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In a box somewhere in my loft I still have some old Matchbox cars that I never quite managed to get rid ofpbar wrote:Thanks guys, yes those loops really were exciting stuff! I had a double track and loads of cars so used to hold race meetings, it was fantastic.
Oh yesandyd wrote:And these
I remember collecting those war books, Commando, Battle, etc. but I don't think I read them, just liked to actually have them! There was definitely something about them which just made you want them. Had loads of the Action Man stuff, that must have been one of the defining toys of the era.As I'm on my second phase of collecting some stuff from the era, including those, and recapturing those golden times, if you decide to clear them out please keep me in mind Peter!Peter-S wrote:
In a box somewhere in my loft I still have some old Matchbox cars that I never quite managed to get rid of
I read loads of the Commando books, but only if Aeroplane related.....That reminds me of the Airfix Models toopbar wrote:Oh yesandyd wrote:And these
Quite simply, they don't as almost everything is staring-at-a-screen related.andyd wrote:
Sure kids today don't have as much fun
I have thought about making some again, but not really got anywhere to keep thempbar wrote:Quite simply, they don't as almost everything is staring-at-a-screen related.andyd wrote:
Sure kids today don't have as much fun
Spent hours on those model kits, one of my main hobbies that was, and very popular back then, you could buy them all over the place. I've actually made a couple in recent times. It's still as much fun
IIRC the glue used to dry out and bits kept falling off 
Like you Martin, I feel relieved, and thankful, that I have lived in the time which I have done, I really do feel that it was the best era.Caprigear wrote:There's no way I would ever swap the childhood I had for what todays kids have, I actually feel sorry for them growing up in the world as it is now.
pbar wrote:Like you Martin, I feel relieved, and thankful, that I have lived in the time which I have done, I really do feel that it was the best era.Caprigear wrote:There's no way I would ever swap the childhood I had for what todays kids have, I actually feel sorry for them growing up in the world as it is now.
Hi Paul, really sorry, the Astro Wars game is not there any more in my mothers atticpbar wrote:Caprifan Rob wrote:If my brother hasn't 'found it' it's yours.
it turns out my brother not only remembered it was there but had it, along with a lot of other childhood stuff he'll probably never use again, shipped to Australia when he moved there. I'll be sure to check first before I make such 'bold' claims in the future.. 
I remember him and Cresta "its frothy man". As a kid I used to go round looking for all the old glass bottles that various drinks came in and taking them back to the local shop to get the deposit that you had to pay on bottles.pbar wrote:The good old Corona man! This was such a big part of those times, I still find it strange how he's disappeared.
Funnily enough there has been recent talk/speculation about that in the news. So maybe it will return!Paul G wrote:As a kid I used to go round looking for all the old glass bottles that various drinks came in and taking them back to the local shop to get the deposit that you had to pay on bottles.
Why oh why don't they bring that back now rather than all this plastic everywhere.
All the rage back then weren't they.....Peter-S wrote:I used to buy these for the collector cards inside the box. Seems weird now doesn't it - cigarettes targeted at school kids
