Top three childhood Christmas presents?

[tim0409]

Following on from the thread on here about repurchasing childhood toys, what were your top three childhood Christmas presents?

I will kick it off -

1) Raleigh Grifter
2) Tamiya Falcon
3) Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k (joint present with my brother)

Over to you…

[Gixer968CS]

Raleigh Chopper (hidden behind a curtain)
Mamod Steam Engine (still got it and it runs 40 years later)
Action Man Helicopter

[GappySmeg]

1) Amiga (Simpsons pack)
2) ZX 48 (years prior to above)
3) Bigtrack (now have the recreation, still love it)

[MattyD803]

Hornby 'Intercity 125' Train set
Raleigh Activator GS
Sega Megadrive w/Sonic bundle

Coming down to / unwrapping of those is forever ingrained in my memory banks....

[bitchstewie]

Atari 800XL

Sega Master System

Scalextric

[zb]

1. AT-AT Walker
2. Castle Greyskull
3. Raleigh Grifter

Grifter would have been higher, had BMXs not appeared with about 3 months of getting it.

[bunchofkeys]

1. Optimus Prime (original)
2. Nintendo NES
3. Packard Bell 486DX2 PC

[2ono]

1) Action man helicopter
2) M.A.S.K. big rig and other vehicles
3) Optimus Prime and other transformers

[Heathwood]

1) Lego Technics car chassis
2) Star Wars AtAt
3) Raleigh Grifter (in black and gold)

[Slow.Patrol]

1. Dog (my dog, not a family dog)
2. Chemistry set which made stink bombs
3. Diving Action Man

[LimaDelta]

1. AT-AT - Because who doesn't want a giant walking IFV?
2. Lego Technic 8860 - Probably why I became an engineer
3. Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 - Probably why I spent my engineer salary on flying

[slopes]

1: Space Hopper - the original one, i had that thing for years and got sooo much use out of it until the horns broke off. I was devastated the day it had to go
2: Action man style tank, again, i got sooo much use out of that we even ended up using it as a sort of go kart until it fell apart.
3: Leather football - we used it every day for almost 3 years, it hurt like hell when it was soaking wet and the only reason it didn't last longer was because someone i thought was a mate, kicked it towards the main road and someone ran over it. It had a panel partially coming loose and so the bladder was sticking out - kind of like how they relieve pressure on the brain - and his exhause pipe burst the bladder.

[wildoliver]

1) mardave meteor RC car
2) Atari at
3) sci scorpion BMX.

Not necessarily in that order, they were all enjoyed for many years at totally different times. Still have the mardave. Miss the BMX, still have an Atari.

[Scarletpimpofnel]

bhstewie said:

Atari 800XL

Sega Master System

Scalextric

I've been reading these posts with my jaw on the floor seeing what other kids got. This one took the biscuit! How the other half lived. Yes I'm jealous!

[GAjon]

We were very poor, I got an empty box, dad said it was the “Action man” deserter.

[Silvanus]

1) Raleigh Lizard
2) Shakespeare Carbon fishing rod and real
3) Vango 2 man backpacking tent

[bitchstewie]

Scarletpimpofnel said:

I've been reading these posts with my jaw on the floor seeing what other kids got. This one took the biscuit! How the other half lived. Yes I'm jealous!

It wasn't the same Christmas

To be fair I was pretty bloody lucky looking back.

I remember the Atari and Master System were back when Toys R Us had just become a thing in the UK.

Anyone of a similar age probably remembers the sheer delight as a kid of walking into a superstore full of toys with quite literally aisles full of game cartridges and games on cassette tape!

[Jayzee]

Sinclair 48k spectrum
Raleigh Tuff Burner
BBC micro model B

I’m seeing some similar ages here

[Rodney Trotter]

1, Hornby train set
2, 4 lane scalextric set (joint present with little brother)
3, Raleigh 5 speed bike

[Scarletpimpofnel]

bhstewie said:

Scarletpimpofnel said:

I've been reading these posts with my jaw on the floor seeing what other kids got. This one took the biscuit! How the other half lived. Yes I'm jealous!

It wasn't the same Christmas

To be fair I was pretty bloody lucky looking back.

I remember the Atari and Master System were back when Toys R Us had just become a thing in the UK.

Anyone of a similar age probably remembers the sheer delight as a kid of walking into a superstore full of toys with quite literally aisles full of game cartridges and games on cassette tape!

I remember borrowing a ZX80 from school and taking it home to learn some BASIC. In those days such things had to be plugged into the TV. When my dad got home he said "get that bloody thing off the tv".... and that was the start and end of my programming career!

It's the lottery of life I guess.

I do remember getting a book "Strange stories, amazing facts". Kept me enthralled for years. Still got it now as a treasured possession.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?b...