Fashion in the 50s

Fashion in the 50s

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

Batmobile 1966 Model 267

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

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

1970s 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

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

Pop Culture in the 90s

// // // ]]> In the 90s you were Chillin' or Chilling out, you knew what was hot and what was not and you were ready along with Lara Croft for the next email scam. Spam wasn't in a tin any more and you were ready for the 2YK bug.The 90s was full of promise as ...

Plastic Cars

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

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

Chrome executive toys

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

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 ...