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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 6, 2018 15:21:10 GMT -5
I never had Big Jim but I most definitely remember the ads in the comics. Anyway, all that Planet of the Apes stuff reminded me of the book & record set of the Escape From the Planet of the Apes that I had. Pretty awesome in the days before DVD's, Netflix, and even VHS!  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 6, 2018 15:23:55 GMT -5
Pencil Sharpener We ordered a pencil sharpener on Amazon similar to that recently. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 15:26:04 GMT -5
Pencil Sharpener We ordered a pencil sharpener on Amazon similar to that recently. Interesting ... I'm suprised that Amaazon sells them ... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 15:29:32 GMT -5
I never had Big Jim but I most definitely remember the ads in the comics. Anyway, all that Planet of the Apes stuff reminded me of the book & record set of the Escape From the Planet of the Apes that I had. Pretty awesome in the days before DVD's, Netflix, and even VHS! I used those things a lot when I was a kid ... it's was useful in learning how to speak and read at the same time. Very educational as well ...  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 15:48:30 GMT -5
I lived for those record/tape and book sets. i had more than just these two but they were new Star Wars stories and that made it even better:   I also had the four Fisher Price DC sets (which helped my love for the DCU I have no doubt:   And of course there is the Darkseid Saga mail-away record that really loved:  A huge set of the seeds that sowed my fandom up to and including today. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 17:16:25 GMT -5
Roper Vintage Stoves From the 40s to 50s  From the 60s to 70s I have seen the ROPER VINTAGE STOVES in my lifetime and they were sturdy, reliable, and a housewife dream to use for special occasions dinners like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and the likes. My Aunt had one in her house (the 60s version) and my Mother was jealous of her! Jumbo Carbon Steel Complete Stove Burner Great for Pancakes and French Toast for the weekend! ... A dear friend of mine had one in his Summer Home when I was in Boy Scouts for a weekend event involving cleaning up a State Park. Ultimate Stoves  Imagine having the Stove in the bottom picture ... look at all those burners!!!
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 6, 2018 18:48:17 GMT -5
We ordered a pencil sharpener on Amazon similar to that recently. Interesting ... I'm suprised that Amaazon sells them ... Actually, this is the exact one we ordered:  Still, yeah, I think most people use mechanical pencils. I do too, but we got the ol' #2 pencils and the sharpener because of our kids. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 6, 2018 18:50:16 GMT -5
I lived for those record/tape and book sets. i had more than just these two but they were new Star Wars stories and that made it even better: I bought a vintage Star Wars book & cassette (retelling the movie, though slightly edited for kids) on ebay last year, though sadly, it only included the book, not the cassette. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2018 19:57:44 GMT -5
I lived for those record/tape and book sets. i had more than just these two but they were new Star Wars stories and that made it even better: I bought a vintage Star Wars book & cassette (retelling the movie, though slightly edited for kids) on ebay last year, though sadly, it only included the book, not the cassette. Luckily I have never thrown anything Star Wars out, so I still have mine with the records. Now I just need to get a record player. 😃 |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 6, 2018 23:45:07 GMT -5
A neighbor had a couple of Power Records; a Spider-Man and, I think, a Star Trek. I always wanted the POTA ones. Few years back, I got a digital collection of the comics, with MP3 files of the story records. A lot of them were very good, both in story and in the audio production. I had a Big Wheel, but, the originals looked more like this...  The seat was movable (pegs in holes) and it had a clacking noisemaker that was tripped as the rear wheel rotated. My dad removed that about 15 mintues after I rode it across the living room, on Christmas morning. My neighbor had the Green Machine, which looked like this...  Both have been reissued and the earlier photos look like the newer, retro models. A lot of Fisher-Price stuff was reissued in the "vintage" versions, as we had some of them at Barnes & Noble. The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was reissued in the late 90s, as was Captain Action. Lot of late 60s and 70s toys were reissued for the collector's market, plus some un-licensed reproductions. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 7, 2018 0:03:03 GMT -5
We had a bunch of these Disney story records....      We used to play Cinderella at 78 rpm, when we had to clean up our play area, of the basement. Bibidi-bobidi-boo at 78 will make you move fast! We also used to listen to them while we waited for the station sign-on, on Saturday mornings, signalling the start of cartoons. Yes, chidren, back in the day, tv stations used to sign off for the night and sign on in the morning. My local station Saturday sign-on was at 7:00 am, followed by Bugs Bunny. After a few years, they signed on at 6:00 am and ran farm report programming, before the start of the network cartoons. In the pre-cable days, we were well acquainte with these sights....   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2018 6:58:44 GMT -5
Pong Game - On TV  We played this game for 2-3 years and gave up on it and my Dad kicked himself wasting $100 for this game and we hardly had any interest in it after six months and that's why we've never ever cared for it. We had the 1972 version like this one in a video clip below. The 1972 version looks like the game console in the bottom photo here. It was Dad and I played this game the most and then one day we sold it for $20 in 1975 to a family that was addicted to it and that's the end of it. My three older brothers did not care for it after six months and my Dad and I played it every Friday Night after dinner for a half a hour and that's pretty much our interests at the time that we had it. My Dad and I are pretty much even with it.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 7, 2018 11:52:53 GMT -5
If these toys made a comeback, I might buy them again.  Matt Mason was like the Holy grail of toys when I was six years old. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 7, 2018 21:26:04 GMT -5
Pong Game - On TVWe played this game for 2-3 years and gave up on it and my Dad kicked himself wasting $100 for this game and we hardly had any interest in it after six months and that's why we've never ever cared for it. We had the 1972 version like this one in a video clip below. The 1972 version looks like the game console in the bottom photo here. It was Dad and I played this game the most and then one day we sold it for $20 in 1975 to a family that was addicted to it and that's the end of it. My three older brothers did not care for it after six months and my Dad and I played it every Friday Night after dinner for a half a hour and that's pretty much our interests at the time that we had it. My Dad and I are pretty much even with it. We got the JC Penny version of Pong, for Christmas, one year. We were bored in probably 3 months; but, still played with it longer. Then, we'd visit my cousin, who had an Atari and knew the game pattern for Pac-Man, so he would never die. His dad was an aeronautical engineer and they always had the cool toys. They also had a video disc player, where you had to flip the disc (precursor the laserdisc) and had Star Wars on it, First Blood and The Kids Are All Right (a documentary about The Who), as I recall. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2018 22:38:38 GMT -5
Face Shield for Hair Spray Vintage Version Modern VersionThey were designed to protect your eyes when ladies applied Hair Spray on themselves and one day my Mother came home from a beauty salon and she was getting ready to go out with another couple and I saw her with a face shield and I was chuckling why she needs a face shield to apply hair spray - she answered to protect my eyes and makeup and didn't laughed after that. It was more an vintage thing than a thing that ladies use today. I have several ex-girlfriends and I asked them do you use a face shield applying Hair Spray and most of them never heard of it and most of them don't even bother using Hair Spray anymore. I don't know whether to classify it as vintage or today's stuff that ladies use but I was thinking about it for the past few hours of stuff that women used in the past. Face Shield for Hair Spray and also used for Makeup Protection too. I consider it a very useful tool and as I grew older ... it's became apparent that this device is worth mentioning and I thought it would be something to shout about. Pretty nifty thing ... to think about.
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