Memorable 70's and 80's toys

[Rico]

If they are in mint condish and still ion theorginal box = Huge $amolians! one huge truckload of cablingy!

[Rolla]

My father was the same. He passed a bit of his collection onto me which are sitting up on my shelves beside me in my room. I wouldn't part with them in a thousand years though - too much sentimental value.

[HZ EVIE]

Gave a huge bag load of matchbox cars & trucks (my interest in cars started young) to my cousin when I turned 13. Thought I wouldn't want them any more (priorities changed):errf:. All in mint condition. He then lost, or trashed them all??
I'd kill to have them now!!


Best 70' toy for me (other than my cars etc) was my 3 speed dragster bike. GT striped seat, white walled tyres and sissy bar. It was cool.

[jennie285]

Gave a huge bag load of matchbox cars & trucks (my interest in cars started young) to my cousin when I turned 13. Thought I wouldn't want them any more (priorities changed):errf:. All in mint condition. He then lost, or trashed them all??
I'd kill to have them now!!

funny that I had cars as well, and wish I had kept them, I have all my farm animals, they are called Britains and I see them for $5-20 in antique toy shops, I let my kids, and nephews play with them, I have a beautiful dolls house, built by my late father, (a homestead all out of timber) and it has all the gorgeous furniture in it too, I have my original Thomas the tank engine hardcover books which I had long before they were popular on ABC. I also have a stable built by my father, and really well made rubber horses, with leather saddles, and bridles. (bought in UK before migrating) I then moved onto real horses...
I have kept all our kids toys because we have space, unlike my parents....

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I cant beleave the big bucks they pull, my birth father, buried all mine in the back yard when he was filling it in, I went out after school most days and dug out as much as i could, my whole toy box got buried, rescued as many as i could the arsehole said i was too old for toys so buried the lot - r sole

Hence why I dug them out and took them to mums place, thank god i saved wht i did love sharing them with the kids now

How sad for you, glad you dug them out...

[Rico]

[QUOTE=jennie285;19453]funny that I had cars as well, and wish I had kept them, I have all my farm animals, they are called Britains and I see them for $5-20 in antique toy shops, I let my kids, and nephews play with them, I have a beautiful dolls house, built by my late father, (a homestead all out of timber) and it has all the gorgeous furniture in it too, I have my original Thomas the tank engine hardcover books which I had long before they were popular on ABC. I also have a stable built by my father, and really well made rubber horses, with leather saddles, and bridles. (bought in UK before migrating) I then moved onto real horses...
I have kept all our kids toys because we have space, unlike my parents....[COLOR="Silver"]

Britans....now theres a name from the past, I had that stuff as well, all metal and well made, jeez Id forgotten about that! Also got that package Jennie. Thanks a mill for that, Ill return the favour soon!

[ozbox]

dunno what happened to my toys?????...just grew bigger....

[wbute]

My favourite toys were a madel Scamel semi trailer and a John Deere 40 series tractor with a big set of offset discs. I wore the tractor out. I took it to Foster once and it ploughed up the wet beach sand unreal! I can just see the surfies looking strangely at the country kid ploughing the beach up
Sadly I rescued the tractor and plough from the shed and put them in our house when I left school and the house burnt down not long after that. Should buy another one for the kids I suppose.......more like me