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10 hours ago, rj1986 said:

I remember the xmas i got this

 

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Wow 👌 

1 hour ago, Druid799 said:

Was a joint birthday/Christmas/Easter present from the parents , my mum even had to sell her body to help raise the money(no not that way bunch of perverts) for medical research , it was so kind of her do it but I never did get used to her with green skin and a third eye in the middle of her forehead ! 😳

😅😅

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On 04/12/2021 at 00:41, Enid_Puceflange said:

I’ve still got one of these sitting in the cupboard 

In perfect working order too 😂

Dug it out during lockdown 1.0 

 

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On 04/12/2021 at 13:39, RostokMcSpoons said:

I was so posh I had this...

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Yours on eBay "in pristine condition" for the bargain price of £600 !!!  (plus £15 p&p!)


(That's not me trying to bag that ridiculous amount for it by the way, it's just one of the first things I saw when searching for a pic)

 

8 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

@rj1986 That was definitely cool.  I don't think I ever saw one in action, I'll be searching YT for it :)
It also puts me in mind of the rather older "Flight Deck"...
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27342/flight-deck

 

I can't remember if I got it for birthday or Xmas, but I do know that 
a) It was a brilliant idea    
b) the long lengths of fishing line that suspended the plane got tangled up in 0.07 nanoseconds and it never worked again. 

I still had fun with the model plane and the flight controls, but I bet my dad was pissed off that I wrecked it before he got a go :D

I must have been a right spoilt Cnut, I had all 3 (not at the same time), flight deck definitely was my favourite of the 3, although I also remember having a helicopter game that a chopper flew in circles on a weighted rod, & you had to pick up & deliver payloads, anybody remember that one ?

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I vaguely do, but not even my rich cousin had that!

 

He had Ricochet which was my most favourite thing ever

 

Slightly more related to pew-pewing, I really wanted Tin Pan Alley. I didn't get that, I ended up with two proper air rifles and eventually a .22 rimfire target rifle.  So swings and roundabouts 😋

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On 03/12/2021 at 21:44, Rogerborg said:

Wait... is everyone here a 1980s 8-bit nerd?  😮

 

I started on a GlaDOS system with the integral mobile power source.

 

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Friday night rules, here's a cover of Poker Face performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, table-thump, and stylophone, entirely conceived, played, sung, filmed and edited by one teenager with a potato-cam.

 

 

Pokerface was definatly what i needed after today, thank you.

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3 hours ago, Tackle said:

I also remember having a helicopter game that a chopper flew in circles on a weighted rod, & you had to pick up & deliver payloads, anybody remember that one ?


Yup, I had that

I cannot remember for the life of me what it was called 

I was hooked with BigTrak & Starbird around that time too 🤦🏻‍♂️

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I had a Johnny Seven gun.

Wow I could have taken on the street! 😀 up until the point I ran out of plastic missiles and grenades that is lol 

 

Boxed ones now are fetching £300

 

 

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1 hour ago, Shamal said:

I had a Johnny Seven gun.

Wow I could have taken on the street! 😀 up until the point I ran out of plastic missiles and grenades that is lol 

 

Boxed ones now are fetching £300

 

 

Awww that's cool.  And reminded me of my toy gun collection... 

  • A Mauser 98-style rifle with a working bolt and dummy cartridges that it could eject.   That was so cool that when I started to outgrow it I cut off the butt plate and made a wooden extension for it.
  • An SLR that fired little grey plastic bullets (Airfix again!  Mine was all black but here's the wooden stock version, surprisingly realistic looking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFye5s3qrlc)
  • I pestered my dad into making me a Sten and an Mp40 too.  As he was good at woodwork and DIY they came out very well
  • Three plastic kit replica pistols from either Tamiya or LS, they were 1:1 scale... I had a .25 ACP auto, a Python .357 Magnum and a P38.  All with dummy bullets and working actions.  They must have been quite sturdy as I can't remember them breaking to the point I couldn't glue them back together.

 

Blimey, what goes around comes around... regressing back to childhood... well over 50 years old and playing with toy guns again :)

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14 hours ago, Tackle said:

also remember having a helicopter game that a chopper flew in circles on a weighted rod, & you had to pick up & deliver payloads, anybody remember that one

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VertiBird

 

Vtg 1971 Mattel Vertibird Flying Helicopter Copter Toy ...

 

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9 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

Awww that's cool.  And reminded me of my toy gun collection... 

  • A Mauser 98-style rifle with a working bolt and dummy cartridges that it could eject.   That was so cool that when I started to outgrow it I cut off the butt plate and made a wooden extension for it.
  • An SLR that fired little grey plastic bullets (Airfix again!  Mine was all black but here's the wooden stock version, surprisingly realistic looking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFye5s3qrlc)
  • I pestered my dad into making me a Sten and an Mp40 too.  As he was good at woodwork and DIY they came out very well
  • Three plastic kit replica pistols from either Tamiya or LS, they were 1:1 scale... I had a .25 ACP auto, a Python .357 Magnum and a P38.  All with dummy bullets and working actions.  They must have been quite sturdy as I can't remember them breaking to the point I couldn't glue them back together.

 

Blimey, what goes around comes around... regressing back to childhood... well over 50 years old and playing with toy guns again :)

Haha ain't that the truth.

9 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

Awww that's cool.  And reminded me of my toy gun collection... 

  • A Mauser 98-style rifle with a working bolt and dummy cartridges that it could eject.   That was so cool that when I started to outgrow it I cut off the butt plate and made a wooden extension for it.
  • An SLR that fired little grey plastic bullets (Airfix again!  Mine was all black but here's the wooden stock version, surprisingly realistic looking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFye5s3qrlc)
  • I pestered my dad into making me a Sten and an Mp40 too.  As he was good at woodwork and DIY they came out very well
  • Three plastic kit replica pistols from either Tamiya or LS, they were 1:1 scale... I had a .25 ACP auto, a Python .357 Magnum and a P38.  All with dummy bullets and working actions.  They must have been quite sturdy as I can't remember them breaking to the point I couldn't glue them back together.

 

Blimey, what goes around comes around... regressing back to childhood... well over 50 years old and playing with toy guns again :)

I'll take your slr cause I had one as well but I will raise you a 'Man from Uncle' hard briefcase. It had a knife that ejected from the side when secret button was pressed and the whole case unfolded into a rifle. There was also a radio inside.

I thought I was proper cool walking Down high street with it. Lol. I was only about seven.

Regards 👍

 

 

9 hours ago, RostokMcSpoons said:

Awww that's cool.  And reminded me of my toy gun collection... 

  • A Mauser 98-style rifle with a working bolt and dummy cartridges that it could eject.   That was so cool that when I started to outgrow it I cut off the butt plate and made a wooden extension for it.
  • An SLR that fired little grey plastic bullets (Airfix again!  Mine was all black but here's the wooden stock version, surprisingly realistic looking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFye5s3qrlc)
  • I pestered my dad into making me a Sten and an Mp40 too.  As he was good at woodwork and DIY they came out very well
  • Three plastic kit replica pistols from either Tamiya or LS, they were 1:1 scale... I had a .25 ACP auto, a Python .357 Magnum and a P38.  All with dummy bullets and working actions.  They must have been quite sturdy as I can't remember them breaking to the point I couldn't glue them back together.

 

Blimey, what goes around comes around... regressing back to childhood... well over 50 years old and playing with toy guns again :)

I'll take your slr cause I had one as well but I will raise you a 'Man from Uncle' hard briefcase. It had a knife that ejected from the side when secret button was pressed and the whole case unfolded into a rifle. There was also a radio inside.

I thought I was proper cool walking Down high street with it. Lol. I was only about seven.

Regards 👍

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14 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Guys, when it comes to retro toys, you know Shamal's always gonna have us beat, I'm not saying he's old but his first bike was a penny farthing ffs 😜

Cheeky fucker!! 😅😅

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Actually it was a Raleigh with rod brakes and a fixed sprocket. Going downhill you had to take your feet off the pedals other wise you would be going up and down like a jockey on Angel dust lol

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2 minutes ago, Tactical Pith Helmet said:

The toy dog that always looked like it needed putting down...

 

 

Haha that's great. He walks like me lol 

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I made a terrible boo-boo... I said 'Ricochet' when I should have said 'Crossfire'

 

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*That* is the greatest thing ever.

 

Will you ever forgive me???

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Back on track for a mo, is this the longest that zins been down for ?, I was in the middle of a deal & we hadn't exchanged contact details yet. 

Doh🤬

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26 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:


Ha!

Karma is a bastard mate huh! 😂🤣😂🤌

😘

LOL, I got that one, I was just sitting here caressing it and thinking of you 😘

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It's down again, prob my fault, I mentioned Afuk on there earlier, prob sent them in to meltdown

 

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