Jumpers For Goalposts – Childhood Business

Got, got, got, got, need, got, got, got, NEED BAD STYLE

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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.

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I’ve got the Espana 82 somewhere. The only Panini I ever completed. Will dig it out.

@Hierbas i see you’ve got Naranjito as your icon on here! Class.

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That 83 annual you’ve got there is SKILL

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This was most wanted at the time too…

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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…

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I’ll give ya a game sometime! I doubt I’m gonna get 25 for a while but I’ve got 24 :rofl:

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Same. Wish I still had it :frowning_face:

Big elastic band around your wad of swapsies to keep them together lol

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All your badges at the top with finely calculated exchange rates depending on the team

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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.

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Spending hours trying to program this, so it navigated its way around the house to deliver a digestive biscuit to your mum and dad.



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i had one of these - pretty sure it was stolen by a neighbor. but, couldn’t prove it! aw well.

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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.

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I did have this though. Cutting edge stuff in 1981!

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What a game that was.

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Our neighbours were the talk of the close when they got one of these.

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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

Twin tape decks for not only taping the Top40, but also crafting some VERY rudimentary edits

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In Ireland we said Have it, have it, have it, have it, need, need, need…

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classic graphic equaliser action

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