By: lizjohn
With inflation the advertised price for PONG in 1975 would be right around the $400 mark today. Maybe I'm just too used to calculating how much things on Mad Men are with inflation, but I am shocked at...
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I vaguely remember having this Alphie robot. You'd put different cards on the front and then play games on it. It made sad little noises when you got things wrong. I do not remember if it genuinely...
View ArticleBy: colie
Wow, 'The Little Professor' actually existed. "Displays over 16,000 problems to test a child's basic knowledge of math. Child has three chances to give correct answer." They're really selling it as...
View ArticleBy: davejay
Someone needs to make a fake skymall catalog using these pictures and ad copy, in a format that can be used to print magazines at blurb or similar.
View ArticleBy: Sys Rq
I love that everything says "SOLID STATE!" on it. Like people thought digital watches had vacuum tubes.
View ArticleBy: Mchelly
Went in looking for the two I loved most (and asked for the hardest among the toys I actually got) Tobor (it's Robot backwards, get it?!) and Stop Thief! Came out remembering that robot that actually...
View ArticleBy: maudlin
Some Canadian sources there: I can see an Eaton's catalogue to start and what I think are lots of pages from the Canadian Sears catalogue (lots of tabletop hockey games). Near the end: "Hey, Mom! My...
View ArticleBy: ob1quixote
Oh man. I got that Space: 1999 Eagle for Christmas in…1977 I think. Played with it until it was only pieces. Thanks for the memories, radwolf76.
View ArticleBy: mazola
I was thrilled to get this for Christmas one year. Back in the day I was into Star Trek/Star Wars but I'm sure my parents told everyone I wanted 'space toys' as gifts. Imagine my surprise when I...
View ArticleBy: ricochet biscuit
With inflation the advertised price for PONG in 1975 would be right around the $400 mark today.
View ArticleBy: Knappster
I was thrilled to get this for Christmas one year. The next year my friends got X-Wings and TIE Fighters. It's all been downhill since then.
View ArticleBy: nathan_teske
Pinterest redirect thing has been happening all morning to me intermittently.
View ArticleBy: empath
cherryflute, empath, I'm not sure what's causing that for you. Link should go to http://imgur.com/a/FCVHV if that helps any Nope, same thing.
View ArticleBy: griphus
Roughly when did that LCD watch come out? I want to figure out how much $100 is in today-dollars.
View ArticleBy: radwolf76
cherryflute, empath, I'm not sure what's causing that for you. Link should go to http://imgur.com/a/FCVHV if that helps any
View ArticleBy: cccorlew
Wow. I had some of those. The electronic handheld "Touchdown!" was a wonderful, and addictive, game. The "Head to Head" version (also on the page) was even better. Though I don't think I spent $35 on...
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