Well, Christmas is over more or less, for another year.
Despite its strangeness I still enjoyed the unique festive atmosphere at the top of the year.
The highlight was watching our Grandson opening his presents. It was a portal into my own past and reminded me that Christmas really is for children.
Four year old junior liked the wooden castle and knights we got him. It was big enough for him to sit inside and play. He also liked the Toy Story pen set and scribbled notes on a post it pad, which became letters to the King in the castle.
Top-it by Ideal from 1972 was another hit. We always like to introduce a vintage toy or two and at £2 complete boxed from a chrity shop it was a no brainer. The box art is that typically wonderful colour style that Ideal always had. I wonder who the artists were?
Without doubt though the biggest hit was a large plastic remote-controlled crane we got Junior. Nearly as tall as him he was in his element delivering buckets of purple hearts to the knights in the castle. He played with it for ages.
It reminded me how I must have felt when I opened up my Cape Kennedy Project SWORD set Xmas 1967 and remote-controlled it round the house!
Those were the days!
Did you get anything remote-controlled as a kid readers?
I got the JR21 remote control Thunderbird 1 as a Christmas present when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteDon't think I had that Kev. Its bigger than the friction one isn't it.
DeleteYep, quite a bit bigger.
DeleteWe could never afford the battery operated or remote controlled toys, so I only got the friction drive stuff. There was a near three times price difference. The only exception was the Dr Who Give-a-Show Projector I got in about '65, which obviously had to have batteries to function at all.
ReplyDeleteMish.
I loved those Give a Show projectors Mish. dare I ask, have you still got yours? I haven't.
DeleteI saw a Mickey Mouse one in a charidee shop for £4 t'other day. Boxed. They are out there.
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