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"I Want!!"

So once again were on the run up to Christmas. Adverts on the TV advertising toy's couldn't come soon enough. Not only are we having to deal with Halloween stuff in the shops and the fireworks going off already. Were having to deal with the kid's running up to the TV constantly repeating 'I want, I want' No hang on a minute kid's you wanted nothing a few weeks back! All of a sudden I am bombarded with lists. Now don't get me wrong I like Christmas. Its a time when I really know how ungrateful my children are. Now it just reminds me of when I was a kid. You know I still never got my Mr Frosty. You wouldn't believe just how disappointed I was. Now its all about the latest console or mobile phone. Now we all know about the latest toys and stuff that is out now.

If you were to be a kid again, what would you ask Santa for?

Is there something you didn't get as a child that you always wanted, or is there something that you had as a child that you would love to get again?

Sonic Chris wrote:
I always wanted an AT AT Walker. Still, I have my millenium falcon, even if the red bullets and satellite are missing from it...

Do you still have the chess table? We have an AT AT and the two legged one. Oh and a Vietnam Fighter.

Oh to have all my old Star Wars toys again, ATATs, ATSTs. Battle Damaged X-wings. Joy!

That said, I'm quite impressed by some of the designs on the new characters, they're very detailed. I have Darth Vader, R2D2 and C3PO, Luke in his black ROTJ suit is harder to find though and Han Solo in the waitcoat, as opposed to the Hoth suit that all the shops have.

@DL - thanks, nothing from that first batch I really need though.

I have a Star Wars chess set, but it's not very old. Think I might have got it around 2000

Machie wrote:
I don't suppose you have any Star Wars figures do you? :) That's all we have left from our childhood.

Will add it to the list for next attic mission, but there are Walkers I know of. Also Thunderbirds, Thunder Cats, Captain Scarlet, Action Man/Men, Manta Force and a few other series I forget at the moment :¬)

Star Wars for the win! I'll pay good money for those toys!

Sonic Chris wrote:
I have a Star Wars chess set, but it's not very old. Think I might have got it around 2000

I think Machie means the tiny table in the Falcon with the chess game on. It was in the toy.

SC, pb was right, it came with a little 3D chess table :) Though I'm surprised you had a Star Wars chess set. That's even cooler!

DL I'll take the lot! I wanna see more pictures! Unfortunately I can't pay you in real money, but I can give you points in my new game.

By the way do you have any flat pack Swedish furniture? I collect everything.

Machie wrote:
DL I'll take the lot! I wanna see more pictures! Unfortunately I can't pay you in real money, but I can give you points in my new game.

By the way do you have any flat pack Swedish furniture? I collect everything.

Will do some more pictures for you over the week-end Machie - at least the attic is looking more organised after a recent clear-out.

We should have some Billy bookcases/shelf units somewhere and a cot ... but that has been taken ... daughter-in-law is with child :¬) So I'll be Grandpa DL soon :¬D

Machie wrote:
SC, pb was right, it came with a little 3D chess table :) Though I'm surprised you had a Star Wars chess set. That's even cooler!

DL I'll take the lot! I wanna see more pictures! Unfortunately I can't pay you in real money, but I can give you points in my new game.

By the way do you have any flat pack Swedish furniture? I collect everything.

Save some for me Machie!

Wow congratulations DL. :) It must be wonderful to be retired (damn arent they planning to raise the age of retirement to 67 in the near future?) and have grandchildren on the way. My parents-in-law have been waiting a very long time for their first.

Sorry pb but he seems to have everything from my past. All I need now is a Gordon the Gopher hand puppet and then I can relive my childhood.