General Chat

Following on from Ann's thread...what toys can you remember being out in the 70's! Do you remember.... fuzzy felts, weebles, girl's world, the six million dollar man? Bev x

Bev My daughter used to have one of those hairdressing things is it Girls world she was always interested in it she is just buying herself an hairdressers at present.! Dx

Dave..I used to have one of those but I decided one day that she needed to have a skin head!! lol Bev x

ooh yes.. what about clackers( very painfull) and chopper and shopper bikes.

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down! Did anyone else have a Pippa doll? (about half the size of Sindy/Barbie) Julie xxx

Em.. I used to love clackers but had them took off me when I discovered they were more fun trying to smack my brother on the legs with them!! lol bev x

My son was born in 1979, so I don't remember too many 70's toys. He had a Fisher-Price activity centre in his cot, a Clatterpillar, a Snoopy pull-along dog, plastic stacking cups and bricks, and when he was older, Star Wars toys - millenium falcon, speeder bikes, X-wing and Y-wing fighters, an Ewok Village and lots of figures of characters from the films. Not sure if Lego Duplo was 70s or 80s, but he had the Duplo Farm and building blocks. CB >|<

Julie..I had forgot all about Pippa dolls! I had loads of them and they were small weren't they! Bev x

lol, Bev.... if i had tried that with my brother he would have stuck my head down the toilet!! lol. His favorite trick was to 'whip' the back of my legs with a wet tea towel!! evil child!

Our son, born early 1970s had Big Trak, a sort of tank,which was programmed by the child to move in certain directions. Might have been early 80s when he had this though. Anyone remember these?

Amanda Jane dolls clackers - ouch elastic skipping space hoppers- genuine one were orange! A hoop that went round your ankle with a ball on a string, that you whizzed round youre ankle and hopped over...or that was the idea... Shopper bikes- yep had one of those. Roller skates -Jacco brand stilts and Pogo sticks Spirograph- loved that jess x - child of the early 60's -when we were children longer

My cousin had one of those Gwynneth! He loved it! bev x

Sindy doll, also had a Tressy(?), she had long hair you could wind up or down. Space Hopper Clackers

What about stylophone's!! Do you remember them? I played with mine for hours and drove everyone up the wall cos I could only play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on it!! Bev x

Have to admit I don't remember much of the 70s (was less than 5 at the time), but anyone remember those Viewfinder thingamejiggies? They were red in colour and you inserted a circular disc into them, which had pics from say Scooby Doo, or Pete's Dragon etc and you held the Viewfinder up to your eyes, like binoculars to see the pics. I think they were probably more 80s than 70s, and I'm certain they had a brand name rather than just Viewfinder.

space hoppers.. of course! bright orange, and great for whacking kids round the head in temper. ;)

Andy.. they were good!! I think they were called View Master! bev x

I've still got my Viewmaster. Brown bakelite in a red and white box..... from the late 1950s/ early 60s.

Andy I had a View Master in the 1950s! It was sent to me by my Grandmother in Canada and I don't think you could get them in England then. My 6 year old grandson had one for Christmas last year. My reels were of Tarzan and the Night Before Christmas and Mickey Mouse, wheras his are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers! LOL Anyone remember the Evel Knievel bike? You put it on the base and wound the handle and it did wheelies - well it did on the TV adverts anyway! My son (born 1971) got so frustrated with his because he couldn't get it to work that he threw it in next doors fish pond! Sue xx

What about shaker makers I had a Flinstones set, used to make a right mess all over the carpet, loved it though! Julie xxx