Blast from the past! Remember when..

[Guest]

Shawn Cassidy! Hardy Boys... LOL!

He's like the next wave of matinee idols after Leif Garrett... and I still remember my Leif Garrett poster. He was wearing bell bottoms that hide his shoes. LOL!

[Vort]

I got a C in my computer science class

#include <stdio.h>

printf("Awesome! You aced it!");

[bcguy]

In fact, in the early 70s, you pick up something that looks like a cheap binoculares and slide that disk in and it shows the photos up close. those were fun times.

[bcguy]

Probebly the most cool technoligy of its time. Alot of kids had them. BTW, I think the rubics Cube came about this time period. Seems like every other kid had one in his hand.

I saved for one of these so I could listen while I walked. I used it for years.

[pam]

You could get these for like a buck. We all lived in these shoes.

[pam]

Anyone remember these?

[Iggy]

Anyone remember these?

Yep. Preferred the one that was shaped like a pencil.

[Iggy]

You could get these for like a buck. We all lived in these shoes.

And they lasted about a bucks worth of time too- the strap always pulled out. I lived in white Keds during the summer.

[Blackmarch]

I still miss the shadowstrikers series of toys,

A real unique take on the combat vehicle variety of toys similar to the old GI Joe vehicles (which i also liked, the older ones not the more recent ones, when they actually used better size ratios, better detail and etc for the GI Joe series) but with a unique twist. usually built better, and did more stuff too.

and even more the Space Explorers, Star Trek Star, Star wars micromachine series...

but most of all, the Megaforce series. And another reason why this series kicked so much rear is 1) all the regular vehicles are fictional yet were based quite heavily on what we had at the current time (for example you wouldnt ever find an f-14 but there would be a design that took a lot of elements from it). And the boss/base vehicles were both sleek and innovative and usually incorporated 3-5 layers of interactivity (storing the small units, usually had something they could fire, movable parts, and usually could split into multiple units themselves).

for reference the little jet sitting on top is about 1.5-2 inches long. Ands has one or two hard points for attaching even smaller ordnance.

I have yet to see any other toys or even collectibles for different movies/series to match their quality. Some of the transformer series came close tho, as well as some of the recent Star wars die cast stuff. As well as having a level of depth to them you don't usually get with other toys ( ihavent really seen any other)... Personally I think this series should have been directed to the mid-late teens as part of a simulation boardgame, rather than to the 8-12 yr olds lol.

Been kicking myself for years over having lost the few that i had when i was younger... they wold have been perfect for my collections and boardgames. XD

Edited August 31, 2012 by Blackmarch

[pam]

And they lasted about a bucks worth of time too- the strap always pulled out. I lived in white Keds during the summer.

I guess I was lucky. I never had that happen.

[slamjet]

#include <stdio.h>

printf("Awesome! You aced it!");

NNOOOOOOOOOO!!! I don't wanna be procedural!!!

[slamjet]

Yea, I know, they still make these but I want to make this someday:

[Hala401]

Remember when farmers parked cars on a hill so if they did not start, they could be coasted down the hill to start? Remember when your big brother had to go outside to turn the antenna so the TV channel could be changed? Remember party line phones?

[miztrniceguy]

Look's like the tree my wife puts up in our office space each year!

[miztrniceguy]

The hot stays hot, and the cool stays cool...

I was a manager at McD's when that was tested. Best burger with tomato they have ever made!

[bcguy]

remaining fallout shelters from the early 1970s.

[bcguy]

how about favorite games and outdoor activity items made of the 70s and 80s? Lets see, mr potato head, light bright, etcha sketch, lawn darts, slip and slide , tonka truck. Kids spent much much more time out side playing then they do today. It was not unusall to see a street full of kids doing lots of sports related things.

[Guest]

how about favorite games and outdoor activity items made of the 70s and 80s? Lets see, mr potato head, light bright, etcha sketch, lawn darts, slip and slide , tonka truck. Kids spent much much more time out side playing then they do today. It was not unusall to see a street full of kids doing lots of sports related things.

But this is not much of a Remember When... because my kids played with all those when they were younger - just a few short years ago. They grew out of most of them now. Now, it's ripstiks and surfboards...

[Guest DeborahC]

I remember when we had sit-ins and burned our bras! I remember when we could write a check on a brown paper bag and the bank would cash it. I remember typing a 50 page brief, having the attorney want a change on page 10 and having to RETYPE the last 40 pages! I also remember party lines and outdoor toilets. Dang... I'm old!

[Guest DeborahC]

I was a manager at McD's when that was tested. Best burger with tomato they have ever made!

I remember when McDonalds only hired boys!

[Guest]

I remember when we had sit-ins and burned our bras! I remember when we could write a check on a brown paper bag and the bank would cash it. I remember typing a 50 page brief, having the attorney want a change on page 10 and having to RETYPE the last 40 pages! I also remember party lines and outdoor toilets. Dang... I'm old!

And I bet you had to retype them in stencil paper so they can then run it through the mimeograph machine to make copies...

[Guest DeborahC]

And I bet you had to retype them in stencil paper so they can then run it through the mimeograph machine to make copies...

Yes, I do!

And I loved the smell... but hated:p cutting those stencils and using that awful purple correction fluid! lol

[Hala401]

I remember when McDonalds only hired boys!

I think I remember that in the early 50's there were not jobs available for my much older sister; baby sitting being the only thing available. Yet, my older brothers all had jobs as soon as they could get Driving Permits; the police casting a blind eye on the fact, and allowing them to drive harvest trucks as long as they stayed out of trouble.

My sister finally left home while still in high school to work for a very rich family as a maid. These folks gave her a lot of help to get through college, while my parents tried to make something dirty of it.

[slamjet]

I HAD A LITE-BRITE! Wow, I haven't thought of that for ages. I had so much fun with that thing. Matter of fact, I found an online version of Lite-Brite.

[MarginOfError]

I HAD A LITE-BRITE! Wow, I haven't thought of that for ages. I had so much fun with that thing. Matter of fact, I found an online version of Lite-Brite.

I might find that more addictive than Minecraft.