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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

When I was a kid I never really played with dolls. I did play with my brothers action men with him. Of course eagle eyes was very sexy, but I did love the frog man (maybe a bit like latex) and the polar mission, arctic explorer one with the big orange parker and wolf/ dogs. We use to set up zip wires in the back garden for them, sometimes letting evel kinevel go down them while riding on his bike.

What toys did you play with as a kid?

Lex

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I loved my brothers lego and star wars toys. The figures and the millennium falcon x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Still got my original buzz lightyear

I was a big fan of remote control cars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Timpo Knights and Airfix Nazis. I understood the principle of Blitzkrieg by aged 7.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Micro machines, Lego, Transformers, Manta force and my brother's Acton man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mostly Lego. We had loads of the stuff!

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

Did you build proper stuff with the Lego?

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

I add a few action men when i was a kid and then when I was sixteen I joined up and became the real thing

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By *orwegian BlueMan
over a year ago

Iceland, but Aldi is closer..

Lego was my favourite, enjoyed building stuff..

How expensive it is now, i regret giving it away when i grew out of it as i had to buy it all again for my kids..

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

I had mechano and little electrical sets from Tandy

My dad had all younger brothers so I was brought up with all boys

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"I add a few action men when i was a kid and then when I was sixteen I joined up and became the real thing

Which was your favourite action man PP?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Teenage mutant ninja turtles action figures.

Subbuteo.

Scalextric

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Ha! Exactly what came to my mind.

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Loved this, did you have the dragster one too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Girls world

Such a girl back then

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

"I add a few action men when i was a kid and then when I was sixteen I joined up and became the real thing

Which was your favourite action man PP?"

Red devil

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Still got my original buzz lightyear

I was a big fan of remote control cars "

Funny how you can pin people’s ages by their toys.

This freaked me out coz I have my sons buzz and woody in the loft still

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"I add a few action men when i was a kid and then when I was sixteen I joined up and became the real thing

Which was your favourite action man PP?

Red devil

Haha of course

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Loved this, did you have the dragster one too"

No couldn't afford it.

I got mine from a jumble sale.

Always wanted a stretch Armstrong as well,but had to make do with an elastic band with a face drawn on it

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

My favourite was just being outdoors playing

If stuck indoors I was normally drawing, reading or building Lego houses until 1981 when I got a hand held console... Astro Wars

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Loved this, did you have the dragster one too

No couldn't afford it.

I got mine from a jumble sale.

Always wanted a stretch Armstrong as well,but had to make do with an elastic band with a face drawn on it

Hahaha oh my brother had stretch hulk and we stretched him so much he split

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Loved this, did you have the dragster one too

No couldn't afford it.

I got mine from a jumble sale.

Always wanted a stretch Armstrong as well,but had to make do with an elastic band with a face drawn on it

Hahaha oh my brother had stretch hulk and we stretched him so much he split

Sounds like a plotline to a gay porn superhero movie

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"My favourite was just being outdoors playing

If stuck indoors I was normally drawing, reading or building Lego houses until 1981 when I got a hand held console... Astro Wars "

What games did you play outside, can you remember?

Did you walk around the school yard singing “join on for war”. Or “who wants to play, Mam’s and dads” but never actually play

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Evil kenevil wind up bike wind the handle and let it rip .

Loved this, did you have the dragster one too

No couldn't afford it.

I got mine from a jumble sale.

Always wanted a stretch Armstrong as well,but had to make do with an elastic band with a face drawn on it

Hahaha oh my brother had stretch hulk and we stretched him so much he split

Sounds like a plotline to a gay porn superhero movie

Seek and ye shall find.

Not sticking in my search engine like. It’s got enough dodgy stuff in already

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Micro Machines, Starwars and GI-Joe figures, Lego, Warhammer, MASK, Ninja Turtles.

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

"My favourite was just being outdoors playing

If stuck indoors I was normally drawing, reading or building Lego houses until 1981 when I got a hand held console... Astro Wars "

Still got mine and it works. I can still remember all the music!

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

She-ra action figures, I loved them. And when I was a bit younger Rainbow Brite and Care Bears.

And the usual lego, Nintendo etc

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I remember a mate had one of the first hand held battery powered games called "blip"

It was basically squash not very exciting.

Back then I was either climbing a tree or falling out of one.

Building or crashing a go cart.

Or pretending to be Steve Austin

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

Old pram wheels and a plank of wood.

Did you make your own skateboard with a bit of wood and a roller skate split in two?

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

I used to get all my books out and make a pretend library so I was the librarian

Do you think this is why I like my specs so much Lex?

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I can remember a big group of us making a go kart from an old pram, a skipping rope and bits of wood off 'the back field' x

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Old pram wheels and a plank of wood.

Did you make your own skateboard with a bit of wood and a roller skate split in two?"

No but the kids on my road all made go karts in the hope of racing, until we all became aware of the fact that we lived in a small village in Lincolnshire.

Which you may or may not know is very very flat.

So it wasn't so much a go cart race it was more like a test for who could run the fastest whilst pushing and steering a go cart race.

I pimped mine up

Pontius Pilate style and put nails sticking out the front and sides until I impaled myself on one.

I then resorted to my second favourite activity.

Burning stuff, starting with the gokart.

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"I used to get all my books out and make a pretend library so I was the librarian

Do you think this is why I like my specs so much Lex?"

Haha you are a very sexy librarian

I use to play libraries too. I think so I could be in charge with the big stamper and be stern and mean

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"I can remember a big group of us making a go kart from an old pram, a skipping rope and bits of wood off 'the back field' x"

Wow, we had a back field too. Is that where you all made dens, had your bonfires and read your porn?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had the action men, loads of tiny plastic soldiers, but nothing topped a cap gun. Blamming away through the woods and fields behind the farm dressed in oversized military surplus trousers and tops.

And of course every boy had a knife. Never saw anyone stabbed either!!

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"I used to get all my books out and make a pretend library so I was the librarian

Do you think this is why I like my specs so much Lex?"

Oh dear sounds like a lonely childhood.

Did you walk around telling your Dollies to shhhhhhhhh ?

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"My favourite was just being outdoors playing

If stuck indoors I was normally drawing, reading or building Lego houses until 1981 when I got a hand held console... Astro Wars

What games did you play outside, can you remember?

Did you walk around the school yard singing “join on for war”. Or “who wants to play, Mam’s and dads” but never actually play

lol I don’t know your school yard games, it was more bulldog for me

Outdoor was normally climbing trees, building dens, conkers, pretending to be soldiers, on our bikes, just generally exploring. I grew up mostly on army bases so was a Tom boy and if you didn’t get home by the MPs it was a bonus

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"My favourite was just being outdoors playing

If stuck indoors I was normally drawing, reading or building Lego houses until 1981 when I got a hand held console... Astro Wars

Still got mine and it works. I can still remember all the music! "

Oh wow lucky you. I’d play it now if I could but my lad would probably just pull faces at it haha

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Britains Farm toys. Had the farm yard, stable block, barns, tractors, loads of animals and even a big conbine havister. Everthing you need really for a fully fuctioning farm. Plus Britains were so well made and realist.

As I got older I got more into Lego. Lego city, knights, pirates and marines. I had a big collection. Now my kids play with my old Lego and it makes me so happy.

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

We had an old disused pit with its empty headquarters to play in. Old underground tunnels and falling down buildings. It felt so exciting, filled with treasures

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Lights Alive and Girls World were my favs

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I can remember a big group of us making a go kart from an old pram, a skipping rope and bits of wood off 'the back field' x

Wow, we had a back field too. Is that where you all made dens, had your bonfires and read your porn?

No porn but dens, bonfires, manhunt x

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

"I used to get all my books out and make a pretend library so I was the librarian

Do you think this is why I like my specs so much Lex?

Haha you are a very sexy librarian

I use to play libraries too. I think so I could be in charge with the big stamper and be stern and mean "

Haha yep, picturing you now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My sindy doll x

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Lego back when you just got assorted bricks and had to use your imagination rather than just getting a set that would only build one thing (like the Milennium Falcon).

Airfix planes - used to hang them on my ceiling. Had loads of Airfix soldiers too.

Striker - football game where you pressed the players head down to kick

Subbuteo

Scalextric - friends of the family bought me the biggest set they did at the time for Xmas and I'd play with it for hours.

Countless Matchbox/Dinky cars and the loop the loop race set that went with the Matchbox ones.

Board games galore (Risk, Game Of Life, Payday and a good few more)

Action Man - had a few - my favourite was the Canadian Mountie uniform you could only get by saving the stars on the side of the boxes - saw one a few years back on sale for £400 - alas didn't keep mine!!

Crossfire - a game where you had to shoot a puck into your opponents goal using ball bearings

Like Spurschick though school holidays were best spent going on "adventures" on bikes with mates over the local park and spending all day outdoors.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a wind up Evel Knievel motorcycle you and a Batman car with the bridge you could assemble and blow up with an air pump. My brother and I used to send Evel Knievel over the bridge and blow him up instead though.

I also had an Muhammad Ali boxing doll which I would make beat up my action man.

I still my Muhammad Ali doll although it's looking a bit worse for wear now as it's missing an arm and a hand lol

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By *ultry SuccubusTV/TS
over a year ago

London

Believe it or not : calculator !

and a large collection of car miniatures (Tamiya). Start collecting them since I was 5.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Believe it or not : calculator !

and a large collection of car miniatures (Tamiya). Start collecting them since I was 5. "

I remember the early personal calculators. They had dimly lit red lights and a shity battery life.

Did anyone else play Spiderman by tieing off a ball of string to a table leg and the winding the string around everything else in the house to make a giant web?

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By *ollydoesWoman
over a year ago

Shangri-La

Lego. Kept it all including the instructions. My kids not interested at all in it.

And my train set. My first was an intercity 125..still got that too.

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over a year ago

"Lego. Kept it all including the instructions. My kids not interested at all in it.

And my train set. My first was an intercity 125..still got that too. "

Ohh can I come round and play? My brother had a Hornby train set but he'd never let me near it

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Oh few more to add to the list...

Top Trumps - had loads of different sets

Ker Plunk!

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Oh and a thing called Flight Deck that involved trying to land a Phantom jet attached to string on the "deck" of an imaginary aircraft carrier - that took forever to set up and you soon got bored of.

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"I add a few action men when i was a kid and then when I was sixteen I joined up and became the real thing

Which was your favourite action man PP?

Red devil

Of course, after all, the Red Devils are a team of action men.. .

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By *ollydoesWoman
over a year ago

Shangri-La

"Lego. Kept it all including the instructions. My kids not interested at all in it.

And my train set. My first was an intercity 125..still got that too.

Ohh can I come round and play? My brother had a Hornby train set but he'd never let me near it "

Actually sat looking at it in boxes and bags now. Mother was about to sell it...for £250. Mother is silly. Spent ages cutting and covering drain pipes in fake grass for tunnels and clay mountains.. I may make a child camp in the garden over the summer so I can set it up in their room Haha

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By *ollydoesWoman
over a year ago

Shangri-La

I always wanted the dream phone game. Something like that. Where you had a phone, surprisingly, and find your dream date..

Mr frosty has been on my xmas and birthday list since 1988 and will remain so until someone actually buys me a present ive asked for..

Although the slush puppy machines look good. Lol

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Lego back when you just got assorted bricks and had to use your imagination rather than just getting a set that would only build one thing (like the Milennium Falcon).

Airfix planes - used to hang them on my ceiling. Had loads of Airfix soldiers too.

Striker - football game where you pressed the players head down to kick

Subbuteo

Scalextric - friends of the family bought me the biggest set they did at the time for Xmas and I'd play with it for hours.

Countless Matchbox/Dinky cars and the loop the loop race set that went with the Matchbox ones.

Board games galore (Risk, Game Of Life, Payday and a good few more)

Crossfire - a game where you had to shoot a puck into your opponents goal using ball bearings

Like Spurschick though school holidays were best spent going on "adventures" on bikes with mates over the local park and spending all day outdoors."

I remember the Mountie, we got that, and wasn’t there a dog you could get too

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By *JohnMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

It was Lego for us. We had some Meccano too, but I don't remember using it much.

The Lego had been inherited from somewhere, and was a huge collection of bricks with no instructions. We'd just build whatever we fancied. Houses were just an outline, two courses of bricks with windows on top. Our imaginations filled in the rest.

The Meccano had instructions. I've never got on very well with instructions. No, I'm not a sub, why do you ask?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I remember the Mountie, we got that, and wasn’t there a dog you could get too"

Yeah the Mountie came with a dog, which bizarrely from memory was a boxer

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over a year ago

"I always wanted the dream phone game. Something like that. Where you had a phone, surprisingly, and find your dream date..

Mr frosty has been on my xmas and birthday list since 1988 and will remain so until someone actually buys me a present ive asked for..

Although the slush puppy machines look good. Lol "

Ha I had a Mr frosty. You can still buy them

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got a ZX81 when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I stopped going outside about then.

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By *ollydoesWoman
over a year ago

Shangri-La

"I always wanted the dream phone game. Something like that. Where you had a phone, surprisingly, and find your dream date..

Mr frosty has been on my xmas and birthday list since 1988 and will remain so until someone actually buys me a present ive asked for..

Although the slush puppy machines look good. Lol

Ha I had a Mr frosty. You can still buy them "

I know..which is why I get more pissed off year after year...when i now get shit like ornamental crap I gotta dust or Hoover ( house hold items used for chores should never be given as presents) coz apparently I gotta do that too..when all I've wanted since I was 8 was a mr frosty fucking snow cone asshole maker...

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

I was proper old school before the days of eagle eyes and realistic hair

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

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over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

I was proper old school before the days of eagle eyes and realistic hair

My brother had an eagle eyes and a 6 milion dollar man. The arms would shoot off when you press buttons and they both had the eagle eye.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper."

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

I was proper old school before the days of eagle eyes and realistic hair

My brother had an eagle eyes and a 6 milion dollar man. The arms would shoot off when you press buttons and they both had the eagle eye."

We aspired to the 6 million dollar man...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scalextric, dinkies and marbles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale."

I had the deep sea diver one with the big helmet (no not that sort!!) and the weighted boots that came with an air tube that if you blew down it made bubbles!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was a kid I never really played with dolls. I did play with my brothers action men with him. Of course eagle eyes was very sexy, but I did love the frog man (maybe a bit like latex) and the polar mission, arctic explorer one with the big orange parker and wolf/ dogs. We use to set up zip wires in the back garden for them, sometimes letting evel kinevel go down them while riding on his bike.

What toys did you play with as a kid?

Lex"

Oh yeah action man with his real feel beard and in his orange latex frogman suit. Probably my first realisation of bisexual tendencies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale.

I had the deep sea diver one with the big helmet (no not that sort!!) and the weighted boots that came with an air tube that if you blew down it made bubbles!!"

I seem to vaguely remember the deep sea diver action man. I think a friend at school had one. He had a truck too which we'd send action man down a hill into a river.

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over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale.

I had the deep sea diver one with the big helmet (no not that sort!!) and the weighted boots that came with an air tube that if you blew down it made bubbles!!"

Could you put it in the bath? And blow an suck air out to make it go up and down?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale.

I had the deep sea diver one with the big helmet (no not that sort!!) and the weighted boots that came with an air tube that if you blew down it made bubbles!!

Could you put it in the bath? And blow an suck air out to make it go up and down?"

You could put it in the bath but as far as I remember all that happened if you blew down the tube was that it would make bubbles appear.

Actually talking of bath toys reminds me of another that deserves a post of it's own

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Have a vague recollection of having a submarine that you could play with in the bath that you put bicarbonate of soda in (I think) that made it submerge and surface

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle

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over a year ago

"Action Man had no genitals, even as kids we thought that was odd, tho I was inpressed by his scar and his eagle eye.

It was a manly scar.

My mom made clothes for my action man. I don't remember asking her but she made them anyway. He must have looked like a right nonce in brown flares and a massive knitted jumper.

Yes! You've just reminded me, my mum knitted our Action Man a big blue fishermans jumper!

Yes the kinted stitching would always be massive because the wool was really thick. So he'd be on manoeuvres looking like a born again christian.

I used to fling him from the bedroom window as my mom got me an action man parachute from a jumble sale.

I had the deep sea diver one with the big helmet (no not that sort!!) and the weighted boots that came with an air tube that if you blew down it made bubbles!!

Could you put it in the bath? And blow an suck air out to make it go up and down?

You could put it in the bath but as far as I remember all that happened if you blew down the tube was that it would make bubbles appear.

Actually talking of bath toys reminds me of another that deserves a post of it's own"

I had a shark for the bath. Looking back I should have made it eat action man.

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over a year ago

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle "

My school had beetle races.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"Scalextric, dinkies and marbles

How could I forget marbles

thanks for the reminder and memory

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over a year ago

"Scalextric, dinkies and marbles

How could I forget marbles

thanks for the reminder and memory

So I'm told conkers is banned in schools.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle "

Oooh pick up sticks - reminds me of the other game I had - where you had a pile of plastic every day objects (ladders, an iron etc) and had to pick them up with a hook that came with the game.

P.S. Think I need to come to your house for a play - you have the best toys

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over a year ago

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle

Oooh pick up sticks - reminds me of the other game I had - where you had a pile of plastic every day objects (ladders, an iron etc) and had to pick them up with a hook that came with the game.

P.S. Think I need to come to your house for a play - you have the best toys

Hmm I seem to remember that every day in object toy but can't for the life of me remember exactly what it was. It wasn't Buckaroo.

I was mad for Fuzzy Felts.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle

Oooh pick up sticks - reminds me of the other game I had - where you had a pile of plastic every day objects (ladders, an iron etc) and had to pick them up with a hook that came with the game.

P.S. Think I need to come to your house for a play - you have the best toys

We have the everyday item pick up game too, my lad loves the old games. No PlayStation here (reserves for his dad’s house) just old fashioned fun indoors and out

Always good to have someone to play with

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle

Oooh pick up sticks - reminds me of the other game I had - where you had a pile of plastic every day objects (ladders, an iron etc) and had to pick them up with a hook that came with the game.

P.S. Think I need to come to your house for a play - you have the best toys

Hmm I seem to remember that every day in object toy but can't for the life of me remember exactly what it was. It wasn't Buckaroo.

I was mad for Fuzzy Felts."

Buckaroo was the horse and load it up

Damn so many memories.... fuzzy felt

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Cindy doll.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had a load of fuzzy felts. I just looked on Amazon and you can still buy them. 12 quid sounds a bit steep though.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Frustration with the Pop-o-matic thing to roll the dice

Mastermind - where you had to work out your opponents coloured pegs in so many goes

Mousetrap - that never worked properly when setting the trap off

Still favourites in our house along with pick up sticks; connect four; Yahtzee; and the first to build their beetle

Oooh pick up sticks - reminds me of the other game I had - where you had a pile of plastic every day objects (ladders, an iron etc) and had to pick them up with a hook that came with the game.

P.S. Think I need to come to your house for a play - you have the best toys

We have the everyday item pick up game too, my lad loves the old games. No PlayStation here (reserves for his dad’s house) just old fashioned fun indoors and out

Always good to have someone to play with

Lovely to hear - there's a lot to be said for some of the old school games and no PlayStation

And I might just have to hold you...to that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Risk! Best board game ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved my Tiny Tears!

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

I had a Sindy for my birthday.

I cut all her hair off, coloured her clothes black & green.

I got Action Man the following Christmas

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over a year ago

"I had a Sindy for my birthday.

I cut all her hair off, coloured her clothes black & green.

I got Action Man the following Christmas

I think I'm in love

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"I had a Sindy for my birthday.

I cut all her hair off, coloured her clothes black & green.

I got Action Man the following Christmas

Love it

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By *an_Lexa OP Couple
over a year ago

Sunderland

Did anyone have a chemistry set? They were worried I’d blow stuff up so got me a biology one instead with pollen and butterfly wings and a microscope.

But the lad over the road had a chemistry set and we would sit on his drive and make bangs.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"Did anyone have a chemistry set? They were worried I’d blow stuff up so got me a biology one instead with pollen and butterfly wings and a microscope.

But the lad over the road had a chemistry set and we would sit on his drive and make bangs."

Wow ,I just had a mental whiff of the smell of the iron filings in my chemistry set!

Fabulous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lego, scalextrix, toy cars

Kept all of it for when i have kids too

Infact afew months back my life long friend that i was practically joint to the hip too came round with his 7 year old, we went in my loft and got the lego out, there was still stuff in the box we had made.

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

At my parents place this weekend. There is still a bag of all my old he-man and thundercats toys in the spare room that the kids play with

(And sometimes me

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Serena (or something similar) doll. Her hair grew

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over a year ago

"Did anyone have a chemistry set? They were worried I’d blow stuff up so got me a biology one instead with pollen and butterfly wings and a microscope.

But the lad over the road had a chemistry set and we would sit on his drive and make bangs."

I had a chemistry set but I just mixed loads of shit up and didn't really look at the instructions.

I was reading about the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. That was a kids chemistry set that had real uranium.

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over a year ago

"At my parents place this weekend. There is still a bag of all my old he-man and thundercats toys in the spare room that the kids play with

(And sometimes me

They'll be worth a few quid now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only dolls I liked were Sindy and Barbie (the start of a lifetime obsession with clothes and accessories)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had a swing ball

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Went on my bike a lot, football, monopoly (marathon games with mates and brothers), subbuteo.

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By *ornyhornytwoCouple
over a year ago

Bradford

Didn't really like toys that much but we did have a lot of wrestling figures.

Preferred computer games. Had an Atari 2600, amstrad 464 plus, original Nintendo then a mega drive... Good times watching my dad boss it on river raid on the Atari. He seemed to never die on it. X

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over a year ago

"Didn't really like toys that much but we did have a lot of wrestling figures.

Preferred computer games. Had an Atari 2600, amstrad 464 plus, original Nintendo then a mega drive... Good times watching my dad boss it on river raid on the Atari. He seemed to never die on it. X"

Still got my Atari 2600

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By *ornyhornytwoCouple
over a year ago

Bradford

"Didn't really like toys that much but we did have a lot of wrestling figures.

Preferred computer games. Had an Atari 2600, amstrad 464 plus, original Nintendo then a mega drive... Good times watching my dad boss it on river raid on the Atari. He seemed to never die on it. X

Still got my Atari 2600

Pretty sure ours is still In my mums loft too along with a lot of old things haha. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Transformers

Dino riders

Star wars

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

"At my parents place this weekend. There is still a bag of all my old he-man and thundercats toys in the spare room that the kids play with

(And sometimes me

)

They'll be worth a few quid now."

Nope, only worth any money if still in boxes..

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Dan….?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dolls. Looked how that turned out.

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By *tylebender03Man
over a year ago

Manchester

WWF figures were my favourite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dan….?"

How CAN I look at this thread in all innocence now!?

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Lego, Britains Knights and Castles

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Lego, Britains Knights and Castles

"
…..are the toys I burnt once I got an Action Man!

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I could only afford a hoop and a stick

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I could only afford a hoop and a stick"
that’s a sort of Victorian action man prototype.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

"Lego, Britains Knights and Castles

…..are the toys I burnt once I got an Action Man! "

Ouch

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By *lackshadow7Man
over a year ago

Toronto

Power Rangers, He-Man action figures, TMNT figures, and Lego.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Lego, Britains Knights and Castles

…..are the toys I burnt once I got an Action Man!

Ouch

"
…..is what I said when I pinched myself in disbelief when once upon a time on my birthday, the orphanage supervisors clubbed together and bought me a slightly worn Action Man!

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Power Rangers, He-Man action figures, TMNT figures, and Lego."
…..are all they sold in Toronto so I had to drive like a million miles to Quebec to buy me an Action Man!

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over a year ago

"Power Rangers, He-Man action figures, TMNT figures, and Lego.…..are all they sold in Toronto so I had to drive like a million miles to Quebec to buy me an Action Man! "

An hour is my limit to go get me an Action Man

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

I had the eagle eyed action man, but not the chopper. (gutted). I also had EK, but not his rocket bike or motorhome.

If AM doesn't have the eagle eyes, then it's poor substitute.

I also had the $6M man, with the left eye and built in viewing lens, that you could see through, if you looked from the hole in the rear of his head.

My own left eye got upgraded this year, sadly not with a telephoto zoom lens.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Power Rangers, He-Man action figures, TMNT figures, and Lego.…..are all they sold in Toronto so I had to drive like a million miles to Quebec to buy me an Action Man!

An hour is my limit to go get me an Action Man "
gripping hands?

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

Transformers, and still have a (very small honest honest) collection

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over a year ago

"Power Rangers, He-Man action figures, TMNT figures, and Lego.…..are all they sold in Toronto so I had to drive like a million miles to Quebec to buy me an Action Man!

An hour is my limit to go get me an Action Man gripping hands?"

Only if I get cramp

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"I had the eagle eyed action man, but not the chopper. (gutted). I also had EK, but not his rocket bike or motorhome.

If AM doesn't have the eagle eyes, then it's poor substitute.

I also had the $6M man, with the left eye and built in viewing lens, that you could see through, if you looked from the hole in the rear of his head.

My own left eye got upgraded this year, sadly not with a telephoto zoom lens."

All cool. The bionic eye definitely cool. You’re on your way to be a real life Alita Battle Angel.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"Transformers, and still have a (very small honest honest) collection

"
that reminds me, I have a kettle and a teabag I can transform into a hot beverage.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"I had the eagle eyed action man, but not the chopper. (gutted). I also had EK, but not his rocket bike or motorhome.

If AM doesn't have the eagle eyes, then it's poor substitute.

I also had the $6M man, with the left eye and built in viewing lens, that you could see through, if you looked from the hole in the rear of his head.

My own left eye got upgraded this year, sadly not with a telephoto zoom lens.

All cool. The bionic eye definitely cool. You’re on your way to be a real life Alita Battle Angel. "

Pfff!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That lexa phwooooooaaaaarrr

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By *urhamdebbiecdTV/TS
over a year ago

bishop auckland

Star Wars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I played with action man, micro machines, Lego and matchbox cars

from a young age I hated hot wheels cars as they wernt realistic lol

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
over a year ago

Ryde

Masters of the Universe.

I turned out "Bi". Big surprise...

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