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ah thanks.
I have two older brothers so we had it all! Probably explains why I was always a tomboy. (Am I allowed to say tomboy anymore or is it un PC?)
Sticklebricks
Lego
Plastic meccano was the entry level/small kid meccano for kids over the age of 3
We also had a LOT of proper meccano, which like the lego has been sold on.
Hornby trains. Which I was never allowed to play with. I always wanted someone to buy me a train set for Christmas.@pharoahsanders Thanks. Hope it doesn't push the price up of the things I might be looking for though. I didn't know that reading the WSJ was a middle aged thing, I always thought it was an occupational or locational hazard.
Shoosh
@middleofnowhere
Awesome collection, quite a few names I recognise there, tho plastic meccano is a new one on me. I was more of a Lego kid myself. I'm sure the Meccano/Lego divide is a signifier of you and your family's socio-political background but I'm too hungover to work out the details right now.
There's a toys of your youth thread here...
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/219824/