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rich.
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#1 Post by rich. »

ok admit it, who had tonka toys?
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#2 Post by JPB »

Only the full-sized ones with "Volvo" badges on them. ;)
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#3 Post by MG Mal »

Me! :D

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#4 Post by TerryG »

I did and they are still in my parents shed!
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#5 Post by Aar0sc »

Me :D

But it was a proper Tonka that dad got from America!
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#6 Post by Grumpy Northener »

Afraid not - my parents could not afford them - still I make up for it now days with the day job - I manage sites for a company who own such monsters as this: 90 ton - 25 metre long reach excavator

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#7 Post by rich. »

mine came from an uncle who worked on the bins, it was amazing the stuff people throw out..
im keen to get a an old dump truck for my daughter who loves all machinery..
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#8 Post by mr rusty »

Tonka was a bit late for me, when I was a kid it was Matchbox, Dinky, and increasingly Corgi, and by the time tonka became popular in the UK I was past the toy car stage!
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#9 Post by bnicho »

I still have some of them, my son and daughter play with then now. :)
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