The best Christmas present you got as a kid

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  1. Mr C

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    I had the Evil kneival. Broke a handle bar off on Boxing Day, doing a ridiculous stunt off a wall.
    Also wrote off a Scalextric car by cooling the motor under the cold tap.. :(
     
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    I broke players from that n’all, punching their heads to make them kick harder. I can’t have nowt.. :(
     
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    Has to be between a Wolves Colours kit, round about 8yrs of age :oops: :D and my first bike. Remember mi mam paying weekly for it. Till paid off.
     
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    Johnny 7 gun complete with mortars, grenade and rocket and a full bullet clip. Lost all the bullets after about two weeks.
    It was either that or Jump Jockey steeplechase game which helped me get into horse racing
     
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    Spinning Tops, I am as old as dirt though
     
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    Who can remember getting one of those Red Cadbury mini chocolate machines you put money in to get one ?
     
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    A TCR racing set (look it up ...better than scalextric ;) ) burnt 2 car motors out before new year but wrote to the company and they sent us 6 (2 sets) new cars.?.......happy days ::
     
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    A Pot Black six foot snooker table.
     
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    I always wanted one but never got it.
     
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    Awww you can still get one ,say it's for kids but you will look after it lol.
     
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    Yep, chocolate all gone before Xmas dinner and a saving of 20p.. 2p per bar. then my mum looking a bit sheepish when I asked how they would get filled up.
     
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    I got the evil knievel bike…. It would never be allowed now. That rear flywheel had an exposed cog and nearly chewed my finger off….. I wasn’t bothered though, proper loved that toy.
     
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    This was a great year though….
     
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    Good idea but I think my kids are too old to let me " look after it' now!
     
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    I've still got mine.
     
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    My mum and dad wanted to get me an educational computer so when I was about 7 I got one of these. Probably didn't appreciate it at the time but it must have cost a bomb in the late 80s. They followed up withan Acorn Archimedes when I was 12 and a PC when I was 15. Didn't get a Playstation 1 until the year after!

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    Still got it, unfortunately it doesn’t work, I’d love to get it up and running again

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