Greatest toy of all time

gtvlusso
gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
edited January 2010 in Commuting chat
Whats your greatest toy of all time?

1, BMX Bike
2, Technical Lego
3, Commodore 64

My top 3 - the ones I will always remember!
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    1. Cowboy outfit
    2. Scooter
    3. Big box of Lego
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Techincal Lego wins. Hands down.
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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Well, based on prolonged use:

    1. Lego, (any)
    2. Monopoly, (still got it, my kids now use it)
    3. Computer (1st one was an Acorn Atom 2k)

    Wasn't interested in bikes then. :shock:
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Lego for me - prefer the non technical stuff, I think the period when I had outgrown normal lego but hadn't outgrown lego altogether was very very brief.
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Question - what is Tenchnical Lego? Don't recall that from my childhood.... just had loads of bits in different colours...
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Oh come on. A football. Nothing else ever came close.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    The ones that always stick in my mind are

    1. My first bike
    2. Subbeuteo
    3. Sinclair ZX Spectrum
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Chopper bike anyone?
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,050
    The internet!

    I really don't know how I would have spent the last ten years without it... Probably becoming another soap opera expert! :lol:
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Runoutofgears wrote:
    Chopper bike anyone?

    I was never allowed a chopper, I had to have a sensible bike :cry:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    edited December 2009
    Me neither, I had a second hand Raleigh RSW, if I could find a picture it would explain why I didnt have much interest in bikes.

    Parents can be so cruel.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I had lots of bike - from a Raliegh Commando to a California Star BMX....! And a Haro one Xmas, I think my dad still has it.
  • bd12mz
    bd12mz Posts: 79
    Runoutofgears wrote:
    Chopper bike anyone?

    yup!
    loved mine and it was virtually indestructible.

    the year I got mine my best mate and his brother got 'normal' bikes - except their stupid parents bought them girls bikes. :D

    man they took a lot of flak about that - but we didn't care overly cause we spent hours going places and getting up to no good. ;)

    as for best toy....tough one.

    from childhood lego probably for sheer longevity.

    but as an adult my fave toy has to be the PC.
  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    Bikes and computers do not count, so I will leave them off. For me it has to be, in no particular order:

    1. Lego Technic 8860
    2. FischerTechnik
    3. Tomy Digital Derby
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,714
    1. Lego
    2. Guitar
    3. Playstation
  • skellator3
    skellator3 Posts: 200
    THE CHOPPER BIKE
    just been re issued but HSE have been involved no T shape gear shift anymore ( who caught their nads on that) has been replaced by grip shift, still smart, i got 2 if anyone wants one
    dont only ride a bike
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Lego technic was cack, I only had the skills to build walls (and once a wrestling ring) abd the technic stuff had holes in.

    1. Nintendo NES
    2 Goalie gloves and jersey
    3 GT outpost - my first MTB the right size for me.
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  • Sodajim
    Sodajim Posts: 29
    Evel Knievel doll and bike with the red launcher with the handle on the side.
    various bikes in the range to chose from but I think it would have to be the clasic harley or the jet cycle

    Man could you jump some matchbox cars in you lounge with one of those!
    Seem to remember the adverts for it seem pretty enticing at the time :)
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Man could you jump some matchbox cars in you lounge with one of those!

    Weird, I was thinking of matchbox cars but I decided no one would be old enough to know what I was on about!

    Not strictly a toy but immense fun for kids: snow.
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Hornby 00 trainset - my dad built one that went all round our bedroom on a shelf - you had to duck when you came in the door

    Airfix kits - Lancaster Bomber was my favorite

    Bike
  • CdrJake
    CdrJake Posts: 296
    1. Meccano
    2. Lego
    3. Maths set

    Yes I was and I am a 'nerd' as the Americans would like to label it.
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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Not old enough to remember matchbox, you are kidding me!
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  • CdrJake
    CdrJake Posts: 296
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    Hornby 00 trainset - my dad built one that went all round our bedroom on a shelf - you had to duck when you came in the door

    Airfix kits - Lancaster Bomber was my favorite

    Bike

    Oh Airfix kits!. I spent many a happy hour building various ships with my dad when he was home on leave. Still not quite in my top three but in my top fiive.
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  • bd12mz
    bd12mz Posts: 79
    zmg!

    you are right - matchbox cars...man we had hours of fun with those.
    those and the plastic track combined with stairs :)

    oh - how about toy soldiers?
    more hours of fun....
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Hotwheels:

    HotWheelsTrack.jpg
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    Mattel "Hot wheels", were the death of Matchbox.

    Lost realism though, IMO
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  • PedalPedant
    PedalPedant Posts: 185
    navt wrote:
    Bikes and computers do not count, so I will leave them off.

    I'm afraid to say that leaves very little from my youth :( Does discovering masturbation count?

    PP
    People that make generalisations are all morons.

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,376
    Sodajim wrote:
    Evel Knievel doll and bike with the red launcher with the handle on the side.
    various bikes in the range to chose from but I think it would have to be the clasic harley or the jet cycle

    Man could you jump some matchbox cars in you lounge with one of those!
    Seem to remember the adverts for it seem pretty enticing at the time :)


    +1

    Like this one

    evel3.jpg
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  • Runoutofgears
    Runoutofgears Posts: 348
    PedalPedant said:"Does discovering masturbation count? " :lol:
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  • Mr_Cellophane
    Mr_Cellophane Posts: 690
    Bayko - which makes me very old :? http://www.baykoshop.com/
    Meccano
    Airfix

    and if I allowed a forth - Lego

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