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TV Cream Toys Lite
Steve Berry
A text-only version of the bestselling book.TV Cream Toys celebrates the presents that we hoped, wished and prayed would turn up in the Christmas stockings of yesteryear. From Big Trak to Buckaroo!, Mastermind to Merlin, Sorry! to Strawberry Shortcake, each peerless plaything from the '60s through to the '90s is examined and catalogued (in the Argos, rather than the scientific, sense).Culled from award-winning retro website TV Cream, this book lists a wealth of fondly remembered toys, games, and novelties, and unearths quite a few of the oft-forgotten classics that, even to this day, remain treasured in the hearts of our inner children.LET THE BLIZZARD OF MR MEN WRAPPING PAPER COMMENCE…
PRESENTS YOU PESTERED YOUR PARENTS FOR
TV CREAM
TOYS
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First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Friday Books
Text © 2007 Steve Berry
Line illustrations and colour illustrations © 2007 Phil Arnold (www.formerairline.com) All photos © 2007 Steve Berry, except: Mattel Slime by Jodie Nesbitt; Adventure 2000, Denys Fisher Dr Who by Paul Vought (www.vortx-productions.co.uk); Johnny Seven by Mike Evangelist (www.writersblocklive.com); Rubik’s Cube by Lars Karlsson; Swingball by Andrew Finch; LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group, here used with special permission © 2006 The EGO Group (page 93 Magna Doodle ® is a registered trademark owned by the Pilot Pen Corporation of America (page 99); ETCH A SKETCH and associated trademarks are owned by Bluebird Toys (UK) Limited and used under licence from Matte Europa B.V., an affiliate of Bluebird Toys (UK) Limited and Mattel, Inc. © 2006 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved (cover image); © 2005 Rubik’s and Rubik’s Cube used by kind permission of Seven Towns Ltd UK (cover image).
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Source ISBN: 9781905548279
Ebook Edition © MAY 2009 ISBN: 9780007328512
Version 2016-08-11
For Joanna, who would like her spare room back
Contents
Title Page (#uea25d46d-4add-571c-85d1-5ebed3542cc8)
Copyright (#uac185d9c-df5a-532d-8622-0d0ce5e1ea5f)
Dedication (#ua9b6ee61-0f7f-5cc3-970b-b54d4bcaaa1b)
Just what is TV Cream anyway? (#ue24dfa84-44c9-5e22-b24e-c56966d77215)
Introduction (#u6818a343-4f00-5495-a355-d89c1c6ff927)
Part 1 - The Toys (#u89de353e-cf8c-5342-a282-377dcdb8a54e)
Chapter 1 - ‘A La Cart Kitchen’ (#u3f5dc5ec-94ae-56b9-bd24-2c3bd41f3942)
Chapter 2 - Action Man (#u426a1336-9dca-5455-91eb-48e5de78f790)
Chapter 3 - Airfix Kits (#ube3fd34b-3e5b-50f7-8523-7a2023e2d7f7)
Chapter 4 - Armatron (#u577f3615-e346-5156-8cdd-cabfea84abfe)
Chapter 5 - Backgammon (#uf03d6bcf-e37f-5e9e-83a2-b95358f46b29)
Chapter 6 - Barbie (#u64fbb9cb-1186-5ed2-8ba5-4a1f343e02a6)
Chapter 7 - Battling Tops (#u15854df6-80b5-5c0d-9969-59caad948302)
Chapter 8 - Bermuda Triangle (#ub937a546-036a-5a20-8e85-7ac8442082a6)
Chapter 9 - Big Trak (#u37bb8a9b-8bdb-53c1-b461-413bcdae4e17)
Chapter 10 - Big Yellow Teapot (#u8b7ce29a-3d63-517f-871c-2755ff5c2a6a)
Chapter 11 - Binatone TV Master (#ua78d04ee-d684-59f3-a929-276d9eaef70c)
Chapter 12 - Black Box (#u92b530b5-7d61-5422-883c-256b4d8e714e)
Chapter 13 - Boglins (#u46a91dbe-e910-5f07-9efd-7039fd1151a4)
Chapter 14 - Buckaroo! (#u0ca50be4-b936-5a94-a008-2e47fad9fc41)
Chapter 15 - Cadbury’s Chocolate Machine (#u0880214b-fb18-51aa-8be5-8707314b1eaf)
Chapter 16 - Cascade (#u40272258-525e-5f6b-a8b9-776006783f49)
Chapter 17 - Chemistry Set (#uda70aae4-3128-5099-aa7a-c307d9553569)
Chapter 18 - Chic-a-boo (#u6adc5e5b-96cf-5a8d-b286-f4fb9835656f)
Chapter 19 - Chopper (#u765d3fb9-d800-557b-a62d-afa12a075b23)
Chapter 20 - Chutes Away (#u5a99286b-7f32-5ec7-b62e-519b34d1d7cc)
Chapter 21 - Cluedo (#u9a527dad-16c5-59ad-9de3-2d356279787c)
Chapter 22 - Commodore 64 (#u78eb3ea8-2756-51c7-934f-bcebe310fefe)
Chapter 23 - Computer Battleship (#ucabee5a2-2953-513e-844c-aee8af0774f6)
Chapter 24 - Connect Four (#uf36292c2-2879-5667-a5a8-a2e41353d384)
Chapter 25 - Corgi 007 Lotus Esprit (#ua42da3a9-a857-5946-a552-21e190a93212)
Chapter 26 - Crossfire (#u3013ec33-8c8d-5c44-875f-53d838ea3a6c)
Chapter 27 - Cyborgs (#u06875c41-d66e-5616-8e2d-0cfc5cdf19af)
Chapter 28 - Domino Rally (#u3ea8e617-76b6-5e09-99de-2a1b3b85e4e2)
Chapter 29 - Downfall (#u5a165777-6e01-5e4e-8301-0ac323a8f89b)
Chapter 30 - Dr Who TARDIS (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 - Dungeons & Dragons (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 - Electronic Detective (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 - Electronic Project (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 - Escalado (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 - Escape from Colditz (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 - Etch-A-Sketch (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 - Evel Knievel (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 - Finger Frights (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 - Fisher-Price Activity Centre (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 - Flight Deck (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41 - Fuzzy Felt (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42 - Galaxy Invader 1000 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 - Game and Watch (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 - Girl’s World (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 - Guess Who? (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 - Hangman (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 - Haunted House (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 - Hornby Railway Set (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 - Hungry Hippos (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51 - Johnny Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52 - Junk Yard (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53 - KerPlunk (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54 - LEGO (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 55 - Little Professor (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 56 - Lone Star Spudmatic Gun (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 57 - Magic Robot (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 58 - Magic Rocks (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 59 - Magna Doodle (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 60 - Magnetic Wheel (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 61 - Mastermind (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 62 - Matsushiro Knight Rider Radio-Controlled Car (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 63 - Meccano (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 64 - Mercury Maze (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 65 - Merlin (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 66 - Monopoly (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 67 - Mousetrap (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 68 - Mr Frosty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 69 - My Little Pony (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 70 - Newton’s Cradle (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 71 - Operation (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 72 - Othello (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 73 - Palitoy Cue Ball (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 74 - Paul Daniels TV Magic Tricks (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 75 - Perfection (#litres_trial_promo)
