Downfall

A strategy game - downfall.

Downfall is still available, though with a modern edge. It has outlasted many other games and still proves a very strategic game for all the family. A strategy game of skill and cunning. Twist and turn the wheels to get your own coloured counters from the top to the bottom first. One false move could lead ...

Fashion in the 40s

Fashion in the 40s

A  B  C  D  E  F  H  I  J  K  L  M  P  R  S  T  W  Z   // // Fashion in the 40s was certainly affected by World War II. The war puts fashion on hold, but the postwar leisure class makes up for it. Girls look just like Mom in identical outfits, while the boys dress up in Eton suits for business, playsuits for pleasure. The sporty hit the shore in ...

Toys in the 80s

Toys in the 80s

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  R  S  T  U  V  W  Y  Z  2   // // Toys in the 80s have to include The Smurfs. They spawn a tidal wave of cute clones: Monchichis, Snorks, Popples, etc. Rainbow Brite and My Little Pony fly high, Jem steals some of Barbie's thunder, He-Man leads the Masters of the Universe to victory, and Transformers prove there's "more than meets the eye." Rubik's ...

Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton

Nothing I liked more than a good old Enid Blyton book to read with a cup of tea and a Mars bar in the summer holidays.   Few children in the past 50 years would say thay havent at one time or other tried reading an Enid Blyton book. Her works included: The Famous Five series, The ...

Escalado

Escalado

The game Escalado : Now i only know about this as i picked up at a car boot sale as a teenager and i have to say i haven't seen it around much over the years, but i can imagine that this was a great game for a family gathering and many of you will ...

Totopoly

Totopoly

Your forgiven if you think we have mispelt monopoly only if you have never heard of the Totopoly board game. Apart from the name sounding similar the likeness ends there. Totopoly is a great game based on the events leading up to, and during, a horse race. Originally made in 1938 by Waddingtons, the game is ...

Magic Robot Quiz Game

Magic Robot Quiz Game

Made by Jumbo and Merit Magic Robot Quiz Game was Published in 1950 and While marketed as a board game, the Magic Robot Quiz game is probably more accurately a "curiosity" game. The "game" consists of placing a little robot figurine which holds a pointer in the center of a circular pattern of questions. The magic ...

Crackerjack

Crackerjack

Can you say Crackerjack without saying Crack-er-Jack? "It's Friday, it's five to five... it's Crackerjack" "CRACKERJACK!" As the time and place suggested, it was going to be 45 minutes of games, comedy and music. Whether Jack Douglas, Ronnie Corbet, Don Maclean, Peter Glaze and The Krankies or Leslie Crowther, Michael Aspel, Ed Stewart or that weird Stu Francis, ...

Revealed Gerry Anderson Top 10 – Supermarionation

thunderbirds

Gerry Anderson  MBE, sadly died December 26, 2012. Today we reveal our Gerry Anderson MBE top 10. Lest we forget Thunderbirds became so popular the British toy manufacturer Matchbox were unable to keep up with the demand for the Tracy Island playset and needed Blue Peter to come to the rescue with double sided sticky tape! So here are our memories of some ...