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100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross
Channel 4 ^ | Friday 10 December 2010 | Jonathan Ross

Posted on 12/20/2010 12:15:33 PM PST by arderkrag

1 Lego
2 Monopoly
3 Dungeons and Dragons
4 Wii
5 Nintendo consoles
6 Playstation consoles
7 Scrabble
8 Scalextrix
9 Trivial pursuit
10 Gameboy and other
11 Star wars toys
12 Transformers
13 Microsoft X-Box
14 He-Man & Masters of the
15 Cluedo
16 Meccano
17 Hornby train set
18 Connect 4
19 Airfix
20 Action man
21 Matchbox cars
22 Etch a sketch
23 Teddy bear
24 Rubik cube
25 Atari consoles
26 Play-doh
27 Plasticene
28 Subbuteo
29 Spirograph
30 Risk
31 Roller skates
32 Top trumps
33 Yo-yo
34 Teenage mutant ninja
35 Chemistry Set
36 Twister
37 Pokemon
38 Battleship
39 Hot Wheels
40 Mousetrap game
41 Sylvanian families
42 Fuzzy Felt
43 Jenga
44 Frisbee
45 Pictionary
46 Chopper Bike
47 Barbie
48 Mastermind
49 Yahtzee
50 Playmobil Play people
51 Slinky
52 Operation
53 Super soaker water pistol
54 Tamagotchi
55 Game of life
56 Tonka toys
57 Space hopper
58 My little pony
59 Kerplunk
60 Care bears
61 007 Aston martin
62 Mr Potato head
63 Evel Knievel stunt set
64 Hungry hippos
65 Thunderbirds toys
66 Hula hoop
67 Sindy doll
68 Tiny tears
69 Buckaroo
70 Power Rangers
71 Buzz Lightyear Action
72 TY beanie babies
73 Six million dollar man
74 Furby
75 Escape From Colditz
76 Polly Pocket
77 Simon
78 Cabbage patch kids
79 Weebles
80 Trolls
81 Stylophone
82 Girls world
83 Crossfire
84 Tickle Me Elmo
85 Stretch Armstrong
86 Magna doodle
87 Dr Who Cyberman mask
88 Pop-O-matic Games
89 Clackers
90 Johnny 7 machine gun
91 Beyblades
92 Striker
93 Pippa Doll
94 Peter Powell kites
95 Bratz dolls
96 Major Matt Mason action
97 Ben 10 Action Figures
98 Holly hobbie
99 Teletubbies
100 Raving Bonkers


TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: dandd; dd; dungeonsanddragons; napl; popculture; toys
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To: mylife

101 posted on 12/20/2010 1:59:20 PM PST by Neverforget01 (It Could Have Been Worse Is Not A Defense For Bad Policy)
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To: antiRepublicrat

LOL, had one, I could never program it right.


102 posted on 12/20/2010 2:00:38 PM PST by cmsgop ( I spent most of my childhood terrified that The Rhythm was going to get me.)
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To: a fool in paradise

HOLY CARP! How in the hell did you remember that? I’m thinking about 1967-ish?


103 posted on 12/20/2010 2:00:38 PM PST by steveo (I wish you a Merry Christmas! And a happy gnu ear!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Redhead sold separately.


104 posted on 12/20/2010 2:01:30 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: steveo

I read about it in a book once. You put it in a cupboard to let the fur/mold form overnight.


105 posted on 12/20/2010 2:02:02 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: Neverforget01

we had two from the generation before me and my Son grew up riding them as well.

My brother ended up with them, then he went to India.
I bet they are at my Moms house now.


106 posted on 12/20/2010 2:02:02 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: linear

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.


107 posted on 12/20/2010 2:02:30 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Cowman

Don’t forget racing belt sanders! I don’t think dad ever found out...


108 posted on 12/20/2010 2:05:01 PM PST by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Slings and Arrows

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration...

Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.


109 posted on 12/20/2010 2:05:26 PM PST by linear (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.)
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To: evets

Those things were deadly. ;-)


110 posted on 12/20/2010 2:13:42 PM PST by TheOldLady ("I WILL PLANT. I WILL HARVEST. I WILL RESIST WITH FORCE...ANY ATTEMPT TO STOP ME." - Lazamataz)
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To: FlJoePa

I had one of those Evel Knieval wind up toys. I wound it up and stuck it in my sister’s hair. Man did I get in trouble for that one.


111 posted on 12/20/2010 2:17:09 PM PST by Torpedo Eight
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To: Slings and Arrows
What about Dinky and Corgi Toys ?????


112 posted on 12/20/2010 2:17:52 PM PST by cmsgop ( I spent most of my childhood terrified that The Rhythm was going to get me.)
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To: steveo
Hey, some things just stick with you, no matter how old you get. Like, for example, these: http://www.action-figures.ca/super_naturals.htm

I have tons of those over at my parents' house.
113 posted on 12/20/2010 2:17:55 PM PST by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country.)
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To: arderkrag

I haven’t heard of 1/2 of those.
And I’m an old geezer.


114 posted on 12/20/2010 2:21:42 PM PST by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My favorite toy was a cloth doll that my mother made. It had movable arms and legs, held on with buttons, yarn hair, an embroidered face, and a full wardrobe, also homemade. I literally wore it to rags.

Mom made me two more dolls, Raggedy Ann and Andy, but they just weren’t the same.


115 posted on 12/20/2010 2:24:52 PM PST by TheOldLady ("I WILL PLANT. I WILL HARVEST. I WILL RESIST WITH FORCE...ANY ATTEMPT TO STOP ME." - Lazamataz)
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To: BubbaJunebug

Vibrator football.

Anyone remember “Foto-electric Football?”


116 posted on 12/20/2010 2:29:57 PM PST by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: Pan_Yan

I had one of those when I was 9. When the box came after what seemed like weeks and weeks, I was disappointed at the size of it, and even more at the “army” itself.

I did some courtesy play with it, since I had nagged my parents to insanity before they finally relented and got the thing for me. But its playtime life was very short.


117 posted on 12/20/2010 2:34:08 PM PST by TheOldLady ("I WILL PLANT. I WILL HARVEST. I WILL RESIST WITH FORCE...ANY ATTEMPT TO STOP ME." - Lazamataz)
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To: FlJoePa

I had one of those Creepy Crawler ThingMakers when I was 6 years old. I don’t remember playing with the bugs, I was just fascinated by the process of them hardening to rubber when they cooked.

I can’t imagine any modern parent getting something like that for a kid that age.

I also had a small wood saw (it fit my 6 year old hand), which I would use to cut slots into the edges of wooden furniture. We had a table in the den with slots all along its front.

When I was 8, I got a woodburning set. By then, I had tired of altering the furniture... although I *did* use my pocketknife (which I got when I was 11) to carve faces into the headboard on my bed.

Kids these days just don’t get fun toys.


118 posted on 12/20/2010 2:36:10 PM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Nice. Rusty sharp, pointy..all good qualities for toys.

Occult is good too.


119 posted on 12/20/2010 2:39:56 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: arderkrag
How could they have missed the Big Bang cannon?


120 posted on 12/20/2010 2:41:12 PM PST by Fresh Wind
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