by SteveBerry (Author)
Do you remember tearing down the stairs at five in the morning, in wide-eyed anticipation of the mountain of wrapped boxes under a Woolies' fireproof silver tinsel tree? Do you remember the sense of disappointment when what you'd asked for wasn't among them? Or - worse - when you found a cheap, knock-off version of a toy you really wanted?
Lavishly illustrated and with over 300 colour photographs, 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...
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: The Friday Project Limited
Published: 16 Nov 2007
ISBN 10: 1905548273
ISBN 13: 9781905548279
Book Overview: Do you remember tearing down the stairs at five in the morning, in wide-eyed anticipation of the mountain of wrapped boxes under a Woolies' fireproof silver tinsel tree? Do you remember the sense of disappointment when what you'd asked for wasn't among them? Or -- worse -- when you found a cheap, knock-off version of a toy you really wanted? Lavishly illustrated and with over 300 colour photographs, 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!
'Hilarious and heart-warming...'
Richard Herring
'Brilliant, life-affirming and very, very funny...'
Ally Ross, The Sun
'Amazing... took me back to a forlorn, inner longing...'
Harry Hill
'Stirred up all kinds of nostalgic memories...'
Al Murray
'I only wish he'd called it F*** You, Father Christmas...'
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian
Steve Berry is a writer and one of the founders of tv.cream.org - the UK's foremost nostalgia website.
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