Favourite childhood toys

by cosmictanya Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:50 am

Just those three. Red hat there was my favourite. That friendly little face glowing away. My mother melted her on a lightbulb while warming her up. I was so distressed - absolutely inconsolable. The poor thing had to have an emergency hemicorporectomy so she could still balance and remain with me. Luckily enough, I had all those emergency vehicles from the Playmobil range to get her to the operating theatre for the refinements that can become a way of life for amputees.

by cosmictanya Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:59 am

by Nightjar Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:09 am

by cosmictanya Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:09 am

Is that meant to mean something? Playing with matches?

I've always preferred blue tip matches. Such an appealing shade of it too, especially when compared the garish coral of a Swan Vesta.

by Guest Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:28 am

I've still got little Ratty and Grubby Snowdrop!

by Fangirl Three Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:01 am

cosmictanya wrote:Is that meant to mean something? Playing with matches?

I've always preferred blue tip matches. Such an appealing shade of it too, especially when compared the garish coral of a Swan Vesta.

I once had a box of blue tip matches where the top opened like a cigarette packet. It was the most sophisticated disposable thing I've ever had. Two people came round to my house to see it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:31 am

All I needed, when I was little, was Lego. Excited

We didn't have WilkoBlox back then. bawl

by Butterfield Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:23 pm

cosmictanya wrote:

I know they were really meant for girls but I had two Glo Friends at the time - Glo Butterfly, as seen top left, and Glo Spider, as seen below with the little sleeping bag.

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I eventually gave them away, probably to a younger family member or a school jumble sale or something. But in the late 90s I was at a car boot sale and found a little collection of Glo Friends that a girl was selling for like 10p each or something, and even back then I was nostalgic enough to buy a handful of them, including the ones I had. happy

I've still got them in the loft.

Funnily enough, one of mine has got a burn/melt mark on it meaning it too was held a bit too closely to a lightbulb at some point!

by cosmictanya Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:43 am

They're lovely. You should bring them down but keep them away from lightbulbs. I too intend to replace the three I had.

by cosmictanya Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:47 am

I didn't enjoy Lego much. Having to actually construct it before you could play with it wasn't something I had time for. My brother had some. I tried to get to grips with a green base and a couple of garden fence bits that just fell off - I threw it across the room and went to stand out in the rain to calm down.

by Nightjar Sun May 01, 2022 9:24 pm

Want.

by Nightjar Sun May 01, 2022 9:26 pm

Actually, I've already got a few of those bits. box

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