Christmas Toys from Your Childhood You Wish You Still Had

[Horatio]

Remote-control car that got mauled by a dog until the tires came off

[T/-/alali]

Board game that just kinda faded away.
I'm sure its around here somewhere...
IT was called talismon.

[Mack_Attack]

I had a godzilla that was about 20" high and his fist would launch off and hit his enemies. That was cool.

[Bruce The Aussie]

i don't remmeber many of the toys i played with when i was young. the main ones i remmeber are my cuddley toys. luckily i've still got every single one of them stored away somewhere [img]smile.gif[/img] .i can't think of any toys from my childhood i'd like again. i still have all my old computer junk (spectrum, etc..) so the only thing i can think of is this stupid spinning top i had when i was about 2. it was great. i'd push the thing on top down and it would spin. ridiculous what simple things could keep someone happy [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Attalus]

Originally posted by Albromor: Ah, Attalas, a friend of mine from yesteryear got a Schwinn "Pea Picker" 5 speed bike. He, too, rode it to death. The Pea Picker was green, the "Orange Crate" model was, well orange, and the "Apple Crate" was red (duh!). After almost 20 years I saw him again and that bike came up. He said in his research that the Pea Picker is worth $1,500 on today's market!

I guess that anything is collectible in this Age of E-Bay. Bike collectors? LOL

[/)eathKiller]

My favorite chrismas gift of all time was Ranger X and a Genesis on which to play it [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[andrewas]

Originally posted by T/-/alali: Board game that just kinda faded away. I'm sure its around here somewhere... IT was called talismon.

Talisman? My mates once got together a group to play that, but a variety of incidents (including a minor car accident) meant it never happened Cool sounding game though. Its from games workshop and wasnt totaly dead as of 3 years ago - havent seen it since. Probably your local GW could tell you more.

What I really want back though is my heavily customised Sinclair ZX80 - floppy drive and everything. It was sold ages ago though, and although I still have all the floppies, there is no official version with a floppy drive even if I could afford to buy one.

And my old R/C car. One of the good ones that could injure someone if driven carelessly. That died a long time ago though, crashed it one time to many.

[antryg]

One of my favorite games as a kid was called photo-electric football. It had a box whose top was translucent and with a lightbulb in it. The offense picked a play and the defense did likewise. These were placed over each other and then the light was shone through the play overlays to see how you did. The ultimate in high tech.