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Microprose F1GP is now over 20 years old! MicroProse Formula One Grand Prix was the start of a racing simulator that gave a real 3d simulation for F1GP fans. This Game was a long way from the arcade games that had been churned out in the past. This was a full weekend racing sim and if you didn't ...
Plastic cars were great as they never chipped the skirting board and that kept the parents happy. I could have any car as along as it was Tomte Laerdal from Norway. That limited my car collection, but the plastic cars lasted forever! The Tomte-Laerdal company from Stavanger, Norway produced soft plastic (vinyl and PVC), furniture-friendly toy vehicles ...
If ever there was a tacky representation of the 70's and 80s then the Chrome executive toy must be a top candidate. Apart from the Chrome NEWTONS CRADLE Executive Gadget the rest were pretty well awful. With chrome rowing and skiing men or tightrope walkers, horse riders and kids on see saws, the chrome desktop executive ...
Tickle Me Elmo is based on the character Elmo from the children's television show, Sesame Street. Tickle Me Elmo was invented by Ron Dubren and Greg Hyman, two veteran toy inventors. In 1992, They had no intention to make it a sesame character until toymakers Tyco lost the rights to do Looney Tunes but gained the rights to Sesame Street, thus starting Tickle Me Elmo. The ...
1964 was a leap year that saw Martin Luther King, Jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize, James Bond released his third outing with Goldfinger along with all the merchandise and comedian Harry Hill was born in 1964. The Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. Meanwhile Roald Dahl was busy writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 1964 If you were ...
A 1963 Holiday took place around the country by driving around in your Volkswagen camper van. The Beatles couldnt seem to do anything wrong as everything went to number one. You probably started your day off before school in 1963 with either Cocoa Puffs,Cocoa Krispies or Capn' Crunch cereal Hergé's Adventures of Tintin first became an animated cartoon in 1963, and while the ...
So what do you remember in 1962? The year Marilyn Monroe was found dead. You probably had better site than the ever popular Mr Magoo, while The Flintstones and Dino lunch box was in charge of your school lunch Many children were also engrossed in reading about the adventures of the Famous Five. As Enid Blyton led them on ...
Did you ever have the John Bull printing outfit ? If you did there were several various versions. They were separated by number, so the John Bull printing outfit no 18 was different to the #30. Generally the larger the number the larger the amount of rubber letters. So if you has #6 you knew that either ...
You may of been driving around in a 1960 Humber Hawk Series II while lower budgets enjoyed the 1960 Austin Mini Seven rather than the Aston Martin DB5. Most bored kids had hobbies that nearly always included stamp collecting or postcard collecting. You may of been into gardening. If so then the 1960s UK Ladybird Indoor Gardening Book was essential for any ...
Yes we are starting our 52 Weeks of Years very soon and we want you to be part of it. So what is 52 Weeks of Years? Starting from 1960 we will take a year each week and look at the fashion, the games, the popular culture, what was cool was was awesome during that particular ...
