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Author:  Spaulding [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:32 pm ]
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I was doing some xmas shopping today and some old toys popped up in the process. Stuff from the 70s/80s looks so dated but had some fuzzy feelings brought back from childhood.

I played with this for hours
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There were also these bubble bath packets that turned your water pink, blue, green or yellow. I'd never use the yellow and I hid the packets. My mom found them and said she wouldn't buy me any more until I used what I had. I burst into tears and said I feel like I'm sitting in a tub of pee. She tried making me mix it with the blue to make green but I didn't want to wreck the blue so I'd mix it with the green. I wish I had a box of them now.

I desperately wanted a neon phone when I was in about 6th grade.
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Author:  IMU [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:33 pm ]
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God those water games were hard.
Author:  Brick [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:36 pm ]
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Nerf guns. I'm not sure why I didn't keep playing with them my whole life though. Plus, less chance of a murder charge with them.
Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:37 pm ]
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A good soldier did all the damage needed with the below simple firearm. None of the fancy backpacks needed.

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Author:  IMU [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:45 pm ]
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This is the main one I used:

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When all 3 tanks were full, I could barely lift the thing.
Author:  Nas [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:02 pm ]
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I was a puzzle, sports and play fighting kid. Didn't really play video games until I was like 10 or 11 when I got a Sega Genesis and Madden.
Author:  IMU [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:06 pm ]
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Oh, yay, hotlinked nudes without warning. That's nice.
Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:11 pm ]
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IMU wrote:
Oh, yay, hotlinked nudes without warning. That's nice.

Very tame compared to the stuff Panther used to routinely drop in the middle of busy threads.
Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:14 pm ]
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that fuckin' marble game. not the marble run thing--though that was fun (as an adult).

not stay alive, although that game was sweet, too.

the game I am thinking of involved marbles with a ring around them and you had to sort of throw them down a lane. FOUND IT:

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Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:16 pm ]
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Electric football sets. My friends and I played all the time. Actually ordered a couple of extra teams and rookie bases for "league" games.

:oops:
Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:19 pm ]
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Regular Reader wrote:
Electric football sets. My friends and I played all the time. Actually ordered a couple of extra teams and rookie bases for "league" games.

:oops:

That ping-pong ball basketball was kinda cool. I remember being upset because I asked for Dr. J's game and I got some schmo named "Julius Erving."
Author:  badrogue17 [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:20 pm ]
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Watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer every year .
Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:24 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer every year .

+ Charlie Brown + Frosty + The Heat Miser. The New Year's Baby with the big ears sucked.

Millions of cool kids probably used to play this:

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Author:  veganfan21 [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:25 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
paint chips .
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:25 pm ]
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tommy wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
Electric football sets. My friends and I played all the time. Actually ordered a couple of extra teams and rookie bases for "league" games.

:oops:

That ping-pong ball basketball was kinda cool. I remember being upset because I asked for Dr. J's game and I got some schmo named "Julius Erving."


First pair of leather gym shoes I got were Conversed. Around here everyone called them Dr. J's . When I got to SportMart in Calumet City and asked for them, the salesperson had no idea what they were.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:26 pm ]
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veganfan21 wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
paint chips .

:lol:
Author:  a retard [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:26 pm ]
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Author:  Walt Williams Neck [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:26 pm ]
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IMU wrote:
Oh, yay, hotlinked nudes without warning. That's nice.

I can see why those water games were hard for you....pictures from the National Geographic!...banned in Boston
Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:29 pm ]
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a retard wrote:
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I'll STFU after this, but I liked the USA-USSR one they had at Showbiz Pizza.

PS--why are their hooves in the top right of the photo? Is Pan playing?
Author:  Tad Queasy [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:32 pm ]
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tommy wrote:
that fuckin' marble game. not the marble run thing--though that was fun (as an adult).

not stay alive, although that game was sweet, too.

the game I am thinking of involved marbles with a ring around them and you had to sort of throw them down a lane. FOUND IT:

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We had that! That was a fun game.

Was the other marble game you were referring to KerPlunk?

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Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:33 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
veganfan21 wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
paint chips .

:lol:


+ :lol:
Author:  Walt Williams Neck [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:38 pm ]
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IMU wrote:
Oh, yay, hotlinked nudes without warning. That's nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crFQpOCDfEc


This ought to reallyl fuck you up!
Author:  Brick [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:41 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer every year .

Hard Rock, Cocoa, and Joe and Suzy Snowflake and some third really old black and white cartoon on Bozo.

I still love all the Christmas shows.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:47 pm ]
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Douchebag wrote:
I’ll let you know in a couple years .
Author:  Franky T [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:01 pm ]
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Author:  WaitingforRuffcorn [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:02 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Douchebag wrote:
I’ll let you know in a couple years .


:lol:

I guess unemployment is like extended childhood.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:30 pm ]
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Franky T wrote:
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My wife bought one of those as a gag gift ten years ago, played with it at a family get together, then went and got another one and the basketball one.
Author:  Godfella [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:55 pm ]
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Author:  good dolphin [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:07 pm ]
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what's this about sitting in a tub of your pee?
Author:  newper [ Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:46 pm ]
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