Obscure toys you had as a kid …..

[fandjango]

I was looking for retro toys to show my grandkids who are big into Lego and minecraft … looking around google i saw this golf game my brother and I had one Christmas in the 60s
I’ve never seen much like it anywhere else and of course it’s now all computer golf
But thus had real interchangeable clubs and balls that flew with real loft angles and distance … happy memories
Do you remember any cool retro toys ,,, c the more obscure the better for me

 

[KaiserEFC]

Great games.

 

[PITA]

View attachment 130960I was looking for retro toys to show my grandkids who are big into Lego and minecraft … looking around google i saw this golf game my brother and I had one Christmas in the 60s
I’ve never seen much like it anywhere else and of course it’s now all computer golf
But thus had real interchangeable clubs and balls that flew with real loft angles and distance … happy memories
Do you remember any cool retro toys ,,, c the more obscure the better for me

Never seen that. Reminds me of ‘Test Match’ but it looks more difficult given how far you are from the ‘player’.

 

[Connor mcloud]

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Great games.

That fishing game is very popular on here.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

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Great games.

Had that fishing game

 

[fandjango]

I have tried to describe this toy to friends and family for years But no one believed me
It was a controllable fan system the allowed you to steer and land a spaceship (balloon )
Wierd and wonderful

 

[fandjango]

Never seen that. Reminds me of ‘Test Match’ but it looks more difficult given how far you are from the ‘player’.

Never saw test match … have you any pics

 

[dublinbluenose]

My Dad used to make most of our toys as kids. They were crap and have been burned since.

 

[Dancing Pat]

Although Subbuteto was my fave footie game, I remember my brother having ‘Striker’, we’re you had to press the players head down to make him kick the ball.

 

[Nymzee]

I had some amazing toys in the 90's. There was always one sort that stuck out but to this day I've never been able to articulate it enough to Google them.

Was basically like a little plastic "case" and you opened the front and inside was a layered building or whatever and had tiny little characters to play with. Sure one of the cases was like a skull or something. No idea what the purpose of them was but they were so cool.

 

[bigjonny]

I had the Arnold Palmer game and not just Subbuteo football but cricket and rugby as well.

 

[coollino]

I had some amazing toys in the 90's. There was always one sort that stuck out but to this day I've never been able to articulate it enough to Google them.

Was basically like a little plastic "case" and you opened the front and inside was a layered building or whatever and had tiny little characters to play with. Sure one of the cases was like a skull or something. No idea what the purpose of them was but they were so cool.

mighty max?

 

[Nymzee]

mighty max?

Oh you genius, yes! lol

Honestly so much fun for such a strange concept. Was it like a TV show or something?

 

[bigjonny]

We also had Escalado , that featured on The Repair Shop recently

 

[coollino]

Oh you genius, yes! lol

Honestly so much fun for such a strange concept. Was it like a TV show or something?

Yeah, according to wiki it was a toy first then a TV show.

I remembered it in seconds, not sure how