Comments on: Cook My Dinner, Wench: The Manly Game, For Men http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-665 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:24:19 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-665 I loved Top Toys. I contest, however, May's straightfaced assertion that Meccano sets used to have deliberate mistakes in the instructions to challenge young builders. I contend that Meccano Ltd merely, in the great tradition of British Not Terribly Goodness, buggered it up. I loved Top Toys.

I contest, however, May's straightfaced assertion that Meccano sets used to have deliberate mistakes in the instructions to challenge young builders.

I contend that Meccano Ltd merely, in the great tradition of British Not Terribly Goodness, buggered it up.

]]> by: stewpot http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-661 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:00:51 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-661 Corinoco, I remember the game with the ships and ball bearing torpedo. I think it was called Battleship as well. I saw it at a friend's 7th birthday party back in 1976 (strokes beard..) and it went straight onto the must-have list. To my 7 year old mind, it's coolest feature was the aiming system - a little turret thing with a mirror at 45 degrees. You'd peer down into the turret and line it up on one of the enemy ships, and a linkage would move the launcher accordingly. Has anyone seen <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=james+may+top+toys&amp;start=0&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official" rel="nofollow">James May's Top Toys</a>? This show is a goldmine of toy nostalgia for thirtysomethings. Corinoco, I remember the game with the ships and ball bearing torpedo. I think it was called Battleship as well. I saw it at a friend's 7th birthday party back in 1976 (strokes beard..) and it went straight onto the must-have list.
To my 7 year old mind, it's coolest feature was the aiming system - a little turret thing with a mirror at 45 degrees. You'd peer down into the turret and line it up on one of the enemy ships, and a linkage would move the launcher accordingly.

Has anyone seen James May's Top Toys? This show is a goldmine of toy nostalgia for thirtysomethings.

]]> by: boredblogtrawler http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-659 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:39:10 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-659 Heh - that's probably what the current English team have been using for practice, now that I think about it. Heh - that's probably what the current English team have been using for practice, now that I think about it.

]]> by: boredblogtrawler http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-658 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:37:00 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-658 Anyone remember Test Match? That had a bit of projectile action (the bowler with the little chute to send down the ball, the mechanical batsmen, the fielders with the catcher between their legs ... ahh, nostalgia). Anyone remember Test Match? That had a bit of projectile action (the bowler with the little chute to send down the ball, the mechanical batsmen, the fielders with the catcher between their legs ... ahh, nostalgia).

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-657 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:20:27 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/29/cook-my-dinner-wench-the-manly-game-for-men/#comment-657 Poleconomy ran rings around Squatter for tedium - you got to be an media magnate and / or politcian! Control the economy! Or, as I did, just dip your fingers into Treasury whenever you wanted! <i>Just like the real thing!</i> My local public primary school had some cool games in the library for rainy days - Battleship of course, but also Pow! TCGFB and one that was like a cross between the two - you had to sink ships with a steel ball bearing torpedo fired from some sort of spring launcher. Anyone remember that? Poleconomy ran rings around Squatter for tedium - you got to be an media magnate and / or politcian! Control the economy! Or, as I did, just dip your fingers into Treasury whenever you wanted! Just like the real thing!

My local public primary school had some cool games in the library for rainy days - Battleship of course, but also Pow! TCGFB and one that was like a cross between the two - you had to sink ships with a steel ball bearing torpedo fired from some sort of spring launcher. Anyone remember that?

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