Toys that you never had when you were a kid but want now

OMIGOD – the Technical Lego forklift. That has nearly brought a tear to my eye! I had exactly the same one c.1979. Still in the box at my mum’s house. I used to love it to bits. I’m tempted to get it back from her now. Real wave of nostalgia looking at that picture – I can visualise in my head how the steering works and everything.

Yep. Rack and pinion steering for 9 year olds! How brilliant was that?

I never got a more advanced kit so I still don’t know how a car gearbox works.

has got to be one of these 😀

Lots of Lego Technic models.

I won’t tell how many of these I bought a few weeks back:

aaah.. those technic sets bring back memories.. over the years I had the forklift.. the 853 car and the one that CFH posted..

Had Mechano when I was a lad. Not a huge set of the stuff, but enough to keep me in variations of planes and cars for a few years.

Lego Technics was something that I regret not getting into, the same with the new stuff that’s programmable. Maybe if/when I have kids of my own they can start off with something like that.

To be honest, there was never really one specific thing that I desperately _wanted_ as a kid. Maybe an air rifle (not that one is a toy), but with a mother as anti-guns as mine, not even being on the school shooting team and being in the CCF could persuade her to let me have one.

A shame, as I was a bloody good shot back in those days.

I saw a kid playing with a toy AK47 in the park the day after the Norwegian killings and it just looked so wrong to me.

About 2 years ago I developed an infatuation for Escape from Colditz, then spent weeks watching ebay for a mint set at a reasonable price.

Bought it, played it once, since when it’s been in the cupboard.

Still glad I got it, but forgot that I would need to find some others to play with.

So if anyone fancies a game…

Schumacher Cougar 2000 for Cougar

When I bought my Tamiya Madcap, a couples of models up was a Cougar (not that one though) – out of budget, sadly.

Escape From Colditz was a brilliant game unless it was your turn to be “Jerry”.

I used to line my guards up around doorways to make the Eeeeengischer Peegdogz walk the long way round, then reconfigure the lines and block them to make them all walk back again. A well timed “Appel” would really piss them off also.

I got one of those Parkzone Mustangs last summer. Not the best first RC plane but I managed a few good flights, but wear and tear have taken it’s toll. I relearnt how to climb trees becuase of it!
Haven’t got it out this year, it’s been too windy.

Not the newer versions. This is the one toy my children have that I wished was available when I was a child.

Of the toys that were around, It has to be a chopper!

Dougal – been looking at that very kit today after seeing this:

Lego Land Rover

Dobbo, was that the upgrade from your lump of coal?

Eee, you were lucky, etc….

richmars – Member
I got one of those Parkzone Mustangs last summer.

Kept that one quiet!!

For Lego instructions try

http://www.brickfactory.info/

Managed to rebuild my galaxy cruser (928) for the first time in 20 years

I used to love the Game of Dracula.

So I got a copy off ebay a couple of years ago. Now my son loves it too!

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1956/the-game-of-dracula

I also had that lego technic tractor. That were ace too!

Remember Waddington’s SORRY! ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game)

It was like LUDO for C##ts. 😀

Sadly they don’t make it any more as I’m sure my lad would love it.

Managed to rebuild my galaxy cruser (928) for the first time in 20 years

Would it be bad that I knew what LL928 was without looking it up…?!

(Also, LL918 and LL924…)

Yes have a ll918 as well. Still have the bricks with it on

I remember (in fact, still have) the collectors series (or whatever they called it) Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. That had a “Rolls Royce” registration plate sticker; problem was, it stuck across the two bricks that mounted the wheels, so it was impossible to take apart without cutting / tearing it.

Ahem I knew exactly what the 928 was too 😳

This was my first Space Lego set:

think I had a 924 too

Look at thie beauty!

That’s lovely.

I had most of the Classic Space sets. The last big Space one I remember getting was the 6980.

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6980-1

1983, wow.

There’s more on his website.

http://lego.bldesign.org/

He’s a bit good.

I want one of these

Mamod steam traction and stationery engines with the working add ons like a set of pulleys etc, when i was a kid and couldnt afford it.

http://www.mamod.co.uk/product_newproducts.asp

I would now fancy a full size steam train.

It has to be:

Or even this:

Did that robot even do anything? It looked cool.

Did anyone ever finish a spirograph pattern without it going a bit wrong, just as you’d nearly done it?

Clubber, I think we (My brother and me) had both of those space lego sets you posted there! 🙂

I had a Spirograph. A cousin (or something) had Super Spirograph! I was so jealous.

Years later, I found a Super Spirograph at some charity raffle or other, picked it up for a few pence. Bargain!

Do we need a ‘retro toys you still have’ thread?! (-:

I wanted such things as radio controlled planes and helicopters, and also computery things.

Now I have computery things and all want is camera stuff…

Spirograph was massively irritating!

One of the following always happened.

The wheel jumped
The paper ripped
The “track” moved
The pen stopped working

Bobbins.

The best bit about it was how cool it looked in the box.

This was AWESOME.

The Space Lego 928 picture above has brought back some memories.

For Christmas 1979, I got the smaller 924, which was the start of my Space Lego collection. I absolutely loved Space Lego.

In 1982 I wanted a BMX and had my heart set on one of these

My parents bought me a Burner but that didn’t stop me looking in my LBS, that had one on display in their window.