Things you don't see anymore

[My name is Mudd]

Incoming PM...

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

 

[Etienned]

Thanks Chris, my big brother had a collection of those when I was a kid. Plenty of good souvenirs

 

[Richland123]

On the subject of lamps......
The ones with the color wheel.....pretty cool.

There is a kiosk in the mall where I live that still sells new lamps like this.

I still have my original Wacky Packages set 1 from 1967 and set 2 from 1969. I bought them new when I was a kid and they are in mint condition and are now highly collectible and worth a lot of money.

Some of you might have had the Emenee Tiger Guitar but I have the Emenee Organ like this one. It is complete and still works.

 

[Joe Nerve]

HaHa! Another one. I actually picked that thing up at a flea market about 15-20 years ago, thinking it would be worth a fortune - and sold it to a vintage toy shop a few years back. Didn't get all that much for it.

I wonder if there's a chance that was the actual one I had, cuz the emblem was missing on the top of mine also. I'd have kept it if it sounded decent, but it was horrible. Way out of tune if I remember correctly, and just enough air going throgh it to barely sound off the notes.

 

[Funky Ghost]

I LOVED this mag as a kid/young adult.

OMNI was launched by Kathy Keeton, long-time companion and later wife of Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione, who described the magazine in its first issue as "an original if not controversial mixture of science fact, fiction, fantasy and the paranormal". Before launch it was referred to as Nova, but the name was changed before the first issue to avoid a conflict with the PBS science show of the same name, NOVA.

 

[Richland123]

Marx Tinykins and Disneykins

 

[Etienned]

"Do you have them all ?"


That marketing trick regarding toys is so beat up, yet it still works since there is always newer kids to collect all the tv play sets, all the transformers, all the pokemon... Sigh

 

[stratovani]

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I used to have one of these when I was a kid. The teams I had were the Philadelphia Flyers and the Minnesota North Stars. I remember being bummed about it because like all Canadian kids I wanted Montreal and Toronto, but I got used to it. We would curve the sticks and you could get off some wicked slap shots and spinning shots! You'd put the puck in a slot in the overhead scoreboard, and it would come down a spiral track and you'd get your faceoff at center ice! The scoreboard didn't last too long though, it was flimsy! My cousins would come over and we'd play hockey for hours on end! Good times!

 

[Ayce]

^ My brother and I had one of the "original 6" sets. Had all the players from all the teams included. We'd mix them up and have players from various teams on each side. Many hours of my youth played away.

 

[Stumbo]

60's VW Camper Bus...my first ride. Fold down sofa bed in back. Fridge, Closet, Pull-up table, walk-through, Roll out windows, curtains. Seats six. Good for hauling rigs as well.

 

[Richland123]

My first amp was one of these Gregory 007 amps.

 

[My name is Mudd]

There's one parked down the block right now, mint condition...I've had two bugs and a squareback, but I've never had/always wanted either a bus (preferably a 23-window) or a crew-cab.

The hockey game reminded me of the football game (American football, as opposed to soccer) with the metal vibrating field that moved the players...I never had one and still am not sure just how that thing worked. Yeah, the field vibrated and stuff, but the resulting movement seemed so random...

 

[stratovani]

My first amp was one of these Gregory 007 amps.

Love that huge speaker it had! Must have been real loud!

 

[My name is Mudd]

Oh jeez...I missed that until just now.

You should post that in the GK thread where people argue about whether it's a good idea to aftermarket brace/mattress-top the interior.

 

[Roscoe East]

still am not sure just how that thing worked. Yeah, the field vibrated and stuff, but the resulting movement seemed so random...

You understand perfectly how that thing worked.

 

[My name is Mudd]

I remember watching my friend from across the street playing against his brother and watching him lose about 30 yards or so on one play when his QB supposedly/apparently dropped back after the snap...and back...and back...and back...

 

[Richland123]

Glass Bulb Fire Extinguishers. I used to work in a printing company that had these hanging from the ceiling. They had a spring loaded device on the bottom, that when it would get hot, it would burst the bulb and the liquid inside would spray into the room or a person could throw the glass bulb onto a fire and when the glass would smash, it would put out the flames. Obviously, they were not very effective on big fires.

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[Funky Ghost]

Never saw those before, very cool

 

[Richland123]

Toot a Loop AM wrist radio

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