Monthly Archives: April 2010

Destination Moon 78 RPM Disk

Destination Moon wass a 1950 American science fiction feature film produced by George Pal, who later produced When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine. Pal commissioned the script by James O’Hanlon and Rip Van Ronkel. … Continue reading

Lynx Eats Boys Lunch Ad

The Atari Lynx shoulda and coulda, but it didn’t. Ads like this got me interested in the system, but still the system I got for Xmas was the Gameboy.

Nick at Nite Limited Edition Taxi Watch

What the what?? A Taxi watch and it was it was made in 1994? I was searching for Taxi information when I stumbled upon this watch being sold by Hake’s: According to Hake’s: 4x6x1″ deep box contains nicely designed set … Continue reading

Jamaica “One Love” Commercial

In New Jersey, on the local channels, they would play commercials for Jamaica tourism at least 50 times a day. All through my childhood I would play trips to Jamaica. I would get maps out of National Geographic and look … Continue reading

The Buzz on the Retroist Forum for April 26, 2010

Throwback PBS “Antiques Roadshow…..oh wait, that’s my current favorite PBS show (yeah, I know, probably a little too young for the show’s demographic so says my wife). Gotta love classic Sesame Street. I highly recommend the Sesame Street Old School … Continue reading