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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

The guitarist in one of my bands had one that was supposed to simulate the sound of a 12 string.

It had 3 shorter points on either side of the middle one, and sounded pretty convincing, but it was very cumbersome to use.
This one wasn’t cumbersome at all, unfortunately I got it when I was out of town, the picks were no longer made, and I bought it thinking it a novelty, but got home and loved it, I should have bought more.
 
Goalie masks used to be so cool.
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Very cool!

A quick Google search says these toys debuted in 1983. I'd be a little disappointed if I found out these toys were around when I was a kid, and I didn't know about them!
Looks like Fisher Price discontinued it in 1988 and Mattel revived the Construx name in 1997 and 2017. Yeah, I only briefly heard of them in the 80s and never followed up until recently. They looked cool.

 
Looks like Fisher Price discontinued it in 1988 and Mattel revived the Construx name in 1997 and 2017. Yeah, I only briefly heard of them in the 80s and never followed up until recently. They looked cool.

They look like the result of some Legos and Tinkertoys having a wild night with a bottle of Jagermeister. :whistle: