i remember them all