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1980s |OT| - '90s kids wouldn't understand
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terrisus
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Heh, was going to say, if I missed that, geeze >.>
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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WTF? Why is Arya Stark in that?
EDIT: Not gonna lie. I missed having to blow on carts. I used to put them in the freezer when blowing on them didn't work.
flyinpiranha
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Ah, just was reminded of this:
Wheeljack539
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Ah, just was reminded of this:
Holy crap. So that's what that was. I had the parts for years but I couldn't remember ever getting it or what it was to begin with and it layed in my toybox for ages as a kid.
PHOENIXZERO
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Anyone remember this movie? I probably first saw it in the late 80s but it was for whatever reason my go to Christmas movie for a time.
The Night They Saved Christmas
Probably going to watch it tonight for the first time in over 20 years, expecting it to not hold up well.
The Night They Saved Christmas
Probably going to watch it tonight for the first time in over 20 years, expecting it to not hold up well.
terrisus
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Ah, just was reminded of this:
I used to come across partial sets of that from time to time, just kind of sitting on a shelf with other stuff in random places. Never actually came across a complete set of it (or at least not that I used) or had one myself though >.>
There is something very wrong about that transformation.Born in '78. I loved the 80's, but I think the 90's topped it. Guess my HS years were better than my elementary school years. Still, the cartoons were dope.
Henchmen21
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Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the star league to defend the frontier against Xur and the Kodan Armada
PHOENIXZERO
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I saw The Last Starfighter a lot back in the day but that was because of my mother. Still another movie I probably haven't seen since the 80s ended. Same deal with Enemy Mine.
Original Famous Ray
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Henchmen21
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Transformers the Movie took place 10 years ago.
Ah, just was reminded of this:
I totally forgot about those. I need to go rummage through my parent's storage to see if they still have it for my kids to play with someday.
Ignatz Mouse
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I turned 14 in 1980. Perfect timing.
terrisus
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Ignatz Mouse
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IAmRandom31
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The 80s had the real Metallica and Iron Maiden in their primes
80s win again
80s win again
Henchmen21
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When Millennials mention Justin Bateman, we say "Who? That guy from The Hogan Family"
Also acceptable:
1) That guy from "It's Your Move?"
2) Oh, Justine's brother?
I love Arrested Development
Flintty
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Not such a fond memory but a strange one: White dog shit. Strange phenomenon (apparently a result of ash being used to bulk up dog food but unconfirmed).
Other than that, Goonies, Ghostbusters, He Man, Thundercats. Further down the time tunnel: Button Moon, Through The Dragons Eye.
Turtles. I could sit here typing names all day.
M.A.S.K. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z1yLO9C-Q
Other than that, Goonies, Ghostbusters, He Man, Thundercats. Further down the time tunnel: Button Moon, Through The Dragons Eye.
Turtles. I could sit here typing names all day.
M.A.S.K. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z1yLO9C-Q
Henchmen21
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Here's something to make you feel old. "Thirtysomething" if made today would star children of the eighties.
terrisus
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I'm probably almost as old as Stacy's mom >.>
(To clarify: Not a 1980s song, obviously. But in terms of something that makes me feel old)
Henchmen21
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This thread needs more love.
Angelus Errare
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Born in 86 I had that TMNT toy in the OP. My mom had that wooden thing on the table in the image of the OP, no clue what that thing is. I think its part of a bed.
terrisus
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<3
The bedpost?
That wasn't really the focus of the image, but I guess those are kind of old-fashioned too >.>
B_Spooky13
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Henchmen21
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I think they're robbed but not for the reasons you mention. Look at all the stuff they have today. Most of it is just remakes of what we had when we were young. Very few things they can say were theirs.
I have no idea how I've missed noticing this thread since November. I was born in 1967 so as far as "kid" goes I guess I'm a 70's kid. But I turned 13 in 1980, and clocked out of the decade at 22yo, so the 80's were some awesome times in my life.
I remember Reagan being sworn in, and the hostages in Iran being freed moments later.
I remember when John Lennon died.
I remember when John Belushi died.
My first car was a '77 MGB. It was a piece of shit, but looked good. Some of my friends in high school got 60's muscle cars for their first car ... GTO's, Mustangs, Camaro's, RoadRunners. A lot of them got totaled. Imagine that. Those cars were dirt cheap in the 80's.
In the small town I lived in, about 90min drive west of Wash. D.C., over a hundred highschool-aged kids would park their cars and party like animals (beer, cigs, weed, hair band music) in the parking lots of the 7-11 and the adjacent bank on Friday nights, and the police did nothing about it. Nothing. I know because I was there, every Friday.
I watched the Challenger explode live on TV during my freshman year of college, with a huge group of other students in my dorm circled around one TV set. We were there to watch it launch, not disintegrate. The process of letting the mind accept what the eyes had just seen, but what the announcers on the TV wouldn't admit to, took a good 10 minutes.
I saw Frank Zappa twice, Pink Floyd, Chili Peppers, and the Butthole Surfers in the late 80's. Incredibly, here's a piece of that Surfers show - it was in '85, not '83 as the video says at the beginning. I was 18 and just started college. I got in because I went with some older guys from my high school who knew everyone at the bar. I was scared shitless LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-kAHcbGyf4
I remember Reagan being sworn in, and the hostages in Iran being freed moments later.
I remember when John Lennon died.
I remember when John Belushi died.
My first car was a '77 MGB. It was a piece of shit, but looked good. Some of my friends in high school got 60's muscle cars for their first car ... GTO's, Mustangs, Camaro's, RoadRunners. A lot of them got totaled. Imagine that. Those cars were dirt cheap in the 80's.
In the small town I lived in, about 90min drive west of Wash. D.C., over a hundred highschool-aged kids would park their cars and party like animals (beer, cigs, weed, hair band music) in the parking lots of the 7-11 and the adjacent bank on Friday nights, and the police did nothing about it. Nothing. I know because I was there, every Friday.
I watched the Challenger explode live on TV during my freshman year of college, with a huge group of other students in my dorm circled around one TV set. We were there to watch it launch, not disintegrate. The process of letting the mind accept what the eyes had just seen, but what the announcers on the TV wouldn't admit to, took a good 10 minutes.
I saw Frank Zappa twice, Pink Floyd, Chili Peppers, and the Butthole Surfers in the late 80's. Incredibly, here's a piece of that Surfers show - it was in '85, not '83 as the video says at the beginning. I was 18 and just started college. I got in because I went with some older guys from my high school who knew everyone at the bar. I was scared shitless LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-kAHcbGyf4
theusedversion
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I've been watching a ton of 80s movies lately. I watched The Wraith two nights ago. So cheesy. I've watched My Science Project, Weird Science, among many others that I can't remember right now.
Oh yeah, I watched Bill and Ted last night.
Oh yeah, I watched Bill and Ted last night.
theusedversion
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Man, I agree with this so much. I couldn't imagine growing up in the world today. The only reason I would want to is because I would get to see technology advance further than I will since I was born in '79
Yeah, '79 myself. What I find amazing is my attention span and lack of patience palls in comparison of what I put up with as a child.
Edit: For example: I could load up a c64 game in 1985 and patiently wait while a game loaded. Now if if my smartphone takes more than 10 seconds to boot I get sand in my vagina.
Android18a
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Ah, just was reminded of this:
=0 We had that at primary school. The lucky kids got to play with it in sciencey lessons whilst the rest of us idiots were stuck trying to learn our times tables.
Ah, just was reminded of this:
I had that exact set. It was so cool. That they could float and move in water was the best part.
terrisus
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I mentioned this in another topic (and have before as well), but, Quik > Nesquik.
Especially in these containers:
Also, all the kids complaining about Trix "changing from fruit shapes to balls" makes me feel old, since most of them weren't aware that Trix was originally ball-shaped.
The fruit-shaped Trix still feels like a new thing to me >.>
Especially in these containers:
Also, all the kids complaining about Trix "changing from fruit shapes to balls" makes me feel old, since most of them weren't aware that Trix was originally ball-shaped.
The fruit-shaped Trix still feels like a new thing to me >.>
Joe Shlabotnik
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Today I learned it's not called Quik anymore. And that it doesn't come in those metal tins with the pry-off top.
terrisus
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It hasn't been the same since >.>
Also, I don't care what anyone says - the fruit-shaped Trix just never tasted right to me compared to the ball-shaped Trix.
Wheeljack539
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I mentioned this in another topic (and have before as well), but, Quik > Nesquik.
Especially in these containers:
Dear Lord I had forgotten about these containers. My grandparents used to have these all the time when I would come visit.
Damn what a trip...
Henchmen21
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Would you like to play a game?
Just saw CNN airing a commercial for the "414s". A documentary about some guys back in 83 who hacked the pentagon after seeing War Games
Just saw CNN airing a commercial for the "414s". A documentary about some guys back in 83 who hacked the pentagon after seeing War Games
franknbeans
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I had a pair of these
and a bunch of Gotcha T Shirts
and a bunch of Gotcha T Shirts
Liberty4all
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I was born in 76.
The best thing about spending childhood in the 80's for me was getting in on all major gaming gens ...
Coleco/Intellivision/Atari, the crash that lead to $1 games, then the phoenix rising with the NES and Master System.
Aside from that: Getting to experience the Arcade era where every mall had one and every convenience store was sure to have a cabinet or two. (I have a feeling I posted this already in this thread)
Movies were great back then too.
I also am forever grateful I grew up in an era where I could go out for hours, ride public transit alone, etc by the time I was 8 or 9. I think I started going to malls by myself at 12.
I'm on the patch now but back in the late 80s and early 90s smoking me appreciated the smoking sections that no longer exist indoors. I still have vivid memories of benches in the malls with the sand ashtray things beside them and people smoking everywhere.
Cartoons of course ....
I will say though as a fan of Electronica I HATED 80s pop, rock music and early rap. The 90s made me alot happier in that aspect.
The best thing about spending childhood in the 80's for me was getting in on all major gaming gens ...
Coleco/Intellivision/Atari, the crash that lead to $1 games, then the phoenix rising with the NES and Master System.
Aside from that: Getting to experience the Arcade era where every mall had one and every convenience store was sure to have a cabinet or two. (I have a feeling I posted this already in this thread)
Movies were great back then too.
I also am forever grateful I grew up in an era where I could go out for hours, ride public transit alone, etc by the time I was 8 or 9. I think I started going to malls by myself at 12.
I'm on the patch now but back in the late 80s and early 90s smoking me appreciated the smoking sections that no longer exist indoors. I still have vivid memories of benches in the malls with the sand ashtray things beside them and people smoking everywhere.
Cartoons of course ....
I will say though as a fan of Electronica I HATED 80s pop, rock music and early rap. The 90s made me alot happier in that aspect.
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