Do you think the kids in these photos got to take home some loot?
(Source: WishbookWeb)
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1979 Sears Christmas Catalog: The Empire Strikes Back Bedding and Star Wars Toys
Published October 16, 2012 Catalogs , Star Wars (Original Trilogy) 1 Comment
You have to admire how insanely politically incorrect this set is. And the play mat was “printed in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong”? Oy.
Only Nerds GOTO Computer Camp (1980)
Published October 13, 2012 Computer Camp , Personal Computers Leave a Comment
This kid rules. It takes guts to be this smug when you’re this attached to a Snoopy doll. Besides, I think he’s building the Starship Enterprise on his Apple II.
(Via blindpig21’s Flickr)
Portrait of a Young Geek Painting D&D Miniatures (1982)
Published October 13, 2012 D&D , D&D Portraits 1 Comment
November 4, 1982. (Ricardo Ferro/St. Petersburg Times)
(Via Arpten’s Photo Memories)
Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch (1982)
Published October 12, 2012 Electronic Handhelds , Nintendo , Rich Kids Suck , Video Games 3 Comments
I envied the kids who had these.
Boy’s Room, 1977
Published October 12, 2012 Six Million Dollar Man, The , Space: 1999 , What Our Rooms Looked Like 2 Comments
October 11, 1977. (Glen Martin/Denver Post)
First of all, that’s the Eagle 1 on the shelf behind the bed.
Second, what’s up with the bowling game? I’ve never seen one quite like it, and it looks pretty lame. Trade it in for an air hockey table, kid.
Third, scan far left, click image to enlarge, and you can make out the Mission Control Center from The Six Million Dollar Man toy line, seen below via Toys You Had. I can’t tell what the boxes to the right of the Command Center are.
(First image source: Big Ole Photos)
“Don’t look at it’s eyes or you’ll sleep forever” should be an internet meme. Or rather, because I’m a grammar asshole, “Don’t look at it’s [sic] eyes or you’ll sleep forever.”
Miner Industries: Star Base Command Tower (1979)
Published October 11, 2012 Multiple Toymakers/MPC , Space Toys/Playsets 2 Comments
Via John Kenneth Muir’s Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic Television. Muir says the Tower was released in ’79 by Minor Industries, but I can’t find anything about the company on the Intertubes. The box says ‘Major’ with a little ‘i’ above the ‘M’, so possibly it’s Major Industries—no luck searching for that either.
I’m very curious, because this has to be the same company that released the awesome Galactic Attack Dome in 1980—
The men, the vehicles, and those space pods are exactly the same. Are there more of these kick-ass space sets out there? Where might I ogle them?
Anyone in the know should contact me immediately, lest I die of extreme nerd curiosity.
Ah, wood. Wood is good. Wood is so warm and hard, especially in the morning. The kids like to hold the wood and stroke it. The parental units like to keep the wood burning all night long.
All families should live in the woods in houses made of wood.
Moonraker Trading Cards (1979)
Published October 9, 2012 James Bond , Moonraker , Trading Cards Leave a Comment
We all feel the same way about Moonraker: the outer space laser action was pretty righteous, but it took way too long to get there.
2 Warps to Neptune 