EXACTLY THIS!
Our old playground had some fire escape steps leading down to the road and the ‘rule’ was that on completion you had to lob all your swaps down there for a massive free for all.
Think Crystal Maze but with 30 kids and 100s of Panini stickers.
I’ve got 1986 too, but don’t count that as i bought it at a boot sale.
ha, that sounds brilliant! I remember kids walking around with their pockets bursting with swaps. My sticker buying frenzy came crashing to a halt when my Mum realised where all the money was coming from to fund these purchases…
I’ve still got my Mario’s Cement Factory. Kept the box and everything too. My kids laughed when I showed them what the height of entertainment used to be.
Desperate for one of these when I was around 10. Saw one on Swap Shop or Saturday Superstore, whichever one was on then. Begged my Dad for one but he said no, wait for Christmas. Never got one.
When I was born in 1972, my dad went out and deopped the maternity grant on some Bang & Olufsen units, which were eventually passed onto me, but i can still remember the thrill of Christmas in probably 1983 or so, when I unwrapped this