Things you don't see anymore

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Wow! Wow! I can't believe I found this! Another Santa present! (I'm almost sure it was Christmas 1977)





After searching for "Lulu-Monde Walkie Talkie" I found exactly the ones I had. Now this is what I call fond childhood memories.

I've just remembered clearly. Yes, it was Christmas Eve. 1977. This is what I received in '78:

A Yamaha Electone BK2 which my dad replaced around half a year later for this one:

Which I currently have in my apartment in half-decent condition (BTW, that was my first bass amp EVER).

 

[TNCreature]

A "Close And Play"

 

[Joe Nerve]

I absolutely can not freaking believe I found this with one click. I was certain I was the only one on the planet who owned one.

 

[Joe Nerve]

And this is what Santa gave me on Christmas Eve. 1976:

The only problem with those was that the needle was a truly awful one. Anyway, I loved it.

Had that too!!! Hey, what's your mom's name?

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Had that too!!! Hey, what's your mom's name?

Well, putting aside the birth year (I don't know yours), we were born with just one day of difference.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Well, putting aside the birth year (I don't know yours), we were born with just one day of difference.

OK. That must be it then. The year was six....



1.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Just a cool pic that came up while I was searching for other junk.

 

[The Owl]

The Optigan. It's sounds and rhythm patterns were on flimsy optical discs

The good 'ol Univac computer

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[David Jayne]

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Can't make it work. Nevermind.

 

[The Owl]

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Here ya go:

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[HeavyDuty]

Andybody remember Vacuform?

Or Thingmaker:

Two toys from my youth. Wonderful toys, way too dangerous to be allowed these days.

I still have my wife's Vacuform - I use it on occasion for model projects.

I had a Thingmaker and one of the similar machines that made foul tasting edible stuff. It took years to get rid of the burn scars on my fingertips.

 

[HeavyDuty]

One of the local cool kids had the one with the steering wheel - it was deadly to ride.

I had a cheap knockoff of the ones with the Apes and top bar shifter. That damn shifter almost castrated me one time when I ran into a sewer grate in the dark.

 

[Richland123]

Laser Discs and Players

 

[capnsandwich]

That's too bad too because these were awesome when I'd work outside all day doing concrete.

 

[FilterFunk]

That's my Tascam!!! Bought mine in '86; gave me many years of great recordings. I could never go back to 4 tracks, but I miss the little guy.

 

[My name is Mudd]

Andybody remember Vacuform?

...omg...I HAD one of those!

I absolutely can not freaking believe I found this with one click. I was certain I was the only one on the planet who owned one.

What...a milk crate full of old Playboys? Hardly.





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But seriously folks...some of you may already know that I've worked in the bicycle industry for over 25 years and can speak with some degree of authority in saying...you know how much some of those Stingrays, etc are WORTH these days?!? Joe's looks like a Raleigh Chopper variant, judging from the ram's-horn handlebars, but I don't recognize the X-shaped sissy bar; the Huffy Steering Wheel was only on the market for maybe a year or two at most, and HeavyDuty is right in that they were flat-out dangerous to ride, which is why they didn't last long at all. And if anyone still has a for-real Schwinn Crate, they're worth about the same as an Alembic Mark King these days. Seriously. And about as easy to get. Seriously. Wait, I take it back...the King would be easier to get. Seriously.

 

[Memotone]

 

[rtslinger]

Yeah you know what I don't see anymore kids being kids today they grow up too fast and a lot die way too soon. that was something that rarely happen when I was young.

 

[The Owl]

The long defunct Jungle Habitat, West Milford NJ 1972-1976

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Jungleland, Thousand Oaks CA 1926-1969


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[Unprofessional]

Yeah you know what I don't see anymore kids being kids today they grow up too fast and a lot die way too soon. that was something that rarely happen when I was young.

+1 on this. We roamed the neighborhood in all directions all summer on our bikes for hours at a time. We had zero adult supervision and zero cellphones. Nothing bad ever happened to us other than the odd self-inflicted bike crash.
I think parents today are too terrified to let their kids just be kids. It's really sad to think about how today's kids are so sheltered and cocooned. I'm convinced that's the reason you have 35 year old "kids" today who can't function on their own. The first reaction of even college age kids today is to call "mommy" or "daddy" to fix it for them.