Nostalgia: Things You Had Growing Up
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I wasn't to speak of wanting one of those. We always lived in the City so really nowhere except the school yards to shoot them. I believe some guys and their dads shot some off at the school from time to time.
I did build a model of the Apollo 11 Saturn rocket that turned out very nice and cool. About 2 ft. tall with all kinds of detailed stuff that went into each section. This might've been it.
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Went thru many of these.
And the ones with adjustable wings to make them loop.2 Channel
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Another classic Seinfeld episode - where Jerry's girlfriend had all the cool vintage toys that Jerry and George wanted to play with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2zPfwMF3c
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Wish I still had this. My dad sold it, along with his own sled when my parents divorced.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Some of my airplanes went out of an upstairs window doused in Testors on fire. If I tried that now I would set the State on fire. -
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Penny racers...Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!! -
I wish I still had one of these too.
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Polk 1.2tl's Modded with dreadnought
Musical Fidelity M6Si
North Star Intenso Dac
Auralic Aries Mini Streamer
Oppo 103
Pangea PC
Wireworld Equinox 7 interconnects
Wireworld Equinox 7 Speaker Cables and Jumpers
Backups 2.3tl, Crs+ pin/blade with stands.Monitor 5 peerless,Monitor 4 peerless,Polk R200,McCormack Dna 0.5 Deluxe McCormack Dna 1,Dared Sl 2000A,Dayens Ampino Rogue Magnum 66 pre -
I still have some of my original Micronauts
2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
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My parents bought me a used Schwinn Fastback five speed for my birthday. To this day the most awesome bike I have ever owned. Wish I still had it. Peace. D
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That's really cool, I've never seen one of those. What makes it go?nooshinjohn wrote: »
Wish I still had this. My dad sold it, along with his own sled when my parents divorced.
Dude, in the boxes! Those are worth some bank!txcoastal1 wrote: »I still have some of my original Micronauts
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Had a little gas engine, and it was pretty quick too.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I can't believe there's room for a motor. Super cool!
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I used to also play with the Erector set
2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
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That green machine was sweet. I terrorized my neighbors in Findlay OH.
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Radio Shack sold a bunch of these and others back in the day. I had no interest in chemistry (probably would of blown up the house) , but instead chose Aerospace as my post high school education.
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txcoastal1 wrote: »I still have some of my original Micronauts
https://youtu.be/Pj_QsAdh4MI
I got this for Christmas one year and it totally sucked. It just didn't work and had to be taken back to the store. I was so disappointed. I also used to get irritated at Christmas when I'd get a bunch of toys that required batteries, but didn't get any batteries. Come on Santa!
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dkfreebird wrote: »These were fun to play with too.
These were great other than chewing up the t-sticks
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Had a few of these as well as the rough riders. Stompers are pulling a good price now.
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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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Had this one way back when.
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txcoastal1 wrote: »I still have some of my original Micronauts
Ho Lee Crap... I remember the Baron Karza. I used to play with it at my Grandma's house, it was in my dad's old room in the closet. I always remembered it but I never knew what it was called. The stomach and the arms shoot, I think the shoulders too?
You ready to sell that bad boy?
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
aprazer402 wrote: »Had this one way back when.
That is cool! Looks like the grenade launcher actually works!
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Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
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I had something like this where you would pull the string and the helicopter blades would spin and then it would fly up into the air. Looked a lot older than this example:
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txcoastal1 wrote: »I still have some of my original Micronauts
Ho Lee Crap... I remember the Baron Karza. I used to play with it at my Grandma's house, it was in my dad's old room in the closet. I always remembered it but I never knew what it was called. The stomach and the arms shoot, I think the shoulders too?
You ready to sell that bad boy?
The rocket launchers go on the shoulders, and yes shoots from everywhere, and NOPE not for sale. IMHO the 4 need to stay together.
They weren't cheap either, they went from $7.55 to $9.50 (late 70's 9YO), I bought 2 of them working in my neighborhood cleaning yards and stuff. The other 2 were gifts
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Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Marantz PM8004 Integrated
Marantz SA8004 SACD Player
Music Hall mmf 7.3 TT with Ortofon Bronze
WiiM Mini
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
These are nothing without mi pinga pucks
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