Malaka
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Yes it was Swifts, it was mostly bikes that they sold. I had a friend at school whose dad owned it
Yes it was Swifts, it was mostly bikes that they sold. I had a friend at school whose dad owned itWhen I was a kid, my favourite toys were called swoppets. Westerns were the thing to watch, and you could get swoppet cowboys and "native americans". They were quite detailed, and "swoppable" The head or legs could come off and mix and match with others. Used to get them from a shop called Swifts i think, by the General Wolf.
The neckerchief, holsters, guns etc were all individual pieces, as were the bow and arrow, head-dresses, knives etc. Even the saddles on the horses came off.
Yes it was Swifts, it was mostly bikes that they sold. I had a friend at school whose dad owned it
Did they sell pushbikes at Alf Englands? can't remember that. Can only remember Pollards in beduth that sold them.I also remember I wanted a bike, I was taken to Alf England's in Bedworth and sat on a Yellow Chopper "Yes" I thought until
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I got this bone shaker instead. Wounded!!!!
you might be rightDid they sell pushbikes at Alf Englands? can't remember that. Can only remember Pollards in beduth that sold them.
Proper Transformers... Not this plastic shit they have now.
I had Soundwave and Grimlock... But always wanted the Pteradactyl but could never get my hands on it - think it was called Swoop
Christ yeah remember that now!Yeah and Hornby trains.
1999 used to seem so far awayI used to have space 1999 eagle, they are on eBay £200-£300!!!
when did you have this mate? I had it years ago but I think it had a different name.Does anyone remember "Rockem Sockem" the fighting robots. I never had it but a mate did, it was great.
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I didn't but a mate did, would have been early to mid seventies If I remember correctlywhen did you have this mate? I had it years ago but I think it had a different name.
This will probably pre-date what most of you guys remember ... but back when I was little, Westerns were the big thing on TV (The Cisco Kid, The Lone Ranger, Boots and Saddles etc.) and every kid wanted a cap gun. You could buy rolls of 'caps' which you loaded into the gun and each time you pulled the trigger a hammer would come down on the next cap in line and make a bang and you could smell the gunpowder.
The chemistry set I had came with a square piece of asbestos to put the bunsen burner on. I hope no-one got cancer from those.<snip>. I also had chemistry sets and make your own indoor fireworks kits, would never happen today.
When I was a kid, my favourite toys were called swoppets. Westerns were the thing to watch, and you could get swoppet cowboys and "native americans". They were quite detailed, and "swoppable" The head or legs could come off and mix and match with others.
I don't remember those but I was an avid toy soldier collector and I once bought some plastic toy soldiers (from a toy shop in Bournemouth I believe) which had three separate parts, the head, body and legs. The three parts could be snapped out and back together. You could also twist the head and body around to form different poses. Their bodies were red or blue and self-coloured i.e. not painted. They were unique, in all the dozens of toy shops I visited I never saw any others like them. All my toy soldiers ended up getting thrown out by my mother.
These bring back memories. Remember being lucky enough to get the original DB5 for Xmas 1965 or 1966. I'm sure it was silver/grey and the bullet shield popped up when you pressed the exhaust pipe. Can't remember other features though. Apparently Dad scoured the Midlands to find one and I too ended up trashing it. Sacrilege!View attachment 5742
I had one of these and one of these
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Trashed the lot, I never looked after my stuff
I used to love buying "stink bombs" from the joke shop. We'd go to the 'Tanner Rush' at the Gaumont (or Odeon as it became) and when we came out, we'd nip round the corner to the joke shop which was just inside Whitefriars St and buy a couple of packets. Then walk round town, wandering into Owen Owen, C&A and all the big stores, dropping them on the floor! Hours of fun!
(By the way, if you're not old enough, you won't know what the Tanner Rush was!)
Wouldn't this have been in the days when we had conductors and the old "back-loader" buses? You could leap off the platform when it slowed down for a corner! Got a few scraped knees doing that!We used to get them and drop them on the bus as we got off. Got chased by more than one bus driver in our youth.
I had a spool tape recorder
I was desperate to get this as a child.
http://www.stuffwelove.co.uk/superflightdeck.htm
Never got it though.
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