Retro Childs Toys

[gazjon]

Have been looking around for some nice wooden/retro toys for my little boy as I'm getting fed up with the sea of ELC plastic toys in our house and came across these The price is a bit

[suterman]

go to france, there is a good toy shop in most major towns/cities, a lot of very well thought out and made wooden toys.

[nutter81]

dude make one its cheaper and means more

[Siert]

When my sister had a child recently I bought a wooden poor quality wobbly children's play pony from a prison in Finland, made by prisonners. It travelled on the backseat of my GS to my sister in The Netherlands. Probably cheaper than you'll get them somewhere else but not cheap at around 140€.

[gazjon]

Oct 9, 2010 18:36:59 GMT nutter81 said:

dude make one its cheaper and means more

I would love to, but my lack of woodworking skill has me at a disadvantage ;D

[Seth]

Ebay or car boot sales are probably your friend.



Of course they don't come with modern EU approved standards

We picked up an old 1930s metal figure of 8 race track a couple of years ago for a few quid. All the track but no cars. There was a boxed identical one with a couple of wind up tin cars at the Beaulieu jumble marked at over £100.

[Autofive]

wont someone think of the children ;D

these sort of wooden toys were for sale at the great yorkshire show last year. they were all very well made and used ash or cherrywood

there was a 4 foot tall combine harvester, with moving parts, for sale 259 quid. seemed expensive, but the workmanship was superb

[Dez]

you can beat a bit of brio. wood AND magnets!

[bigalan]

I've been tempted by these Toylander Land Rovers etc. Put off by my lack of skill and the fact they cost more than I've paid for most of my cars! Cool though!

[kabman]

Playsam Saab 92001. Pricey though at about 250 quid

[DavidB]

It's amazing how much plastic is used in kid's toys, it's not like it's resilient, it always breaks! Those wooden ones look nice!
I have a 100% steel go kart when I was younger.

[Deleted]

I know it's plastic, But i need a son, to have one of these!
www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk/store/customer/product.php?productid=24458

[surprisingskoda]

My dad used to make wooden toys for decent prices, small stuff like wooden trucks about 8-10 inches long. Must dig out some photos. The modern wooden toys are either unaffordable, or made from very soft cheap wood that looks good for about a week. I.e. everything from ELC. And that's about all there is. Business opportunity? I think so.

[retrowagen1234]

theres a place in lyndhurst in the new forest that specialises in these sorta things.... I havnt been there in ages so cant remember the name. Someone else might know tho...

[retrowagen1234]

ahhh just looked it up on googlemaps.. Its called down to the wood.

www.wooden.co.uk/faq.html
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[racingdave]

being that i'm biased, these are pretty cool!

www.theskodashop.co.uk/product/Ride_On_Roomster_6108

[sunnyjim31]

theres bound to be a market for someone to make vintage pedel tractors , eg TE20 fergies , Case , Dexters , etc just like my wee boy sees at the vintage shows .