When children were just children, boys and girls having fun 🙏🏼
@mcwomble992 жыл бұрын
Bollocks, kids are still being kids. Easy to look with rose coloured glasses at the past, but things are equally as crap then as it is now
@jazzman16262 жыл бұрын
@@mcwomble99 Nowhere near as many kids with depression and anxiety back then, so it’s not rose tinted, it’s memory.
@Thorstvedt12 жыл бұрын
Isn't it incredible that the kids in the ADVERTS appear to be happy playing with toys? What else did you expect?
@MrWayout742 жыл бұрын
And Saville was at his peak
@deathkebab2 жыл бұрын
@@jazzman1626 I had chronic anxiety my entire childhood, never saw anyone about it though so I'm not in the statistic. Are kids actually more anxious now or are more people just seeking help for them?
@MrMittens1974 Жыл бұрын
You know you're getting old when you remember quite a few of these from when they were actually broadcast.
@amandam480 Жыл бұрын
Yes I remember bigtrack😊
@Leon-lt5gv3 ай бұрын
@@amandam480your lucky ' big track had a big price tag 😁 i had most of these toys ' born bang on 1970 '
@alexskywalker48882 жыл бұрын
me two minutes ago; freaking out over a 15 second advert on youtube. me now; sitting watching 15 MINUTES of adverts.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I know! Guilty pleasures. ☺️
@urbandiversion74102 жыл бұрын
So many memories! So glad I grew up in the late 70’s , early 80’s before computer consoles and social media.
@TheMuddatrucker2 жыл бұрын
Take me back to 1980 and leave me there 😭
@jean-lucpicard55102 жыл бұрын
We had console in the 80s, collecovision, Atari 2600. Intellivision.
@kristianTV19742 жыл бұрын
I was born in 74, but still find this comment a bit weird. Game consoles were great, but social media is a very different aspect of technology in the years since. I suspect you're over 70 or demented anyway.
@urbandiversion74102 жыл бұрын
@@kristianTV1974 😂 Neither, just preferred the use of one’s imagination and creative play before any screen time! Showed my 11 year old son some of these toys, especially Big Track and Fantom 4 (both of which I had, along with others) his response was “what do they do ?” My response…. The possibilities were endless !! Drawn a blank stare before his attention went back to Zelda on his switch 🤷🏻♂️
@mrshankly2132 жыл бұрын
Us Western kids from 70s-present should all be thankful our parents could get us toys for xmas every year. I'm sure the toys/consoles of each generation were great for that generation, no need to compete with each other.
@Yewbzee2 жыл бұрын
Loved growing up in the 70's. I want to go home.
@niknoks76382 жыл бұрын
🤣👏
@chrisholland73672 жыл бұрын
A time when you were able interact with other children of similar age groups. You would go out and play with your mates and you wouldn't come home until your parents came looking for you.
@Habu2 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisholland7367 Yes Chris my parents had to shout us/me from the backdoor almost every night across to the nearby playing field.
@rugbydazz22642 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw Big track I LMAO, I remember my mum shouting "I'm bloody sick of these adverts putting ideas into kids heads, they think we're bloody made of money" around October she would get stressed because the adverts would come on for Christmas toys and then I would be following her round the house with a KAYS catalogue trying to show her what I wanted, I didn't realise she didn't have much money she kept it well hidden, bless her.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Yeah.. My most shameful moment was at age 6, when my mum said she couldn't afford the toys I wanted. I told her to "just write a cheque" ... I had no concept of where money actually came from! 🤣
@OR0Z Жыл бұрын
£40 in the 70’s was a lot of money back then! I just looked on eBay & found one for £45… sound investment 👍🏻🤣
@OR0Z Жыл бұрын
The days I spent ogling over dream toys in the Kay’s & Littlewoods catalogues… wishing I got pocket money so I could pay for it weekly for the next 4 years! I think that’s why I didn’t get pocket money 🤣
@UncleFeedle Жыл бұрын
£40 is around £170 today. And the trailer would be another £65. Yikes!
@simonshepherd8357 Жыл бұрын
@@OR0Z You were ogling the ladies in the lingerie section you perv ;)
@geordiewishart16832 жыл бұрын
I'm almost welling up! I was born in 1975 so remember a lot of these toys. They were much happier times
@31wozza2 жыл бұрын
i was born 1975 love these ads
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I'm a '74 kid, so very similar experience. 😄
@PrinceBarin772 жыл бұрын
I really wanted that Big Trak. Here I come eBay…
@leoevs4412 жыл бұрын
Same here born in 74..👍👍
@carlturner62562 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK I was born in 68,... so when big trak came out I couldn't wait to get my hands on one
@Steve-K.G.2 жыл бұрын
Wish I could go back to those times, really miss them. Thanks for the video :-)
@niknoks76382 жыл бұрын
I had an Action Man with eagle eyes and flexi-hands, I also had a Six Million Dollar Man .......I’m in my late 50’s and have regularly looked on eBay for the right vintage figures to buy, and YES, I would play with them even now! 🤣
@Habu2 Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with that Niknoks....life is so fleeting.
@mrjohn.whereyoufrom2 жыл бұрын
I spent many hours throwing my Action Man out of my bedroom window trying to get the parachute working. Thanks for compiling these adverts. Takes me back to great, simpler times.
@crispin88882 жыл бұрын
And leaking in the bath in his diving helmet and lead boots ...
@whiterabbit16322 жыл бұрын
My dad made me a parachute from a bin bag with those sticky circles to protect punched paper to stop the string lines to stop ripping the bag. My action man sailed perfectly to the ground from an upstairs window for a fraction of the price.
@voidkid4202 жыл бұрын
I took mine to school and we broke 3 action man legs that day.
@jasonantigua68252 жыл бұрын
My friends Nan live on the 7th floor of a tower block and we launched Action Man out the window! The chute didn’t open though
@whiterabbit16322 жыл бұрын
@@jasonantigua6825 You should of borrowed mine geez!
@redpillnibbler4423 Жыл бұрын
Action man was my favourite,we all had various action men with weapons,clothes and vehicles,I had a gyrocopter and a jeep.Bloody brilliant.
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, I had the copter and Jeep as well! 😆
@redpillnibbler4423 Жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK God it’s bringing back fond memories.
@paulshepherd13482 жыл бұрын
Wow.... that was quite the blast from the past... I had a lot of those toys and games, and wanted but never got around to others. What a happier, more innocent and better world is was back then.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
... and we spend years trying to re-buy all that stuff on eBay, right? 🤣
@paulshepherd13482 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK yeah thinking it will help us relive those happy carefree days. Sadly the world has moved on to an almost unrecognizable state... not just technology, but people's attitudes and the way we live. Oh well... makes these kind of collections of ads all the more sweet. We can drift away and reminisce for a short time. 👍
@Habu2 Жыл бұрын
Would have to agree Paul.....
@paulshepherd1348 Жыл бұрын
@@Habu2 good to know, there is still a few of us the remember those carefree days.
@steve-ip6qs Жыл бұрын
what a blast from the past
@cosmiconion872 жыл бұрын
this is the actual length of adverts in the middle of programs now!!
@redskin61462 жыл бұрын
😍Even now, there is no better non-electronic boys toy than Action Man.... amazing how many options and accessories there were. Unmatched.
@davidbowie2046 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I got an Action man for Xmas and my Mum would get me some different uniforms for my Birthday for them. We didn't have loads of money, but I loved all the accessories.
@stephenwilletts22932 жыл бұрын
I'm 64 year's old and I'm now buying all these old games and evel knievel was my hero.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
eBay is a wonderful thing! 🙂
@crispin88882 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK True. You can literally buy your childhood ..
@vanenmar74912 жыл бұрын
As an 80's kid some of these brought back some awesome memories. Think I might have to have a look in the loft haha
@stevedickson58532 жыл бұрын
That's Jon Pertwee doing the voice over in the Kerplunk and buckaroo almost sounding West Country in the buckaroo ad rather than western with the accent lol, love the Action man ads, when literally everyone I knew had an Action man of some sought
@nickthomas1812 жыл бұрын
I still have all my action men and equipment ....And I'm 51!
@stevedickson58532 жыл бұрын
@@nickthomas181 I had the training tower, bike & sidecar, armoured car, helicopter, a few action men, all long gone but I still have Captain Zargon Space pirate hid somewhere
@Ricksta662 жыл бұрын
WHO? LOL
@stevedickson58532 жыл бұрын
@@Ricksta66.. Captain Zargon? ...he's in the Action men Ads
@workonesabs2 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for today's kids, using the smart phone, alone in their room, talking or playing on-line without being interactive in real life.
@edwardgrist69202 жыл бұрын
I agree, I was born 72 thank god my 8 year old and my 5 year old talk to me about how I used to play with my action figures they do the same now 😁
@mcwomble992 жыл бұрын
None of these toys where really aimed at kids of “using smart phones” age. Kids these days still play with a lot of similar toys - lego, board games. The stuff they don’t have that was in these ads, was generally crap or obsolete.
@3DPeter2 жыл бұрын
The parents of today's kids wasted their youth behind a commodore or a atari game console.
@RockDove52122 жыл бұрын
I think it's the opposite as far as play at home goes; today's children are able to talk and chat to each other; have real interactions on their play stations etc they have to negotiate and communicate situations with each other to win team games, whereas our generous spent hours often alone playing with plastic with these games
@greatestytcommentator Жыл бұрын
@D dR Evel Knieval
@beakytzw2 жыл бұрын
I had the Evil Kneivel Chopper and Dragster. Ahh the memories. I had action man Helicopter, Armoured Car and Canoe. And I can remember riding a Tonka dumper truck down a hill and it never failed or broke. And a Raleigh Burner bike.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I remember getting the Action Man Gyro Copter one Christmas, the one with the button that mechanically made the rotors spin. That was great. Like you, I also had an indestructible Tonka dump truck for years. Used to play in the garden, like it was on a building site.
@beakytzw2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK Thats the copter, the more you pressed the button the faster the rotors would spin. The good old days.
@keithnaylor19812 жыл бұрын
You deserve an award for the amazing tv screen presentation idea!!!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
📺😁👍
@garethjohnstone9282 Жыл бұрын
Such gentle times.
@redpillnibbler4423 Жыл бұрын
Our action men had a hard life but they pulled through.
@dr.t.2 жыл бұрын
I remember someone at school bringing evel kinevel and wishing I had one, it was awesome in the late 70's 😎😎
@peterrenn63412 жыл бұрын
The way he fell off at the end. - Accurate! ;-) Someone in the ad agency with a subtle sense of humour...
@mcwomble992 жыл бұрын
Was awesome for 40 minutes, the relegated to the toy box
@ipreston742 жыл бұрын
I had the best Christmas days playing with these toys thanks mum and dad. wish I could go back🥲
@moc73232 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏
@darrenwales10922 жыл бұрын
What Do you give Barbie, a doll that has everything .... a good ole session with Action Man of course . C'mon , you know you did it too !
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I ain't sayin'' nuthin', for fear of implimicating myself! 😳🤣
@betaville722 жыл бұрын
Adam & The Ants obviously influenced the music on the 'Girl's World' advert. Love it!
@5telaine2 жыл бұрын
I thought that too😁
@stephen.s5089 Жыл бұрын
The Game of Life song brought memories flooding back 😁
@michaelsaunders69232 жыл бұрын
I remember having Evil Knieval , shooting it across the school playground in middle school ,sadly it disappeared into the hedge never to be seen again ,really good memories of good times,thank you 😃
@steevobarker5812 жыл бұрын
Mine was crap. Never got it to more than a couple of feet!
@willdatsun2 жыл бұрын
the wooden TV frame is a nice touch, i wish youtube offered this as an option to watch old 4:3 videos in.
@Mr.A_LDN2 жыл бұрын
Great compilation! I'd completely forgotten about Pocketeers - used to love those! I feel an Ebay search coming on!
@SabretoothBarnacle2 жыл бұрын
I'd completely forgotten about these too!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I did just that after reading your comment! 😆 They're going for between £5 and £20 depending on condition.
@Mr.A_LDN2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK yeah, I'm watching about 8 of them 😂
@moonchild6662 жыл бұрын
Same here. Can't believe these slipped my mind.
@williamjason15832 жыл бұрын
I had the fruit machine
@steve206642 жыл бұрын
Pocketeers....I had fruit machine and the race one....😃😃forgotten completely about them.👍👍
@trevorshields73472 жыл бұрын
I remember all of these bringing back memories of my childhood. Frightening how long ago it was
@matthewrighelato77792 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved my Race n Chase, flying over the ramp, good times! 🤩
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I never had a decent Scalextric as a kid. I had a second-hand set that never worked properly. When my wife heard this, she bought me a set for my birthday a few years back. It's the Crash'n'Bash set with a bump lane and a jump ramp. Frickin' awesome! 😄 I'm 48, by the way. 🤣
@matthewrighelato77792 жыл бұрын
It looks very similar, nice birthday present! 🤩
@BinanceStuff6 ай бұрын
yes race n chase was brilliant...we had barrels from something else that we put over the bridge to see how many we could jump over.
@CRB19712 жыл бұрын
Used to love the Rayleigh Grifter but I had to make do with a Commando! The Matchbox Race & Chase reminded me of my TCR set where you could overtake the 'jam' cars.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
My first bike was some kind of second-hand 'Budgie' with no brakes. Someone had modded a brake onto the front wheel using Meccano! 😣😆
@seebarry40682 жыл бұрын
I remember around Christmas, we’d be waiting for Corrie to finish so we could see the toy adverts 😂. Then grabbing the Argos catalogue and spending the next 15 minutes looking at that. Never got that tin-can-alley.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Same. Tin Can Alley was always out of reach.
@AlexandraStarr19742 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell dude, im getting some serious flashbacks now lol that lego castle advert was great, sadly my family could not afford it so I made one out of cardboard, was terrible! Not seen in these adverts, but does anyone remember those action figures that had a parachute attached to them? I could get them from the local newsagents in the mid 70s/early 80s, and then there were those weird chained up prisoner things you could win at the fair, made from wobbly rubber, full colour too, unlike monochromatic parachute man!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
The parachute figures were great. Used to throw them from the upstairs window. Can't remember the other figures you mentioned, though.
@AlexandraStarr19742 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK hehe yeah, tossing them from the upstairs window, only for the wind to take them onto the roof for eternity! A few years back now, my parents were having work done to their roof, the workers found a snow trooper from Empire Strikes Back on the roof, he still had string tied round his waist, no chute though lol and after seeing the Grange Hill ZX video, I had to subscribe, as a musician myself, I totally adore what you did with that and had to subscribe there and then, thank you for making me smile x
@themanwithinflatableknees8770 Жыл бұрын
Weirdly it almost makes me a bit emotional thinking about those times. Quite incredible looking baxk
@pennydowning5085 Жыл бұрын
I wish there was a time machine to go back in time when these toys were about.
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I think there is ... It's called eBay! 🤣
@1976leejay2 жыл бұрын
A time when kids were allowed to be kids.
@beachcomberbob34962 жыл бұрын
I was on an microprocessor electronics course in the early days of computing, and our lecturer managed to source the motor units for those Big Trak toys. Our final project was to design, build and program the circuitry to control one around an eventual obstacle course. I'm sure our 'breadboard' efforts were far more expensive in terms of materials and manpower than the Chinese versions, but they were a great learning experience.
@paulharris76602 жыл бұрын
The 80s I started at the age of eight. Two years after seeing star wars, Battlesstar galatica at the cinema. Wanted a big trak, thanks for uploading these adverts. 39.99 fir a big trak, seemed like thousands of pounds back then.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that would be a lot more achievable now. Big Trak now would probably be about £100+
@chipbuttytime33969 ай бұрын
Cheers, these toys rekindled some personal memories. Thanks for my toys Mam and Dad
@RetroSteveUK9 ай бұрын
🤗
@greatestytcommentator Жыл бұрын
So Many Toys that I never had Advertised a me hard enough.. I'm basically saying, I want them right now... 40 years later!
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
eBay! 👍
@johnbailey56162 жыл бұрын
Another great video brings back happy memories 😊 Growing up late 70s early 80s .
@michellezimmermann9160 Жыл бұрын
I had the Sindy ballerina doll, it’s the first Christmas that I can remember! I can’t remember the advert though, but I must have seen it back in the day! As for the Girls World, I do remember pestering my mum for it every Christmas for what seemed a mellenia, but I never ever got one! 😂😂 My brother had Look in mag every week and I was as excited as him when he got it, we used to sit and look at it together. Lovely memories of my big brother who now lives on the other side of the world. Thanks for posting this trip down 70s/80s memory lane ❤❤
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
My older sister had a Girl's World. I think she lost interest in it pretty quickly.
@handle-with-care63 Жыл бұрын
Watching the toy adverts were part of the excitement of the run up to Christmas for me as a kid. So watching these wonderful adverts again reminds me of how special those moments were. Looking at the prices of some of the toys here, they seem so cheap now but of course back then they weren't really. I had the game "Crossfire" not mentioned here but used similar components as the game "Rebound."
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I played Crossfire at a friend's house. Got terrible blisters on my index finger.
@Jamb19672 жыл бұрын
Superb , so many that I didn't get in the day , but enjoy the memories
@russellstraw11 ай бұрын
Bring back the old days please 😃
@nathanreynard42862 жыл бұрын
Oh my I just signed when I saw Bernard Cribbins in the Hornby advert. I'd forgotten about it and have just remembered I loved the advert ,
@1971carmichael2 жыл бұрын
loved the 70s a time of learning..action man and barbie shit i learned the karma sutra from them lmao..action mans eyes were epic....if only barbies were the same lmfao
@Captain-Cardboard2 жыл бұрын
'Chutes Away' looks like literally minutes of fun!
@london19657 Жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the Big Track appear, I was laughing because I could hear my dad saying "Can't afford it"! Cheers.
@davidhiggins5192 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reminding me of these memories. It also reminds me of the many things I asked for but didn't get because my parents couldn't afford them at the time but did there best to find me a similar more affordable alternative. It was great to see the "Look-In" magazine again. We looked forward every week to this wonderful & totally absorbing comic. I hope there is still something like it still being published for kids to today.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
I think a Look-in reboot would be good, but for us oldies to reminisce over. I swear if someone launched a Kickstarter I'd back it straight away!
@Kickback-dm7zt2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK cool video. There is a variation of the Evil Kinevil stunt cycle were the bike is a Motocross bike and the rider figure is a motocross style rider and it's a single piece of plastic moulded in the seating position and it has zero articulation.
@Kickback-dm7zt2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK was that Bernard Cribbins in the Hornby commercial?
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
@@Kickback-dm7zt Yes. Both of them.
@Kickback-dm7zt2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK thought so. Cheers. 👍
@maydaygoingdown56022 жыл бұрын
Loved my Action man with gripping hands and the eagle eyes. Also had the Steve Austin bionic man. Wish I could go back to those times,...and never leave:). Thanks for showing, loving your work. 100% subscribed to your channel.👍
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I had a couple of Action Men, along with some of the accessories. Never had the Eagle Eye Bionic Man, but one of my Action Men had the lever that moved his eyes.
@maydaygoingdown56022 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK yeah that's the action man I had, a little thing on the back of his head that moved his eyes left or right. Had the one with gripping hands too:). The Bionic man I had was the one with the square thing in his arm and the bionic eye. Used to look through it lol. Action man was the dogs bollocks though.
@redpillnibbler4423 Жыл бұрын
I had that one too though he ended up with battlefield injuries and lost some of his fingers.
@g2macs2 жыл бұрын
Makes you think that somewhere underground in a landfill, there’s tons upon tons of plastic in the shape of these toys.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly.
@Cornz382 жыл бұрын
Amazing how many of these i had and had forgotten about. Chutes away being one.
@garyandrewranford2 жыл бұрын
Great work RetroSteveUK, I enjoyed that trip down memory lane
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🙂
@CustomJ2 жыл бұрын
This is bloody marvelous. Even down to the way the player looks exactly like the TV we would all huddle around watching these. I'm 10 years old again. Thank you so much!!!!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! 🙂👍
@xKynOx2 жыл бұрын
Me and my mates used to play rebound still in the 90's we get really drunk and have a few games.
@davidbowie2046 Жыл бұрын
What great memories. We never had much money years ago so my Mum used to get all seven of us a toy each for Christmas from the catalogue, an annual each, selection box each and an apple and orange. Not one of us complained and we always shared our sweets, even when one of us were greedy enough to eat the lot in one sitting. Usually them fruit polo's were left till the new year as no one liked them haha. Happy days that I'm glad we had :)
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I remember waking up to a sock at the bottom of my bed Christmas morning. A satsuma, some nuts, a few Cadbury Roses or Quality Street, and a bit of loose change (50p pieces, usually). Was always one of the highlights of the morning.
@camptube7621 Жыл бұрын
I had all the pocketeers. Great fun. One was even a mini crossbow.
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I think I might have had the pocket fruit machine.
@camptube7621 Жыл бұрын
@@RetroSteveUK I had that. The crossbow that fired plunger arrows. The car racing one shown here. Can’t remember the others but they were great.
@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare2 жыл бұрын
Under hard acceleration, the Grifter's gears would slip and the pedals would freewheel, which could be quite painful.
@mark.0832 жыл бұрын
Omg my childhood before my eyes, you have no idea how much these just took me back! AND NOT 1 COMPUTER GAME!
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the computer games were saved up for this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moWtYouclKp8qqM 😉
@Sjmby95 Жыл бұрын
These bring back memories
@richhughes74502 жыл бұрын
Big Trak. Wish I still had mine. . It came from an MB factory in Wales and had different decals on it. I miss programmed it and it went down the stairs and the wheels broke off.
@paulspopculture55922 жыл бұрын
My late mom packed a lot of the latest toys in the 1970s Great video thumbs up 👍🙂
@gamingtonight15262 жыл бұрын
When kids got to use their imagination and benefitted from it as an adult!
@simonmoore2380 Жыл бұрын
Yea, by sitting writing stuff on You Tube lol
@jaywalkercrew44462 жыл бұрын
Remember the griffta bike, it was like a tank 😅
@speedbird7372 жыл бұрын
Wow I had Stop Police - loved it - happy memories
@duncan_iowa2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember “Johnny Astro” from the 1970’s were you had to direct a space capsule hanging under a balloon from 1 moon base to another by using a joystick controlled 2 axis fan?
@Buster_Piles2 жыл бұрын
Electronic Detective is actually what the UK police use to this day to detect crime. That's when they can be bothered, usually they're too busy policing hurtful words on twitter.
@shifty27552 жыл бұрын
Or investigating crimes against other racist/bent coppers.
@mrgaryg442 жыл бұрын
The good old days when being a child was so much simpler. Action man was the best toy for boys . ' Enemy tanks approaching '
@whatarewegonnabe29322 жыл бұрын
I had all the sindy bits give anything for them back for my granddaughters now
@LoftyVisions2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the Raleigh Grifter, crushed my nuts on the crossbar many a time when those bloody gears slipped 😄 Great memories! Thank you
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
🤣 Ouch!
@Joanna74282 жыл бұрын
Sindy dolls! Oh they made my year! Such happy memories thanks for uploading 🤗
@ka52693 ай бұрын
I had Evel Kenievel and Big Trak. Thanks dad 🥺
@AnytingGoes2 жыл бұрын
Just remember, alot of this plastic STILL exists in a landfill somewhere.
@InAMinMaths2 жыл бұрын
That’s the shame of it
@bigdaddy40692 жыл бұрын
Have a f'kin' day off !!!!
@il92372 жыл бұрын
I had Tornado Bowl. My mates used to come round and play it for a laugh when we were 15/16. On Friday nights we played rude word Scrabble, then a few months later we started going to the pub.
@scottkeys6212 Жыл бұрын
My Evel Knievel was really accurate. He kept falling off.
@AndrewSvonja4 ай бұрын
"sky hawk" looks wicked!
@eimdeima2 жыл бұрын
Now I feel old.....😂 And now I see why I did not get some of these, the price of them, even back then....😯
@ScorchedEarth-cd5cl2 жыл бұрын
Trip down memory lane. I remember most of them. John Pertwee and Patrick Allen doing some of the voice overs.
@johnakyle59082 жыл бұрын
I still have that pocketeers car race game , I'm 55 this year! I also had the six million dollar man figure and ship, long since gone somewhere..
@Hz-432Hz2 жыл бұрын
Big Trak! Completely forgotten about that and I really wanted one. Game of Life was expensive wasn't it in comparison to the cost of some electronic games. This is such a brilliant compilation and thanks for creating it and uploading.
@nickblythespirits66772 жыл бұрын
My dad directed the pocketeers ad and I was the at the day of shooting it ,I was on school summer holiday and spent the day watching them shoot various ads
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
Wow. That's surprising! Must be weird watching the advert again?
@nickblythespirits66772 жыл бұрын
Yes it was a surprise but a nice one . My dads agency had a contract with palitoy so he made a lot of the action man commercials thru the 70s .
@Ste_365 Жыл бұрын
Oh man, such good memories!!
@beastman.330 Жыл бұрын
I always wanted a A TRAK as a child ,such a cool toy. Ended up getting a a cowboy gun/ holster and some caps to shoot .bang bang . I used to have a rally GRIFFTER, best comfortable bike to ride, swapped it it for a rally burner.
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
I had a fake Grifter. Not quite the same, but I loved it anyway.
@HuntersMoon782 жыл бұрын
Nice seeing the Big Trak advert again. got one for Christmas when I was a kid, absolutely loved it. Found 2 recently at the flea market both are the crap reproduction models.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
If Big Trak came out today it'd be app controlled.
@leighsaunderson92032 жыл бұрын
I had to sell my original BigTrak as a kid, to put the money towards a computer. 5 or 6 years ago, my Mum found an original on E-Bay and got me it for a surprise Xmas present (*before* the repo version came out thankfully !)
@trevorcourt14032 жыл бұрын
Same
@DerekNewtonKeswick2 жыл бұрын
I had one too. It was great for using with other toys.
@shifty27552 жыл бұрын
Life was much simpler before the Internet and Facebook. Thanks for the upload 👍.
@FishpondsLady2 жыл бұрын
My sister and I (I know, I bring her into every story) once found an Action Man in Highbury Park, Moseley, Birmingham (that's where we grew up). We were with our great aunt Lois. My sister said "can't we take him home?" and I said "no." Honestly, Milly, he's missing an arm. And anyway, he's naked. I'll put something around him. I've got a bit of tissue. By this time my great aunt had finally finished talking to the local dogs, and we went home. My sister was still very cross.
@RetroSteveUK2 жыл бұрын
What a shame. He could have been a cherished toy! Sadly, he's probably languishing in a state of decay in landfill somewhere. 😥
@Stiffd12 жыл бұрын
I’d go to work with my Dad at the Docks, late 70s. We’d often find a pile of them on the dockside. All swept back hair and no grippy fingers. Toys of the 60s going for a naked swim!
@paulwilliams7070 Жыл бұрын
thank you brought back so many memories
@rhysenna2 жыл бұрын
“Does anybody know how to work the Portcullis?” Brilliant! Good times.
@eviltaylor12 жыл бұрын
Every first school in England had a "Big track". No child ever got to even see it out of the box, i used to regularly look up at it on the top of a cupboard and even a t8 yo I knew we'd never see it.
@darrenwales10922 жыл бұрын
We all wanted one, but apparently they were a pain in the backside and a disappointment. Mr Frostie also fits into that category .. just as well I got neither. .
@phil955i2 жыл бұрын
I had a Big Trak! Taught me simple programming before I got my Sinclair Spectrum lol.
@stevestocker8467 Жыл бұрын
Born in 73..thanks for doing these mate.subscribed to your channel 👌
@RetroSteveUK Жыл бұрын
'74 for me, so similar.
@simontracey39202 жыл бұрын
Great blast from the past! Lucky enough to have a big trak and the trailer! So remember the pocket games.
@Deeky762 жыл бұрын
God this takes me back....
@caroleorion12732 жыл бұрын
My son loved his evil knievel
@grantbassett20482 жыл бұрын
A time when you used your imagination, didn't know sod all except what was in front of you, or what school & people around you taught you( not strangers on the Internet) matchbox-corgi cars,Lego, Hornby trains.......TAKE ME BACK!..🤣😊
@Bass-guitarist2 жыл бұрын
I had at least three of the toys shown! Ahhh what a great childhood