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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:15 PM
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Was 80's kids' stuff horrible or what?
I may still have this on beta...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iefF9SS5yM

this too, plus I had a rainbow brite Halloween costume that probably took three years off of the life of the lady who sewed it for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yZHmz6QQ4M

this still seems pretty awesome though. Had the toy for this one too, but the hands were really easy to lose, they'd shoot off the springs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeE3saeguY

What brought that on? I was trying to remember what movie that first song was in, and if it was as insane as I remember.
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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:19 PM
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1. No way, 80's toys rocked.
GI Joe, Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, Rambo, plus the emergence of Nintendo, need I go on?

Sure there was some crappy stuff (I'm looking at you Jem!). But for the most part, the 80's were a thrill ride for kids.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:22 PM
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2. But the TV and movies were horrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRMrsbPN2Y8

I rest my case.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:31 PM
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5. I disagree. 80s movies were much more entertaining than
what they're serving these days. And the music was far superior--even the cheesy stuff that sucked.

And, FWIW, I thought "Howard the Duck" was Tim Robbins' finest work.
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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:32 PM
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6. Howard The Duck was brutal but I can easily counter it.
Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, The Empire Strikes Back, E.T., etc.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:03 PM
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12. Totally agree....
but don't forget the Superfriends toyline!...:D Or Visionaries....:) Or the Gobots.

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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:49 PM
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13. Or Thundercats
and how could I forget Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:53 PM
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14. I think we've got a disconnect here.
You guys are all talking about stuff that was meant to appeal to little boys. Maybe that wasn't so bad (I wouldn't know, I don't have any brothers or anything) but holy crap, was the stuff for girls- Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Jem, etc- ever awful.
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geomon666 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 12:06 AM
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15. Hey there were girls in GI Joe and such.
What about The Care Bears and The Smurfs. Those weren't really for little boys yet they were good television.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:43 AM
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18. Let's not forget the CABBAGE PATCH DOLLS!!
:puke: What a gigantic marketing scam that was!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:22 PM
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3. YOU were Rainbow Brite?!!!?
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:31 PM
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4. There may be pictures someplace.
I'll let you see if you promise, on pain of serious injury to parts you're rather fond of, never to post them.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:36 PM
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7. Deal.
Of course, I can't promise you I won't share them with billyskank who might post them. He's like, a bazillian miles away from your reach.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:40 PM
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9. If I send them to you and anybody else ever sees them,
let's just say that the whole lounge gets to see more of you... :evilgrin:
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:36 PM
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8. I thought it was pretty great
Of course, having not grown up multiple times, I wouldn't really know what to compare it to.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:44 PM
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10. teenage mutant ninja turtles!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 03:50 PM
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11. I sometimes feel I can empathize with Holocaust survivors thanks to growin up in the 80's
:scared:
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 12:17 AM
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16. anybody wanna buy my Smurf lunchbox??????
Seriously........pleeze.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 12:40 AM
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17. The TV shows rocked, and I liked the toys for many of them!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uS5b8aQ6z8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0FbYe3lRE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsHUel04dY
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 07:59 AM
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19. if by "horrible" you mean "the pinnacle of western civilization"
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 08:06 AM
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20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (heroes in a half-shell)
It was hell raising kids in the 80's and hearing that shit on TV all the time
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