Retro Toys

[leestudd30]

I finally got in the attic yesterday and I've managed to get pictures of all I could find. I've stuck them in the following photbucket link!

http://s1100.photobucket.com/albums/g40 ... ld%20Toys/

[sirwiggum]

Whats that handheld? A Lynx?

Nice boxed cassette walkman!

I used to have garages and that like that with the ramps and all. Are yours part of a system?

Road systems I mind were Matchbox Motorcity (think it was the same as your set) and Majorette.
Had a Micro Machines NASCAR track, and Matchbox did these sets with sub-Micro Machine sized cars in them.

I had a cardboard road set called Roadways or something that had UK style junctions and all.

Last time I went into the attic I came out with a BBC Micro - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290687744391? ... 1562.l2649 and a Mac Plus - http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18065

[scotty73]

Whats that handheld? A Lynx?
Last time I went into the attic I came out with a BBC Micro - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290687744391? ... 1562.l2649 and a Mac Plus - http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18065

Reminds me of a line in a song that read the highlighted paragraph.

Glc wrote.

"Half Man, Half Machine"

Binatone Spectrum, Pacman, Commodore
ZX-81, donkey kong, f*cking high score
Push it to the limit, couldn't push it any more
Wanna be a f*cking robot after smoking loads of draw

Bought a speak and spell, stuck it to my chest
And wraps some f*cking TIN FOIL to my head and to my vest
Walking down the stret, my next door neighbours not impressed
I'm a robot and buying ten fags is my quest

Eggsie's gone too far, he thinks he's robocop
He's covered in tinfoil and he's got matching metal socks
We tried to sedate him but he f*cking escaped
The man robot myth starts to escalate

He tries to sell himself standing in curries
But if the police turn up, he runs in a f*cking hurry
He tries to plug himself in the mains with his nob
And when he's fully recharged he goes out on the rob

Half man, half machine
What does it mean?
What does it mean?

Half man, half machine
What does it mean?
What does it mean?

Being a robot in my digital domain
Enter my world, feel my pain
I'm not like other people you might see or you might know
I made love to a BBC micro
Touching on the disk drive, the monitor got hot
I knew from then, I was a motherfucking robot
Bill Gates from Microsoft, Stephen Hawking's voice
And f*cking Lara Croft

I built a lab, secret in my loft
And built a special costume that would help me to jack off
I sat there in front of the screen
For many years, this had been my wet dream
Now I've reched it, I'm finally there
Like terminator being filmed in Aberdare
So alone, when people stop and stare
Like C3PO but with pubes and hair

Robot Love
Robot
Robotic Breakdancing
Robot

The doctors found a nut
They said he was an headcase
'cos he sticks silver and cans on his face

Sucking off antennas and trying to f*ck the fridge
And burnt his pubic wig, with the high voltage

I am a robot
My prime directive is to's go to's the shops
And buy's ten fags
Do's you's compute?

He wants to buy ten fags, his destination is the shops
A tinfoil suit and a hat like Robocop
If your ask him then he'll do a bodypop
Like terminator, yeah he just won't stop

Put electical cable down through the eye of his cock
Plugged it in the wall and gave himself a big shock
The reason that he did it wasn't to give himself pain
Watching Terminator over again and again

f*ck man, get him, f*cking restrain him man
get him f*cking, f*cking get him down man
inject him man, get him down
He's f*cking nuts spa and he's losing it
Help me man, just get him f*cking....

Half man, half machine
What does it mean?
What does it mean?

Half man, half machine
What does it mean?
What does it mean?

Half man, half machine
What does it mean?
What does it mean?

[sirwiggum]

hehe Scotty!

Its probably as old as I am that machine. The Mac Plus is only a little younger.

I sold the beeb as not working, the fella took it apart and said he found a bug - a dead spider was causing a short circuit

[leestudd30]

Yep, it is a Mk1 Lynx! It is a bit battered but I'm pretty certain it still works, I found the adaptor for it and California Games still inside! The walkman is an EX510, one of those fancy old ones that only needed a single battery, would last 15hrs and could find the next track as long as there was a 3 second gap! The big service station and construction site are hot wheels sets, forgot I had those!

[leestudd30]

On Ebay there are Zelda & Super Mario Bros game & watches priced at over £100, and there is one Zelda unboxed which has gone past £40, better put mine on there soon!

[sirwiggum]

eBay stuff is ridiculous.

Vintage Macs are going for silly prices, £150+ for a compact.

Been looking a mouse for a plus but they're looking silly money, £60+ including postage

[Alberto]

hi mate,in my opinion you should try to visit local toy fair ant have a chat with people there,i am sure somebody will give you advise about prices or how and where to sell your toys,this is a link of biggest toy fairs in uk http://bpfairs.com/

[leestudd30]

Well I've had some luck with them in the last week! I had them on Gumtree and a guy contacted me about them! Asked for prices for 4 of them which I gave him but haven't heard back yet. I also found a big antiques place near glos docks and asked them if they would be interested and I did get another email back yesterday, the chap said he would have all of them them as long as the price was reasonable. My main problem is that I only have a totally rough guess for the prices. On Ebay they are well overpriced, for instance a boxed original he man figure at £170, I'm never going to get that kind of money. I've only charged like £5 each for my figures, £30-40 for the boxed transformers and mask which I thought was reasonable. Even charging that much, when I did some figures yesterday it came to around £400 for the lot so I've offered the chap that amount but said of course I'm open to offers.

[sirwiggum]

I had the he man and his green tiger that he rode.

My cousin had one it had plate in his chest that you pushed with your thumb and it turned around to look dented.

[leestudd30]

Well I'm off to meet someone on Saturday who is hopefully buying the whole lot! I've done some calculations, charging like £5 to £10 for everything I'm looking at a figure of around £400, fingers crossed!

[leestudd30]

And I did manage to sell of them! Only got about half what I expected but it was money for the laptop fund so not too bad!

[Ares]

wow,i do like yours die cast cars,specially 1:64 and 1:24 models.
that countach and the other,american cars are great

[sirwiggum]

I have a fair few die cast models I've started a small collection.

I get bored of a lot of the samey Lledo Model T vans, especially when they just have modern logos on nothing to do with reproducing past vehicles.

Have a nice Guinness set



The cream coloured van is a Belfast bottler - Red Heart. Gone nowadays as Diageo does it all, but there is still a big sign outside the Duke of York pub for them.

Couple of nice Oxford Diecast sets too





A few other Corgi/Lledo ones
- Fawlty Towers Austin and Basil with the branch
- Ulsterbus Wrightbus
- Ulsterbus Leyland
- Little Plum van
- Guinness steamer lorry
- Guinness Morris Z van
- Beefeater van
- Tetley tea lorry

Couple of big Maisto cars
- Jag XK
- Jag S type
- Corvette

And some odds
- GTR
- James Bond DB5 with the ejector seat
- Dinky refreshments trailer
- Xantia
- Clio
- Reproduction Dinky Ferrari