RE: Where did these gadgets go? (Only 90's kids will remember).
The 19900's were huge for me, too. Although, most of these resonate with me, we were a Sega household. I had the Megadrive (I think in the States it was called the Genesis) and I also had my own GameGear. Being able to play coloured games in a handheld device was mind blowing!
Walkmans were massive..I remember going down the coast as a kid and staying at our regular caravan park. We would stay in cabins there right next to the beach. Dad booked us there for 2 weeks. I had the middle bunk - a sister top and below me. I remember packing my tapes along for the ride and would chill out on my bed enjoying the tunes.
Dem were awesome days!
**honourable mention (although not a gadget) --- who collected comic books as a kid? I loved my serve of every Spider-man title I could get my mits on!
Top not post, Rob!! Upvoted.
I admittedly liked Sega more than my SNES. More so for the fighting games; Mortal Kombat and Primal Rage! Adjusted for inflation these consoles would have cost $350 today... I am surprised that my parents actually spent so much on them. I wouldn't be buying my kids a PS4!
It is amazing how we recreate memories. Something we haven't thought about in years... Suddenly comes to the forefront of our minds. We can recall precisely how we felt, with a sound or even a smell.
That is a great memory of your family vacation, did you make all your own mixtapes from the radio too?
I collected comic books, but was more of a baseball card kid. Nothing better than opening 50 wax packs on my birthday, and chewing all the awful gum.
Thanks for sharing!
_Rob
Hey Rob,
I know, right! I'm such a nostalgia freak! And..YES! Mix-tapes were awesome.. listen to your favourite radio station and as soon as that recognisable intro came on (you better be sure you had a blank cassette already in the player!) BAM! Hit the record button. In our household it was even a big deal to have a cassette player/radio with the ability to RECORD. lol
I have a VERY funny story I would love to share on my blog.. but I have to be careful how to write it. It is specifically about someone I know that I have semi-regular contact with. They are pretty much aware of the circumstances of this event (it was very much secret at the time) but I'm not sure how comfortable they'd be having me write about the series of events. It would be extremely entertaining reading, however! It involved a strange phenomena with a red Panasonic cassette player (nothing paranormal).
Regarding the baseball card packs you're referring to - we had similar things over here in Australia, too. Except ours were focused on Rugby League (sort of like an Aussie version of American football without the body armour) and cricket (an originally British game, but played by many other nations - from New Zealand to South Africa, the West Indies, India, Sri Lanka, England etc..) We had the same powdered gum in those packs. haha. The flavour lasted about 10 seconds and after that it tasted like coagulated flour or something! hahaha. I remember collecting Jurassic Park cards, too --- ohhhhh what have you done to me? Memories flooding back! I still have those cards, actually!!
Love all the sharing! So glad we bumped into each other on here.
All the best,
Nick
I look forward to seeing this hit piece...I guess you could label it as fiction.
Wasn't it great, when you realized you could fill the tabs on crappy cassettes, usually with tissue, to record over them?
Were the cricket cars worth anything? How about today? I actually thought that my baseball cards would make me rich, and my mother would always tell me they wouldn't.
So one day, when I have 999,999.99 in my bank account... I will sell my cards for a penny, to show her.
I was a bit older when the Jurassic Park cards were around, but I did collect Garbage Pail Kids'.
Thanks for the lengthy comment, and for sharing your memories.
_Rob