Heather Toupin says she dictated the list to her grandfather. The “Kitten????” is priceless. I was stoked to see the Star Rider, a cool toy that was made only for a couple of years. Glow in the dark Shrinky Dinks were a thing.
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Side one of Timothy Smith‘s mom-transcribed list. I think he pretty much nails it. The Fisher-Price Sea Shark and Land Speed Racer are classic Adventure People sets.
I assume that “Hoth military vehicles – on[e] that looks like it flys” is the Snowspeeder.
I wonder if he got his machine gun.
Letters to Santa, 1982
Published December 5, 2014 Christmas , Christmas Lists , Letters from Kids , Newspapers 5 Comments
“My old B.B. gun just doesn’t have enough power to kill what I want to shoot.” Yup. The letters are from a Texas newspaper. Lots of Atari and tabletop/mini arcade game mentions, especially Pac-Man, and one brave soul asked for “electronic Dungeons and Dragons.”
An epic two-page list the author of Life in Smirley World bestowed upon her soon-to-be destitute grandparents when she was eight or nine. Some thoughts I had while going through all the items:
- Gold snake belt?
- “Rubik’s cube on the key chain (comes that way)”—I had one of those! Cheap bastard.
- Animal Posters?
- I like how she sneaks Parakeet in between Barbie Dreamhouse and Ziggy bookmark.
- There appears to be some conflicting emotions regarding Preppies.
- I had Missing Link and Pyraminx too. Frustrating bastards.
- “$2.00 (for something certian I want)” followed by “Money” is pretty gutsy, and priceless.
- I like how she sneaks Atari in between paint by numbers sets and Tri Lab Pak.
- Merlin!
2 Warps to Neptune 