battleship - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/battleship/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:04:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Vintage 1950s Novelty Alka-Seltzer Powered Miniature Toy Boats https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-1950s-novelty-alka-seltzer-powered-miniature-toy-boats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-1950s-novelty-alka-seltzer-powered-miniature-toy-boats Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:32:41 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=65226 A novelty item (well, items) from the 1950s which would probably have been a pocket-money toy, possibly even bought from a vending machine, these are a pair of alka-seltzer powered miniature toy boats. There's not much more to be said about them really, except that presumably they still work as per the instructions provided.

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]]> Vintage 1970s MB Games Computer Battleship MB Electronics – 1977 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-1970s-mb-games-computer-battleship-mb-electronics-1977/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-1970s-mb-games-computer-battleship-mb-electronics-1977 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 09:16:48 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=64302 With its distinctive (and not at all annoying) soiund effects and electronc target selection, MB Electronics took the traditional "seek and destroy" game of battleships to a new level with the launch of this computerised version in 1977. Certainly, for those of us of a certain age, *this* was most definitely on our wish lists...

The computerisation comes in the form of "recording" the location of each player's ships and then with the co-ordinate firing system, which remembers those locations and reacts accordingly. All of this computerisation is accompanied by beeps, naturally, and appropriate sound effects for missed and hit targets and ultimately for complete destriuction of a player's fleet. It's a lot of fun and extremely nostalgic. We know this because it has been tested as working!

This one comes complete with all vessels and counters and instruction booklet (which you will probably need!). The battery terminals are good and clean (often they aren't). The outer box isn't going to win any prizes for aesthetics, but it functions and all of the inner packaging is present and in good order.

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