My mum called me yesterday evening
and said that she and my Dad had been clearing the loft out and would I come claim a box of stuff.

So this morning, I collected the box, got home and had a look. There was one of these:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Boxed-Grandstand-Astro-Wars-Vintage-Handheld-Tabletop_W0QQitemZ110494580337QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?hash=item19b9fd7e71

after a couple of games, my eldest switched of call of duty and was on it for well over an hour. This gave me the opportunity to go through the 150 copies of the Beano and Dandy from 1985 - early 1987. My conclusion:

Bash Street Kids FTW.

Edit: Dennis the Menace was a right cunt, he'd be in a young offender's institution nowadays
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:06, 6 replies)

The vintage years!
Woohoo! Could you do me a favour and keep them until I come 'round and can I stay for tea?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:10, closed)

I'm looking on eBay
for some of the ones from the early 80s. I did have them but I gave them away, but then carried on buying them.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:13, closed)

I had entire collections of Dandy, Beano, Buster and Whizer & Chips for most of the 80's
my dad burnt them all in 1995
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:35, closed)

Do you still speak to him

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:36, closed)

My older brother was more upset
he started the collection and some of the comics were from the mid 70's

I try not to think about it and thank my lucky stars I still have my star wars toys (no boxes though).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:39, closed)

My brother had that
I always had problems with the final docking mission
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:12, closed)

space-docking?
it's easy once you get the hang of it
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 15:17, closed)

Docking??!!!! At that age?
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=docking
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 17:13, closed)

Wahey!
I had one of those :)
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 18:28, closed)

I never had one of those...
But have fond memories of hanging around in Woolworths playing on their demo one :)
( snee held his breath since, Thu 18 Feb 2010, 9:23, closed)