Hysteria1983

So guys and gals, what was your most favourite toy that you had for Christmas?

Mine would be a jewelry making set I had when I was about 10 it was one of those where you had to bake the stuff in the oven.

DCI Gene Hunt

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Yes, I am that old

Brun

I had the original Big Trak

PaulC72

Me too!!!!!!

Hysteria1983

I have got one for my son this year, also the mini one for my nephew.

J4CKO

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Big Trak was great but actually pretty boring to play with.

TCR was good, I had the Jam Car Speedway.

Atari 2600 as well, still the best looking console ever.

Lego Technic car chassis (8860)

Wilky_Boy

Me too !

Jamescsti

A Lego technic digger I think, or maybe a remote control sports beetle, both because I have fond memories of sitting with my dad Christmas day building them more than actually playing with them

Chip

My Matchbox superfast loop the loop race track and my Observers book of automobiles 1970.

Chip

The Zohan

TCR Jam car speedway - until the skids and tyres wore out

Chip

What lovely memory that must be .

bioforger

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race n chase scaletrix competer, speccy 48k, amiga a500, raleigh super tuff bmx

GlesgaKiss

Probably the Tracy Island set I got with all the different Thunderbirds in it.

lozgti1

Lone Ranger plus Silver

devastated when i lost one of his guns

Oh,and the Evel Knieval (sp?)stunt bike

paulwrxboro

this

lozgti1

Oh yes!

DCI Gene Hunt

The Evil Stunt Cycle brings back memories - although unlike the advert he was a bugger to keep upright

Brun

I had that too
....and Robotix - remember that?

paulwrxboro

and this and the Crossfife game

alcazar

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Two things come to mind, one was a plastic aircraft carrier, about 10" long. You unclipped it's lid and inside was a battleship, inside that at submarine and inside that a two-man ride-on sub.

The other was a set of "Swoppet" knights: ever part interchangeable, individual swords, knives, sword belts, shields, lances etc etc.

Made by Brittains.

DCI Gene Hunt

Good shout, had that as well

DCI Gene Hunt

It was AMAZING... you could look through his EYE!!!

f1_fan

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Meccano, nothing has ever bettered it to this day. Trouble is these days most kids wouldn't know what to do with it!

paulwrxboro

Good call , I had a coat with the same badge on

chocolate_o_brian

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Various Lego Technics models, I was on the 11-16 stuff at 7 years old That or my usual drawing equipment including magic felt tipped pens

Moley

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Hornby train set

RA Dunk

Haa! mine too, we didn't have a skirting board left in the house that didn't have the paint knocked off of it with this thing.

Come to think of it, looking back. These must have been extremely well built things, I aimed mine at walls, off the top floor of flights of stairs etc etc and it never ever broke, think I got bored of it in the end.

BULLITT

Various Lego and Technic Lego, still have most of it in the loft.

leecalcars

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There's nothing like being brought up in the 70's like i was had all the above grifter, striker ,TCR,evil ,cross fire they dont make these toys anymore to much computers and xbox ,ps3 etc.... Kids dont understand what we used to play with .

An0n0m0us

TCR for me too except it only lasted about 4 hours before packing in. Being able to overtake and not be stuck to a groove was amazing fun. Also the working headlights, I had the curtains shut in the lounge making everyone sit in the dark whilst racing the cars round. My Dad spent the rest of Christmas day trying to fix it but ended up taking it back for a Scalextric which in comparison are just rubbish. I've always wanted another TCR set since but 1) think it will ruin my memories of how good I thought it was and 2) they will all be busted and unreliable now 3) if they had been that good they would have fixed the issues and smashed Scalextric out of the market.