Toys & Action Figures

Firstly, my Star Wars toys. My parents bought quite a few of them for my brothers and I when we were much younger. My brothers had Tie Fighter and X-Wing models (possibly the Millenium Falcon); my biggest craft was a ROTJ Speeder Bike. I can only go by memory to recall the figures I had. Luke, Han, Leia, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Obi Wan, R2D2, CP30, Lobat and a few Sand Troopers I think. Being a girl of only 7 I did have a dollhouse but it was populated with characters from the Star Wars universe when my best friend at the time wasn't at my house; we used to play with them for hours, creating really bizarre storylines which generally only referenced Star Wars itself as a backdrop. As for if I still have any, I'm no longer sure. None are in the dollhouse where I left them, which quite possibly means they have been transferred to the attic. The only negative memory held for those would be when my best friend would bring his Alien figure round, which naturally obliterated anything in its path and I was never allowed to play with it.

I believe there is a large box of Lego in the attic somewhere. Mostly it is comprised of the building bricks themselves but there are a few parts from sets floating about in there.

My other favourite toys were the Airfix models; there used to be a really canny model shop down the road from us where we'd go and pick out our next project. We had all sorts, a B-52, Lightning, Harrier, Vulcan, Spitfire, Dambuster, Jaguar, Apache. There are a few still dotted about back home, including an unpainted Buccaneer, my pride and joy. The paints were very expensive and I never wanted to bugger up the job. Those aircraft brought me literally years of entertainment.

And finally, a large box of toy animals. Special in no way other than the happiness playing with them brought. I remember being particularly upset when I decided to make my favourite iguana fly when I was at primary school. It got stuck in the big oak tree in the playground, and I was sad until months later a particularly vicious gust of wind freed it again.

Of course, I could have had an incredible adventure just using a breezeblock and a bit of old bone...

Jam it back in, in the dark.