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Dec 17, 2019 12:23 AM
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ZorkManZeroX
Here they get Castle Greyskull, and I get a random character on the background of one episode, and like the green Voltron lion offbrand
agermanguy
Want that At-At
roguejuan
“Space ship!”
SumomCakeTaker
They're all looking at this and thinking "I should have kept it in the box, it would be worth so much right now".
slidebite72
those kids were pretty darn lucky
Hartdog7
Mouthspitter
I love the Power Glove, it’s so bad.
theyar
Oh man everything. Not just the presents. The fireplace, the TV, the carpet, the pjs, holy crap. I can feel all of this.
DurteeDaiperz
Christmas in the 80's was the BEST time to be a kid.
boogsdad
#5. I got that Lego set for my birthday.
hotdoginathermos
Galaxy Commander. Lucky! I so wanted that one
SkoomaDeeler
The Navy uniform PJ's
DJLadyA
The 80s were so much more fun.
idontwannayoucantmakeme
Excuse me please but put my childhood back where you found it thank you
RauleDuke
Snake mountain!
stinkonamonkey
I remember getting the NES. Unboxing it and trying to figure out how to play SMBs and The Ledgend of Zelda. Fucking epic. Still have it.
yeahiheardaboutpluto
Ditto. Need a CRT TV to play Duck Hunt again and curse at that dog.
puck2dag
What I would give to go back to that Christmas morning feeling. Http://i.imgur.com/SM42crj.gif
pigmartyr
Have a kid and you'll get to.
maninthedarkness
My dad worked for the railroad, and often wouldn't be able to get time off for Christmas. Best feeling was getting woke up when he got home.
MissSassyPanties
Why were the 80's so much better!
majinbuxl
They weren't, we were just kids so it seems that way. But I definitively love the music.
Snickt
You remember the good times. The music was awful, hated that synth pop.
charliegrs
80s music is the shit
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
even the music ?
charliegrs
80s music kicks ass
NZSheeps
I blame the youths!
charliegrs
Because we were kids
TeamSpicyTacos
I had the hoth ice speeder. I wish I still had it. The harpoon really shot out and everything. This photo set made me so melancholy
crubnubbitz
I feel maybe you don’t deserve an Atari if you try to open it with a spoon.
JaggedJimmyJ
Thebuccieri
Damn star wars owned the 80's!!!
BonyCephalopod
*Hasbro
bjo23
*Kenner
BonyCephalopod
Oh yeah
McFluffySundae
Love the kid that is opening the Atari with the round end of the spoon
Mavgurian
"With a spoon, Sire?"
nerdtypething
pole position ain’t gonna play itself! pitter patter...
randomstringofletters
So many UHF/VHF TVs. Quick go to CH3!!
yeahiheardaboutpluto
Now whack it on the side to fix the picture.
squirrelfartsy
Tracking! TRACKING!
MicahtheMartian
I love that you have all these pictures! A majority of my childhood memoirs burned in a fire... Including my 4 binders of baseball cards.
RevnaBirger
Awe man can it go back to the 80's please.
SirRonObvious
Dark Tower! Still have it at my parents house and it still works.
willjongill
I have the tower somewhere and it should still work but we lost board in the 80s and I never got to really play the game. I just played ..
willjongill
..around with the damn tower, mashing buttons and fighting brigands.
locozuma
I’ve been looking online for one! I just wish I could play it one more time. The coolest sound effects...!
Chefpnut
That game was the tits! I would go to my uncle’s house just to play it. I wish someone would remake it.
ipeoch
There's a mobile app that replicates the tower, rules pdf is available online. DIY project time!
whitefoxkei
Wow, I never realized how bare bones Lego sets were back then. Kinda miss when it wasn't all licensed though.
Bloodsense
My parents have a home video of me getting my NES and exite bike and ghosts and goblins on Christmas 1987.
slzydud
Where is the cobra command center?!?
Locolarue
That cardboard piece of crap from Sears? Or do you mean the TerrorDrome?
slzydud
this...https://youtu.be/QzlNOgv-ojc
stinkonamonkey
Broh, who cares about cobra command center, where the hell is the GI Joe aircraft carrier?!?!?!?!?
slzydud
That was cool tool but this thing was the shit.
ChubbyStubs
Psh, rich kids.
junebugg84
http://imgur.com/nMpGkIP
dafunkhole
OMG. You were all so wealthy!
ziludoSmasher
Psh, kids with a family.
Shmitty85
Psh, kids.
MyNameIsPer
Psh.
EricAndresmoleonhisleftbuttcheek
P
robthelob20
I
UltraHellboy
Yeah, no kidding! I dreamed of getting a lot of those as a kid but never did...
jdcream
I didnt get my nes until the snes was a couple years old. Oh to be young again.
anon9ine
It was missing out as a kid that's led me to several of my adult collecting and restoring interests. Video consoles I never got, BMX bikes.
anon9ine
My friend who was strongly discouraged from entering games arcades now has a dozen restored cabinets in his man cave.
PedestrianElectrobastard
Same, and then I didn't get my SNES until the 64 was a couple years old. I've never been so embarrassed or disappointed.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
the first system i ever got was '64, but that was in 2004
PedestrianElectrobastard
Jeez, that's extreme. Even I had a gamecube at that point, though I had to save up for years.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
it may have actually been 2002
g1tdat
Layaway was a great thing.
mwbowen
No shit huh?
siccoyote
It was the best of times
SelloxSmuggler
You know it.
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
I miss this feeling of happiness on Christmas day...
Hendlton
I miss the feeling of Christmas in general. Now it's "It's December already? Oh, it's Christmas today. Happy new year!" and it's all over.
lostlittletimeonthis
Now it's " what are the plans for Xmas what are the plans for New year's? I don't know!
ThatsAGreatStoryIdLikeToHearItSometimeByeBye
It was the worst of times.
anacctnamedphat
It was the blurst of times.
SeriouslyWhosDownvotingThis
What a time to be alive... And a child
Bacala
You stupid monkey!
DrFighterpilotAttorneyAtLaw
I can't not say that after hearing the intro to A Tale of Two Cities. Iconic. Perfection.
BCEN
cyberspork
YOU STUPID MONKEY!
golddragon2000
Bruh...that Castle Greyskull got me right in my soul.
Steven054
https://images.app.goo.gl/6W3UJtu1vVWgL5aL9 my generation had this growing up
techpariah
I still vividly remember my mom making me throw mine away. I saw one for sale in a retro store, made me sad smile.
NapkinBob
I didn't know any of the toys came in boxes, I thought you just got them from your older cousin.
donkeystothecastle
Exactly
thechrisp6
golddragon2000
ThePunTzu
That kid that got Castle Greyskull and the Millennium Falcon at the same time? I could only dream of such fortune!
donkeystothecastle
Me too man
S117MC
rotorua668
Me too - my parents couldn’t afford that so most of what I got were knock off He Mans. I didn’t care though, I loved them anyway!
Avilan1972
For me it was the Lego SPACESHIP!!!
superpaul79
You can get a new one for about $700 these days.
Vitriolic
I just finished watching an episode of He Man with my 5 year old daughter, her request.
rabidbuttsniffer
Wish my daughter would have liked that stuff
AFistfulOfDollHairs
Is that not snake mountain?
rabidbuttsniffer
Yes. Yes it is. Complete with voice changer
jagsduuuuval
1 There's pictures of both Castle grayskull and Snake mountain. Grayskull is He-mans Castle and Snake mountain is Skeletor's.
jagsduuuuval
2. Snake mountain had that thing that you could talk into and it would distort your voice. Grayskull had a trapdoor on the 2nd floor.
Kahneolus
Yeah, the black... panther? thing in the top right of it. You could take it off (had cable) and talk into the top :D
DukeDarkwood
Snake Mountain was superior. My brother had it. We had so much fun with the voice thing and our first tape recorder.
RyanPilao
Seriously tho. That shit was right. Trap door n shit.
JohnnyNameless
I still have mine! My 4-year old plays with it! It's one of his favorite toys and it's still awesome!
spalone
ethanhawkeye
I wasn't a kid of the 80s (born mid-90s) but knew the awesomeness of He-Man thanks to flea markets and older relatives. Must've been sweet.
noobletron
The 80’s were such a great time to be a kid
SnazzyDad
Holy shit yes! I really wanted the Battle Cat and after 2 Christmases I got it!
keillrandor
I've never seen that with a box before...
ZT369
All them kids grow up to have normal life, except for the one kid that got cowboy boots, he a serial killer now, living in Florida.
TheresnoDanaonlyZuul
Meeeee too, my eyes went wide and I sighed really loud with a big grin. Fuck those were the days
Magicalunicornmayonnaise
Hell yeah! That shitty mic and everything
FeloniousMonk13
Bro same here.. remember the mic that would make your voice all echoey?? Damn we getting old huh?
golddragon2000
Sadly its true.