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Before you knew you were to become the next Fat Boy Slim DJ, where could you hone your skills? Answer - The Fisher Price record player. Yes when it came to scratching, these were indestructible. With bright colours and songs to drive you and the family crazy, this was the deck to have. It's so good its now become ...
Intellivison games were a real eighties icon released by Mattel in 1979. The graphics were awful but the game play was smart. So good that you can still purchase a retro gaming version today on Amazon If you are an avid gaming fan then Intellivision was the console to dream of in the eighties. Favourites included Super ...
Formula 1 board game by Waddingtons was a game all about skill and very little luck. Most young racing fans have probably played this at some point and with some particular version. As Formula one technically changes in life from year to year the Formula one board game tried its hardest to keep up with ...
Miffy the picture-book bunny was one of those books that always seemed to be around, but who the devil owned one? Found in school libraries and car boot sales, Miffy wasn't a Japanese cartoon like many believed, but was a creation from 1955 by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. Miffy was a little rabbit that found itself ...
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 ...
Lets face it if anything is likely to get cold, it might be your nose or finger tips. Possibly your toes if you forgot to put your socks on, but who in their right mind came up with leg warmers? Do legs really need mitten like material around them. It certainly clashed with most outfits. The ...
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 ...
Vintage 1950s fashion 1950s Fashion is certainly a topic that's gained popularity here on Skooldays in recent months. Today we find out why it proved such a strong decade for fashion. In 1949 clothes rationing came to an end for Britain, and fashion was now ready to hit the big time. This is one of the reasons why 1950s ...
