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Re: The nostalgia thread or "Do you remember?" or All things old.
Another revived (again) thread by yours truely.
Ok, so I was looking through a catalog circa 1992(?) and I saw something in there that everyone I knew who owend a car had, but never used. I actually remember them more prevelent in the 80's but whatever... It's called the auto blaster, and it would make a noise or something, when you pushed one of the many buttons on it. Sounds would include, an incoming missle and it exploding, a ray gun sound, a grenade explosion, machine gun and a random emergency wail.. (No matter what brand blaster you would buy, the sounds were the same.) I guess those were the only sounds available on a cheap transducer (sound chip) back in the day. Anyone else remember those or still have one? Also, does anyone remember the keychains that when you whistle would make a noise. My cousins and I used to play with my uncle's keys for hours on eend, hiding them on each other and whistling to find them. Turns out the batteries were pretty good and it lasted a whole week that way. ![]() |
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EVIL dead thread reviver!
![]() Well, looking through this thread gave me some nostalgia. I also saw a comment about the Power Rangers in there. Man, before the second movie, they absolutely rocked (and Space was okay, but by the time that came, I was turned off). So a few months ago, I was channel surfing on a Saturday morning. I came to the latest spinoff of the Power Rangers. It's called "Power Rangers: Dino Thunder". I figured it's been awhile, so why not? Turns out it was the premier episode. And who do I see? None other than the original green ranger, now a doctor in paleontology, and a mentor to the rangers (apparently, they reduced their numbers to 3). They seem to be returning to their roots, and aiming it at the young teenager crowd. We have bio-zords now (using dinosaurs of course). The CGI is also great. It was a nice blast of nostalgia. Let's just say I've been catching it every week. The siblings (both under 10) seem to enjoy it too. Oh, and Crystal Pepsi. I absolutely loved that. |
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I just read it now and it brought back a lot of memories. I'm glad it's back and didn't die.......yet! I still have my Garbage Pail Kids. I remember wanting to go to the store every week and get more. Anyone remember My Little Pony? My sister had these and I used to take them and hide them on her. They had different colored mains and tails that you could brush and one thing I thought about but never did was cut them off on her! One toy of my sister's I always liked and played with was Vultron. It was five different colored lions that could join together into one large one. She had all five lions, black, green, yellow, red, and blue. I don't remember what they all signified but green was forrest (land), yellow was volcano, and blue was water. Vultron had started out as a cartoon. I had Lionel trains permanently set up in the rec room downstairs to play with. I used to use my Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Corgi cars and even Legos on the train board. These Matchboxs were regular looking cars, no fancy paint schemes like today. I had a lot of "normal everyday" looking cars like station wagons, sedans, pick ups, vans, ect. I still have the trains, Legos, and Matchbox/Hot Wheels. Everything is packed away except for the trains which come out during the Christmas season to run around the tree. I also used to play with the metal Tonka trucks I had outside. I had a dumptruck I would sit in and ride down the street. I no longer have these trucks, I gave them away to a cousin when I got older. I do have one funny story though with them. You know the sound a zipper makes in a clothes dryer? Well one day I decided to put the trucks in there to dry them off after they got wet being left outside. I'll leave it to your imagination what 3 metal trucks sounded like in there! Wow, just think of the things you did as a kid. ![]() |
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Speaking of nostalgia, I got to experience it quite a bit today while we disposed a whole 20 ft long construction dumpster's worth of old school district computers. I was in a quite nostalgic mood so I picked up a Macintosh Classic and brought it home to save it from the junkyard. We also tossed (literally) a bunch of "Power PC" Macs and Mac IIC's and there was even an Apple IIE with integrated keyboard.
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Just think of the geeks like me you could have sold them babies to on ebay and made a bundle of money.. lol Last edited by Elgin Clock : 28-07-2004 at 00:50. Reason: forgot to finish my sentence... :-D |
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i was in the grocery store with my friend the other day (loooong story ... ) and i randomly go "remember Gushers .. and Dunkaroos .. and Soda-licious .. whatever happened to them ??" and later .. we found them .. i was so happy to find out they still make them .. they were some of the best candies ever ... even though my mom wouldnt let me have them ...
on a random note .. when we found them i go "wow .. everything in this aisle is so old-school ... except for all this new stuff .. " |
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Me, being a ripe age of sixteen, what's old-school for me is showing me work in science class. (no, that is NOT a typo) It may also have something to do with my geekiness...
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We had these Apple IIs back in the early part of elementary school (actually, now that I think of it, Harbison West only switched out those computers to IBMs the year after I left for middle school), and I remember the first time that I played. This kid in my class who was a pain was sitting near me, and I was reading the instructions (a habit I would later shake). He then mashed the start button for me, so here I was in this really weird grid with no idea what I'm doing! Welcome to my world. |
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Anyway.... Yes, I remember Legends of the Hidden Temple, best game show. They still have it on Nick GAS Network, sometimes when I have nothing to do, I sit down and watch it. As for computer games, my all time classic favorite is Lemmings, especially Lemmings Chronicals. |
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as for ninja turtles ... i loved them too ... and theyre back on tv now ... saturday morning cartoons ... yay!! |
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Hungry Hungry Hippos? How could anybody forget them?
Or the Lego Space shuttle? First set I ever built, 1992, I built it outside, and it was on a table with crayons on it as well. Crayons + sun = shiney goo. Mentioning crayons, remember when the 64-crayon box first came out? When there were 8 "mystery" colors that we got to name? I remember they had white wrappings and "name this color" on the side. |
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Remember Trouble, Mouse Trap, Don't Wake Dad, and Operation? |
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Speaking of old games: Sega Genesis (and the afforementioned Sonic the Hedgehog games)! I still play mine, although lately I've been weening myself towards using an emulator for it. I imagine some people here must have old Commodores, Ataris, and NESs. |
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