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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: bust3dstr8 on February 08, 2008, 08:29:29 AM

Title: Old stuff
Post by: bust3dstr8 on February 08, 2008, 08:29:29 AM: I was back at my moms this week helping her move some things. It was pretty cool to find some
of my old junk that I had forgotten about, and figured would be long gone.

(http://home.comcast.net/~fawst/oldjunk.jpg)
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Post by: Joe Redifer on February 08, 2008, 09:30:14 AM: Can Topspin there still land on his feet when you launch him? Why was he never in the cartoon?

I remember that weird old man/calculator thing. I think my sister had one.
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Post by: ceti alpha on February 08, 2008, 10:27:43 AM: Sweet! Thanks for sharing bust3dst8. :mrgreen:

I totally forgot about Topspin, and yeah Joe, I don't know why the Jumpstarters never made it to the cartoon. :-k The Topspins were some of the cheaper Transformers, but I liked them. I see he still has the camouflage identity sticker.

Holy crap, I just noticed those pink blobs and what they actually are, but I forget what they were called....oh wait...M.U.S.C.L.E. men - now known as Ultimate Muscle. I loved collecting those figures. 8)

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I remember that weird old man/calculator thing. I think my sister had one.

I don't think I ever had one myself, but I totally remember it.
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Post by: Joe Redifer on February 08, 2008, 11:02:36 AM: Oh, he has Twin Twist as well. I didn't notice him at first.
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Post by: Kitsunexus on February 08, 2008, 11:05:10 AM: Those GPK cards could net you a lot on eBay man. 8)
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on February 08, 2008, 01:47:35 PM: MUSCLE!!!

Those figures still haunt me today!!
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Post by: Dark Fact on February 08, 2008, 03:29:23 PM: That calculator is called "The Little Professor" and it was a very popular edutainment toy in the 80's. You basically answered various math problems presented to you on the LCD screen and you gain points for every math problem you got right. It focused on math problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and covered math problems from 1st to 5th grade I believe.
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Post by: ceti alpha on February 08, 2008, 05:47:41 PM: Quote
That calculator is called "The Little Professor" and it was a very popular edutainment toy in the 80's. You basically answered various math problems presented to you on the LCD screen and you gain points for every math problem you got right. It focused on math problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and covered math problems from 1st to 5th grade I believe.

:idea: Thanks. I was totally stumped. :-k
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Post by: Dark Fact on February 09, 2008, 03:33:18 PM: No prob! :wink: And you should consider selling those GPK cards online. They really are sought after. :wink:
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Post by: Tatsujin on February 09, 2008, 04:17:44 PM: btw: about those garbage pail kids stickers. do you own the atom anton? i loved that one back then..hahaha :lol:
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Post by: Necromancer on February 09, 2008, 05:40:17 PM: Nice find of forgotten goodies. I third the idea that you sell the GPK cards..... and use the proceeds to feed you Turbo habit.
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Post by: Joe Redifer on February 09, 2008, 07:03:01 PM: I remember that exact Garbage Pail Kid card where he is shaving and peeling off his skin. Who was responsible for that artwork? George Woodbridge or something like that (from the old MAD Magazine)?
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Post by: Sinistron on February 09, 2008, 09:29:50 PM: I collected m.u.s.c.l.e. men and actually had the official wrestling ring for them- which was way too big considering how small the guys were- but by far the sweetest f*cking thing there is the crossbows and catapults piece. C&C WAS THE GREATEST TOY/GAME EVER. I had the battering rams and all that shit are you kidding me that brought back a great memory

we'd set up this kid's whole basement with my sets and his sets and the basement was small and the perfect size for that. We'd plan whole days around playing that I remember being the happiest little f*cknut alive playing that.

reminding me of all my old favorite toys. Laser Tag- I had the robot that went around shooting at you and the rifles and sensor caps. Photon stuff. Voltron with the vehicle pieces. giant Alien doll, Inhumanoids, Clash of the Titans figures and this ghostbusters photon gun which projected slimers on the walls that you could zap.

Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages. Case of Worms. TV Dinner candy. Now I'm kind of getting depressed.
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Post by: MurderDate on February 10, 2008, 04:02:09 AM: don't sell the Garbage Pail Kids - great artwork there. High 80s.
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Post by: Black Tiger on February 10, 2008, 04:44:55 AM: I had everything in that picture. :P Except that the calculator man may have only been a toy at my grandmother's house.
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Post by: Sinistron on February 10, 2008, 06:07:25 AM: I didn't have the star wars cards and I only had half of those transformers. Had everything else though. Funny how it seems most of us had that calculator.
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Post by: nat on February 10, 2008, 06:25:02 AM: I've never seen that calculator before... :-k
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Post by: Tatsujin on February 10, 2008, 06:36:14 AM: Quote from: nat on February 10, 2008, 06:25:02 AM
I've never seen that calculator before... :-k

there is probably something wrong with you... :-k
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Post by: ceti alpha on February 10, 2008, 08:02:00 AM: Quote
there is probably something wrong with you... Think

"The Little Professor" knows all.
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Post by: quoth09 on February 11, 2008, 09:51:50 AM: I remember seeing the calculator, but I don't remember ever having one.
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Post by: Michael Helgeson on February 11, 2008, 10:09:21 AM: I had about all of that stuff. Classic 80ies.
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Post by: rag-time4 on February 12, 2008, 07:15:14 PM: Quote from: turboStar on February 08, 2008, 01:47:35 PM
MUSCLE!!!

Those figures still haunt me today!!

I laughed out loud when I saw the M.U.S.C.L.E. men! Also love seeing my namesake, Eerie Eric!!