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Favourite childhood Christmas presents
hoof_it_up_to_benty
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Two standouts for me:
Stylo matchmaker boots
Striker football game(bit like Subbuteo). Loved playing this.
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Gonna be a lot of people saying toy train set on here I reckon..6
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Magnetic table football, got it when I was 10 on Christmas Day 1962, the day before the big freeze. Played it with my older brother throughout the long long winter. Loved it.
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Scalextric 1965, still have it in the loft with bits I added during the early 70's. Also had that magnetic football game and using the board devised a game of football shove halfpenny.1
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Optimus Prime Transformer - 1985 or so?
Millenium Falcon - 1986?
Subbuteo set including Charlton home and away 1988.
Scalextric 4 lane - 1987
Intercity 125 Hornby - 1989 ish
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ET (from the film),finger lit up pointing to ‘home’,from 1982 I think? Had to put more batteries in on Boxing Day-Lol!
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Astro Wars electronic game and the Corgi Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me3
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Those TV adverts showing it doing wheelies, jumps and backflips.MrOneLung said:All mine did was get me a clump for taking chunks out of the skirting board. It used to go for a bit and then just topple over and spin round and round 😄8 -
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Me in my new sports car 1964!! Wish I still had it.....CharltonManor1966 said:5 -
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Eagle eye action man and the batman car which in addition to firing rockets also fired matches
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Exactly why I was gonna say - bloody loved thatMrOneLung said:1 -
I had one of those, although it was far from new by the time I got it. My old man repainted it, as you say, wish I had it nowCharltonManor1966 said:0 -
One of the first Christmas presents I can remember was one of these - around 1963. All it did was go forward and reverse but I remember being fascinated that it could move on its own without me pushing it!
I also remember my mum buying me a Betta Bilda set of construction bricks when I was about seven that I played with for years and years - bless her, she couldn't afford Lego.
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A Palace fan hanging on a string.3
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MrOneLung said:WUM
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Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and a cat. All in the same year, not all in the same box.2
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Battling Tops
Super Striker
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My dad was a woodbutcher, so most of my early Christmas presents were made by him of wood. For my 6th birthday he built me a castle for my Airfix soldiers. It is long gone now as is dad.
That will forever stay in my mind, nothing will beat it.14 -
1974. Subbuteo with the red/white team against the blue/white one. Looked like Charlton v Everton but not quite right, and it took years for Subbuteo to get our kit spot on.1
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An Atari 2600 games console;
An electric train set;
A Scalextric set;
A “proper” leather football;
Smash-Up Derby (https://www.toysyouhad.com/Smash.htm);
We nearly always got an annual (Beano, Roy of the Rovers);
Subbuteo.
None of the above were in the same year!
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I remember asking for a Scalextric in the early 60's, but felt a bit cheated when my Dad got me a Tri-ang Minic Motorways, very small version, always felt inadequate compared to my mates Scalextric...0
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Have never heard the term woodbutcher beforesoapy_jones said:My dad was a woodbutcher, so most of my early Christmas presents were made by him of wood. For my 6th birthday he built me a castle for my Airfix soldiers. It is long gone now as is dad.
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The Lear jet was fantastic as I got older.0
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Johnny seven
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Similar from my Dad. A home made fort.soapy_jones said:My dad was a woodbutcher, so most of my early Christmas presents were made by him of wood. For my 6th birthday he built me a castle for my Airfix soldiers. It is long gone now as is dad.
That will forever stay in my mind, nothing will beat it.George Best football boots.0 -
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Various Action Men over the years!0
