Nostalgia Game

[chrisbug]

Cool.

Is that a snake or a cat tail behind the wheel?

Snake!?! Love it.
It's definitely a tail belonging to Milo, who had been busy forcing his toys either under the cooker or the freezer.

 

[SaskiaKC]

Doctor Who?
Milo, that's Who!
On a Tardis down in Whoville ...

Handsome fellow! The KittenCat sends greetings.

 

[chrisbug]

Hello KittenCat!

The TARDIS came after the Land Rover, all thanks to a hot glue gun and lots of card board. All during lockdown, my time was spent productively. The dalek was more for me!
And yes, Milo has definitely taken over!

 

[chrisbug]

The 'baked bean' has almost been completed @SaskiaKC , it's taken a while, and I opted for a low rider, crate bike, chopper kind of thing for my 8 year old son.
Struggled to get components in the UK.
Don't look too closely at the paintwork! The bits I had to paint are as close a match as I could get.
The rest I've left worn and chipped for that patina look.
All I'm going to do now is fit a front brake, the rear coaster brake takes a while to get used to...

 

[SaskiaKC]

Wow! Great bike! Your son will love it.

(When I was his age all our bikes had coaster brakes. I didn't get my first "English" bike 'til I was about 11.)

 

[chrisbug]

Coaster brakes never really took off in the UK, they are making a bit of a comeback with 'beach cruisers'.

Even the Raleigh Choppers had lever/caliper brakes.

 

[SaskiaKC]

Coaster brakes are making a comeback here too, on beach cruisers (which look a lot like the "street" bikes we had when I was a child). Big fat tires, nice soft saddles, they'd be impossible here in the hills, but on a nice flat beach ... !

 

[SaskiaKC]

My first bike looked like this one.

Then I got one like this, which was as close to my dream bike as I could get.

 

[alimar77]

My Airline, a toy I got in the early 80s I loved it! And for most of my life I wanted to be a flight attendant, but I was too fat! No-one ever remembered this toy but then I found it on some retro forum, I thought for years I had imagined it!

 

[SaskiaKC]

Cool.
We had some toys when I was little. I had no idea what they were called and I FINALLY found them by Googling a description of them. Fun.
Evidently they're called Krazy Ikes.