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Old school toys, fads
What are your favorite old school guilty pleasures? Have you held onto an old Atari video game system? Do you search through vinyl record collections at garage sales? Do you miss the lava lamp you had in your dorm room (I do)? Do you still pull out your hair trying to figure out a Rubik’s Cube? I bought one of the new ones last year and gave up after about five tries.
Many of our childhood possessions are still available at stores, pawnshops or on the Internet. Some of my old school favorites include: Monopoly, Big Wheels, NERF balls and the Nintendo Tecmo Bowl video game. What do you miss and what old school guilty pleasures do you still indulge in? 19 comments from 12 users
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posted by
tchudilowsky
on Nov 8, 2006 at 05:42 PM
I collect monopoly games.I love it! posted by
anonymous
on Nov 8, 2006 at 08:27 PM
The old WWF action figures of Hulk Hogan, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Andre The Giant, Big John Stud, and the rest of the original WWF superstars.
My favorite arcade video game was Galaga...I still have the classics game for the Sony (1st) Playstation. posted by
schuster80
on Nov 9, 2006 at 08:13 AM
What about G.I. Joe "the great American hero?"Random thought ... one of my co-workers used to have a "Members Only" jacket and a Starter jacket (not at the same time). posted by
anonymous
on Nov 9, 2006 at 09:10 AM
HAHAHA...the Satin Starter was a classic!!! I had a white w/ green "CELTICS". Never a "Members". I did have a plaid flannel pullover thing that were around in the post_Members Only era...HAHAHA
GI Joe was never a fav or mine, But if we are gonna go back I have to bring up the KISS remote control Van. posted by
mattloch
on Nov 9, 2006 at 09:41 AM
The last time I tried hooking up my 2600, it had the terminal restarts (I think it need to have the contacts cleaned, but I'm too scared and busy to crack the sucker open and start splashing industrial solvents inside it). GI Joes are still around, as are Hot Wheels, Legos, re-release board games, and other great toys of our (Gen X) youths. A goodly percentage of the things I get for my son (who is seven) are toys that are based on, if not re-makes of, toys I had growing up with. There are differences, of course. There are things I wished I had, but was never bought. There were things that didn't exist back then. But I refuse to buy things that I don't find, well, cool.
posted by
schuster80
on Nov 9, 2006 at 10:47 AM
What are some of your favorite TV shows from the 80s? I was always partial to Magnum P.I., Miami Vice, The A-Team and MacGyver (in retrospect that seems like a lot of adrenaline for a guy who sits in front of a computer screen all day). The Smurfs always seemed pretty cool for tiny blue people, even if they were a little bit disturbing.
posted by
Hardliner4freedom
on Nov 9, 2006 at 10:49 AM
I only have about 100,000 LEGO bricks. :-). And two Honest-to-God Erector sets. . TV shows? Three's Company. Head of the Class. . I can identify with two students in Head of the Class. I went from being Arvid to Eric in two years. posted by
dmchenry
on Nov 9, 2006 at 12:06 PM
I have a 1972 Monte Carlo. That's my big guilty pleasure.I also recently pulled an old flip-style clock out of the garage and installed it in my bedroom. There is something cool about the sound of gears turning and the hum of the electric motor running. posted by
anonymous
on Nov 9, 2006 at 02:07 PM
ALF from Melmak was so funny, by far it was my favorite! The A team was good. posted by
mattloch
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:00 PM
They need to bring back Looney Toons to Saturday morning television. That's going to be one of my first acts as Emperor of the World.
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:20 PM
mattloch, it's all about Boomerang. They show so many old toons, including my favorite, The Pink Panther.
posted by
ThePulse
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:24 PM
I was a kid in the 80s, so I miss the old Nickelodeon shows like "Pete and Pete," "Ren and Stimpy" and "Doug." And you can't forget "Saved by the Bell," though it was on another station. Those were in the 80s, right?
As far as toys go, I wish my nieces lived nearby so I could introduce them to LEGOs and Lincoln Logs. I guess that's what going home for Christmas is for. When I was younger, I could spend all afternoon making big LEGO houses with roof decks that my little LEGO people thoroughly enjoyed. :-) The other day I found one of those squishy balls that kind of look like urchins with all the stretchy, plastic pieces coming off of it. I think I might go back and buy it just so I can put it on my very messy desk and play with it when I'm stumped for things to write. posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:29 PM
The early Ren & Stimpy shows were sooooo bizare and funny. After the show was sold it just wasn't the same. I actually ran across it before I knew anything about it and was floored.squishy balls? Are you referring to a Koosh ball from those Klutz folks? posted by
mattloch
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:35 PM
Boomerang doesn't show Looney Toons anymore, either. They've moved onto those horribly crappy '70s Hanna Barbara cartoons. Nope, you could dedicate an entire channel to Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies.<<sigh>> At least they're finally releasing some on DVD. I'd willingly pay $1,000 for a boxed set of every WB cartoon between the '30s and the '60s. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Roadrunner and Coyote, all of them, down to the singing frog. I'd even leave out the horrible "made-for-tv" ones from the '70s on through today. The ones with all the colors that seem off and the horrible soundtracks. Except for the Roadrunner ones; more than half of those were from the tv-era, and they're still classics. posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Horrible cartoons, like Schmoo for example? The voice alone is enough to want to throw your TV out the window.
posted by
anonymous
on Nov 11, 2006 at 12:12 PM
There are 4 volumes of Looney Tunes DVDs on Amazon...as soon as those come in they will be right next to the collection of Three Stooges DVDs.
If you ask me, that's why kids are so screwed up today. They aren't being raised on good values and great humor like Bugs, Daffy and Elmer Fudd. And what they need is good male role models like Moe, Larry and Curly. posted by
jasonsperber
on Nov 16, 2006 at 11:12 AM
Did you know that the new "Sesame Street Old School" dvd set of clips from the early '70s is being sold as a "nostagia" product that's not suitable for children? Something about it not being acceptable for today's kids to play in a dump or something... Heh.
posted by
Barbieisjustadoll2u
on Feb 5, 2007 at 05:16 PM
Wow it's a time warp! How about Hot Wheels I have lots of those. And then there's Raggedy Ann, Glow Worms, Ah Easy Bake Ovens where the bomb! Atari games you say, you can't leave out Pong! And believe it or not I still have a couple of eight track tapes and a few 45s. But my fondest childhood memory is my Mrs. Beasley Doll (from Family Affair) What I wouldn't give to have one today!! As for WWF, we have Hulk Hogan's Wrestling Buddy, Hacksaws Foam 2x4, Randy Savage's foam finger ( Oh Yeah!), The Bushwackers hat And lots of Programs from the events, both local and from the LA Sports Arena, Oh and I can't forget the ever famous Hulk Hogan Rip away tank top and red and yellow head bandana. Whew, OK now back to the year 2007! : } posted by
NancyII
on Feb 5, 2007 at 06:42 PM
Mark brought the girls over one evening before Christmas and I noticed a can of jacks and pickup sticks I had left under the tree. I asked the girls (11 and 13) if they had ever played with them. The looked blank so I asked Mark what kind of dad he was???? I got them out..dropped them on the floor and we played a few games. Then the girls played a few until the younger one kept winning so the older one lost interest. I think they actually got a kick out of them. Imagine...no moving parts..no batteries..no transformers to plug in, no screen, no joy stick. What fun is that? The answer...lots. (I felt a need to play jacks once and they came in that can with the pickup sticks. Yes folks...I still play jacks on occasion)
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