Vlad Magic Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Simple one this guys n gals. I was fortunate to receive the original Nintendo Entertainment System when it first came out in the UK. Think I was 11 or 12? I remember opening the wrapping and seeing it sitting there and just going WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Drum kit, superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Oh, and a ZX Spectrum+ as a bairn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo89 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 One of my most memorable was a Stretch Armstrong. Think I got him the year before Toy Story came out and the next Xmas was a Buzz lightyear toy, that I was fortunate enough to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 A purple shellsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I will need to ask my parents how long it took for them to build it on Christmas Eve so it was ready when I got up on Christmas morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 An Amstrad CPC 464. Absolutely blew my mind. My mother was a crabbit cow the next day. It later came to light she'd stayed up half the night playing Oh Mummy. These days I prefer something thoughtful rather than some bathroom set chosen from the 'Shite Gifts for Dads' section. I also enforce a strict no toffifee policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcc Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My parents were and are always really good to me. But... Just got a confirmation of a significant tax rebate. So that’s winning this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 One of these or one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Tonka truck, practically indestructible...(practically) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Triang train set in 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzroy Pointon Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Electronic drum kit that I didn't know I was getting. My dad recorded the Beatles 1967-70 onto cassette for me and I spent the whole of the Christmas holidays playing along to that. Also got a mountain bike one year that was a surprise. We had opened our presents and I was more than happy then my dad asked me to go n stick the kettle on. Opened the kitchen door and there it was. I nearly shat with excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 A cowboy outfit, with two cap guns. Better than the bus conductor outfit I got another year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Had better and more expensive presents, but for pure excitement at the age I was, it had to be my 6 function Six Million Dollar Man watch😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 It may be just a fading memory but I can't remember anything I was ecstatic about, must have been something, but the years when Christmas was a big thing four years of age to ten years of age were difficult for the parents because of rationing etc. I did ask one time for a pair of my favorite Hearts socks, the black ones with maroon and white hoops around the fold over, I was broken hearted when I got the maroon with white tops which to my eleven or twelve year old mind werenae Herts socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I remember being ecstatic when I received my first ever portable TV for my bedroom. More recently, Mrs tjambo surprised me with a PS4 back in 2014. I was like a bairn that day 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Irina Shayk this year. Could happen, or not. 50% chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Smithee said: Oh, and a ZX Spectrum+ as a bairn Yes me too 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 When I was 3 or 4 "Santa" got me a big space gun. It made about 32 different sounds and flashed different colours. It was brill. woke my parents at 5am running through the house shooting things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Definitely either this Or this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 ZX Spectrum - 1982. Best present ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 As a bairn: Castle Grayskull playset As a teenager: A pair of 85watt Goodmans speakers. Still going strong today. As an adult: Voucher for a full 9-course tasting menu at The Kitchin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Is Back Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 A pair of George Best Stylo Matchmakers. I’d started playing for the school team, Didn’t matter a jot that they were 2 sizes too big and I had to wear them with scrunched up newspapers inside. My excuse for having the first touch of an elephant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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neilnunb Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Did love my Spectrum 48k. Always remember the power pack blowing up whilst playing Blockbusters 🤣 Got a full refund from the Co-op, then got the Amstrad for my birthday which was ****ing shit in comparison (think I got a dodgy one tbf)...although hitting it with my cricket bat when it stalled loading games probably didn't help. 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Toss up between a Super Nintendo and a BMX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My first dog, a Labrador pup in 1985, still one of the best three dogs I've ever had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 57 minutes ago, Mark_Mywords said: ZX Spectrum - 1982. Best present ever. Imagine folks these days with one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Mywords Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Imagine folks these days with one Load "" then wait 3-4 minutes! The wait was worth it for this though... 3D graphics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Imagine folks these days with one 🤣 "Syntax error" and "GOTO 10" were common on my vic20. The heat of the vic20 power pack kept my room cosy right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Red mk1 grifter. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Red mk1 grifter. Loved it. Ahhh, I had the same one, it was a step up from the green Striker I had, thought I was billy big bollox riding up and down out street on Christmas morning, my pal got a red Chopper for his Christmas. Edited December 17, 2020 by Dawnrazor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: Ahhh, I had the same one, it was a step up from the green Striker I had, thought I was billy big bollox riding up and down out street on Christmas morning, my pal got a red Chopper for his Christmas. Did your 2nd gear cause you some pain, anaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Just now, ri Alban said: Did your 2nd gear cause you some pain, anaw. That was the blue gear? If I remember, the geara went from Yellow 1st gear, Blue 2nd gear and Red 3rd gear, by twisting the right grip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolfordsHearts Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: That was the blue gear? If I remember, the geara went from Yellow 1st gear, Blue 2nd gear and Red 3rd gear, by twisting the right grip? The dreaded"slip gear" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Hopefully an early one on Sunday, around 4pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 My old boss when I worked in transport confessed that over the weekend (this was Monday morning) his 7 year old daughter had discovered all the families Christmas presents. She opened every single one bless her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Raleigh Tomahawk when I was about 7. Bloody freezing frosty Christmas Day but I was out on it all day, and all the parent must have got together as loads of kids got a bike that year. I had the only Tomahawk, a couple of Raleigh Chippers, and one poor sod with a Raleigh 20 shopping bike. The next bike I got was one my dad got from one of his pub mates who worked in the docks. The sticker on it that said Imported from the United Kingdom hints that he didn’t pay too much for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cade Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, luckyBatistuta said: Imagine folks these days with one You can get ZX emulators for PC and you can load them audibly from mp3s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The full Hearts strip in this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Mine was the playstation 2. The only downside was it came with crazy taxi and that was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokyowalnut Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My Raleigh Activator! The suspension was knackered in no time, but I loved that bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Vlad Magic said: Simple one this guys n gals. I was fortunate to receive the original Nintendo Entertainment System when it first came out in the UK. Think I was 11 or 12? I remember opening the wrapping and seeing it sitting there and just going WOW!! Think I bought myself one about 89 or 90 I think to keep myself entertained as I was on a 3 shift system. Still got it including the gun for "Duck Shoot" or whatever it was called. Wonder if its worth flogging now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 A Commodor Amiga with Sensible Soccer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I had a 3 year run of ZX 81, then ZX Spectrum 48k, then Grifter XL. Good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Mark_Mywords said: Load "" then wait 3-4 minutes! The wait was worth it for this though... 3D graphics!!! When you and everyone else cared only about how the game played🥰 3 hours ago, WoolfordsHearts said: 🤣 "Syntax error" and "GOTO 10" were common on my vic20. The heat of the vic20 power pack kept my room cosy right enough. 2 hours ago, Cade said: You can get ZX emulators for PC and you can load them audibly from mp3s Never go back, keep those happy memories. Me and my mates used to have regular pissups playing Micro Machines on the Sega Mega Drive, was hilarious stuff. One of them a few years back said he still had it in his cupboard. Night arranged, plenty alcohol in attendance and…meh😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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