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Hair metal
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/ShGxfO6_bhI/AAAAAAAADjE/ybxBq_lRx_U/s400/Nitro.jpg

80s-style action cartoons

A current Nickelodeon that lives up to the golden age

What are yours?

AIDS jokes.

the clothes and style

the clothes and style


Those are already back

http://partikal7.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mike-score-flock-of-seagulls.jpg?w=560

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS



http://www.pe.com/imagesdaily/2009/08-09/diamond05sln_400.jpg

A FLOCK OF MEAT LOAF

:-\\

http://partikal7.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/mike-score-flock-of-seagulls.jpg?w=560

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS



http://www.pe.com/imagesdaily/2009/08-09/diamond05sln_400.jpg

A FLOCK OF MEAT LOAF

:-\\


Well I know that Mike Score's hair won't come back (at all) :o

the talking.

^ Yes, Howard.  More specifically that "Valley Girl" speak.  With the exception of the word "like" used 50 times in one sentence.  We're never getting rid of that, it would seem  ::)

Buck-a-gallon gas!

Neon colours.  Orange, pink, green, yellow that's never going to come back if the kids have anything to say about it.  :)

Neon colours.  Orange, pink, green, yellow that's never going to come back if the kids have anything to say about it.  :)

It's actually back here (and almost gone, too).  It was a little more subtle of a statement this time around only appearing in shirts and paint splatter items!

Everything comes back, if only for a short while.

80s car models

Breakdancing, moonwalking, new coke, walkmans, VCRs, huge cell phones, swatch watches.

new coke

New Coke is back. Its name is Netflix spinning off into Quikster. ;)

Others:

DeLoreans
Steve Perry playing with Journey
Sitcoms with corny theme songs...

Sometimes, the world looks perfect...
Show me that smile again...
A brand new life, a brand new life...
Everywhere you look...
Doooo doo-doo doo-doooooo! Doo! Doo! Doo! (Night Court)
You take the good, you take the bad...
It takes different strokes to move the world
Beeeep-beep beep-beep beep-boom! Beeeep-beep beep-beep beep-boom! (Doogie Howser)

;D @ A Flock of Seagulls.

Silver Spoons
ET cereal
Atari game consoles.
and much to my dismay, .25 video game and pinball arcades.

Buck-a-gallon gas!


I miss those times.

Breakdancing, moonwalking, new coke, walkmans, VCRs, huge cell phones, swatch watches.


good choices.

2XL http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh5tpsQXOH1qzo6avo1_400.jpg

2XL http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh5tpsQXOH1qzo6avo1_400.jpg


^ WTF is that, Howard?
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/15/tard.gif

SPUDS MACKENZIE
Way to sell beer to underage kids!

http://www.woosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/spuds.jpg

^ WTF is that, Howard?
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/15/tard.gif

SPUDS MACKENZIE
Way to sell beer to underage kids!

http://www.woosk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/spuds.jpg


You don't remember 2XL from 1982? It's an interactive robot you put in an 8 track cassette tape and he asks you questions and stuff plus you get to play games with him too.

You don't remember 2XL from 1982? It's an interactive robot you put in an 8 track cassette tape and he asks you questions and stuff plus you get to play games with him too.


The Robot asks you questions?  What's the use in that?  I'm the human being, I ask the robot the questions!
;)

2XL

Good one! I wanted one of those as a kid. Never got one. :(

You don't remember 2XL from 1982? It's an interactive robot you put in an 8 track cassette tape and he asks you questions and stuff plus you get to play games with him too.

I've never seen that either.

Like like Hal from 2001.

"Just what what do you think you're doing...Dave Howard?"
"Is that a girl's photo or your desktop , Howard?"
"What is she wearing? Howard...."

(not makin fun of ya Howard, hope you've seen 2001 a Space oddesey. Just trying to be funny. You're a nice guy..)
;D

Most 80s toys...some have come back but have been updated and look different.

The Robot asks you questions?  What's the use in that?  I'm the human being, I ask the robot the questions!
;)


I guess you never bought one of those in the 80's?  ??? You can play an online version of him:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/2XL/index.html  Enjoy.  :)

Good one! I wanted one of those as a kid. Never got one. :(


Moy you can play an online version of him:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/2XL/index.html

Teddy Ruxpin

- Salt II,
-"Who shot JR?" t-shirts

Dr. Ruth

Atari game consoles.


Au contraire.  Atari put out the Atari Flashback console a few years ago that comes pre-loaded with several games and looks just like an old school Atari.  They were a big seller

http://www.pong-picture-page.de/catalog/images/Atari%20Flashback%201_www.JPG http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BDCqpuwRnf4/S2GsveMdk4I/AAAAAAAAFSU/yskacOx-suU/s400/atari-flashback-2.png

Dr. Ruth



She runs sex seminars these days in colleges.

Au contraire.  Atari put out the Atari Flashback console a few years ago that comes pre-loaded with several games and looks just like an old school Atari.  They were a big seller

http://www.pong-picture-page.de/catalog/images/Atari%20Flashback%201_www.JPG http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BDCqpuwRnf4/S2GsveMdk4I/AAAAAAAAFSU/yskacOx-suU/s400/atari-flashback-2.png



Do they still sell it?  ???

Yeah you can get it on ebay for like $20. Just a simple google search for atari flashback 2 showed a load of results. It has also made me decide that I would like to buy one. Cheers for reminding me.
I would also like to see the big high top fade come back into style please.

Neon colours.  Orange, pink, green, yellow that's never going to come back if the kids have anything to say about it.  :)


there are two shops in town that sell lots of neon-coloured accesories such as leg warmers and tu-tu skirts.  and the theme for the next school disco is apparently 'neon'! so in some places it has come back again.

New Coke is back. Its name is Netflix spinning off into Quikster. ;)

Others:

DeLoreans


Saw a DeLorean the other day on the M6

Do they still sell it?  ???


Yes.



She runs sex seminars these days in colleges.


Only you would know that ;D

Au contraire.  Atari put out the Atari Flashback console a few years ago that comes pre-loaded with several games and looks just like an old school Atari.  They were a big seller

Ah true enough. I have one of each.
I guess I was thinking more about a console you could buy new games for as opposed to having a bunch of existing games pre-loaded, but you're right, there was even talk of a Flashback 3!

Yeah you can get it on ebay for like $20. Just a simple google search for atari flashback 2 showed a load of results. It has also made me decide that I would like to buy one. Cheers for reminding me.
I would also like to see the big high top fade come back into style please.


20 dollars?  :o Wow that makes me want to go back into time.  :)

Yes.

Only you would know that ;D


I know that because she has her own website.  http://drruth.com/

Excersize videos.

Excersize videos.


What about Michael Moore's Buns of Steel?
:P

What about Michael Moore's Buns of Steel?
:P


I meant those Jane Fonda videos.

AIDS jokes.


I don't know how to tell you this, Mr. Smart, so I'll let these manatees do it:

2N3dI-j6enA

Family Guy, Season 4, Episode 8, The Cleveland & Loretta Quagmire, airdate June 12, 2005.

I don't know how to tell you this, Mr. Smart, so I'll let these manatees do it:

2N3dI-j6enA

Family Guy, Season 4, Episode 8, The Cleveland & Loretta Quagmire, airdate June 12, 2005.


Nunnonono!  I don't mean some candyass Seth McFarland number, I mean good old locker room AIDS jokes.  You know, something like:


An older man brings his wife to the doctor. Doctor takes him aside and says "I'm not sure what's wrong with her. It's either AIDS or Alzheimer's, though."

"AIDS or Alzheimer's? What the hell am I supposed to do?"

"Well, drop her off across town and if she finds her way home, don't f*** her."
:-X

synthesizers in music.

synthesizers in music.


WHHHHAAAAATTTT!!!!!!! :D, come on now, have you listened to current pop music, it is even MORE synthy than it was in the '80s.

good old family sitcoms

Nunnonono!  I don't mean some candyass Seth McFarland number, I mean good old locker room AIDS jokes.  You know, something like:

An older man brings his wife to the doctor. Doctor takes him aside and says "I'm not sure what's wrong with her. It's either AIDS or Alzheimer's, though."

"AIDS or Alzheimer's? What the hell am I supposed to do?"

"Well, drop her off across town and if she finds her way home, don't f*** her."
:-X


I heard that joke some time back and I felt really guilty for laughing at it. I couldn't help it, I'm only human.  ;D

'Adorable' Adrian Adonis (great wrestler who died in the late 1980s).

The Apple Computer  :(

The Apple Computer  :(


Apple Computers are still top sellers

Apple Computers are still top sellers


I was thinking he ment the old Apple series of computers, like Apple IIe

http://www.cs.cuw.edu/museum/images/apple_iie.jpg

I was thinking he ment the old Apple series of computers, like Apple IIe

http://www.cs.cuw.edu/museum/images/apple_iie.jpg


Yeah that's what I meant,Thanks Moy. :)

breakdancing

I was thinking he ment the old Apple series of computers, like Apple IIe

http://www.cs.cuw.edu/museum/images/apple_iie.jpg

I remember using those in the late 80's! When I was in 3rd grade (1988-89) we used them, mainly for educational games. All the software programs came from floppy disks that were actually floppy! One such program was "Piece Of Cake Math."

Buck-a-gallon gas!

So true, although it has come back down to that level maybe a couple times in the past ten or twelve years.

Most 80s toys...some have come back but have been updated and look different.

That's true... although the "changed" versions aren't as appealing; they have a totally different feel and stuff..

I was thinking he ment the old Apple series of computers, like Apple IIe

http://www.cs.cuw.edu/museum/images/apple_iie.jpg


We had one of those and we loved it.  Didn't know any better!
:-\\

We had one of those and we loved it.  Didn't know any better!
:-\\


You can buy one on ebay.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjSNLpTEOgpW--A5-z0q5b9ScJimzLHM1RDhr82zzkp8lrwfPLqgvdAfBU

The Vectrex (1982)

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjSNLpTEOgpW--A5-z0q5b9ScJimzLHM1RDhr82zzkp8lrwfPLqgvdAfBU

The Vectrex (1982)


That was released to retail in November of 1982.  It was discontinued in March of 1984.  It was barely around then ;D

That was released to retail in November of 1982.  It was discontinued in March of 1984.  It was barely around then ;D


I used to play with Vectrex all the time It was a fun system but too bad it didn't have much staying power.

Cagney and Lacey most likely...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar41amWZs4w

Cagney and Lacey most likely...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar41amWZs4w


http://www.ourprattville.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Barney-Sharon-Tyne.jpg

I still have a Vectrex! After all these years still a VERY cool game.

An Alfonso Ribeiro / Michael Jackson pepsi commercial

http://www.ourprattville.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Barney-Sharon-Tyne.jpg


Tyne Daly on the left looks evil with those eyebrows, lol. Who is the man in the middle?

An Alfonso Ribeiro / Michael Jackson pepsi commercial



If there was a 90s topic like this, Alfonso Ribero himself would be on that list ;D

If there was a 90s topic like this, Alfonso Ribero himself would be on that list ;D

...although he later did become the emcee of a game show called "Catch 21", which premiered on GSN in late 2008.

I still have a Vectrex! After all these years still a VERY cool game.


Wow Moy,almost 30 years?  :o How is the gameplay? ???

An Alfonso Ribeiro / Michael Jackson pepsi commercial



Havn't seen that commercial in years.

Tyne Daly on the left looks evil with those eyebrows, lol. Who is the man in the middle?


Sorry I don't know.

Sorry I don't know.

Barney Rosenzweig.

Talk Talk

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mmBw3uzPnJI/TKyIe0MYGII/AAAAAAABp-0/F85wB9zwASY/s400/things_from_the_80s_41.jpg

Garbage Pail Kids and after 25 years I still have mine,not in the greatest condition but cool overall.

Good Skinny Puppy records!

Pound Puppies

Michael Jackson. :\'(

Pac-Man Fever! (Although a few redone songs off the album did briefly show up on Rock Band earlier in the year)

http://www.rockbandaide.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Pac-Man-e1292255720996.jpg

My virginity.
:-\\

My virginity.
:-\\


Nice one!  ;D

Nice one!  ;D

That's what he said when he lost it. :o

That's what he said when he lost it. :o


No, that's what SHE said!

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/naughty.gif

My virginity.
:-\\


Ah yes! 1986 was a VERY good year!! *sigh*

My virginity.
:-\\


What happened to it? ???

Michael Jackson. :\'(


but his music lives on forever. :)

Atari game consoles.

but his music lives on forever. :)


Thank God it will.

What happened to it? ???

You aren't helping yourself here, again. Tempted to answer, but...

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg



Cat

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg



Cat
Totally.

Those were the days when floppy disks were truly "floppy"!

You aren't helping yourself here, again. Tempted to answer, but...


Ok I won't answer that,Sorry. :-[

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg



Cat


I do remember floppy disks and in my draw I still have some floppies,They sure do bring back memories.

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg



Cat


The original 8" floppy was available commercially in 1971, though most of us didn't see one until the early '80s.

I still have some! I have old my old Commodore 64 games on disk. Not sure if they work as I haven't tried to use it in years.
There's another one for you...

Commodore 64! (Although there is a company now selling a modern day computer in a shell similar to the the old C64.

The Exxon Valdez

Mego Toy Corporation (unfortunately they went bankrupt in 1981)

http://images.wikia.com/planetoftheapes/images/e/ee/Mego_logo.JPG

The Exxon Valdez



Let's hope not.



Cat

The Space Shuttle Challenger!

Wot?  Too soon?
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/10/unhappy.gif

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/800px-Floppy_disk_2009_G1.jpg



Cat


The old Apple IIgs's (first computer I ever used in 1993) we had in school used 5.25" floppies. My own first computer (Macintosh Quadra 610 from later in the same year) used 3 1/2" floppies and also had a CD-ROM drive.

My Buddy http://franshouseofdollsandtoys.com/misc%20dolls%20pg%204%20p-t/Playskool%20-%20278%20-%20My%20Buddy%20-%20cropped.JPG

My Buddy http://franshouseofdollsandtoys.com/misc%20dolls%20pg%204%20p-t/Playskool%20-%20278%20-%20My%20Buddy%20-%20cropped.JPG


He looks like a suffocated orphan!
:o

He looks like a suffocated orphan!
:o


My Buddy dolls were popular in 1984-85,it's someone to play and talk with when you're bored or lonely.

My Buddy dolls were popular in 1984-85,it's someone to play and talk with when you're bored or lonely.

Sorta like what adults do when they call the "heavy breathing line". They are looking for a buddy.

Fabulous Fred

http://www.fredsociety.com/images/fabulous_fred_game.jpg

Fabulous Fred

http://www.fredsociety.com/images/fabulous_fred_game.jpg

Fred was the only guy that you could push his buttons and he actually did what you told him to do, instead of watching sports all day.

Sorta like what adults do when they call the "heavy breathing line". They are looking for a buddy.


Was that you, KT?
;)

Was that you, KT?
;)

My team of lawyers advise me not to answer that question.

Fred was the only guy that you could push his buttons and he actually did what you told him to do, instead of watching sports all day.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-FABULOUS-FRED-ELECTRONIC-GAME-MEGO-CORP-/190583782820?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5fadbda4

On Ebay,it's worth $33.00,Back in 1980 it was worth $75.00,My father used to work for Mego.

Tyne Daly on the left looks evil with those eyebrows, lol. Who is the man in the middle?


It looks like John Karlan.

http://www.truckersnews.com/files/2010/09/jane300x430.jpg

Jane Fonda's hot excersize workout videos.

On Ebay,it's worth $33.00,Back in 1980 it was worth $75.00,My father used to work for Mego.


Back in the day I liked the electronic games but I don't recognize that Fred game.
I had a pocket Simon, and a Coleco Head-To-Head football, and some sort of Pac-Man rip off.
Isn't Mego the company that used to make those little dolls for boys?

Back in the day I liked the electronic games but I don't recognize that Fred game.
I had a pocket Simon, and a Coleco Head-To-Head football, and some sort of Pac-Man rip off.
Isn't Mego the company that used to make those little dolls for boys?


Yes Mego was the company that made Clown Around,little miniature clowns you can play with (1981)
http://www.prestoimages.net/store/graphics02/1141_pd958699_1.jpg

Mego went Chapter 11 in 1982 and that year My father broke his leg while playing paddleball.

The old Apple IIgs's (first computer I ever used in 1993) we had in school used 5.25" floppies.

I used Apple IIgs's in school around that time as well, and I think the floppies were that size too. But they were phased out pretty quickly after that.

Back in the day I liked the electronic games but I don't recognize that Fred game.

Neither do I. I never had one, nor do I ever remember seeing one.



I had a pocket Simon, and a Coleco Head-To-Head football, and some sort of Pac-Man rip off.
Isn't Mego the company that used to make those little dolls for boys?

I remember the Simon toy, you had to hit the colored buttons in the order that they light up, or something like that.

Gameboys

I was searching for it. But this is not exactly what i wanted. :(

Breakdancing