Whatever happened to...?

[Finslady]

The Muppets! I know Jim Henson died but God I loved that show. It seemed like every celebrity in the world made at least one appearance. Piiiiiigs Innnnnn Spaaaaaace! Beeker. The two critics in the booth. Classic. Too bad this thread reminds me of how old I am. :frusty:

[EternalEnigma21]

The muppets were okay, but I spent a lot of time Down on Fraggle Rock!

[htownskinfan]

just thought of a toy I had,I think they outlawed them,called click clacks or clackers,anybody remember those? 2 glass balls on the end of a string you banged together,I couldnt find a video of anybody doing them that really knows how,the trick was to get your hand moving up and down real fast and see how many times you could get the balls to hit each other,I'll never forget that sound

[Gmanc711]

Did anyone else in here collect .... gulp.... beanie babies?


I'm guilty of it, thinking I was going to strike gold. I once got smacked with a chair trying to rush into hallmark to get some stupid bear that came out for 5 bucks, that was worth like 500 bucks at the time and is now worth somewhere between jack and shit...

[SeanTaylor21]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Did anyone else in here collect .... gulp.... beanie babies?


I'm guilty of it, thinking I was going to strike gold. I once got smacked with a chair trying to rush into hallmark to get some stupid bear that came out for 5 bucks, that was worth like 500 bucks at the time and is now worth somewhere between jack and shit...

They started to give those out with McDonalds kids meals when I was younger...

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Did anyone else in here collect .... gulp.... beanie babies?


I'm guilty of it, thinking I was going to strike gold. I once got smacked with a chair trying to rush into hallmark to get some stupid bear that came out for 5 bucks, that was worth like 500 bucks at the time and is now worth somewhere between jack and shit...

my wife still has a few chests full of those things... sealed up in these little plastic boxes. They're our retirement fund

[wolfeskins]

The Great Space Coaster......get on board, with the great space coaster.







don't read it, sing it.

[EternalEnigma21]

Here are some toys I had when I was around 6 or 7..







I only got to use this one like once:







And who can forget:

[EternalEnigma21]

I'm having too much fun with this... I used to have a bicycle, and I don't know who made it but I cant find a picture to save my life. I think it was either huffy or murray, but it was red and black and had these big white hubcaps covering the spokes... a few other kids had them and I thought it was the coolest thing ever...

also remembrer entertech? They had these commercials "the look, the feel, the sound, so real... entertech" they made waterguns that were battery operated and made electronic gun sounds and they had a feild pack water grenade filler (pictured in the bottom right). We used to fill them with red and blue disappearing ink and play war. Pre-paintball paintball!

[70Chip]

Evel Knievel Daredevil Stunt Action Set

[4mrusmc]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Evel Knievel Daredevil Stunt Action Set

Holly crap! I had those toys and they kicked ass! It was about getting the kids outside to do tricks and jumps. Man, those were the days!

[riggins44]

dmek, yes Rat Patrol was about group of guys in Jeeps with machine guns on top. Thought I had arrived when Hot Wheels came out. Could buy the minature cars, but
still loved building models.

[htownskinfan]

okay,who had a muscle bike when they were a kid with the gearshift mounted on the crossbar? I recently bought a repro schwinn like in the video,it was a single speed I've now turned into a 5 speed with the crossbar mounted gearshift


also,did anybody have a wheelie bar? very rare and hard to find now,sell for up to a thousand bucks on ebay

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

okay,who had a muscle bike when they were a kid with the gearshift mounted on the crossbar? I recently bought a repro schwinn like in the video,it was a single speed I've now turned into a 5 speed with the crossbar mounted gearshift


also,did anybody have a wheelie bar? very rare and hard to find now,sell for up to a thousand bucks on ebay

the wheelie bar commercial is hilarious. I had a lady almost cry while screaming at me because my kid didn't have on proper personal protective equipment while riding her bike at the park... like she knew my kid was going to die or something. times have changed, thats for sure...

[htownskinfan]

yeah,thats what I was thinking when i watched it,barefoot in shorts with no helmet,yep,times have changed