Ahh Stickle Bricks - the poor boys lego. As with Mecanno and Lego, Stickle Bricks are a construction toy primarily intended for children aged 1 and above Stickle Bricks were invented by Denys Fisher in the late 1960's. The brand is now currently owned by Hasbro and they are currently manufactured by Flair Leisure Products plc along ...

Back in the 1950's at a toy fair, Scalextric has become synonymous with slot car racing the world over and is well established as a famous British institution amongst children and adults alike. As can be seen - it wasn't long before any themed car could get a look in - in this case the ...

So how many of you have ever played Subbuteo? From early 1940's a love of soccer or football if you're English, has dominated generations from boyhood to manhood. When it was just in it's early stages it was never known as Subbuteo, instead it was just referred to as "the Hobby". Back then for legal ...

From the Early 1940s this toy has been making its way down more stairs than an office worker working on the 50th floor! Today just juggle the original slinky back and forth in your hands or buy 2 and race them down stairs How did it all start? Well in 1943, a guy called Richard James, who was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Back in 1972, you were spoilt for the amazing releases under the Lesney label The # 41 Siva Spider was also know as the Streaker Matchbox ©1972 Particularly the car to have in the Evil Knievel era, thought the same model was made available in basic colours