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A poor mans Subbuteo, but it was great while all the players were intact, not long after getting my set, my dad managed to tread on 2 of the players and snap them In those days we never had super glue - just some U-Hu glue (Bogies stick better) What was even worse is they were both ...
Old Bottle tops and the incentive to get some money back by returning the empties for a small fee. Bottle Tops were an every day item that would build up in the shed ready for a cashing in down the local newsagent. Ah Corona Bottle tops on the fizzy pop glass bottles - memories. Corona used to ...
A Classic ornament from the late sixties and early seventies. Any one remeber this Essential ornament for the home Known as the Cat's Mouse trap, it fascinated me as a child. A chance to understand how Jerry must of felt every time he was pursued by Tom Its so retro, so seventies, you know it will be back again ...
Black and white with very annoying touch sensitive buttons They were the days.... Useless without its 16k Ram Pack One reader said "If you had an extension pack you had to hold it in place with Blu-Tack, because if it wobbled a bit you'd lose everything" As with the ZX80, the processor was a NEC Zilog Z80-compatible, running at ...
Many cereals gave away some great treats in the packets of corn flakes and the same equivelent. These Wacky Races premium car set can straight out of the Kix box crunchy Corn Puffs. This set of Wacky Races figures consisted of - in order Penelope Pitstop Dick Dastardly Peter Perfect Many seventies cereals incorporated Hanna-Barbera characters including the Flintstones and Topcat
Super Auto Cover by Panini in 1977 One of the first sticker sets I remember by panini It covered all sorts of sports and car manufacturers. In the days before Top Gear this was the main way a kid could know the difference between a Skoda and a Porche, or a Ferrari and a Fiat - actually ...
Mexico 86 by Panini Sticker collections Lesson learnt as a kid: After paying £104.64p on stickers it surely would be cheaper to just buy the book (and it would have all pictures included!) I saw a Mexico 86 sticker album in reasonable condition going for £50 on the web. It said "All the stickers are stuck in their ...
Sinclair ZX spectrum made a big impact in the UK in 1982 after a follow up to the successful ZX81. but the82 or Spectrum boasted colour. The ZX Spectrum was launched in April of 1982 in two forms: a 16K and a 48K model at £125 and £175 respectively. There were plenty of grumbles from the computer press ...
This matchbox lesney Ford 6 cam in purple and green in 1969 It was a real favorite if used on the hot wheels loop the loop tracks. You know the ones where you drop them down a car track and do stunts. This car was a good scooper on the track. The real car had an open roof, ...
