Toys you had as a kid

Aglomerado

ratmouse wrote: »

Also just remembered fashion Wheel!

Ah! A great toy, got loads of fun from such a simple idea!

splendid101

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056260728


Anyone remember the guys I've photographed and posted in this thread?

Degsy

tinyjiney

Degsy wrote: »

Is that the HSE or Vhi version..............:D

SuiteCheex

bobbytables wrote: »

Most memorable Christmas present I received as a child, without a doubt. I didn't have the disk drive, software was on cassettes. In the above pic, I had that joystick and the game looks like either IK+ or Way of the Exploding Fist if memory serves.


The after school routine became

1. Insert cassette
2. Shift+Run/Stop
3. Run to shop for sweets or messages for home
4. Be back a few mins later, just in time for game fully loaded
5. Happy bobbytables

When I was 9, I first taught myself to develop some primitive programs in BASIC on this machine. I remember really enjoying it and thinking, Wow! I want to develop software when I grow up.

So now I do.

We had a Spectrum 48K, it was the most tempremental thing to load!! You used to have to tip toe out of the room to let it load the game. If you slammed the door, you'd have to start all over again!!!

Anyone remember Centurions? POWER EXTREME!!!

Is got this guy (Ace McCloud) for Christmas when I was around 7/8. Endless hours of fun, although I still haven't gotten over the loss of the red rockets which went missing on Stephen's Day.

TheNeXus

ratmouse wrote: »

Also just remembered fashion Wheel!

i had that too but my fav toy i had was my dennis the menace doll i had it for years until it mysteriously disappeared

tro81

check out this forum it will bring you down memory lane. plus check out the toy fair thead too

tro81

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

Irish Guitarist

I had loads of Transformers. Astrotrain was one of my favourites. He was a Triple Changer. He transformed into a space shuttle, a train and a robot. I also had a Six Changer (that's a Six Changer, not a sex changer) that I bought when I went to visit my sister in England. Obviously he transformed into six different things. If I remember correctly they all looked crap though.

I never got Optimus Prime Or Megatron. I did have Galvatron though (he was the new version of Megatron from the Transformers Movie).

I also loved Masters Of The Universe and had loads of the toys. I gave them to my nephew (or rather my sister did, I was going to wait until he got older) when I grew out of them and he destroyed them all. They might actually have been worth some money now if the arms and legs hadn't been ripped off of them. :mad:

Degsy

Ann22

Funtime Sindy

Lovely Lively Sindy

Active Sindy(blonde)

Active Sindy (brunette)

These were the Sindy doll's I got from Santy...I just loved Sindy. I remember the outfits I had for all of these...a bed and wardrobe. I think she was a beautiful doll.

Anyone remember Girl's World? I really wanted one of these but I never got one...I think when Xmas came around there was always something more important on my list.

Poutbutton

Just posted this in another toy thread, I loved Sindy too & have a few collectible pieces now. I loved Betsy Clarke dolls too anyone remember her?

Iron Hide

Daniel S

My new toy:

Skerries

remind me not to let you buy toys for the kids

Beeker

Christmas in the 70's. My three favourite toys:)

Rubik.

milli milli

I was reminiscing about the toys I had as a kid and I've included the ones I got lots of enjoyment from.

A plastic picnic basket with lots of plates, cups, cutlery and a little flask. I used it for years and even brought the flask to school. I think it was Fisher Price but I cant find a picture of it.

A Homepride Fred scales:

This thing was so clever. His face was a bowl, his hat was a sieve and his arms were a scale.

I had lots of dolls, Tiny Tears and Sindy and Barbie. Also had a Daisy doll:

I had the one on the right with the dog. Of course I cut her hair so she always had short hair! And I had Holly Hobbie, which was a treasured doll:



I also had a Holly Hobbie bag with a small doll in the front pocket. I used that bag for years also!

God there is loads more!

A My Little Pony soft toy:

and grooming parlour:


I must have lost half the accessories because I don't remember half of them.

Of course I was also a complete toyboy and played with my brother's Star Wars and He-man figures!!

Zapho

milli milli wrote: »

Of course I was also a complete toyboy and played with my brother's Star Wars and He-man figures!!

I had feck loads of star wars and he-man figures as well, like:

Dull and Boring

starflake wrote: »

Was just talking to my sister about toys we owned in the late eighties/early nineties! Does anyone else remember these dolls?

Tonka Cupcake dolls!

I think I had one of those when I was younger. They used to smell very sweet didn't they?

Also had pollypockets. I always lost the doll though

And a baby Get Well doll...



I never got the Mister Frosty that I wanted though:(

jake 74

lord lucan wrote: »

Used to have this as a kid,was great craic. Used to drive my parents around the bend though!:D

that brings back memories although had a later version,
action man was the toy of choice for years through the late seventies early eighties, we used to tie plastic bags on to them and throw them off the roof of the house instant para regiment!:)

old hippy

woodchuck

starflake wrote: »

Was just talking to my sister about toys we owned in the late eighties/early nineties! Does anyone else remember these dolls?

Tonka Cupcake dolls!

I always wanted one of these when I was a kid but never got one. So when I spotted one in a shop up north a couple of years ago my boyfriend bought it for me

TommyTippee

Potted history of my best christmas presents as a child:

Pocket Simon 6/10


Domino Rally 8/10


Commodore Amiga 11/10


God those were the days!

Grid.

My all-time favourite toy was Eagle-Eyed Action Man!! Had several of them and loved all the uniforms and vehicles you could get for him, would always pester my Mam for new outfits and any new accessories that would hit the stores. Got this aircraft for him one Christmas and was over the moon.....just found it on Google now:eek: and it brings back so many memories!! Great times!!:D

Rainbow_brite

A few of my favourite toys were:

She Ra's Castle



Play doh hair salon:



Ghost castle Mb board game



And Lil Miss Make Up doll



And an earlier 80's version of this red post office set
http://www.toys.ie/Post-Office-Set-!103347-prd.aspx

BluesBerry

I had the red post office set too I loved it !

I got a Teddy Ruxpin one year it was my pride and joy he came with cassette tapes and his mouth moved while it told you a story I still have one of the books

x_Ellie_x

Secret Keepers
Came in the shape of animals and bugs. I had five of them - the swan, the horse, the bunny, the purple snail and the blue ant. You got a key with them that opened up their bellies, shells, etc and you could hide stuff inside them.





Cabbage Patch Dolls
I'm sure every girl had at least one of these.






My little Pony
I had a huge collection of these.





Skip It




Girl Talk Board Game





Care Bears





Trolls!





Speak & Spell

Sids Not

Forgot about this...i loved playing with it...i'm going to get one next week....:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rXoJdu_Ek

WindSock

Don't think I got many branded toys when I was a nipper, mostly cheap generic stuff and a few battered hand me downs.

I do remember getting a Care Bear one year...



Totally jelly at the Teddy Ruxpin though, instead I got a bear that recorded your voice. I tried to read a story into it so it would tell it back to me but it only recorded 3 seconds or something so only managed 'once upon a time they all lived happily...'

Oh yeah, and Playmobile and Trolls



Still have this little punk fella knockin about somewhere...