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Post by jono62 on Feb 26, 2024 11:15:26 GMT
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Post by Zuluhero on Feb 26, 2024 11:16:47 GMT
The cartoon that people don't seem to remember when I ask them is Pole Position. Loved it as a child. Loved pole position too! I'll raise with Jayce and the wheeled warriors and galaxy rangers! Brave Starr was ok too. |
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Post by clemfandango on Feb 26, 2024 11:17:54 GMT
I was having a conversation about these in our office last week, only me and one other guy remembered them. They were massive at the time, especially if you got a gold one. I can still do around the world, walk the dog and Rock the baby now :-) |
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Post by robthehermit on Feb 26, 2024 11:18:38 GMT
Also this seems appropriate.
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Post by Zuluhero on Feb 26, 2024 11:18:58 GMT
This thread is moving fast, it's almost like we're all mid 40s and all know the same stuff...
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Post by Lizard on Feb 26, 2024 11:19:15 GMT
Little Coca-Cola footballs at my school. Where did people get them from?
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Post by robthehermit on Feb 26, 2024 11:22:56 GMT
This thread is moving fast, it's almost like we're all mid 40s and all know the same stuff... You young whippersnapper. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Feb 26, 2024 11:23:25 GMT
I was having a conversation about these in our office last week, only me and one other guy remembered them. They were massive at the time, especially if you got a gold one. I can still do around the world, walk the dog and Rock the baby now :-) User Rodimus is crying while sexing all of his female coworkers on his houseboat in between another private investigator case. |
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Post by Zuluhero on Feb 26, 2024 11:24:19 GMT
This thread is moving fast, it's almost like we're all mid 40s and all know the same stuff... You young whippersnapper. Heh, it's not all fields anymore! |
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Post by rawshark on Feb 26, 2024 11:25:39 GMT
Did anyone else use to save up used crisp / sweet packets and send them away to get free stuff? Think my best efforts were some purple smarties wrap-around shades, a plush monster munch toy and a pretty epic Simpsons dice game.
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Post by wunty on Feb 26, 2024 11:25:57 GMT
Ha, I actually bought three Battle Beasts on eBay last year. They're sitting just below my monitor. The three I remember being my favourites. Pretty good condition but it's nearly impossible to get them with their weapons as well unless you buy a sealed one.
On a side note, I was in the south of France a couple of years ago and happened upon this vintage toy shop. Manged to grab a Mumm-Ra in near perfect condition. The one that came with a ring type thing that you wore on your finger that took a AAA battery. There was a bit on his back you pushed it into and it makes his eyes glow red.
My wife despairs. |
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Post by simple on Feb 26, 2024 11:28:41 GMT
I was such a sucker for anything like Monster In My Pocket or Mini Boglins. I think I had some called something like Pet Aliens too. So many shoe boxes full of collectible rubber figures basically.
I think my brother has taken or sold the Mini Boglins though.
Those football big head figures too but they were more my brother as he’s slightly younger than me and Euro 96 felt like their peak.
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Post by robthehermit on Feb 26, 2024 11:30:19 GMT
Rentaghost has recently been added to ITVX.
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Post by jimnastics on Feb 26, 2024 11:38:51 GMT
Those football big head figures too but they were more my brother as he’s slightly younger than me and Euro 96 felt like their peak. I pulled my old Euro 96 era England figures out of the loft during covid to show my boy! Like you I think it was just Euro 96 that fueled that for me, though I do think they're pretty cool.
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Post by zisssou on Feb 26, 2024 11:40:06 GMT
I'm surprised they let us have marbles. We weren't allowed a bloody football.. had to play with a tennis ball  Did your school also ban casers as we called them? We too had to use tennis balls. The big massive marbles? |
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Post by zisssou on Feb 26, 2024 11:41:56 GMT
Those football big head figures too but they were more my brother as he’s slightly younger than me and Euro 96 felt like their peak. I pulled my old Euro 96 era England figures out of the loft during covid to show my boy! Like you I think it was just Euro 96 that fueled that for me, though I do think they're pretty cool.
I've still got my David Seaman! I remember my United supporting mate had a Ryan Giggs, and he'd always fall over, because he had that massive hair ha. Speaking of football. I've got a completed 97/98 sticker album. Aw yeah. And no you may not touch it. |
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Post by simple on Feb 26, 2024 11:47:44 GMT
We only collected Merlin PL sticker albums. I think 94 might be the oldest I could still locate. I saw it when my boy was going through cupboards in my parent’s spare room / my brother’s old room Edit: that’s a lie, i also had this |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 11:52:19 GMT
Battle Beasts are either still a thing or my mate gets old ones off eBay for his boy, dunno which. Will try and source some pics. |
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Post by zisssou on Feb 26, 2024 11:57:18 GMT
We only collected Merlin PL sticker albums. I think 94 might be the oldest I could still locate. I saw it when my boy was going through cupboards in my parent’s spare room / my brother’s old room Edit: that’s a lie, i also had this I didn't even know they did that! I probably would have collected that too. Honestly the amount of stuff I collected as a kid is obscene.. and that still rings true today. LEGO, NECA figures, amiibos, games... Did you ever get to one of the swap shops in the back of the PL book? I begged my mum to take me to the one in Southampton. That's where I managed to complete it ha. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Feb 26, 2024 11:59:19 GMT
Did your school also ban casers as we called them? We too had to use tennis balls. The big massive marbles? No, casers is what we used to call proper stitched footballs. Big marbles were Emprerors. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 12:00:04 GMT
I miss getting swept up in crazes. Pogs when they came out was a magical time and it was just cardboard circles. Put going to pick up a new pack and getting new slammers felt like finding the holy grail.
Also miss conkers and all the bullshit cheating methods that didn't work. Like vinegar and baking them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 12:04:57 GMT
Tazos and Pogs. They both came with crisps.
I had a Star Wars collection of the Tazos when they were re-releasing them with all the CGI ruinations in the 90s. They were in a ring binder and were really great, lots of fun collecting and swapping at school.
Pogs were a bit sturdier, possibly plastic and had zany characters on. You stored them in a tube I think and there was a game where you used them to flip other Pogs. Again the point was really in the collecting.
Monster in my Pocket was one of my favourite ever things, you could get collector displays too and I distinctly remember having a glow in the dark one in a display case. I think they had some controversy over a portrayal of Hindu gods and some were pulled from sale.
Stuff like this and Top Trumps - simple, physical, collaborative stuff I think is sadly missing from kids’ lives now as they’ve grown up with devices.
Edit: obviously without the inappropriate portrayals of religions bit
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Post by Jambowayoh on Feb 26, 2024 12:06:14 GMT
Did anyone ever have a FunFax? Was it just me?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 12:07:59 GMT
Pogs got banned swiftly after kids kept complaining about losing them in the game.
British bulldogs got banned too because too many kids were getting broken bones.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 12:09:31 GMT
Did anyone ever have a FunFax? Was it just me? Was this like a kids’ Filofax with a calculator and stuff built in? If so absolutely yes. In fact I was a little bit obsessed with stationary - used to love it when you got a new maths set for school or a ‘scientific calculator’ - which you’d use to write ‘boobies’ with 😂 I liked the stationary less when the school bully used to spend entire Spanish lessons pricking me in the thigh with his new compass though. God I was a complete geek. I even wrote to the BBC to join the Newsround Press Pack. |
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Post by simple on Feb 26, 2024 12:09:35 GMT
Did you ever get to one of the swap shops in the back of the PL book? I begged my mum to take me to the one in Southampton. That's where I managed to complete it ha. We went to St James Park for ours. We’d never have completed the albums without it. |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 26, 2024 12:09:39 GMT
To borrow an oft-repeated post on the Gen-X UK Facebook group...
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Post by mikeck on Feb 26, 2024 12:11:14 GMT
Tazos and Pogs. They both came with crisps. I had a Star Wars collection of the Tazos when they were re-releasing them with all the CGI ruinations in the 90s. They were in a ring binder and were really great, lots of fun collecting and swapping at school. Pogs were a bit sturdier, possibly plastic and had zany characters on. You stored them in a tube I think and there was a game where you used them to flip other Pogs. Again the point was really in the collecting. Monster in my Pocket was one of my favourite ever things, you could get collector displays too and I distinctly remember having a glow in the dark one in a display case. I think they had some controversy over a portrayal of Hindu gods and some were pulled from sale. Stuff like this and Top Trumps - simple, physical, collaborative stuff I think is sadly missing from kids’ lives now as they’ve grown up with devices. Edit: obviously without the inappropriate portrayals of religions bit There are quite a few top trumps still about for kids now. My six year old daughter has plop trumps (animal shits based on frequency, hardness, yuck and smell factor, it's gross, we love playing it) but they also have tie-ins with other toys, so she has a Squishmallow set too to balance it out  |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Feb 26, 2024 12:13:41 GMT
Did anyone ever have a FunFax? Was it just me? Was this like a kids’ Filofax with a calculator and stuff built in? If so absolutely yes. In fact I was a little bit obsessed with stationary - used to love it when you got a new maths set for school or a ‘scientific calculator’ - which you’d use to write ‘boobies’ with 😂 I liked the stationary less when the school bully used to spend entire Spanish lessons pricking me in the thigh with his new compass though. God I was a complete geek. I even wrote to the BBC to join the Newsround Press Pack. Yes it was. We also had a girl in our class who was in the Press Pack got an award from Newsround for her writing. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2024 12:17:20 GMT
. Pogs were a bit sturdier, possibly plastic and had zany characters on. You stored them in a tube I think and there was a game where you used them to flip other Pogs. Again the point was really in the collecting. Pogs were still cardboard, but you got metal and plastic slammers used in the game to flip the pogs. Got them in crisps but could also buy packs and tubes of them. Reminds me of when I won £20 in a packet of crisps. Was in a little dark blue packet inside. Must have been about 5 and bought so many sweets with it. |
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