Nostalgia: Things You Had Growing Up

Nightfall
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I forgot all about this guy. Saw a picture of it today and it instantly took me back. Anyone else have a Merlin? What else you got?

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afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited April 2018
    Also the 2XL robot! Yes, I was born in '84 and was not alive for these toys. I grew up in a low income trailer court, our toys were hand me downs or from Goodwill for a long time.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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    Colecovision! Atari competitor, didn't work out so well. I remember playing Donkey Kong and Zaxxon on that thing for many hours!
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,772
    edited April 2018
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Also the 2XL robot! Yes, I was born in '84 and was not alive for these toys. I grew up in a low income trailer court, our toys were hand me downs or from Goodwill for a long time.

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    "84? Pfft, I have Concert T shirts older than you...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    I grew my first beard in '84
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    Eighty Four!...Eighty Four!...

    Shut it Ken!

    Never heard of either of those mentioned. Must have never it to the right side of the U.S.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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    lightman1 wrote: »
    I grew my first beard in '84

    At age 3? :smiley:
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    Hair.
    I had hair when I was young(er).
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  • lightman1
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    verb wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I grew my first beard in '84

    At age 3? :smiley:

    Ha! I was about to graduate high school.
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  • Nightfall
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    ken brydson wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Also the 2XL robot! Yes, I was born in '84 and was not alive for these toys. I grew up in a low income trailer court, our toys were hand me downs or from Goodwill for a long time.

    3t115io5jsim.jpeg

    "84? Pfft, I have shoes older than you...

    Your material is just as old too. ;)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • ken brydson
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Also the 2XL robot! Yes, I was born in '84 and was not alive for these toys. I grew up in a low income trailer court, our toys were hand me downs or from Goodwill for a long time.

    3t115io5jsim.jpeg

    "84? Pfft, I have shoes older than you...

    Your material is just as old too. ;)

    Fixed...
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  • Nightfall
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Nightfall
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,271
    Oh, I had a Merlin. Here you go, I took this picture a few years ago. I found a file in the filing cabinet filled with manuals for my handheld toys from when I was a kid. I didn't know it was in there. I think I ended up selling the manuals on eBay.

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  • Nightfall
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    It's amazing all the things you would never think about for the rest of your life until you see a picture.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,806
    edited April 2018
    Wow, this thread brings back some memories. I had a ton of fun with this.

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    verb wrote: »
    Colecovision! Atari competitor, didn't work out so well. I remember playing Donkey Kong and Zaxxon on that thing for many hours!
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    Donkey Kong Jr was my kryptonite for awhile....the quest to break 300,000 points between me and my buddies consumed a good part of our youth...lol, but I did prevail.
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  • Nightfall
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    I remember these at my grandparents house.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Hermitism
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    These were the toys of Jesse's youth. :smiley:

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  • F1nut
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    Hermitism wrote: »
    These were the toys of Jesse's youth. :smiley:

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    Hey, where'd you a pic of my toy collection?
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  • F1nut
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    Hermitism wrote: »
    These were the toys of Jesse's youth. :smiley:

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    Hermie...dude think further back! Them rocks would of been molten in his day!

    Correct. Like I said, the other is my toy collection.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • Hermitism
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    Those were the tools he used to carve the Ten Commandments!
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    Hope
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  • Hermitism
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    Now you've got me digging up more pictures that I took years ago. I don't think I have any pictures of my Star Wars stuff.

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    Micronauts!
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  • afterburnt
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    Hermitism wrote: »
    Now you've got me digging up more pictures that I took years ago. I don't think I have any pictures of my Star Wars stuff.

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    Micronauts!
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    Viking64 wrote: »
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    I had the space crawler! Wow! :smile:
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    Played for hours with this...

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