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Chatter Telephone

the number one toy story toy - Chatter Telephone

The Fisher Price Chatter Telephone gets its cameo in Toy story 3. This is one of the kings of Fisher Price toys. It seems to last forever. indestructable i an understatement. Lets be honest any toy box in the seventies had one of this deep in the corner ready to get dialed. This was the first ...

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Toy Story – Most Retro Top 5

1945 Slinky

Continued from yesterdays Toy Story - Most Retro Top 10 we now reveal the top 5 With Toy Story 3 out we've gone Toy Story crazy at Skooldays we now enter the top 5 Are there more deserved candidates for a retro toy? Here goes.... at number 5 Slinky the Dog Dog is based on Slinky, a pull toy by James Industries, which was ...

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Toy Story – Most Retro Top 10

Rock

With Toy Story 3 out today we all have gone Toy Story crazy at Skooldays So we decided to list out top 10 most retro toy story toys Do you agree with our choice? Are there more deserved candidates for a retro toy? Here goes.... at number 10 Rock'em Sock'em Robots These 1960's heavy weights showed themselved on Toy story 2 for a short ...

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Flowerpot Men

Flowerpot Men

Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men..."floppalobbaflop" The flowerpot men have taken a fair many years of popularity for more than one generation Bill and Ben the flowerpot men originally appeared in black and white certainly in the sixties as an effort from the BBC to help produce a few television programmes for children. As part of the Watch ...

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New faces

New faces from 1973 Television

New faces from 1973 UK Prime Time Television Go back to the early seventies and Britains Got Talent existed in a very different form, New Faces. After a long and successsful reign from Hughie Green and Opportunity Knocks, this ATV show came into the popular viewing figures of the seventies with its very own Simon Cowell. ...

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Nostalgic popcorn makers

popcorn maker

It seems that retro sweets and nostalgic candy are making a big comeback these days and popcorn is no exception. There are several very good retro style popcorn makers on the market and some are so good they look identical to the originals. Nostalgic popcorn makers are a great addition to an evening in watching an ...

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Barney and Friends

Barney and FriendsBarney & Friends is an independent children's television show produced in the United States, aimed at very young children ages 1–5. The series, which first aired in 1992, features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys learning through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude.Barney the ...

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Sabrina the Animated Series

Sabrina the Animated SeriesWho remembers Sabrina: The Animated Series. This cartoon was based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. It was produced by DIC Entertainment, which was owned by Disney at the time.Characters included Sabrina Spellman, Salem, Uncle Quigley, Chloe Flan, Harvey Dwight Kinkle, Gemini "Gem" Stone, Hilda and Zelda,Sabrina Spellman has ...

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Magpie TV Series

Magpie TV Series

Magpie TV SeriesOne for sorrowTwo for joyThree for a girlFour for a boyFive for silverSix for goldSeven for a secret never to be toldMa-a-a-ag-pie was a children's television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s mainly based on pop-culture of it's day. Magpie was a full on competitor to BBC ...

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Mister Magoo

Mister Magoo

Mister MagooMister Magoo, a nearsighted grumpy old duffer, who turned up on our screens in 1949. His first name is Quincy.Quincy Magoo was patterned after several real-life people. It seems the main inspiration for the character was the screen presence of comedian W. C. Fields, though it's claimed the character was the collaborative efforts ...

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