Greatest toy of all time

Runoutofgears

The most influential Toy in my life was an educational electronics set I received in 1973, (I think), as I’m now an electrical engineer.

That present has a lot to answer for.

navt

PedalPedant wrote:

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

That would be a toy, yes.

gtvlusso

navt wrote:

PedalPedant wrote:

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

That would be a toy, yes.

Some people would consider it a relationship.....

RIP-MK3

first gaming console:

Playstation, with Gran Turismo

DonDaddyD

I really want to say my penis. I really do. Hehehe.

Anywho, it has to be
Transformers (Optimus Prime) - This so much so I own this

Optimus Prime Anniversary Figure


Oh and this:

Raleigh 'Even more Extreme' 6speed boys bike.

My second (and greatest bike)

This guy on Ebay is selling one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kids-Bicycle---Ra ... 82001r7509

fenboy369

BigTrak was ace.

Porgy

Well - you guessed it - it was a bike - in 1978 - a proper one with gears and drop handle bars and everything.

Never had a computer despite asking for one every year from 1980 to 1984.

had lots of books, records, toy cars etc, but not one stands out in my memory.

So if not bikes or computers - then it may have been the refurbed set of mecchano I got in about 1976 - it was a handmedown from my Uncle .

Or the first ever snog I got off a girl in a Plymouth night club when I was about 14, two days before xmas.

Or maybe it was the Monty Python box set I was given by my beautiful wife in 2004

vengeance111

got to be lego technic
im building a 1/10 scale rc car with rc 3 speed gearbox and live axle rear suspension and independent suspension

wgwarburton

Hi,

Probably have to say Lego- though I've always been irritated by how easily it falls apart. FischerTecknik was (is) miles better!

Does cardboard count? You can make just about anything out of cardboard... and it's practically free!

Cheers,

Kazz_uk

Used to love Technic Lego

shouldbeinbed

navt wrote:

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

I thought I was the only person in the word that had heard of this stuff it was like the Kraftwerk of building materials to Lego's Ziggy Stardust.

-I loved Lego and Fisher Technic
-Matchbox Cars and the loop the loop racetrack
-My Whirlwind bike: it was blue and gold, had drop bars and 5 whole gears - I lived in Cambridgeshire and it gave me the freedom to go when and where I wanted all day long. 1978, I was 9 years old & Peadophiles hadn't been invented, it was great being a kid with a bike

mark1964

For me, an empty cardboard box big enough to climb in when you're six. It was Thunderbird 2, the Tardis and the Apollo moon lander back in 1971. Aaah, those were the days !!.

onlyonearrow

Difficult to lit in order, but here goes:

1. Meccano
2. Lego
3. Scalextric

Technic Lego was starting to appear when I was 'growing out of" Lego, but remarkably this year I won a Technic Lego kit in a raffle and have relived some missed childhood. It's fantastic.

In true James May style, I'm convinced that kids of today are losing the chance to learn real mechanical skills with toys like Meccano. I mean, where else do you learn about lock nuts and stuff?

tailwindhome

onlyonearrow wrote:

true James May style, I'm convinced that kids of today are losing the chance to learn real mechanical skills with toys like Meccano. I mean, where else do you learn about lock nuts and stuff?

True

On the other hand they have had mobile phones from an early age and are perfectly equipped to work in call centres.

NGale

Porgy wrote:

Well - you guessed it - it was a bike - in 1978 - a proper one with gears and drop handle bars and everything.

Never had a computer despite asking for one every year from 1980 to 1984.

had lots of books, records, toy cars etc, but not one stands out in my memory.

So if not bikes or computers - then it may have been the refurbed set of mecchano I got in about 1976 - it was a handmedown from my Uncle .

Or the first ever snog I got off a girl in a Plymouth night club when I was about 14, two days before xmas.

Or maybe it was the Monty Python box set I was given by my beautiful wife in 2004

Girl from Plymouth eh? sure you didn't come away with anything more than just a snog. Those plymouth girls are a bit rough