Kids today have the coolest toys

[Rabs]

As well as smart phones (I cant imagine growing up with one of those) and tablets and all that.. They have some of the coolest toys ever....

 

While I do think they are cool I know too well if I bought one id use it once or twice and then it would go in the cupboard.... (I guess that's just growing up?) ... But when I imagine what I would have done for a toy like that as a youngster im kinda jealous I didn't have anything like that. (for me it was mainly lego :))

 

But how cool is this (I bet the prices will be crazy though)

 

[L8_4thesh0w]

Yes, pretty cool, especially the drone. I might not tire of it too soon.

 

When I was young I quite enjoyed these...

 

and these as I aged a bit.

 

They were enjoyed until damaged beyond repair and then it was not too terribly expensive to have another go.

They can still be found, unlike many other toys available in my youth.

 

I never advanced to my dad's skill level. He was into Free-Flight and RC models. I had a couple of Cox control line planes that suffered one too many prangs.

I found the constructing to be the more rewarding part of the hobby.

[LarryUK]

I remember things like this.

 

Plus. I've got three brothers and we loved Aurora monster kits. I still love them now.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=aurora+monster+toys&espv=2&biw=1242&bih=545&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCAQsARqFQoTCPuW382A3ccCFSab2wodGbUGkA

[deeman]

I remember things like this.

 

 

 

You silly brits

[capmaster]

Well, I think I can't complain. I spent all of my childhood with very cool stuff.

 

From my earliest years to the age of eight I loved model railway like my father did:

 

 

 

Then I gradually converted to photography which my father liked, too - he started it around the time I was born - , and my first camera was a Kodak Retina IIIc:

 

 

At the age of seventeen I started to use SLRs and up to six different lenses.

[Autumn Light&Shade]

Hi Rabs, you are never too old to have/play with toys. I like lego. When I was a child I always wanted a lego aeroplane, never did get one. But several years ago I stepped inside a lego store and there was the aeroplane, I just couldn't resist it, so I bought it. :)

 

I must admit I do like BB8. Which will cost £129.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

[skilsaw]

My toy steam engine has lasted me since I was 7.

Bought another one a couple years ago and gave one to each of my sons.

[Rabs]

Hi Rabs, you are never too old to have/play with toys. I like lego. When I was a child I always wanted a lego aeroplane, never did get one. But several years ago I stepped inside a lego store and there was the aeroplane, I just couldn't resist it, so I bought it. :)

 

I must admit I do like BB8. Which will cost £129.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

Yeah I agree.. BUT what I meant by growing up is that I know from experience that they are just novelty items (like a plasma ball or something)... and for £129 :o that's an expensive novelty :)

 

For kids id imagine they would be amazing toys with weeks or years of fun but I well know that I will get bored with it really quickly....

 

Like I got one of those mini helicopter things several years back which I always wanted as a kid (I never had a remote controlled car or anything that cool).. and it is cool BUT the issue is you have to charge it for like over an hour to get about 10-15 mins use before the batteries run out.. and it didn't take long before I just couldn't be bothered to charge it.. So it just sits there gathering dust...

[Karloff]

I was a kid in the 60's. I think we had the coolest toys.

[Starpeve]

Yes, pretty cool, especially the drone. I might not tire of it too soon.

 

When I was young I quite enjoyed these...

 

and these as I aged a bit.

 

They were enjoyed until damaged beyond repair and then it was not too terribly expensive to have another go.

They can still be found, unlike many other toys available in my youth.

 

I never advanced to my dad's skill level. He was into Free-Flight and RC models. I had a couple of Cox control line planes that suffered one too many prangs.

I found the constructing to be the more rewarding part of the hobby.

I remember watching an old bloke prepping up his plane to fly it at our local oval when you could still do things like this, before the Fun Police legislated everything out of the bounds of Joy. It was a Catalina Flying Boat, with a wingspan of about 8 feet!! Had 4 6cc motors and prop diameters of around 12 inches! It was massive. I waited for well over an hour while he tinkered with it, but never got to see it in the air. I always regretted not hanging around long enough to see it fly, but I was due at a sports event.

[Rabs]

Yes, pretty cool, especially the drone. I might not tire of it too soon.

 

When I was young I quite enjoyed these...

 

and these as I aged a bit.

 

They were enjoyed until damaged beyond repair and then it was not too terribly expensive to have another go.

They can still be found, unlike many other toys available in my youth.

 

I never advanced to my dad's skill level. He was into Free-Flight and RC models. I had a couple of Cox control line planes that suffered one too many prangs.

I found the constructing to be the more rewarding part of the hobby.

Yup I had those balsa wood planes and the model kits too :) It was great fun...

[capmaster]

Hi Rabs, you are never too old to have/play with toys. I like lego. When I was a child I always wanted a lego aeroplane, never did get one. But several years ago I stepped inside a lego store and there was the aeroplane, I just couldn't resist it, so I bought it. :)

 

I must admit I do like BB8. Which will cost £129.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

LEGO! Now you said something, Emma :) I loved Lego and learned reading and even writing capital letters when playing with alphabetic Lego characters at the age of four and five. My goal were correct names on the shops, plants and gas stations I built, so it was crucial.

 

[L8_4thesh0w]

I remember watching an old bloke prepping up his plane to fly it at our local oval when you could still do things like this, before the Fun Police legislated everything out of the bounds of Joy. It was a Catalina Flying Boat, with a wingspan of about 8 feet!! Had 4 6cc motors and prop diameters of around 12 inches! It was massive. I waited for well over an hour while he tinkered with it, but never got to see it in the air. I always regretted not hanging around long enough to see it fly, but I was due at a sports event.

Those PBYs were a work of art. That would have been a sight to behold.

Getting four of those engines right surely took some time and I bet if you'd asked him,

he'd have had a pre-flight checklist just like the real aviators.

[Retired]

Kids today do have some cool stuff. I think the first thing I had about 3 was a 1/16 scale steam locomotive train set. Dad put it up and let me watch it go around. Had a whistle and smoke. When I got much older, I did lots of models

[Autumn Light&Shade]

Hi Rabs,

 

I see what you are saying, about the novelty aspect. Concerning the BB8, if this had been in kit form I would be more inclined to purchase one, would have been good to grasp the basics of electronics and remote control.

 

Hi Capmaster,

 

This is what I like about Lego. You can let your imagination run riot but it also educates at the same time. From reading/understanding the instructions and being able to work in a methodical manner.

 

Rabs and Capmaster sorry for the delay in replying.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

[capmaster]

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Rabs and Capmaster sorry for the delay in replying.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

No reason for being sorry. Since many years I'm not in a hurry when it's about toys...

[capmaster]

... (for me it was mainly lego :))

...

Other than Emma, I really have to be sorry, Rabs. I overlooked you already mentioned Lego and just found out by re-reading.

 

I beg your pardon.

[pippy]

...They were enjoyed until damaged beyond repair and then it was not too terribly expensive to have another go...

I had a few successes with small-scale balsa 'Rubber-Powered' (i.e. elastic band) kits so decided to up the ante and bought one of these;

 

 

Fantastic kit. As can be discerned from the box-info the wingspan was just shy of three feet!

 

Much more time consuming to assemble but after weeks of 'after-school' effort I took it up to the park for it's maiden flight. A few of my mates even came along to watch the fun.

The rubber-band was the length of the plane, of course, so was obviously going to take an age to wind-up.

Eventually the effort required to turn the prop was noticeably harder until, with a muffled 'crump', the whole fuselage collapsed concertina-like and the evenings 'fun' was over.

 

...my first camera was a Kodak Retina IIIc:

 

50mm f2 Schneider-Kreutznach with Compur shutter. Very good quality bit of kit....

 

...It was a Catalina Flying Boat, with a wingspan of about 8 feet!! Had 4 6cc motors and prop diameters of around 12 inches...

A four-engined Catalina? You certainly don't see many of those, S-P!..............:P..............

 

Pip.

[Autumn Light&Shade]

No reason for being sorry. Since many years I'm not in a hurry when it's about toys...

Hi capmaster, thank you :)

I do enjoy Lego, it's a great way to relax. I love my guitars and playing but sometimes when you 'hit the brick wall' with a piece of music and the need to 'switch off' the Lego is always nearby.

 

kind regards, Emma :)

[Autumn Light&Shade]

I had a few successes with small-scale balsa 'Rubber-Powered' (i.e. elastic band) kits so decided to up the ante and bought one of these;

 

 

Fantastic kit. As can be discerned from the box-info the wingspan was just shy of three feet!

 

Much more time consuming to assemble but after weeks of 'after-school' effort I took it up to the park for it's maiden flight. A few of my mates even came along to watch the fun.

The rubber-band was the length of the plane, of course, so was obviously going to take an age to wind-up.

Eventually the effort required to turn the prop was noticeably harder until, with a muffled 'crump', the whole fuselage collapsed concertina-like and the evenings 'fun' was over.

 

 

 

 

 

Pip.

 

Hi Pippy, This is something that I'm interested in doing.

 

I hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you purchase this kit from?

 

kind regards, Emma :)

[capmaster]

@ Pippy: My younger brother enjoyed playing with model planes, and my son did that, too. For good reasons they don't sell toys with nazi symbols here. They all were fantasy designs so to say and had that pure balsa wood look. Their wingspan, however, has always been larger than their lifespan.

 

Sadly, the Synchro Compur leaf shutter turned out to be the most unreliable part from a camera age of some fifteen years on. The Schneider Kreuznach Xenon f:2.0/50mm, however, was fantastic. It took a Kodachrome II - the later Kodachrome 25 - or a Kodak Panatomic-X to prove its abilities. This lens was definitely beyond any doubt.

 

@ Emma: Nice to hear you still enjoy Lego. Since my son left Lego alone, I don't play with it anymore, too. As time goes by...

[Pesh]

Lego, model railway, and Airfix models was me as a child! And this post makes me want to go any buy some of those very items!

[pippy]

Hi Pippy, This is something that I'm interested in doing....I hope you don't mind me asking, but where did you purchase this kit from?...

I don't mind in the least, Emma.

It was bought from a shop imaginatively called 'The Model Shop' behind The Steeple just off Falkirk High Street.

This, however, was circa 1975 so even if the shop is still there they might not have any left in stock......

 

...Sadly, the Synchro Compur leaf shutter turned out to be the most unreliable part from a camera age of some fifteen years on. The Schneider Kreuznach Xenon f:2.0/50mm, however, was fantastic.......

Ahhh...shame about the reliability issue because they really were superb optically.

 

For the sake of "Fun" here's a snap I've just taken of my own S-K's / Synchro-Compurs which were in daily use until I made the switch to digital a decade ago;

 

 

Pip.

[capmaster]

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For the sake of "Fun" here's a snap I've just taken of my own S-K's / Synchro-Compurs which were in daily use until I made the switch to digital a decade ago;

 

 

Pip.

Respect! Admirable and absolutely professional gear. What studio cameras were they made for?

[Autumn Light&Shade]

I don't mind in the least, Emma.

It was bought from a shop imaginatively called 'The Model Shop' behind The Steeple just off Falkirk High Street.

This, however, was circa 1975 so even if the shop is still there they might not have any left in stock......

 

 

Pip.

 

Hi pippy, thank you for your reply. I think I'm going to have to build a time machine from my Lego to get this model aircraft.

I will have a look on the internet, this would be a great project. (the aeroplane not the time machine).

 

kind regards, Emma :)