I seem to remember thinking a few years back that despite all this technology most toys have remained the same – lights flash, sounds play etc.

My daughter now has a book that plays a selection of sounds, and I have to say the quality of reproduction is quite remarkable. So I suppose technology is creeping in – the electronics that play the recordings is probably vastly better than it was when I was a kid a quarter of a century ago.

How are the kids of today going to learn how to make decent machine gun noises if the toys do it for em?

As a kid I played on this:

with these amazing “graphics”:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Astro.htm

My 2 year old daughter regularly plays on this:

Yep, things have moved on a little 😀

Cos the toys break, but there will always be a stick or cricket bat to hand. Or some imagination.

Graham – that bottom one isn’t actually a kids’ toy is it?

Oooh I had Astrowars.

My first electronic gizmo/game was this:

Grandstand made some of the best toys. Remember the convertibles?

Graham – that bottom one isn’t actually a kids’ toy is it?

Well… it’s not specifically sold as a (little) kids’ toy.. but it is a toy.. and my kid plays with it…

Had one of these as a kid http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Space-Invaders-Handheld-Game-1970s-Vintage-Retro-Domico-Block-Buster-/200823693437?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item2ec206607d#ht_500wt_899 I put a LOT of hours into it on long car journeys…

Had one of these.

My daughter has a teddy bear that knows her name and her favourite things

When a teddy bear has a USB port, be afraid!

My daughter has a teddy bear that knows her name and her favourite things

One thing that hasn’t been developed is an accurate way to simulate a motorbike noise on a pushbike.

I still think kids have to rely on playing cards.

Furby 2012.

Be afraid…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKw6SGqRpI[/video]

One thing that hasn’t been developed is an accurate way to simulate a motorbike noise on a pushbike.

Wouldn’t be that hard, just use the same logic they use for computer games.

Hello, is that Dragon’s Den..?

Furby 2012

One thing that hasn’t been developed is an accurate way to simulate a motorbike noise on a pushbike.

[url=http://www.amazon.com/Turbospoke-the-Bicycle-Exhaust-System/dp/B002WJ2Q5E/ref=pd_sim_auto_1]Turbospoke the Bicycle Exhaust System[/url]

I sill have my Astro wars game- i have not played it fir ages but it still works

I am 43 years old and still buy toys (other than push bikes) 😳

Latest purchases.

As a kid though this was the height of technology.

I grew up around the millennium, the era of pokemon and the PS1.

But because my parents were poor I climbed trees and played with toy cars (the type where it’s just a car and you make your own brum brum noises).

And now I ride a bike in the woods whereas my friends play Call of Duty.

And now I ride a bike in the woods whereas my friends play Call of Duty.

Cool story bro.

Now, if only it was possible to do both.

I remember all these. Some with fondness, some less so 😉

Things have hardly moved on at all 😉