🔥Here we go: the MD guide to the 80 greatest Christmas presents of our youth list. In order (pt.2)🔥

Number 80

Our very first Chocolate Orange
Number 79

Speak & Spell
Number 78

A microscope set
Number 77

Haunted House
Number 76

The Potter's Wheel
Number 75

Twister
Number 74

A Starsky cardigan
Number 73

Totopoly
Number 72

Tippy Tumbles
Number 71

Hot Wheels
Number 70

A metal puzzle set
Number 69

Cascade
Number 68

The ball bearing balancing game that was also the lid from the giant Jelly Tots tube
Number 67

A space helmet
Number 66

Plasticine
Number 65

Your very own box of Neapolitans
Number 64

The terrifying Katie Kopycat and her Magic Desk.

Very sweary vocabulary.
Number 63

A slide projector
Number 62

Fuzzy Felt
Number 61

A low fidelity Alba stereo

We loved it
Number 60

Arnold Palmer indoor golf.

Erratic.
Number 59

Plasticraft
Number 58

Mr Frosty
Number 57

A train set
Number 56

A compendium of games
Number 55

Weebles
Number 54

Hats Off

With slide-o-matic score keeper
Number 53

A telescope
Number 52

Simon
Number 51

Penny Puppy Walker
Number 50

Shaker Maker
Number 49

Hands Down

slam-o-matic
Number 48

Picture puzzle blocks
Number 47

Shooter Snooker
Number 46

Ker Plunk
Number 45

A Paul Daniels TV Magic Tricks set
Number 44

A Canyon Skycycle
Number 43

Pippa
Number 42

Steer-n-Go
Number 41

Playskool Wood Blocks
Number 40

A second hand reel to reel tape recorder

*clunk*
Number 39

Connect 4
Number 38

Sindy

Car and beach buggy
Number 37

Spectrum/Vic 20
Number 36

The Magic Roundabout Playground. Sent by a wealthy English Uncle. At one time, the only one in Airdrie. Possibly Scotland. Kids used to come on bike rides to the house to catch a glimpse,
Number 35

The Bionic Woman
Number 34

Meccano
Number 33

Matchbox Rescue Center
Number 32

A Gameboy
Number 31

A Pink Panther flywheel car
Number 30

The Sketch-a-Graph
Number 29

Play Doh
Number 28

A 7" single
Number 27

Fab 1
Number 26

A Ladybird book
Number 25

A Tonka Truck
Number 24

Subbuteo
Number 23

The View Master
Number 22

The fortune telling miracle fish from the Christmas cracker
Number 21

The Tomy water game
Number 20

Computer Battleship
Number 19

Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
Number 18

The attache spy case
Number 17

Smash Up Derby
Number 16

Super Striker
Number 15

Etch-a-Sketch
Number 14

Stilts.

Everywhere. Then nowhere.
Number 13

A dog on wheels
Number 12

An Atari 2600
Number 11

Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots
Number 10

Spirograph
Number 9

A Six Million Dollar Man
Number 8

Marquee Moon on 8-track cartridge
Number 7

TCR
Number 6

Bigtrak
Number 5

Tracy Island
Number 4

The chemistry set
Number 3

A Chopper bike
Number 2

Lego
****Number 1****

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Love, MD x
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