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:
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with these amazing "graphics":
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http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Grandstand/Astro.htm
My 2 year old daughter regularly plays on this:
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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:
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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...
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Had one of these.
My daughter has a teddy bear that knows her name and her favourite things
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My daughter has a teddy bear that knows her name and her favourite things
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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...
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
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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.
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As a kid though this was the height of technology.
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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 😉
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Things have hardly moved on at all 😉