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over a year ago
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"For me it was a fashion wheel 
I'm intrigued, what was a fashion wheel ?"
It is difficult to describe but if you were a young girl in the early 90s you would have had one! |
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Moon boots. Huge plastic monstrosities with elastic straps across them, so it was like walking on two miniature trampolines. I thought I was the coolest ever that year. |
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I remember Lego and Downfall (a game) being big hits.
We also got the predecessor to all video games - think it was called pong? Essentially you hit a little square ‘ball’ with a moving longer line and they called it tennis!  |
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"For me it was a fashion wheel
I'm intrigued, what was a fashion wheel ?
It is difficult to describe but if you were a young girl in the early 90s you would have had one! "
Loved that too |
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"I remember Lego and Downfall (a game) being big hits.
We also got the predecessor to all video games - think it was called pong? Essentially you hit a little square ‘ball’ with a moving longer line and they called it tennis! "
Loved downfall xx |
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"I remember Lego and Downfall (a game) being big hits.
We also got the predecessor to all video games - think it was called pong? Essentially you hit a little square ‘ball’ with a moving longer line and they called it tennis! "
The classic Atari pong  |
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I don't remember the Christmas, but when I was a toddler my parents got me some puppets that were a huge craze at the time. Shortages everywhere, apparently quite the story getting hold of them. (I was a bit young for Cabbage Patch dolls) I still have them |
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"I remember Lego and Downfall (a game) being big hits.
We also got the predecessor to all video games - think it was called pong? Essentially you hit a little square ‘ball’ with a moving longer line and they called it tennis!
Me too - but it was Connect4 I was REALLY good at! Pontins champion 1983. Life went downhill after that pinnacle!
Loved downfall xx"
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My roller boots...practically surgically attached to my feet from the moment I got them.
And the only brand new bike I ever had as a kid (always got my sisters hand me downs), a shiny red and silver BMX  |
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Pop up pirate, my sister had it for Christmas one year. And my uncle and his mate spent most of boxing Day trying to find out the combination of how it popped. To mine and my sister's disappointment at the time, funny as now. Ah that is a proper lovely memory thanks OP  |
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Spirograph - I loved it so much
Oh and that thing I think it was called fashion world and you made clothes for a barber. I loved art things.
I remember saving up my Christmas money for a dolly changing station and then being gutted because it was really shit.
Oh and I always wanted a Mr Frosty but my mum said it was a waste of money so as long as my son was old enough I bought one for him and my mum was right I think we used it once  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Spirograph - I loved it so much
Oh and that thing I think it was called fashion world and you made clothes for a barber. I loved art things.
I remember saving up my Christmas money for a dolly changing station and then being gutted because it was really shit.
Oh and I always wanted a Mr Frosty but my mum said it was a waste of money so as long as my son was old enough I bought one for him and my mum was right I think we used it once "
Barbie ffs |
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Star Wars and Action Force figures/vehicles,then it was electronic games but the best ever was getting a Megadrive when I was 10, I'd spent an entire year or more just staring at pictures of it in the Argos and Littlewoods catalogues and religiously watching Gamesmaster to see clips of the games for it, was amazing when I actually got one! |
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"Can’t forget the Commodore 64 hours spent on dizzy 
Dizzy down the rapids
Had all of them ... treasure island and magicians was my faves  "
Magic land lol |
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"Can’t forget the Commodore 64 hours spent on dizzy
Dizzy down the rapids
Had all of them ... treasure island and magicians was my faves "
I definitely had treasure Island can't remember magicians going have to go message my sister now lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can’t forget the Commodore 64 hours spent on dizzy
Dizzy down the rapids
Had all of them ... treasure island and magicians was my faves
I definitely had treasure Island can't remember magicians going have to go message my sister now lol "
It was magic land |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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All sorts,
Tin can alley
Big track
Scalextric
Snooker table (5ft)
Lego
To be fair, as great as all those are, I was just as happy with a bottle of Mr Matey bubble bath.
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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The one that sticks in my memory as filling me with glee was when totally unexpectedly some friends of the family bought me the biggest Scalextric set that was available at the time - any Xmas money I had that year was then spent on expanding it further. |
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"The one that sticks in my memory as filling me with glee was when totally unexpectedly some friends of the family bought me the biggest Scalextric set that was available at the time - any Xmas money I had that year was then spent on expanding it further."
loved scalextric x
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
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"The one that sticks in my memory as filling me with glee was when totally unexpectedly some friends of the family bought me the biggest Scalextric set that was available at the time - any Xmas money I had that year was then spent on expanding it further."
was pretty much the same with my Hornby train set every penny went on new track locos waggons etc ended up building a massive permanent layout in our cellar .got sold on with the house when we moved out
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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So many great toys and memories from my childhood
Transformers g1
Mask
He man
Star Wars
Sega systems
Commodore 16&64
It was tough also as parent was in ambulance team and in 80’s was strike which went over Christmas I remember parents still managed buy me something but wasn’t huge but I was so greatfull.
I had gone with my dad to support and say hello to his friends and a lady seen me at the picket line and was shocked how realising it would impact my Christmas so gave me the turkey an said take home so you can eat. It was wow |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Animal figures and dolls house, and furniture, I booted the dols out and moved my animal figures in. I also loved my dolls pram and pushchair, again booted the dolls out and push my cuddly animal toys about |
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