Growing up in the 70's I would love to have had toy guns and clothing of that realism and quality to play with. We had to make our own guns and swords with wood because we could not afford commercially produced ones. Although we have some old World War 2 helmets and clothing/belts to dress up in.
I wonder if re-enactment societies and those people who go outside and do live fantasy role playing (cannot think of the term for it) are still partly reliving their childhood but with better gear?
Imagination was always the key component, in reality it may only be an old stick found in the woods but in my hands it was a deadly rapier when playing Zorro, a long-sword when defending Camelot, and a cutlass when boarding other pirate ships.
