Things you had when you were growing up in the 80's

[goresnet]

Originally Posted by SixSpeedSamurai

Lots of Star Wars.
Lots of GI Joe's
A few Transformers
Some He Man
A lot of Space Lego sets.
NES
Apple II (not a IIe)
Moon Boots
Scrambled cable porn
Boom box
water bed
Baseball players that weren't on 'roids

I saw a boobie!

a green, wavy, may have been a knee, boobie!

[brettallica]

Modified cable boxes were the $hit! Also cool were those monster satellite dishes from back in the day. Anyone remember those? They were anywhere from 6' to something like 10/12' diameter, mounted on a huge pole. Then to get certain channels, the tuner would activate the motor and actually turn the thing! Imagine having one of those now. It would be like having an original cell phone and trying to use it now -- you'd look ridiculous! (and it probably wouldn't work)

[bandit29]

Originally Posted by brettallica

Modified cable boxes were the $hit! Also cool were those monster satellite dishes from back in the day. Anyone remember those? They were anywhere from 6' to something like 10/12' diameter, mounted on a huge pole. Then to get certain channels, the tuner would activate the motor and actually turn the thing! Imagine having one of those now. It would be like having an original cell phone and trying to use it now -- you'd look ridiculous! (and it probably wouldn't work)

Ya my dad's friend who owned a bar had one. You could get all kinds of channels.

Born in 74..so I remember the 80's...fun times

I had Transformers, GI Joes, Atari 2600, Colecovision and NES with Robby. I remember my Dad playing Zaxxon all the time on Colecovison and Duck Hunt on the NES lol.

Iron Maiden, Slayer etc on vinyl. Still have those

[Hammie]

HUGE amounts of Legos, GI Joe's, and computer programming magazines for my Commodore computers (VIC-20 and the 128).

[Secretagentnumber6]

He-Man, Gen 1 Transformers, GI Joe. NES, Atari 2600.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Hammie

HUGE amounts of Legos, GI Joe's, and computer programming magazines for my Commodore computers (VIC-20 and the 128).

I see the computer passion started at a young age with you Lou


I was in my 20's so it was fast cars & women

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

I see the computer passion started at a young age with you Lou


I was in my 20's so it was fast cars & women

Yes, it did!

I also had an early interest in girls. I was getting in trouble since first grade for kissing girls... And not just a peck on the cheek kind, either...

Sometimes I wonder how I learned that kind of kissing at an early age... I guess I was just an early adopter even back then...

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Hammie

Yes, it did!

I also had an early interest in girls. I was getting in trouble since first grade for kissing girls... And not just a peck on the cheek kind, either...

Sometimes I wonder how I learned that kind of kissing at an early age... I guess I was just an early adopter even back then...

LOL ~ That's funny Lou. It didn't start that early for me .

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

LOL ~ That's funny Lou. It didn't start that early for me .

I guess you could say I was all "playa'd" out by the time I met my wife and was ready to settle down.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by Hammie

Yes, it did!

I also had an early interest in girls. I was getting in trouble since first grade for kissing girls... And not just a peck on the cheek kind, either...

Sometimes I wonder how I learned that kind of kissing at an early age... I guess I was just an early adopter even back then...

In todays PC world, you'd be in a straight jacket and Hannibal Lechter mask and they'd wheel you to your classes on a dolly.

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[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Rob71

In todays PC world, you'd be in a straight jacket and Hannibal Lechter mask and they'd wheel you to your classes on a dolly.

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[Hammie]

Originally Posted by Rob71

In todays PC world, you'd be in a straight jacket and Hannibal Lechter mask and they'd wheel you to your classes on a dolly.

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Good thing I did not grow up in today's world then.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Adrock

At a young age, before I would hit the hard streets on my big wheel in search of ghosts, I had to strap up with my gear. I ain't afraid of no ghost.

Oh ya! I remember that haha. I was born in '85 but Ghostbusters was super popular with me in my early years.

I still have this beast in the attic.


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[arcadeforest]

Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II+, Cassette Tapes, hanging out at the arcade, skateboarding on the half-pipe for the first half of the decade. . .

Girls, CD's, Girls, NES, Girls, my Alfa Romeo Spyder, Girls, a job, did I mention Girls for the second half of the decade. . . .

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Hammie

I guess you could say I was all "playa'd" out by the time I met my wife and was ready to settle down.

Seriously, I didn't hit my peak until 2006-2009.

I was downright Jellybeansish/DVDFreakerish all throughout Middle School and half of highschool - it was #STRUGGLE - I was short, borderline-Ethiopian skinny, glasses - braces...a straight-A student...whoof!

Now THATS a nerd checklist for you chaps.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by brettallica

Modified cable boxes were the $hit! Also cool were those monster satellite dishes from back in the day. Anyone remember those? They were anywhere from 6' to something like 10/12' diameter, mounted on a huge pole. Then to get certain channels, the tuner would activate the motor and actually turn the thing! Imagine having one of those now. It would be like having an original cell phone and trying to use it now -- you'd look ridiculous! (and it probably wouldn't work)

The very first cable boxes back in the early 80's with the dial tuner were great. They were simply assembled with screws, so you could take the box apart, cover over the connector for the channel you weren't paying for, and you now got it. They quickly caught-on and replaced the old boxes with new ones that were design exactly the same, only with a magnetic "lock" and unidirectional screw heads. My buddy and I rigged an electromagnet device that fit over the "lock" that would open it. We also rigged a device to grab onto the screw heads so they could be removed. Eventually they went away from the mechanical dial channel selector, and from then-on we had to watch the Playboy channel and Skinemax through the digital snow.

My Dad soon got tired of paying for cable and had one of those 8' satellite dishes installed after I went away to school. It never really worked as hoped, and it took an Engineering degree to be able to be able to figure out and find which channels were on which specific satellites. My Dad was the only one who ever used it, but eventually those raw feeds started being scrambled, so by the late 80's the dish was just a big lawn ornament.

[Marcus Wright]

80's, good times although I wasnt born yet.
I always remember American Psycho when thinking about 80's, and I like it.

[NewOrder79]

I was born in 79 and grew up with all the classic stuff. I still have a lot of my original stuff from the 80's like some of my star wars guys. And most of my garbage pail kids. Loved my wwf action figures.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by NewOrder79

I was born in 79 and grew up with all the classic stuff. I still have a lot of my original stuff from the 80's like some of my star wars guys. And most of my garbage pail kids. Loved my wwf action figures.

I owned nearly every one of the WWF action figures. Back in those days they only came out with new figures every few years and didn't do much advertising, so I was always incredibly psyched when I'd see pictures of the new figures in WWF magazine or the rare commercial. I probably had close to 100 of the figures by the time I stopped collecting in the early-90s when I was around 11.

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by NewOrder79

I was born in 79 and grew up with all the classic stuff. I still have a lot of my original stuff from the 80's like some of my star wars guys. And most of my garbage pail kids. Loved my wwf action figures.

My friend had (or still has) the complete collection of GPK, which is something I never really understood, nor was it a hobby which I ever picked up; however, I did acquire the nickname "Brett Sweat" during this period by this friend's parents, and they still call me that to this day!



The resemblance is actually quite striking.