I …. love how these kids have built their own little Cloud City. Taking jars and boxes and turning them upside down is exactly the type of stuff I used to do as a kid, since playsets were usually cost prohibitive or non-elaborate.
drquest: I use to work at a Bugles Boys store back when malls were all the rage.
Drahken: Yeah, that’s the one. Man, it’s been a long time since I saw one of those. I had completely...
Doug: @Drahken, you mean this?: http://www.ebay.com/ itm/Vintage-Pac-Man- Wind-Up-Plastic-Toy- Tomy-1980s-/16072...
Peter FoxHusky: Dar, no monitor but a color TV for both the C64 and for just watching television. Drahken: Dunno about the toys, I never had any. The commercials made them look good, but they also look like a lot...
ClaymationWerewolf: @Doug that’s really funny! When I watched the episode I actually did wonder if I was... Drahken: I vaguely remember sky commanders, though I never watched it at the time, I mostly just remember the ads...
Daniel Th1rte3n: Another excellent piece! I was aware of this property as a kid, but never owned any of the toys,... Doug: Yeah, there were toys. I had one. Were the Aussy and Jamaican bad guys? The way you describe them and the...
vinvectrex: This one near the top of my list of toys I wanted but never got. And, had I gotten it, I wouldn’t...
Wow, that commercial had something of a downer in the end. Ha, ha. I was lucky that my grandparents constantly kept their back room filled with the styrofoam from electronic devices used in the equipment packing. With all the shapes provided I some structures that were easily four levels high, sometimes even needing a chair to reach the top. No kidding. :)
Not just a downer, kind of spoilerish too.
And I *loved* styrofoam and its many, many possibilities for futuristic architecture and cheap sets for inevitable destruction during space battles and/or confrontation with my Mego Ape soldiers.
Good, scrunchy times.