"When I were a lad"...

[Crumpet]

I was playing this when I was 4..


And this..

 

[ScouserInExile]

OK, quite a major confession here. I used to be a member of my local Scalextric club in the late 70s/early 80s where we raced in leagues but were also allowed the freedom to design and build our own cars. We used Hornby train engines and stuff like that as they would spin incredibly fast with the higher voltage of slot racing, but only last a few races. Good times. I still have all my cars, including some rare hand-made stuff and tons of track which we drag out now and again.

Anyway, all the UK clubs entered the National Championships and I won ours in 1981. I then went to the finals in London and became the 1981 Eagle-Scalextric National Bronze Medal winner - I still have the medal! Won about £250 quids worth of kit, which was a lot then.

Also ran a few 24 hour charity races on a 6 lane reproduction of Brands Hatch - except it had a figure of 8 configuration where Druids should be (I could never work that one out).

[/reminiscing and confession]

Can I come round your house to play with your scalectrix?

 

[axletramp]

Haha, anytime! But you're not touching my hand made HF Fulvia though...

Jai - Best car by far in TOCA was Alain Menu's Renault Laguna. Wasn't the fastest flat out but boy that thing was on rails! The TVR Speed 12 was fun too.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Oh how I wish I still had my Micro Machines collection .

 

[Tesla]

I bought one of those not too long along, Mike. Didn't have the same packaging IIRC but the ship was the exact same.

 

[David]

Oh how I wish I still had my Micro Machines collection .

I still have that thing stored somewhere in the house... along with a ton of other Micro Machines. My favorite micro machines set though was this guy:

 

[Neal]

OK, quite a major confession here. I used to be a member of my local Scalextric club in the late 70s/early 80s where we raced in leagues but were also allowed the freedom to design and build our own cars. We used Hornby train engines and stuff like that as they would spin incredibly fast with the higher voltage of slot racing, but only last a few races. Good times. I still have all my cars, including some rare hand-made stuff and tons of track which we drag out now and again.

Anyway, all the UK clubs entered the National Championships and I won ours in 1981. I then went to the finals in London and became the 1981 Eagle-Scalextric National Bronze Medal winner - I still have the medal! Won about £250 quids worth of kit, which was a lot then.

Also ran a few 24 hour charity races on a 6 lane reproduction of Brands Hatch - except it had a figure of 8 configuration where Druids should be (I could never work that one out).

[/reminiscing and confession]

This is just too good not to post, I honestly didn't make this and it's the first result on google image search

 

[axletramp]

That's not too far off what I was wearing either! Not the glasses of course... I'd leave that level of Ultimate Geekdom to Azuremen.

 

[Neal]

I wear glasses

Also I had the Matchbox Steer and Go, hours of fun 👍

 

[Blitz187]

^ Geek....

 

[ilikewaffles11]

No Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars? That's all I played with until I got a PS2.

 

[TheCracker]

...better made as well!

How about one of these...

Never had the stunt bike - but i did have the motorhome and trailer and the dragster where the rails would retract turning into a rudimentary single seater 👍

 

[Neal]

^ Geek....

Ahem!

 

[axletramp]

Never had the stunt bike - but i did have the motorhome and trailer and the dragster where the rails would retract turning into a rudimentary single seater 👍

Wow, I don't remember many people having all the other stuff. That's pretty cool.

Ahem!

Hmm, flip flops and socks. Perhaps he should have kept quite there.

 

[W3H5]

[/reminiscing and confession]

Awesome. I had a little Scalextric set when I was a kid but was more into Lego.

I spent all my birthday and Xmas cash buying up Technics with motors and pneumatic pumps so that I could build robots and stuff. It probably really helped me out because my technical drawing skills at college were second to none and I put that down to Lego plans being isometrically draw.

 

[Blitz187]

Ahem!

Touche... I'll go back in my cave now....

Hmm, flip flops and socks. Perhaps he should have kept quite there.

Hey it's comfortable and keeps your feet warm... You know what, nevermind...

Edit: Its funny how thats the first thing people notice when they see that pic...

 

[Tornado]

And this..

I always wanted to give that game a try. Was it any good?

 

[spunwicked]

Did anybody else have one of these:

I remember it being huge. And easy to break!

 

[W3H5]

I bought a MF at a boot sale for a fiver but it was broken. I displayed it with the good side forward. Never had the other ships but had an X-Wing Luke with sabre, in the box and an Imperial Storm Trooper (desert version) also in mint condition. Unfortunately I bought them when I was a kid so they weren't original releases.

 

[Crumpet]

I always wanted to give that game a try. Was it any good?

I loved it.. It was the first open city driving game I had ever played.. The missions we're fun, even if I could only get up to the 5th one.

There is also a free run mode and the game has a decent damage model.

 

[Neal]

I've still got my Millenium Falcon and X-Wing Fighter, they're on a shelf (out of reach) in my sons room.

Who needs a DS3! I had this exact version

Also I've still got one or these and the original donkey kong game and watch

 

[TheCracker]

I remember it being huge. And easy to break!

I've still got my Millenium Falcon and X-Wing Fighter, they're on a shelf (out of reach) in my sons room.

Mine are in a box in my attic (along with an AT-ST and all my figures) - The gang plank broke first time i used it, the seat for the top swivel gun broke within it's first week.

 

[Neal]

the seat for the top swivel gun broke....

Yep, ditto...shortly after it broke I discovered toothpaste is an inadequate glue.

 

[W3H5]

Yep, ditto...shortly after it broke I discovered toothpaste is an inadequate glue.

But a great, cheap alternative to Poly-filler on small jobs.

 

[spunwicked]

But a great, cheap alternative to Poly-filler on small jobs.

I find Wrigley's, 'post-chew' works great for those little jobs 👍

 

[sems4arsenal]

I was playing this when I was 4..

Is this World's Scariest Police chases (or something like this)I absolutely Love this Game wow the memories.

I am not an old school Hard core Gamer like most here (Idea of an antique is a PS1 )

But wow This thread is Epic how games have evolved is Mind Blowing .

Can any one remember a Game on the PS1/2 which had a Tank and a green background on the Cover it was somekind of Tank warfare it was Awesome but can't remember it's Name .

 

[axletramp]

Still have this and it works perfectly. Spent hours on it at school.

 

[TheCracker]

Still have this and it works perfectly. Spent hours on it at school.

Now that's a blast from the past. Had one of these too 👍

Sounds were awful!

 

[axletramp]

It's amazing how something so simple could cause so many boys to crowd around a desk.

 

[E28]

It's amazing how something so simple could cause so many boys to crowd around a desk.

Nowadays online flash games involving cartoon people being horribly injured cause boys to crowd round a desk...