Fynger 841 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I built a complete rock band on top of my wardrobe with action man....made long hair for em altered the clothes, guitars, drums the lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 My Dad who lived in L.A. Sent me the American version complete with accessories and weapons. G.I.Joe. Wish I still had them in the packets! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 The first manufactured boy band! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 nah.. think the monkees beat me to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 There was a 'limp wristed' version of action man, called Barry, in civvy life he was a ladies hairdresser.................but enlisted in the army, when asked by the sergeant in bayonet training, could you kill a man?...........................Barry coyly answered, 'eventually sergeant!!'.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I had a pocket solitaire game as a kid, red plastic round case, with white pegs inside. The object was to finish with 1 peg in the middle. I don't ever remember achieving this, but spent hours trying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moz 164 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 My main toys were - a Bayco set Triang train set (which I've still got) lots of Brittain's soldiers, cowboys & indians and a fort lots of Dinky's cars, trucks, army trucks & others Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Cap guns were always a favourite with my friends during the 50s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I remember having a toy farmyard complete with painted lead figures and animals. Would be worth a fortune now in its box? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 An electrical set. Came with some lamp holders for flashlight type bulbs, an electric bell and push button, a couple of switches and some wire and diagrams for how to connect them up etc. Batteries not included. I once tried to solve the battery problem by wiring a regular plug on the end of a circuit. I thought I was pretty smart until I plugged it in. A blown fuse and few burned out bulbs later I began to learn about different voltages and their effects. :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Philips Electronc Set The EE 20 series1963–1966 http://ee.old.no/ Set me on track for my first career as an Electrician. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Same here, Mick. Funny how bad experiences work sometimes. Got bitten by an Alsation when I was about three. Still have a couple scars on my upper lip to prove it, yet I've always loved dogs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I had a pocket solitaire game as a kid, red plastic round case, with white pegs inside. The object was to finish with 1 peg in the middle. I don't ever remember achieving this, but spent hours trying! i still have one somewere kath 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 rosebud doll with long blond plats and cotton dress knickers shoes and socks by brother gave it to me one year when he came home on leave for christmas only present i remember him giving me set of tiny baby dolls with cots high chairs play pensthink there were six of each in the set dolls pram and a baby doll pettiet type writer cinderella watch lady bird books by the dozens used to buy one every week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Petite Typewriters were made in Basford http://typewriters.ch/collection/petite_toy_typewriter.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Notice the "Y" and the "Z" on the Petite Typewriter shown in the linked article are transposed! Was this common on British (or European) typewriters? Or perhaps it was to dodge a patent of some sort? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 dont know but made by britains in baseford just round the corner from were i live now they also made the soldiers and cow boys and indiams farm animals i also colected the farm animals my younger brother had the farm but i played with it more than him same with the lego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 I can remember having a Hornby trainset for Christmas when I was about 9-10. There was an engine, two carriages and enough track to make a figure 8. After watching it go round and round for five minutes I'd be bored stiff. I stopped playing with it and In the end my parents sold it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Mine had a square 12v EverReady battery with two screw terminals. It soon ran down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 I had a very inquisitive mind as a child and when I got my first electric train set, ran through a transformer, was soon bored with its slow running. I then decided I got probably "gee it up" a little if I increased the power. Anyway my clever little mind looked at the power point and thought mmm! so I got some twin flex and poked it in the socket and connected it straight to the lines ! Then switched on the power point ! big bang lots of smoke ! train welded to track, windings in train melted, mum came running in and then I got the good hiding I deserved, ha ha didn't do it again ! Dad had to replace the fuses when he came home, again not happy. Train set was ruined and beyond repair, so that was the end of my model trains. As an aside, I later became an electrician and now retired, still love taking things to bits to repair or improve if possible, only now I have far more respect for electricity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 We couldn't afford toys when I was a kid so I just had to play with myself. Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,504 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Notice the "Y" and the "Z" on the Petite Typewriter shown in the linked article are transposed! Was this common on British (or European) typewriters? Or perhaps it was to dodge a patent of some sort? That was well spotted Limey! I've used a typewriter, word processor and now computers for nearly 50 yrs and there has always been a QWERTY keyboard. The US laptop we have was confusing to begin with, the @ is on uppercase 2 but other than that there is no difference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 I spent a single week working in Berlin, just before laptops became affordable. In the office I was given a computer to use with a continental keyboard - everything in the wrong place. Oh dear...talk about hunt and peg. Writing a couple of paragraphs was like trying to push custard up a spout with a knitting needle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Last Autumn I "found" a box of mostly battered toys that were my kids in the 70s/80s . As they both live a distance away , I took a snap of them and if I can figure out how to link the image you should see it below . The Noddy car , if it actually contained the Noddy and Bigears figure could have been worth up to £100 . Strangely neither they , nor I remember the existance of the wooden train track Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 That track is what you buy nowadays to run Thomas the Tank Engine on, so maybe it's more recent than you think? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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