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The most popular football game at the time was Striker, where you pressed the player's head and he would kick the ball.

I had had this cheaper version, where you had to pull back the players leg and let go, scored some cracking goals though...


http://www.peter-upton.co.uk/Pict7510.jpg


The figures came blank so you could paint them in your fav club's colours...

http://www.peter-upton.co.uk/Pict7564.jpg

Forget James Bond or The Man From Uncle, I had what was a must-have for every budding Carlos-The-Jackal - The "Secret Sam" Attache Case...


http://auctionimages.s3.amazonaws.com/17426/20200/7366069_3CK02SIQD.jpg


The camera really worked and you could use it and/or fire the bullets from the gun 'secretly' when the case was closed - or fire that red thing (a 'secret message holder') to your 'oppo'.


Wonder why don't we give children imaginative toys like this any more?

Obviously Baader Meinhof was big in your area maxxi, we had to make do with comedy guns.

The original was called Bazooka, fired 'deadly from 2 feet' ping pong balls, and came in a nice shade of utilitarian grey, perfect for the revolution...

http://s10.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/DD37F34B.jpg

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