I remember in the back of comic books they had ads for stuff that seemed to good to be true. Glasses that could look through people's clothes. This submarine thing that you could put under water and have it travel by itself and really cool rockets. I never ordered one but I am sure I would have been disappointed as they **still** don't have those X-ray sunglasses I always wanted.
It's not a product, but one thing I certainly miss from when I was a kid was very few guys giving a damn about the brand name of much of anything they wore.
but that hardly counts as hard to find.... you can still buy them, 'cept now a box of 50 costs about 99 cents !
Hence the wink, but they aren't nearly as common as they once were. BTW they have reproductions of the old Mattel games out now, I have the football one!!
I was going to post Bazooka Joe gum, but apparently it's still around in some form.
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now... that is an EIGHT INCH floppy, and held a whopping 500K bytes (used them with my TRS-80.)
Heh, my Dad has some of those, plus one of the metal boxes they used to carry around punch card programs in.
Oh yea. I played that until I "beat it". All you had to do was back up a bit, wait for the "defense" to get "out of position" and then run for the end zone. It stopped being fun after that.
The game (javelin darts) happens to be banned now.
That game was a BLAST! By age 10 or so, we were throwing them overhanded at a target tacked to hay bales.... I think I'm gonna have to make a set of those for my kids this summer.
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I'm not exactly old yet, but I remember I used to be able to buy a certain kind of gum that I can't find anymore:
The flavor only lasted for a minute and a half, but darn, it was good.
Check Toys R Us.
but that hardly counts as hard to find.... you can still buy them, 'cept now a box of 50 costs about 99 cents !
now... finding these (and unfortunately, i can remember when they were NEW!...
now... that is an EIGHT INCH floppy, and held a whopping 500K bytes (used them with my TRS-80.)
but that hardly counts as hard to find.... you can still buy them, 'cept now a box of 50 costs about 99 cents !
now... finding these (and unfortunately, i can remember when they were NEW!...
now... that is an EIGHT INCH floppy, and held a whopping 500K bytes (used them with my TRS-80.)
And with the Apple II
I remember cutting the notch out of the side to make them double sided.
Haven't seen one of these in awhile:
I still use those. I used on today. I had to use it today.
Ocean Pacific surfwear?
Jordache Jeans?
Vuarnet sunglasses?
It's not a product, but one thing I certainly miss from when I was a kid was very few guys giving a damn about the brand name of much of anything they wore.
Ah, the hours I wasted on this game.
.....yes, *hours*
I had this one:
I've got some Teaberry gum in my kitchen cabinet right now. We have a Mast General Store that sells hundreds of types of old-time candy by the pound.
but that hardly counts as hard to find.... you can still buy them, 'cept now a box of 50 costs about 99 cents !
Hence the wink, but they aren't nearly as common as they once were. BTW they have reproductions of the old Mattel games out now, I have the football one!!
I was going to post Bazooka Joe gum, but apparently it's still around in some form.
now... that is an EIGHT INCH floppy, and held a whopping 500K bytes (used them with my TRS-80.)
Heh, my Dad has some of those, plus one of the metal boxes they used to carry around punch card programs in.
I had this one:
Oh yea. I played that until I "beat it". All you had to do was back up a bit, wait for the "defense" to get "out of position" and then run for the end zone. It stopped being fun after that.
Wacky Packages...but I am old
I remember these. My folders and lunch box in elementary school were covered in those stickers.
The game (javelin darts) happens to be banned now.
Hope this image isn't too large:
The game (javelin darts) happens to be banned now.
I had this game. No one died.
Hope this image isn't too large:
The game (javelin darts) happens to be banned now.
That game was a BLAST! By age 10 or so, we were throwing them overhanded at a target tacked to hay bales.... I think I'm gonna have to make a set of those for my kids this summer.
Merlin
OMG!!
I had completely forgotten about those.