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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Two things that you won’t see on kept up playgrounds anymore.
Took this from an expired Reverb.com ad 4 years ago. The luthier Gary Cooper (RIP) also worked as a tech at a local music store. He was one these gifted wizard craftsmen (the term Gandalf was used more than once). These were quite nice to play. Definitely a passing resemblance to an Alembic, yet unique. A friend of mine had one so I got to borrow his from time to time. This gentleman advised me and put together my customized Fender Jazz. I still cherish it 40 years later.
Here’s the ad….(he’s right, they are rare.)
Extremely Rare Oasis bass, made between 1977 and 1983, in Excellent Condition. These guitars and basses were build by Gary Cooper, and early Alembic employee, that became an extremely well know luthier in the Bay Area during this time. These are of excellent quality and very hard to find.
Here’s the ad….(he’s right, they are rare.)
Extremely Rare Oasis bass, made between 1977 and 1983, in Excellent Condition. These guitars and basses were build by Gary Cooper, and early Alembic employee, that became an extremely well know luthier in the Bay Area during this time. These are of excellent quality and very hard to find.
I don't think I've ever seen a supertall slide like that. But the merry go round shown is actually the safety version, that replaced the old style where you could hop down into the center and get really fast spinning by pushing from the center (but if you ever tripped and fell down it would become a very bad day):
I think i saw this down by the river.
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I still have my Wacky Packages cards from the 1960s I got when I was a kid.
- Oct 22, 2015
- 21,163
- 256,781
- Disclosures
- I am an affiliate for Ari Cap.
Oh wow!
I've still got Batman (probably a couple of them), Robin, the Batmobile, Spiderman, and I think they did a smaller size too, because I had an identical articulated Hulk, but it would only have been about 4" .
This has also reminded me of winning a fancy dress competition, aged 4, dressed as The Incredible Hulk - which must have looked hilarious, because I was a skinny little kid, wearing a shaggy wig, and a torn up pair of my dad's loons (purple loons, no less), but the icing on the cake, so to speak, was I was caked head to toe in green grease paint, which came off on anything, or anyone I came in to contact with.
Anyway, back to those 8" action figures - I don't know if it was the same company, but I also had several Star Trek figures (definitely had Kirk, Spock, and Scotty, and possibly a couple of others - I feel like I remember a Klingon).
It was around for a few years. It didn't get the publicity of the drink.I did hear about it, but never tried it.
Gatorade Gum (History, Flavors, Pictures & Commercials) - Snack History
Gatorade has had a lot of different products over the years. Gatorade gum is one of those products that seem to be deeply missed but we have yet to see a comeback.
www.snackhistory.com
