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1968 Hot Wheels were very big. This was a poster promotion for Mattel miniature cars and proved to go down rather well with school kids.Now you could even be in charge of souping up the engine and become your very own mechanic. Yes customizing the engine on these models was amazing as a kid. The nvel idea was down ...
Before the avalanche of electronic games, moulded plastic games from MB (Milton Bradley) made up a large part of kids toys and games in the 70s and 80s. One of the popular games in the seventies was Stay Alive. Stay Alive Milton Bradley Board Game was a game of hidden traps and survival. Yes kids were getting a ...
Shaker Maker The Shaker Maker sets came in all sorts of characters, from Flintstones to Frankenstiens, Daleks to Disney. There was also Shaker Maker Pictures such as the Farm and Zoo Animals. This allowed you to make 3-D animals and glue them to different background pictures. It included pictures, paints, brushes, around 10 Magic Mix packets and ...
The Gameplay of Mouse trap: Players travel as mice from one end of the board to the other, moving in a turn based manner guided by a six sided die, supplied with the game. Upon landing on a square, they either retrieve a piece of cheese, or assemble a piece of a complex mouse trap contraption ...
MERRY MILKMAN We recently were sent a set of the Merry Milkman rules and knowledge of a set for sale Below are his screen shots and details of the rules Copr. 1955 by Hassenfeld Bros., Inc., INSTRUCTIONS NUMBER OF PLAYERS This game can be played by 2, 3, or 4 players. OBJECT OF THE GAME Players, by a series of spins, perform the ...
K’Nex is a construction toy system that was a nother lego or meccano alternative. K’Nex was invented by Joel Glickman. It is thought that the name K’Nex is a phonetic variation of the word "connects". Appropriatte as the toy is a building system of interconnecting plastic rods and connectors, which can connect together to make ...
Sorry Board Game We are not talking about the appauling comedy in the late seventies that showed why Ronnie Corbitt needed Ronnie Barker to make successful television. Sorry is a board game based on the daddy of counter games Ludo. From Ludo we also had Back Gammon. Sorry was made in the 1930s and still remains ...
In 1976 Tank Battle was the latest release from MB Games. My cousins had this game and it kept us busy for a long time in that hot school summer holiday of 76. Looking back it was a conversion of other 2 player games such as the awesome game of Stratego or Tri-tactics. The game only has ...
Remembering Warlock of Firetop Mountain book today. Published by Puffin in 1982 Try and imagine life without computer adventure games or interactive movies and you'll understand why Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone became a massive seller in 1982 though it started conception back in 1980. For the first time a book became interactive. ...
Risk has proven to be one of the most lasting board games ever. It is simple enough for all the family to learn but as the title entails requires a certain amount of risk to win. A complete set of Risk contains: A Risk Game Board map of the world, 5 Dice,a deck of 56 Risk cards ...
