Johnno 45 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 can anyone remember the electric car set it had miniature cars busses lorries and could connect up the a Hornby train set you could drive the cars onto the train....it was a slot car set had jags police cars etc .the name will come to me soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 was it called "mimic".........? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Nearly Johnno, I think you mean Minic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 THATS it fantastic set up ..................... not many seen or heard of it my dad brought me a s/hand set loads of track lots of cars and busses etc... we had a large house in carlton 6 beds.... I had one room as a play room could leave the set out for ages there was building with it was a part of Hornby? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Johnno, Minic and Hornby were both brands owned by Lines Bros, a very large toy group, which also owned Triang. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheBeanCounter 1 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 One of my favourite toys was Betta Builder. It was made by Airfix and similar to Lego but with better looking green roofing tiles. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 My elder sister had betta builder I think, she'd spend ages making a house or sumat, then I'd accidentally push it off the table & watch it explode into pieces on the floor. I'd then run like hell to avoid a battering, lol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Def. not Mechano' all them nuts,screws,washers and Spanners I Could'nt be doing with em,..........no my favs were me Lead soldiers and a Golliwog which had a great 'Dicky Bow' and Waistcoat, My Golliwog also had a waistcoat and bow tie. Poor thing, his clothes all shrank due to my habit of wetting the bed as a nipper. Luckily I grew out of the habit.....recently 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Not having many toys as a youngster myself I absolutely loved my own son's childhood years, I bought him loads of toys & I loved playing with them !!!! My first wife was like that with our daughter's toys too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I had a hornby Dublo three rail set. I started with a very basic one for Xmas and gradually built it up over some years. When I left home I asked my mother to keep it for me in the attic until I was able to settle down and have a permanent home for it. When that time came I discovered that she had binned it many years beforehand. My brother had a Minic motorway set which he loved. I never had Scalextric until I was an adult. In the 70s you could buy masses of track very cheaply in 2nd hand shops. My layout eventually went all around the ground floor of the house. I lost the lot to my ex-wife upon my divorce. My favourite Dinky/Corgi toy was a digger. I used to play quarries in the garden - much to the chagrin of my father who used the space for growing food! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I'm sure every boy on here had one of these: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 what were those toys that you fed a plastic wire in pulled it then ti flew out of your hands..............? Do you mean these? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NickA 13 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 #61 - yes! I did. I never quite got the point though. Insert cap. Chuck. Bang. I preferred my cap gun with a roll in... Bang bang bang bang.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Remember the "Wham-O" Superball? I think they were banned eventually. Oh, and marbles. I don't know how it happpened but suddenly it would be marble season and everyone would be rolling marbles along the streets or in the school playground; playing "Rolls-on" or "Sticks-in". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 #haha that's them compo hehe long time no see Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 YES Johnno,lost mine years ago. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Compo #61/62 And the girls .I loved both of those toys I used to love the smell of the caps when they had ((((banged)))) And you should see my "Marbles Collection" Every now and then I get them out and wash them in soapy water, just to see them sparkle. I'm just like a kid! I sort them out into groups according to:size, colour and how unusual they are. I keep meaning to find a big glass goblet at a 'Car Boot' or 'Charity Shop' and display them in the sun on a windowsill. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yes, they were the toys, Compo. Those rocket cap bangers were big in their day. Brought back a few memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yes, with most cup guns you loaded a roll in, but my favourite was one with individual 'bullets'. Each had a removable metal base, and you tore off a single cap which you put inside each one and loaded them back in the revolving chamber. Then as you pulled the trigger the hammer hit one setting the cap off separately. Obviously it was more trouble than just putting a roll in, and much more time consuming, but the fun came of it being more like the real thing where you had to load six 'bullets'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnno 45 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 can smell the smoke from the caps now as we chat......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 This is a rather chubby 2 year old me on my Mickey Rocker. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 #69 and did you feel lucky punk?..........................well did ya ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hang on Benjamin, wrong thread mate... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 I certainly don't remember The Range Rider saying anything like that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tompa 285 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 :jumping:A Hoppalong Cassidy outfit with a cap- gun, and my whip and top window breaker. Played something called snobs as well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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