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1511ArticleVaporman87This article is right in my wheelhouse! Around the mid to late 80's, I got my first video camera. This camera, however, was not the standard VHS camcorders we are all familiar with. The first camera I got was the infamous Fisher Price PXL 2000. <img src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.retrothing.com/retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/17/xpxl_prod_shot.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tZxlCWyvc1.jpg"> The camera that now has a cult following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PXL-2000">cult following</a>. I mostly used it to record dumb things like my hamster pooping on our kitchen table and such. In fact, I still have some of the cassette tapes with the video on them. However, I lost/sold??? my PXL 2000 years ago, and have no way of viewing any video that may still be on them. If I am to buy another PXL 2000, it's going to be costly (as they fetch $200 to $500 on Ebay). Later on, I got a REAL camera for Christmas... and the rest is history. We made movies like they were going out of style. Most of them were just dreadful and stupid. There were the occasional "above mediocre" films that we did. One of them I have uploaded to the site... <a href="http://retro-daze.org/site/video/id/96">The Lost Few</a>. That particular version of the movie is a remastered one. The original cut was so bad! Watch the remastered version, then try to imagine how it could be so much worse. Then try to come to the realization that it is. LOL We would mostly film silly comedy stuff. Filming something serious would require a budget and effects unless it was a drama, and since we hated dramas, we rarely made anything outside of comedy stuff. I have whole collections of VHS tapes with our videos. I've put some of them to DVD for the sake of preserving them, while adding a few touches to help improve some of them (with better audio quality or some better editing and such. We would probably agree (we, as in me and about 2 or 3 of my friends) that our signature characters were LongBlade and Dark Wrath (from The Lost Few). But we did do some funny characters like Perv Deathwave or the brothers from the Day Series (a series of shorts where I and my brother fight to the death with weapons that are harmless, yet somehow cause us as much pain as real weapons, lol). I could go on and on and on about this. And I probably will in the days ahead. ;) Now, time to go watch the Rakeman series. :) Nov 17, 2014View
1509Articlecomic_book_fanHoju Koolander yeah we all lived in a small house and she knew i was going to see it when my older siblings watched it and she knew they would keep me in check because they liked the show too. we all watched married with children together along with the simpson and x-files my family related alot to the bundys lol that is my favorite sitcom of all time.When Wrestling RockedNov 17, 2014View
1508VideoMr MagicI really like this show. I only wish it wasn't so short-lived.The Critic intro and creditsNov 14, 2014View
1507ArticleVaporman87I'm interested in the BraveStarr figures/guns. Thinking about checking Ebay for some of those. :)Laser-Daze: Photon vs Lazer TagNov 14, 2014View
1506ArticleOldSchool80sAwesome work! Loved wrestling back in the 80s. Still a Hulkamaniac.When Wrestling RockedNov 14, 2014View
1505VideoVaporman87One of my all time favorite shows of the 90's. Jon Lovitz was so perfect for this, like he was made for it. The Critic intro and creditsNov 14, 2014View
1504ArticleHoju KoolanderYeah, going to the Laser Tag arenas is pretty fun. The people who just hide out as "snipers" are lame, but most everybody is on the move and you never know who is around the next corner. My friends and I used to strap-on the laser tag gear to battle each other at a local elementary school around 9am at night rather than pay the $5-$10 a person.Laser-Daze: Photon vs Lazer TagNov 14, 2014View
1503ArticleVaporman87I only ever owned the Lazer Tag sets, so I can't comment on Photon. However, Lazer Tag was great fun when it was released. Although the sensors didn't always work well (not registering hits when it should have). I've never actually done the indoor arena thing. I've considered it many times throughout the years, but just never committed to doing it. I'm guessing it's quite fun with a group of family or friends. This article contained a lot of info I was not previously aware of, so thanks for shedding light on it. Laser-Daze: Photon vs Lazer TagNov 13, 2014View
1502ArticleHoju Koolander@comic_book_fan: That seems like a fair deal your Mom struck with you on that one. I had a similar situation regarding Married...With Children, my Mom was always saying, "Are you watching that Bundy again? If you start acting like that, it's going off." When Wrestling RockedNov 12, 2014View
1501VideoCaps 2.0Crow, you called it.Toy Story 2Nov 11, 2014View