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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 Commodore PET was a huge computer which looked so space-aged that Star Trek in the 1960s would of been proud of it. The Commodore PET stood for the letters Personal Electronic Transactor. Remarkably the Commodore PET still has a thriving on-line community. From it's launch in 1977 of the first PET model called the 2001 made huge waves in the business ...
Now when it comes to watching Top of the Pops in the 1980s, few groups had as much impact as the 5 we look at today. Suddenly every tune had to have a video. No longer would you get away with the 4 faces of queen. dire straits came in with Money for Nothing computer generated video ...
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 ...
The last week we have gradually been revealing your Top 5 Saturday morning Cartoon shows. Video games (Pac-Man), toys that became cartoons and other fads (Smurfs, G.I.Joe, Transformers), as well as a wave of "regressed" characters as children, or having children of their own. (Muppet Babies, Pink Panther and Sons) all pointed toward an uncertain future. The ...
Vintage memorabilia The older i get the more i love vintage collectibles and old memorabilia WHERE CAN YOU FIND VINTAGE AND RETRO COLLECTIBLES TODAY? Well it's easier than everto collect old vintage memorabilia . Join the collectors forums and web sites Keep watch on items on ebay Subscribe to newsletters and site feeds Visit local auctions Join and online of offline clubs Amongst the top ...
Midway were responsible for some of the greatest arcade games of the 80s. Today we will review some of the all time great from the retro factory of Bally Midway Arcade Machines. There is only one real game that stands out for all the right reasons, as you uncle or aunty ask your neighbour or work colleague, ...
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 ...
Vintage Postcard Collecting Along with tea cards and football stickers, postcard collecting is another collectible many kids have pursued at one point or another in there childhood. Ask and collector of postcards and they will tell you there are several things you must know beofre becoming a serious collector. Postcards can go for hundreds or even thousands ...
