How times have changed . . . .

[cyber69]

If he's getting showered with all the lastest tech then I would suggest buying something which he will use and not get put on one side (which is what will happen if you bought Lego).

Maybe some smart new trainers or clothes?

 

[PermaBanned]

outdoorsy is good

or i was even thinking of a board game .. something to include the whole family so he isnt infront of a TV / computer all day. Do they even sell board games anymore???

Risk.

 

[Ozzy2727]

I wasn't given a mobile phone until I was 13. No way in hell my kids will be spoilt like that. They would be barely lucky to get a CD player!

i just found it worrying that he was even asking for a mobile phone. As a 7 year old you shouldn't be interested in that

 

[Ozzy2727]

Risk.

yea i know ... i will definately not be the favourite cool uncle if i bought a board game

 

[mithrandir]

Bloody hell!

When I was 7 (in 1985), I probably got some Lego, Simon Says and perhaps a Transformer and I thought I was doing pretty well to get those.

Similar to me, more He-man/Transformer toys but they were more what I wanted than I got

I think OP should get something sporty or for school/brain development (non-electrical gadget)

Kids are getting spoilt nowadays. Before you know it, they'll be asking for a Maybach.

 

[Justintime]

Geez i thought i was on the cutting edge when i got a Metroplex G1 Transformer when i was 7

 

[muon]

Try a cheap keyboard + a decent music book.

 

[Derek W]

give him a clip round the ear.......its the last thing he'll be expecting

 

[semi-pro waster]

Get him Lego. Meccano if he's smart, else K'NEX or those magnetic sticks and balls that it's killing me that i can't remember the name of

Not Magnetic Stix & Balls by any chance is it? But remember Ozzy2727 that's only to be purchased if he's not smart enough for Meccano.

I'd go along with Lego as still being quite appropriate for a seven year old and it's something that you can easily add to and encourages a bit of imagination.

 

[Cosimo]

Here you go-

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He wouldn't know what to do with it.

 

[Justintime]

give him a clip round the ear.......its the last thing he'll be expecting

 

[Maccapacca]

Give him a catapult and some ball bearings.

 

[Justintime]

Give him a catapult and some ball bearings.

What, for rioting?

 

[Moothead2]

Threads making me want to get my old Lego and K'nex out the attic .

 

[Knubje]

When I was 7 I got a Nintendo Game Boy, they hadn't been released long! It's not quite the same as an iPhone/Pad but still a decent bit of kit at that age

 

[Dark Sun]

Sounds spoilt. I'd donate some money on his behalf to Children in Need or something. Sure a little boy somewhere will be happy to get some Top Trump cards or a big marker pen.

 

[Justintime]

When I was 7 I got a Nintendo Game Boy, they hadn't been released long! It's not quite the same as an iPhone/Pad but still a decent bit of kit at that age

Y're a young un aren't cha?

 

[PermaBanned]

Not Magnetic Stix & Balls by any chance is it? But remember Ozzy2727 that's only to be purchased if he's not smart enough for Meccano.

I'd go along with Lego as still being quite appropriate for a seven year old and it's something that you can easily add to and encourages a bit of imagination.

No, but it did lead me to what it actually was - Geomag! Tons of fun

yea i know ... i will definately not be the favourite cool uncle if i bought a board game

*cough* erm... i meant the board game, Risk

 

[Ozzy2727]

i think he's ready for meccano

 

[Ozzy2727]

*cough* erm... i meant the board game, Risk

LOL!

but it would still be a risk anyway haha