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O/T Toys that ultimately disappointed.



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Lenny Rider

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Sep 15, 2010
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After weeks/months of anticipation which gifts proved to be a let down on Christmas Day?

Two spring to mind for me, Super Flight Deck, minutes of fun, and Subbuteo Rugby just how the Subbuteo R and D department thought they could replicate the sport in the same way they'd done with the football?
 






Cowfold Seagull

Cowfold Seagull

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Apr 22, 2009
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Cowfold
Lenny Rider said:
After weeks/months of anticipation which gifts proved to be a let down on Christmas Day?

Two spring to mind for me, Super Flight Deck, minutes of fun, and Subbuteo Rugby just how the Subbuteo R and D department thought they could replicate the sport in the same way they'd done with the football?
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In my experience, toys that ultimatel disappoint, accounts for the great majority of all toys that were ever procuced. Once Christmas is over, and the new year arrives, many are left unplayed with.

I agree about Subbuteo, they were great at soccer, but pretty pants at everything else, rugby and cricket included.
 










Moshe Gariani

Moshe Gariani

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Mar 10, 2005
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Subbuteo AstroTurf.

Just about the most coveted item in my history of the world but turned out to be completely useless ...!

(unless stretched out and attached to a wooden board - which for some reason I struggle to understand my otherwise brilliant Dad never got close to getting round to..!)
 










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Hampster Gull

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Dec 22, 2010
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Ernest said:
Subbuteo cricket was rubbish too, Ker Plunk was a waste of time once you'd played it a couple of times. Action Man was best especially the footballer version
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I quite liked subbuteo cricket, albeit it was miles behind football version
 












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mothy

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Dec 30, 2012
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Moshe Gariani said:
Subbuteo AstroTurf.

Just about the most coveted item in my history of the world but turned out to be completely useless ...!

(unless stretched out and attached to a wooden board - which for some reason I struggle to understand my otherwise brilliant Dad never got close to getting round to..!)
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My mum ingeniously glued my astro pitch to some lino which was rolled & stored, meaning my pitch was always flat - just needed weighting down in the corners - thanks mum
 


R. Slicker

R. Slicker

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Jan 1, 2009
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Cowfold Seagull said:
In my experience, toys that ultimatel disappoint, accounts for the great majority of all toys that were ever procuced. Once Christmas is over, and the new year arrives, many are left unplayed with.

I agree about Subbuteo, they were great at soccer, but pretty pants at everything else, rugby and cricket included.
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I beg to differ. Subbuteo angling was magnificent.
Super striker was a bit pants though.
 








Badger

Badger

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May 8, 2007
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Toronto
Scalextric, it was fun when it worked, but after 5 minutes of fun you'd have to spend half-an-hour fixing the brushes on the bottom of the cars.
Then my brothers bought me a box of second-hand track. Most of the time was spent figuring out which piece wasn't working.
 


Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003
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Badger said:
Scalextric, it was fun when it worked, but after 5 minutes of fun you'd have to spend half-an-hour fixing the brushes on the bottom of the cars.
Then my brothers bought me a box of second-hand track. Most of the time was spent figuring out which piece wasn't working.
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Then when it was all finally working, the rules of Scalextric dictated that your car ALWAYS somersaulted off the track at the exact point furthest from where you were sitting.
 


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