The middle aged thread

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also pre hipster pic with selvedge turn ups

Heh, last week my destination was Sheffield yet on auto pilot I went up the m6 to warrington. ... Then across the m62

Am currently sorting through lots of board games, (sadly only two in original boxes and some of the boards have deteriorated after being in damp conditions).
Battleships
Buccaneer
Colditz
Connect 4
Diplomacy
Great Game of Britian
Spy Ring
Scoop
Tank Battle
Top of the Pops
And quite a few pieces I haven't identified yet.
Also a bag of Plastic Meccano

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Found another sack, I take that back it is Admirals not Battleships.

Anyone wanna come and play?

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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/

Actually is a story in the newspaper today about people who collect vintage board games

http://www.wsj.com/articles/collectors-find-fun-and-profits-investing-in-vintage-board-games-1422849610?KEYWORDS=board+games

Yes I am so middle aged I read the WSJ (occupational hazard too)

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.

i really need to dig some o' this kit outta me ma's attic

(haz)
think my millenium falcon may be damaged sadly, and the landspeeder

also, shout out to the Jawanese

also, can't forget the amount of times i got blazed in the boatrace by one of these fekkin' things, taught me how to bob and weave/ duck though

(kids not me or mine)

Dem jawas got your money

shit, i got the vader storer full of figures, the at at,x wing, tie fighter,jabba the hut on platform, all were played with so sadly un boxed, i gonna raid that fekkin loft,
i heard nigo of bape fame is meant to be the worlds greatest collector
and befamed coke fiend lavelle of unkle/mo wax fame is a bit of a hoarder
i did want to put in perspex but girlfriends usually said no to keep in front room

landspeeder is a piece of lush art deco design, if you think about it, maybe

i think one of the tubes broke on mine, had great suspension though if i remember , Lando Calrissian was a fav , also the Wookie

i think i also had star wars y fronts
Imperial tie fighter was good 'cos you could press a button and the wings ejected if in a mid flight dog fight, also in loft i think

this was also quite a prized item

especially the befamed " escape slide"

we tried to do it in real time/life, by tying a rope from a friends tree to a lower contact point, kid had game, he tried it but failed when the line snapped and broke his arm, grew up to smash it in the recruitment game still

I never had any of them, but those first-generation Star Wars toys were quality.

^ ha! I remember my Dad absolutely pissing himself laughing at one of my report comments - can't remember which subject - but the comment was 'spasmodically motivated to half concentrate'

That's just superb!

yes, the boxed Kenner stuff does reach premium prices, I am of kenner era,all the loft shit is, think i was around 9 when i saw the first film

also, can't forget the amount of times i got blazed in the boatrace by one of these fekkin' things, taught me how to bob and weave/ duck though

(kids not me or mine)

This. Bloody hurt too. Great for letting off steam though. We made so many holes in the lawn with ours.

also will freely admit to bustin' Karate Kid and Breakdance moves on St Reatham high road after the films back in the day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pzk83luwo

Junior Best Disco in Town at the Hippodrome also

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Sweet :)

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"A roll of Lino please."