18 Jan 09 Toys in the attic

Quite literally!!

We were having our loft insulated during the week, but because life is never straight forward, we actually have two lofts, and two hatches/man-hole covers (what ever the correct term is!)
The men successfully laid the insulation in the main loft, but when they came to do the other space they found that it was “full of old comics and magazines” – So, like a good home owner it was my job was to clear them out this weekend.

The previous bloke who owned the house was a bit of an odd-bod by all accounts, so I was secretly hoping it was going to be full of antique “Gentlemans Quaterlys” But unfortunately this wasnt to be. Amongst all the rubbish and dust (lots of horrible black dust) were piles and piles of old childrens comics from the 70’s, and not the good ones either. They were all ‘Whizzer’ and “Whizzer & Chips” from between 1973-1975. A quick look on the interweb showed that they werent really worth anything (about 70p each) and they were so flithy (and not in the way i was hoping) that i decided i would just bin them.

But then, as i was approaching the end, i found this BEAUTY…

Its an ‘Invader from Space’ game – Yay! It was produced by Grandstand in 1980 and was one of the first tabletop electronic space invaders game ever released. (and pre-dates the much cooler Astro Wars)
It was thick with dust when i brought it down, but after a good clean and new set of batteries, it looks and works fine. Looking on ebay they seem to change hands for between £15 and £25, but as i wasnt allowed one at the time, theres no way im going to part with it now

Tags: Computers, Games, grandstand, Invaders from space