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| ID | Post Type | Posted By | Comment | Title | Posted On | |
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| 2375 | Article | Vaporman87 | Ahhh... the USS Flagg. No kid I ever knew DIDN'T want that behemoth sitting in their room. I am certain I listed that one a few times on Christmas, but never got it. That and Metroplex (from Transformers). I did own a Lazer Tag set, and let me ease your conscience by saying it did not live up to the hype. The sensor/gun combo was not very accurate or effective. There would be times when you KNEW you aimed perfectly, but a hit would not register. Of course this was early on in the technology of "laser tag" gaming, so that's to be expected. I should also mention that in the Goldbergs episode where Adam gives up all his toys, his prized possession is, of course, the USS Flagg. Lucky Adam. Great read Mickey! All good stuff. | Jul 10, 2015 |  | |
| 2373 | Article | Rick Ace Rhodes | It seems to me that no one ever had that USS Flagg play set. Every article I have ever read regarding that thing has always had the article writer saying "I wish I had that as a kid." | Yesterdays: Things I DIDN'T Have As A Kid | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| 2372 | Article | onipar | Thanks, Hoju! I agree, and I still enter as many as many as I can. It's too much fun not to. Ah, cool shirt! I only have a few left from my childhood. | Retro-graphic Evidence: Xardion Lives! | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| 2371 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Great story. Contests and Sweepstakes were awesome as a kid, especially to toy store runs, but I also just love treasured shirts of childhood. I had a shirt that said Pope Tour on it, listing all the destination cities for Pope John Paul II. I'm not Catholic, he was just a pop culture icon to me. I finally broke down and bought one on eBay a few years back. Doesn't even fit, but I love it. | Retro-graphic Evidence: Xardion Lives! | Jul 09, 2015 | |
| 2370 | Article | pikachulover | Samurai Pizza Cats was funny my mom got into it a little. Where I live it took over Sailor Moon's old time slot so a lot of people were pissed about that and they expected me to hate it too. I was a closet fan of the pizza cats. Suncoast was expensive. I bought a few anime things there. Remember buying a Sailor Moon backpack there and some Sailor Moon trading cards. The one at the local mall didn't have a very good selection of manga. | Anime memories | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2369 | Article | Mr Magic | I like fye a lot because they have movies that stores around here don't have. Shows like Kimba the White Lion, DBZ and Hamtaro increased my interest in anime, while movies like Grave of the Fireflies and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya helped as well. Anime has grown on me. | Anime memories | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2368 | Article | onipar | Whoa, that Secret of Mana with the original box is a sweet score! I've yet to find *any* boxed NES or SNES game, let alone a coveted one like that. Great article, cheers! | Retro Thrifting | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2367 | Article | onipar | Yeah, the wait was killer. Probably partly why I entered so many things. I won quite a few contests back in the day. I won a Wolverine figure through the Fox Kid's Club, and a grand prize from Nickelodeon. I actually still have those prizes too. Perhaps the topic of a future article? :-) | Retro-graphic Evidence: Xardion Lives! | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2366 | Article | Caps 2.0 | Although I had seen MTV at relatives' houses, I was not allowed to watch it regularly until 1997, and by then, it was not really a music channel, but more of a lifestyle network. The only non-music program MTV aired that I could genuinely say I liked was "Daria", but I haven't seen it since it went off the air, and I refuse to buy the DVDs since all the music was changed. When it comes to MTV, I prefer the 80s version, which I've come to know more about through purchasing DVDs from online sources. I can recall interviewing Nina Blackwood through e-mail in 2011 for RetroJunk, and we both expressed displeasure with "Remote Control". Most of the feedback on the article was in praise of MTV's non-music programming. I guess I underestimated the appeal of the non-music programming. I probably should've waited a few years to do the interview and have done it for Pop Geeks, where I'm currently writing now. Finally, the popular video of several years ago entitled "Ask A Network Head" dismissed those who complain about MTV not playing music anymore by saying, to quote the video, "Your generation—not the one before you, not the one after you—your generation decided to steal music, and music videos are more worthless than ever before". I disagree with that hypothesis. People were stealing music in the 80s and 90s, too, by making mix tapes, trading tapes and recording music from the radio, but they were still playing videos anyway. The complaint that MTV isn't about music anymore may be tired, and it is true that MTV plays a few hours of music videos in the morning, but those who miss music as MTV's primary focus have their reasons and shouldn't be dismissed. As for the article, it was a great one, but then again, all your articles are, Hoju. I may not have the fondness for 90s MTV that you do, but the way you described how the network made you feel and what nostalgia you have for it is amazing. | MTV: The 90's | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2365 | Article | Vaporman87 | Wow. That's a lot to digest. Clearly MTV had a major impact on you in the 90's. My interest in MTV waned beginning in the late 80's. In the mid-80's, it was the "cool" thing to do to watch MTV and Friday Night Videos, catching the latest video representations of your favorite music whenever time allowed (and someone else wasn't watching the big screen). I can recall pretty clearly sitting with my buddy Phil on one of those crazy looking curved chaise chairs, powering on the big screen TV (the kind that lifted out of the cabinet like some kind of alien fortress), and watching music television. But by the 90's, MTV had run it's course with me. Later, when MTV introduced Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, Singled Out, and other entertaining programs, I started tuning back in. I also found myself fascinated by the first season of The Real World, like you (I HATED Puck!!!). Then, once again, I began losing interest. Since then, I have all but forgotten MTV. You would have to pay me a significant amount of money to watch it at this point. And when they started introducing other channels (MTV2???) just to air videos, I knew this thing had jumped the shark, at least in my opinion. But it will always hold a particularly special place in my memory jar, for those nights long gone, sitting with a friend and enjoying our favorite music set to video. | MTV: The 90's | Jul 08, 2015 | |
