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Post by Shadow on Jan 9, 2011 21:25:14 GMT 1
I was remembering when I was a girl and thinking about all the varieties of dolls we had with the most ridiculous names.Apart from Tiny Tears they have all long gone now but a few that sprang to mind-and yes I had em all  -were Katie copycat,April showers,Tippy tumbles,and Alice in Wonderland.A more recent addition-which I didnt own as I was a bit old by then,was the immortal baby wee-wee. |
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Post by kittenkisses42 on Jan 10, 2011 9:24:01 GMT 1
You forgot Baby Alive, the first doll you could feed with that awful packet mix lol... |
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Post by Ann1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:49:04 GMT 1
The dolls they have these days, are so lifelike, it's weird!!!! I think they are awful, very sinister 
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Post by kittenkisses42 on Jan 10, 2011 14:57:01 GMT 1
No you see Ann, they are REAL BABIES  ;D |
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Post by wilee on Jan 10, 2011 19:22:08 GMT 1
I kinda liked, as a kid, the twisted rip-off of the horrid Cabbage Patch Kids - Garbage Pail Kids, not sure if they went any further than trading cards, but they were pure gross humour  Watched the top 50 toys over xmas, shocked me how many I had (of the lads stuff naturally!), Evel Knievel stunt cycle got a bit of a rip but I loved mine, wore the cogs out on the winder  My old Million Dollar Man figure is still in a cupboard at mums, battered and worn, but still there. |
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Post by Ann1 on Jan 10, 2011 23:30:42 GMT 1
You should hang on to them Wile, they'll be antiques soon Mind, when you see what dinky cars go for............................. I see them sometimes on Antiques Roadshow and some of the prices are unreal!!!! But they are like new and still in their boxes, which I always think is quite sad, as it means no one has ever played with them 
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Post by Fairscup on Jan 16, 2011 9:35:32 GMT 1
Spent many hours playing with my meccano set.
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Post by kittenkisses42 on Jan 16, 2011 10:38:49 GMT 1
I 've still got my original Tiny Tears I got on my fifth birthday ;D Oh and all my teddy bears........ |
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Post by patsie on Jan 17, 2011 0:07:44 GMT 1
::)I still have my doll from the fifties. The walkie-talkie doll - the thing of the day. Poor soul, she's lost her voice and can't really walk well - lost her hair - but what can you expect at her age? |
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Post by Jazz on Jan 17, 2011 22:59:28 GMT 1
I was absolutely obsessed with toy soldiers, mainly the red coated, busby wearing guards regiment type....also the ones that stand outside Buckingham Palace....Blues & Royals I think they're called. I had loads, complete with a fort with drawbridge......I can picture it now. Also a small military cannon that fired matchsticks....if you used "live" matches & hit a rough stone wall they "exploded" in a satisfactory burst of flame!
Strangely, my sister who lives now in Australia collects model soldiers made by "Brittons" I think.....they can be expensive to buy. Good shop in Grainger Market that sells them....I'm often tempted to go in to look around.....always gaze in the window when I'm up there.....2nd. childhood?!! ;D
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Post by Shadow on Jan 25, 2011 20:23:17 GMT 1
It was Britains toys Jazz.
We used to have loads of the farmyard animals and a few soldiers-the busby wearing ones on horses-as well.They sell for a canny price these days-I was looking at them on EBAY a while back.
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Post by Jazz on Jan 25, 2011 21:19:56 GMT 1
It was Britains toys Jazz. We used to have loads of the farmyard animals and a few soldiers-the busby wearing ones on horses-as well.They sell for a canny price these days-I was looking at them on EBAY a while back. Aye, you're right there Shadow, I can remember having a Coronation Coach from the 1953 coronation....I think maybe Dinky Cars made it but it could have been Brittons, anyway the thing would be worth a fortune now. If only everybody hung onto their toys....deposited them in the bank for a "long term" investment! I remember telling my kids to keep some of their "better" toys as "they may be worth something in years to come"......however toys are to be played with & in hindsight only people with huge houses/storage room could hang on to everything. It seems "things" now are more valuable than currency, especially when you watch the Antiques Roadshow & suchlike. I'm off to hunt down my old Rupert Bear annuals!!   |
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Post by Shadow on Jan 25, 2011 21:45:20 GMT 1
I know. Years back my sister and I asked for and were given for Christmas some Lone Ranger figures and their horses and accessories.They were action man sized and the horses were fully articulated.My sister had the Lone Ranger,his horse Silver and this Chuck Wagon loaded with accesories.But they got well bashed about I got a black horse called Bandit-which I adored,and some Mexican rider-Butch Cavendish .And Bandit was kept boxed and immaculate-never bashed about but admired from afar.Anyway-when I left for College in London I left my toys in the care of the parents On my return-the toys had been given away or dumped I saw an exact replica of bandit go last year in its box for sixty five quid.And worst thing is I nearly bought it cos it was my all time favorite toy |
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Post by Nattfare on Jan 26, 2011 12:02:43 GMT 1
The dolls they have these days, are so lifelike, it's weird!!!! I think they are awful, very sinister Don't know what you're talking about, Ann.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 18:48:40 GMT 1
The dolls they have these days, are so lifelike, it's weird!!!! I think they are awful, very sinister Don't know what you're talking about, Ann. Natt, got my Daughters one of those for Christmas. Couldn't shut the b****y thing up so chucked it out, but it kept coming back! Eventually gave it to a friends Grand Daughter, she is coming up to 18 months old. Never heard another word from the doll, Kids eh! CWL  |
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-were Katie copycat,April showers,Tippy tumbles,and Alice in Wonderland.A more recent addition-which I didnt own as I was a bit old by then,was the immortal baby wee-wee.
I've seen Newcastle United win silverware!
