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Finally acquired a couple more items from childhood I was beginning to think I'd never own again, but bought them both today from two eBay sellers (one item each, obviously). I'm using the sellers' photos (I'm sure they won't mind), but I'll add my own when they arrive, hopefully before the end of the week. The Daleks Bagatelle isn't boxed, though the artwork is the same in either case, whereas (as you can see) the Fireball XL5 box has a different illustration to the toy itself. Ah, what can I say? I'm a kid again. Can't be too many items to replace now.
Any of you Crivs have either of these '60s toys when you were bairns, or did you have a deprived childhood? (Well, compared to mine, anyway.) Truth to tell though, the ones I had back then were obtained 'pre-owned' (or secondhand as we used to say) from jumble sales.
I'm afraid I was " deprived" Kid. I did have a space themed bagatelle in the 1960s , but my memory of it is pretty vauge.
ReplyDeleteThere, there, never mind, McS. You can enjoy looking at pictures of mine.
ReplyDeleteYou lucky bugger!! Fireball XL5 Bagatelle ..Good Score !!!!
ReplyDeleteLucky, LH? Yeah, IF I'd been given it for nothing. Had to pay for this one. Just as well my male escort for lonely ladies business is doing well at the moment.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I never knew Fireball had so many absolutely BRILLIANT beautiful toys! Get a bagatelle for me, wouldja? (I imagine they are rare.) To repay you, I'll set you up with a date with Lynda Carter (you say she's there already? Darn it!!). Oh well....
ReplyDeleteThey are quite rare, LM, but not impossible to find - usually on eBay every now and again. Yeah, Lynda's already here, looking forward to playing with my bagatelle. (No, that's not a euphemism.)
ReplyDeleteI’m sure you already know the reason why your Dalek bagatelle has no illustration of Dr Who. I believe the good Doctor and the Daleks had different copyright owners. Same reason the Daleks back cover strip in TV21 was bereft of the old time traveller.
ReplyDeletePS my predictive spelling keeps writing Daley instead of Dalek.Arthur Daley and the Daleks. Now that’s a series I’d watch! ‘The worlds your lobster my son’.
Ken
The BBC owned Dr. Who outright, whereas they shared copyright of the Daleks with Terry Nation, K. However, there's a pic of the TARDIS on the Bagatelle, which is called Dr. Who and The Daleks, so the good Doc is (somewhat) present. When TV21 first came out, Dr. Who was appearing in TV Comic, which was another reason why he didn't appear in TV21.
ReplyDeleteYou have no foggy brain my friend!
ReplyDeleteKen
Unfortunately I do, though I have occasional moments of lucidity, K. Now what did I come in here for?
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