Cat and Mouse Ornament

Cat and Mouse Ornament

A Classic ornament from the late sixties and early seventies. Any one remeber this Essential ornament for the home Known as the Cat's Mouse trap, it fascinated me as a child. A chance to understand how Jerry must of felt every time he was pursued by Tom Its so retro, so seventies, you know it will be back again ...

Sinclair ZX81

Sinclair ZX81

Black and white with very annoying touch sensitive buttons They were the days.... Useless without its 16k Ram Pack One reader said "If you had an extension pack you had to hold it in place with Blu-Tack, because if it wobbled a bit you'd lose everything" As with the ZX80, the processor was a NEC Zilog Z80-compatible, running at ...

Wacky Races premium car set

Wacky Races premium car set

Many cereals gave away some great treats in the packets of corn flakes and the same equivelent. These Wacky Races premium car set can straight out of the Kix box crunchy Corn Puffs. This set of Wacky Races figures consisted of  - in order Penelope Pitstop Dick Dastardly Peter Perfect Many seventies cereals incorporated Hanna-Barbera characters including the Flintstones and Topcat

Super Auto Sticker Cover

Super Auto Sticker Cover

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

Mexico 86

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 ...

Sinclair ZX spectrum

Sinclair ZX spectrum

Sinclair ZX spectrum made a big impact in the UK in 1982 after a follow up to the successful ZX81. but the82 or Spectrum boasted colour. The ZX Spectrum was launched in April of 1982 in two forms: a 16K and a 48K model at £125 and £175 respectively. There were plenty of grumbles from the computer press ...

Ford sports car

matchbox lesney Ford 6 cam

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, ...

No. 41 Siva Spider

No. 41 Siva Spider Matchbox

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

Dodge Charger Big Banger, Matchbox 1972

Dodge Charger Big Banger, Matchbox 1972

Diecast  collector's piece from the seventies Matchbox Superfast No. 26 Big Banger Hot Rod, actually from mid seventies, in red with blue glass, bonnet-mounted silver engine, Big Banger side decals, Superfast wheels. There were several versions reproduced from1972 to 1976 Version 1 of 6 - Red body, chrome engine & exhausts, unpainted base, blue glass and 'Big Banger' side labels. This ...

1971 & 1973 Matchbox Formula 1 Racers

Matchbox Formula 1 Racers

These were the top cars to have in the 1970s The yellow was part of the 1972-75 Formula 1 Racing Car, with its  blue bonnet stripe, no:16, four wide Superfast wheels. Model Marchbox Superfast 34d The red Car below was also part of 1973 Lesney No.24 Team Matchbox F1 Racer set In the 1970s, adult collectors began to form semi-official ...