I am 81 and I don't relate with millennials at all.
Why the fuck are those C.O.P.S. toys $9 each? I really liked that show back in the day.
and an Alf lunchbox.
This was the ALF lunchbox I had.
I'm a late Gen Xer, and a child of the 80s and I can say I lived in a time before consumerism really took over: when pizzas actually had cheese, when cartoons didn't get dumbed down, when McDonalds fries actually tasted good because it used saturated fat oils. lol
Yes!Was it this one?
I had the same one, but I'm a dirty millennial.
Yes!
Wow!
And the funny thing is, I've seen repeats of Alf on MeTV.. and I don't find it all that impressive.
Born in 81 and the same here, I don't know where I belong.
Yes!
Wow!
And the funny thing is, I've seen repeats of Alf on MeTV.. and I don't find it all that impressive.
That catalog was my Christmas wishlist. I'd circle what I wanted and leave the pages open for my parents.
Anyone remember the Consumers Distributing catalog? Amazon of the 80s.
Man, I loved that thing and flipped quickly to the toys section.
It was a Canadian retailer where you'd go in and fill out a form for what you wanted then they'd go to the back and get it for you. The store was barebones to supposedly pass on the savings to consumers. They went bankrupt a long time ago.Is that a Service Mechandice catalog??? 😯
Edit: NVM... Consumers Distributing?
We got the first season on DVD, watched 2 episodes and never touched it again. I should go back for it.
That catalog was my Christmas wishlist. I'd circle what I wanted and leave the pages open for my parents.
It was a Canadian retailer in the 80's where you'd go in and fill out a form for what you wanted then they'd go to the back and get it for you. The store was barebones to supposedly pass on the savings to consumers.
One Christmas i got Snake Mountain AND Castle Greyskull, you couldn't tell me shitI remember my Castle Grayskull being dope AF:
M.A.S.K, Go Bots, Transformers, Ghostbusters Star Wars...
I had a little bro, so I remember a lot of younger-skewing stuff too like Shirt Tales, Gummi Bears, Care Bears, Pound Puppies, etc.
The WWF saturday morning cartoon was great along with Space Ghost
(Lol, I had that ALF lunchbox ^)
One Christmas i got Snake Mountain AND Castle Greyskull, you couldn't tell me shit
Do you identify with Gen-X? Most of the toys I see posted I remember from the older siblings of my friends.
As far as the identifying with millennials, I'm thinking of things like very conservative investing and job and career hopping in my peer group.
Yeah, they were similar stores. The worst thing about those stores was filling out the form and waiting then finding out the item you wanted was OoS.That sounds just like Service Mechandice... which produced a shockingly similar looking catalog...
I feel I can relate with Gen X way more then the vast majority of Millennials. How many Millenials remember watching Johnny Carson, or using a typewriter?
Remember doing reports for school with pen/paper first then being really careful when typing it out so you didn't make any mistakes? Good times.There's probably an inverse proportion between the amount of times one has used a typewriter vs amount of times one has used a fidget spinner.
I remember my Castle Grayskull being dope AF:
I had a Roland Rat lunch box (UK)
I had it bad for Nightshade.
That sounds just like Service Mechandice... which produced a shockingly similar looking catalog...
I was besotted with this.
No it wasn't.Same Company.
I remember my Castle Grayskull being dope AF:
Yup, I had that, it was awesome. I also had the awesome Snake Mountain set with the snake microphone. I had a huge He-Man collection.I remember my Castle Grayskull being dope AF:
Same Company.
Born in 82. I definitely relate more with Gen-X than Millennial (especially the parenting part- I was definitely a latchkey kid). I'll never understand why early 80's = millennial.
The same is true for the older Gen Xers compared to the younger ones. My oldest brother was born in 1970 and his childhood was completely different from mine.Born in 81 and I feel the same. I think the date range used to classify Millennials is too wide, and there's a dramatic difference in experience between those born in the early '80s and those born in the early-mid '90s. Someone born in '95 would likely have had a completely different childhood to someone born in 1980.