A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W // // The teenage lifestyle is born, and with it come bobby socks and boppers, poodle skirts and pompadours. But if all that rock and roll is too much, you can still take the high road as a square or Peggy Sue. Just stay away from those creepy beats. Those cats are weird, dig? A Ankle bracelets Apache ...
1966 Corgi Batmobile
One of the most iconic toys in any kids toy box has to be the iconic Batman TV Show Corgi Batmobile 1966 Model 267 It was a true competition to the other classics at the same time, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond Aston Martin. Few kids could avoid taking notice of this beauty in ...
Tooty Frooties
Tooty Frooties were mainly sugar, glucose, fruit juices, Vegetable fat, Malic acid, Gum arabic, flavourings, Acidity regulator, Citric acid, wheat gluten and loads of colours. Its true, don't be fooled this was sugar and e-numbers in heaps! Chewy and fruity sweets that were with us through the sixties and seventiesIn fact it was in 1963 Tooty Frooties came ...
Rebound
The Rebound game looked incredibly exciting. A modern day marbles with space age rings.The Rebound game looked so good on the television advert but in effect it was bowls with ball bearings. Rebound aim of the game In the Rebound game from Ideal, each player or team controls four pucks, red or blue. One at a time, players shoot ...
Microprose F1GP
Microprose F1GP is now over 20 years old! MicroProse Formula One Grand Prix was the start of a racing simulator that gave a real 3d simulation for F1GP fans. This Game was a long way from the arcade games that had been churned out in the past. This was a full weekend racing sim and if you didn't ...
Pop Culture in the 90s
Plastic Cars
Plastic cars were great as they never chipped the skirting board and that kept the parents happy. I could have any car as along as it was Tomte Laerdal from Norway. That limited my car collection, but the plastic cars lasted forever! The Tomte-Laerdal company from Stavanger, Norway produced soft plastic (vinyl and PVC), furniture-friendly toy vehicles ...
The Clangers
Today we present The Clangers Episode List. The Clangers were The Soup Dragon along with Granny Clanger, Major Clanger, Mother Clanger and Tiny and Small Clanger. Made by Smallfilms production, the Clangers were originally written in a series of children's books by Oliver Postgate. The Clangers were very popular for kids from 1968 through to 1972 and ...
Chrome desktop executive toy
If ever there was a tacky representation of the 70's and 80s then the Chrome executive toy must be a top candidate. Apart from the Chrome NEWTONS CRADLE Executive Gadget the rest were pretty well awful. With chrome rowing and skiing men or tightrope walkers, horse riders and kids on see saws, the chrome desktop executive ...
Tickle Me Elmo
Tickle Me Elmo is based on the character Elmo from the children's television show, Sesame Street. Tickle Me Elmo was invented by Ron Dubren and Greg Hyman, two veteran toy inventors. In 1992, They had no intention to make it a sesame character until toymakers Tyco lost the rights to do Looney Tunes but gained the rights to Sesame Street, thus starting Tickle Me Elmo. The ...