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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 14, 2017 22:15:52 GMT
Meccano,lego, airfix kits, Hornby train sets things that make the brain work and introduce manual dexterity to the keen brains of today's youth. Or have we lost a generation to mind numbing pastimes of button pressing. My Mamod steam traction engine was a joy to own and use and helped massively with a later hobby. Does metalwork still happen in schools?.
Practical toys should make a comeback.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 22:22:29 GMT
They are making a comeback! My 5 year old has loads of Lego and is adding to his collection this year, should Santa think he has been a good lad!
Airfix also do a good range for young uns, with their quick build series.
Don't always believe what you hear on the telly and read in the papers. The good stuff is still out there and selling well.
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Post by Boothen on Dec 14, 2017 22:30:01 GMT
Oh yeah, I used to love my Mamod steam engines. Used them power many a Meccano contraption.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Dec 14, 2017 22:36:19 GMT
There are tiers of toys.
Tier one: The "Everykid".
A stick
A box
A cardboard tube
A piece of string or length of rope
A rock
Tier Two: "The Absolute Lad".
A football
A tree house / makeshift den
A home-made soapbox style go cart
An air rifle, bow and arrow / crossbow or catapult
A periscope
A Swiss army knife
Tier Three: "The Nerd".
Airfix
Meccanno
Scaletrix
Lego
Chemistry set
Microscope
Tier Four: "Sundries"
Conkers
Ball and cup
Hula hoop
Cards
Slinky
Those little paper snap things that you chuck on the ground
Lawn darts
Tier Five: "The Boring Bastard Normie"
Consoles
Computers
I haven't included miscellaneous sporting equipment because it's its own thing. Board games aren't toys.
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Post by dutchstokie on Dec 14, 2017 22:39:16 GMT
Meccano,lego, airfix kits, Hornby train sets things that make the brain work and introduce manual dexterity to the keen brains of today's youth. Or have we lost a generation to mind numbing pastimes of button pressing. My Mamod steam traction engine was a joy to own and use and helped massively with a later hobby. Does metalwork still happen in schools?. Practical toys should make a comeback. Nah......get kids building dens in the woods like the good old days I was never indoors me ! 😁 |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Dec 14, 2017 22:45:40 GMT
Lego is bigger now than it has ever been, and that's because the fundamental base product of building appeals. With their licensing deals too (Batman, LoTR, Star Wars etc,) it'll be a long time before it disappears.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 14, 2017 22:53:10 GMT
There are tiers of toys. Tier one: The "Everykid". A stick A box A cardboard tube A piece of string or length of rope A rock Tier Two: "The Absolute Lad". A football A tree house / makeshift den A home-made soapbox style go cart An air rifle, bow and arrow / crossbow or catapult A periscope A Swiss army knife Tier Three: "The Nerd". Airfix Meccanno Scaletrix Lego Chemistry set Microscope Tier Four: "Sundries" Conkers Egg and cup Hula hoop Cards Slinky Those little paper snap things that you chuck on the ground Lawn darts Tier Five: "The Boring Bastard Normie" Consoles Computers I haven't included miscellaneous sporting equipment because it's its own thing. Board games aren't toys. I'd forgotten all about the chemistry set I'm willing to bet that you'd end up in court flogging those nowadays. |
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Post by samba :) on Dec 14, 2017 23:21:03 GMT
There are tiers of toys. Tier one: The "Everykid". A stick A box A cardboard tube A piece of string or length of rope A rock Tier Two: "The Absolute Lad". A football A tree house / makeshift den A home-made soapbox style go cart An air rifle, bow and arrow / crossbow or catapult A periscope A Swiss army knife Tier Three: "The Nerd". Airfix Meccanno Scaletrix Lego Chemistry set Microscope Tier Four: "Sundries" Conkers Egg and cup Hula hoop Cards Slinky Those little paper snap things that you chuck on the ground Lawn darts Tier Five: "The Boring Bastard Normie" Consoles Computers I haven't included miscellaneous sporting equipment because it's its own thing. Board games aren't toys. wait, arent you a teacher  |
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Post by auntiegeorge on Dec 14, 2017 23:28:59 GMT
I was about 9 when my dad (I mean Santa) bought me both a chemistry set and a tool set for Christmas.
He learned his lesson from the destruction that inevitably ensued. The following Christmas I got a box set of the complete works of Charles Dickens.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 23:57:48 GMT
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Post by harryburrows on Dec 15, 2017 1:20:19 GMT
Johnny seven was my pride and joy . I lost most of the ammo pretty quickly . Found the detachable rifle butt in my dads shed when he passed . Still have it somewhere 55 years later |
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Post by trickydicky73 on Dec 15, 2017 2:10:35 GMT
I used to love Escalado when I was a kid. Ever likely I ended up with a gambling problem.
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Post by felonious on Dec 15, 2017 6:32:07 GMT
Meccano,lego, airfix kits, Hornby train sets things that make the brain work and introduce manual dexterity to the keen brains of today's youth. Or have we lost a generation to mind numbing pastimes of button pressing. My Mamod steam traction engine was a joy to own and use and helped massively with a later hobby. Does metalwork still happen in schools?. Practical toys should make a comeback. Nah......get kids building dens in the woods like the good old days I was never indoors me ! 😁 Just reminded me of this place. www.greenwoodforestpark.co.uk/
There's a fantastic den building woodland section on the park and the kids had a great time on just about everything there.
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Post by chigstoke on Dec 15, 2017 8:26:33 GMT
One of my favourites we're K'Nex building kits. Had all sorts of different stuff to build like rollercoasters.
Lego is huge now with adults and kids. Particularly the Star Wars ones.
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Post by yeokel on Dec 15, 2017 8:30:52 GMT
Lego is bigger now than it has ever been, and that's because the fundamental base product of building appeals. With their licensing deals too (Batman, LoTR, Star Wars etc,) it'll be a long time before it disappears. That, to me, seems to be the problem with Lego these days - The licensed kits. They can only be used to build the one thing and those frequently seem so complicated that you need to closely follow the instructions. Whereas, with my random collection of Lego pieces I could build houses, cars, planes, hovercrafts, rockets, castles and just about anything else that my imagination allowed. To the untrained eye, many of my creations looked fairly similar to one another but once imagination set in, I could have any toy I wanted - all made from the same box full of Lego bricks. |
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Post by wagsastokie on Dec 15, 2017 9:33:22 GMT
Was out last week with number 3 son and daughter in law they wanted to go in to Norwich to toys are us and then Smyths
Whilst there I was looking to get my eldest grandson a hornby train set toys are us two train sets on offer
Smyths couldn't find any so asked have you any train sets I was told we do lego ones
What is the country coming to when the two biggest toy retailers don't stock decent train sets
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2017 11:11:57 GMT
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Post by bigvigs on Dec 15, 2017 11:58:05 GMT
Was out last week with number 3 son and daughter in law they wanted to go in to Norwich to toys are us and then Smyths Whilst there I was looking to get my eldest grandson a hornby train set toys are us two train sets on offer Smyths couldn't find any so asked have you any train sets I was told we do lego ones What is the country coming to when the two biggest toy retailers don't stock decent train sets If you want any train set or anything related to model railways then I recommend Hattons of Widnes - hattons.co.uk Recently bought a Hornby Train Set for my Grandkids for Xmas. They stock most things and are considerably cheaper than Hamleys, Smyths etc. and a great delivery service as well. |
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Post by retired on Dec 15, 2017 12:13:06 GMT
little grandson is having trucks this year a bounce door thingy and a musical push whats it grandmar stoped me buying train sets proper goals football kit (red and white stripes) till next year well he is only 3 months old. Cant wait its a great excuse to relieve long lost youth .
i have just been promoted from lads and dads to acadamy starlet yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 15, 2017 13:03:29 GMT
Over the last three years I have collected literally £100s of meccano "for my Grandson". Most of it from Shpock or local social media selling pages and it’s cost me about £25 in total. The best one was Special Edition Meccano Mechanical Workshop for £5 unused and unopened.
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Post by Waggy on Dec 15, 2017 13:15:57 GMT
Connect 4 and draughts. I used to practice by myself for hours calculating moves that folk may do. I became obsessed with draughts as a lad.
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Post by auntiegeorge on Dec 15, 2017 13:31:56 GMT
Welcome back waggles. Some of us have actually missed you, believe it or not.
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Post by Billybigbollox on Dec 15, 2017 16:23:10 GMT
Meccano,lego, airfix kits, Hornby train sets things that make the brain work and introduce manual dexterity to the keen brains of today's youth. Or have we lost a generation to mind numbing pastimes of button pressing. My Mamod steam traction engine was a joy to own and use and helped massively with a later hobby. Does metalwork still happen in schools?. Practical toys should make a comeback. You’re right about a lot of that old stuff Chuffed, I used to love the old Gyroscope, but given the choice between that and Dead Red Redemption, there is only one winner. It’s a different fucking world nowadays. |
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Post by Waggy on Dec 15, 2017 16:32:53 GMT
Welcome back waggles. Some of us have actually missed you, believe it or not. Thanks chappie. |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 15, 2017 16:49:13 GMT
Lego is bigger now than it has ever been, and that's because the fundamental base product of building appeals. With their licensing deals too (Batman, LoTR, Star Wars etc,) it'll be a long time before it disappears. That, to me, seems to be the problem with Lego these days - The licensed kits. They can only be used to build the one thing and those frequently seem so complicated that you need to closely follow the instructions. Whereas, with my random collection of Lego pieces I could build houses, cars, planes, hovercrafts, rockets, castles and just about anything else that my imagination allowed. To the untrained eye, many of my creations looked fairly similar to one another but once imagination set in, I could have any toy I wanted - all made from the same box full of Lego bricks. That's exactly what I was getting at. My lego and meccano were all hoisted into separate boxes and it was a case of 'dig in and go'. The most advanced piece of equipment was the lego motor, literally hundreds of uses according to your imagination. |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 17, 2017 18:40:30 GMT
Raving Bonkers. Always made a direct route to the toy dept in Lewis's to play on the demo one with my brother. Santa never delivered unfortunately.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 19:19:47 GMT
There are tiers of toys. Tier one: The "Everykid". A stick A box A cardboard tube A piece of string or length of rope A rock Tier Two: "The Absolute Lad". A football A tree house / makeshift den A home-made soapbox style go cart An air rifle, bow and arrow / crossbow or catapult A periscope A Swiss army knife Tier Three: "The Nerd". Airfix Meccanno Scaletrix Lego Chemistry set Microscope Tier Four: "Sundries" Conkers Ball and cup Hula hoop Cards Slinky Those little paper snap things that you chuck on the ground Lawn darts Tier Five: "The Boring Bastard Normie" Consoles Computers I haven't included miscellaneous sporting equipment because it's its own thing. Board games aren't toys. Tier Zero: Milky white dog shit and a stick. |
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Post by bathstoke on Dec 17, 2017 20:54:37 GMT
There are tiers of toys. Tier one: The "Everykid". A stick A box A cardboard tube A piece of string or length of rope A rock Tier Two: "The Absolute Lad". A football A tree house / makeshift den A home-made soapbox style go cart An air rifle, bow and arrow / crossbow or catapult A periscope A Swiss army knife Tier Three: "The Nerd". Airfix Meccanno Scaletrix Lego Chemistry set Microscope Tier Four: "Sundries" Conkers Ball and cup Hula hoop Cards Slinky Those little paper snap things that you chuck on the ground Lawn darts Tier Five: "The Boring Bastard Normie" Consoles Computers I haven't included miscellaneous sporting equipment because it's its own thing. Board games aren't toys. B!%dy'e!!, you've put some unnecessary effort into that. Are you the Childcatcher!?! |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Dec 18, 2017 0:07:18 GMT
Was out last week with number 3 son and daughter in law they wanted to go in to Norwich to toys are us and then Smyths Whilst there I was looking to get my eldest grandson a hornby train set toys are us two train sets on offer Smyths couldn't find any so asked have you any train sets I was told we do lego ones What is the country coming to when the two biggest toy retailers don't stock decent train sets If you want any train set or anything related to model railways then I recommend Hattons of Widnes - hattons.co.uk Recently bought a Hornby Train Set for my Grandkids for Xmas. They stock most things and are considerably cheaper than Hamleys, Smyths etc. and a great delivery service as well. Would recommend rails of Sheffield too as they can be a bit cheaper than hattons. I would also say use eBay for extras like track or rolling stock. Can't beat a train set 👍👍 |
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Post by flea79 on Dec 18, 2017 9:16:08 GMT
James May's toy stories are a joy to watch when he looks at these old toys
also his reassemble series where he rebuilds an item from its component state!
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