Pondicherry
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Also got this one year, memorable because you had to be an action man 'expert' to be able to get the wet suit on.
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[Misc] Best Christmas present you received as a child?
- Thread starter ozzygull
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Also got this one year, memorable because you had to be an action man 'expert' to be able to get the wet suit on.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Brilliant! Recall that scenario well.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Another scalextric vote here. Early 70's.
What have a scalextric set and bosoms got in common?
They're both meant for children but daddies like to play with them.
What have a scalextric set and bosoms got in common?
They're both meant for children but daddies like to play with them.
cloud
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Not wonder it was memorable. You were supposed to put it on the Action Man.
Oh my ,i had this spent hours of fun ,then i lent it to a mate and never saw it again. The said mate now owns Asian logic [Asia's head poker company] which is a parent company of Dafabet . Tom now is worth a reputed 1.5 Billion Us DollarsI always remind him of my Astro wars when he is back in the UK.
I’d sue the barstard
Worried Man Blues
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Subbuteo and Scalextric wonderful days
Commodore 64, hours of fun.
GT49er
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Bicycle.
Bizarre - I'd never heard of Whot until I saw a Harry Potter version in TK Maxx the other day and bought it for my son.
(* - as is stands, he'll not be getting it as I left a bag of Christmas shopping on the train when I got back to Worthing and I doubt I'll be seeing it again)
Like many families in the 60s we didn't have a pot to pee in, my Dad's mate built me a Garage for the few Matchbox cars I had, it was so detailed and I loved it, at the time I don't think I really appreciated the toil and craftsmanship that must have gone into it.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Were you a FKW?
I guess I was.. but those were gentler times. Such epithets didn't exist, or I was too young to know about them.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
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Ah, pure joy. I was 3. First book I can remember being read to me (couplets included). A few years later, they were the books (I got one each Christmas) that got me reading. Sadly in recent years they have changed the format. I guess I have more than 70 of them now (including some from the 30s and 40 I bought for a few quid in Brighton in the late 70s). Christmas WAS the Rupert annual for me.
I've got that very annual in the loft somewhere. I also got 1 each Xmas.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
FYI - in more recent years my mother in law (RIP) used to get me the Viz Annual each Christmas
Braggfan
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded
- May 12, 2014
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My brother got the Millenium Falcon and I got an AT AT. My parents say that I was so excited I was physically shaking.
pearl
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Nothing better in life .... (as long as you had a biro of course)
mine was definitely my radio cassette player
Star Wars stuff but most memorable was the year I got a Spiderman costume and my first BMX. I went everywhere on that bike. I loved it. It was like a first taste of freedom.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Best was toy FN rifle which "fired" plastic bullets and which probably put me on the path to using an SLR later in life! Most cherished present, though, is the Albion scarf Mum bought me for what would be her last Xmas, 2010. Something like 45 years separates those presents, but the feelings surrounding each of them remain strong.