The best toy ever?
April 18th, 2007 | 
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Whilst I was over in Belfast last month James and John separately discovered the treasure trove of toys in the roofspace and, boy is it a treasure trove, as they’ve been living in that house since I was three.
They both liked the Scalextric car racing set which I was amazed to find still operational after over 30 years. All that it needed was a bit of sanding on the tracks to get rid of a little bit of rust. James was really keen on it so we’ll have to see about getting some new brushes for the cars.
James loved the little moon rovers too which also, quite amazingly, worked perfectly with new batteries. It seems a little odd to have toys with the big D size batteries rather than the much more common AA size that you get these days. On ‘tother hand, I’m not so sure that the present day toys will still be in working order 30 years on.
But, the toy that they both liked best was this little motorbike. No batteries required and the back wheel has broken off but it was always their choice to go to sleep with.
The toy choices of children are strange, aren’t they?
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Why is that man on the scooter not concerned that a giant rabbit jumped on his back? 🙂
Panthere, are you at all familiar with the ‘Bunnykins’ range of cups, plates and bowls, that were created for small children years ago?.
I’ll bet that someone you know does…take a look at the two rabbits on the back…apparently it was done as a joke by the original creator.
It took years for people to cotton onto this.