PRESENTS YOU PESTERED YOUR PARENTS FOR
TV CREAM TOYS
HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Friday Books
Text © 2007 Steve Berry
Line illustrations and colour illustrations © 2007 Phil Arnold (www.formerairline.com) All photos © 2007 Steve Berry, except: Mattel Slime by Jodie Nesbitt; Adventure 2000, Denys Fisher Dr Who by Paul Vought (www.vortx-productions.co.uk); Johnny Seven by Mike Evangelist (www.writersblocklive.com); Rubik’s Cube by Lars Karlsson; Swingball by Andrew Finch; LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group, here used with special permission © 2006 The EGO Group (page 93 Magna Doodle ® is a registered trademark owned by the Pilot Pen Corporation of America (page 99); ETCH A SKETCH and associated trademarks are owned by Bluebird Toys (UK) Limited and used under licence from Matte Europa B.V., an affiliate of Bluebird Toys (UK) Limited and Mattel, Inc. © 2006 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved (cover image); © 2005 Rubik’s and Rubik’s Cube used by kind permission of Seven Towns Ltd UK (cover image).
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Source ISBN: 9781905548279
Ebook Edition © MAY 2009 ISBN: 9780007328512 Version 2016-08-11
For Joanna, who would like her spare room back
Contents
Part 1 - The Toys
Chapter 1 - ‘A La Cart Kitchen’
Chapter 2 - Action Man
Chapter 3 - Airfix Kits
Chapter 4 - Armatron
Chapter 5 - Backgammon
Chapter 6 - Barbie
Chapter 7 - Battling Tops
Chapter 8 - Bermuda Triangle
Chapter 9 - Big Trak
Chapter 10 - Big Yellow Teapot
Chapter 11 - Binatone TV Master
Chapter 12 - Black Box
Chapter 13 - Boglins
Chapter 14 - Buckaroo!
Chapter 15 - Cadbury’s Chocolate Machine
Chapter 16 - Cascade
Chapter 17 - Chemistry Set
Chapter 18 - Chic-a-boo
Chapter 19 - Chopper
Chapter 20 - Chutes Away
Chapter 21 - Cluedo
Chapter 22 - Commodore 64
Chapter 23 - Computer Battleship
Chapter 24 - Connect Four
Chapter 25 - Corgi 007 Lotus Esprit
Chapter 26 - Crossfire
Chapter 27 - Cyborgs
Chapter 28 - Domino Rally
Chapter 29 - Downfall
Chapter 30 - Dr Who TARDIS
Chapter 31 - Dungeons & Dragons
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