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Ancient times thread
Best place to get a skateboard
I remember listening to her when I was in 3rd grade! XD
>>714881741
I miss KB, the one where I live always had toys years out of date, I bought EWJ action figures in 1999, which put them 3-4 years after the show was canceled.
I see a lot of nostalgia threads on varying boards as of late.
My first computer and the software that came with it absolutely destroy my feels to think about.
>>714883823
It's Christmas and we're all alone.
Kinda natural to revert to childhood...
>>714882200
kek, is that Raleigh?
>>714884056
truth, not a nice one but still truth
>>714881741
I love and hate this kind of thread. They are soothing and sadden at the same time. Wish we could all go back in time to our favourite years and hours....
>>714884176
Bruuuuuh for whatever reason my town of 2000 had one of those. Lasted a year or two.
>>714882796
Young fag, GTFO of this topic.
>>714884039
Fuuckkkkk I ordered a gateway back in the day.
Still remember my ICQ number too!
19955723
Friday nights with the ps1 and rc cola
For us fucks in small towns, we didn't have your fancy Best Buys and Toys R Us and bullshit. We had this right here.
>>714884111
Fellow 919-er there?
Nice Trips by the way.
>>714884377
The Blockbuster closed a few years back were I lived.
I bought a bunch of their wall units to put my game collection in. Really helped with logistics of having a big collection
>>714883764
Best system during it's time
>>714884720
What the fuck is that? I grew up outside Philly and never saw a "ben franklin" store.
>>714884720
Or if your town was big enough to have one...
>>714883764
You're parents were rich, weren't they?
If it's not in the Universe, it doesn't exist!
>>714884851
Ben Franklin, or the ol' 5 and dime stores. Sam Walton got his start in these before starting Walmart.
>>714884976
Nope, we were poor as balls. Never had one, always drooled for one.
>>714885016
The Universe has seen better days
>>714883017
I loved that they sold toys that everybody else was afraid to; cap guns, dart guns - can't find any of that shit now. Somebody could put an eye out!
I miss this store, haven't seen one for years. Rarely bought anything, just loved to look around
>>714884720
Back in the 80's, Ben Franklin stores were horrible, something like dollar store now. They were all franchises and their supply chain was absolute shit.
>>714884691
>these nights with my cousins.
Good times
>>714884039
>gateway 2000
>youngfag
My first was an IBM 5150
Oh pre 9/11 America. You were so innocent.
>>714885432
>dart guns
Are you nuts? Have you seen the shit Nerf puts out? This is a goddamn Gatling gun and you long for the days of a shitting dart that fired 2 feet and didn't stick to shit? No way man, this is one department where the kids of today have it way better than us!
>>714885685
Yep. But if you wanted toys, it was the only place to go in my little town.
>>714884624
Hey! I'm not young. I'm in high school, ya dip!
>>714885016
I got your back man.
1985 - got one of these as a birthday gift from a girl I just started dating. Cost $500 back then.
>>714884624
Indeed, fuck off young fag
>>714885849
Fuck, loved these old bookstores. The other one was B. Dalton I think
remember when all malls had at least one store that sold this pewter junk?
>>714883823
I blame vaporwave
>>714884039
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0
I haven't heard this sound since I was five years old.. damn, man. Fun fact: I'm still sitting in the exact same spot.. Two feet to the left.
>>714884176
Didn't they turn into Zany Brainy? I used to fucking love that store, it was like this wonderful place where my mom would actually buy me stuff because it 'supported childhood development', they had this play area in the middle where lots of kids would always play and my mom would have to practically drag me out at the end, lol
My contribution:
I used to have this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6UU8ZZIKYA
on cassette, and I would jump around and sing and dance to it literally everyday. I'm sure it drove my parents out of their fucking minds haha
>>714886085
>buys you $500 betamax machine
She wants the D
>>714885825
I'm 23 years old and have two ten year old cousins with an armory of nerf guns and it blows my mind how advanced these fucking things have gotten. I remember having shitty pistols. I have no qualms playing nerf with them when I can fire 30 rounds in under a minute.
>>714885825
Not talking the ones that only went two feet, I'm talking about the ones that had the bad ass spring inside and you could make those suction cups stick at 20 feet away. Nerfs are just too gentle.
>>714885625
Actually still have one in my local mall.
>>714884377
These dipshits passed up buying Netflix for a laughably small amount. I loved blockbuster but they dug their own graves.
Fuck 9/11, I hate living in a post-Phil Hartman world.
>>714886231
and she got the D, more too but that's a whole 'nother story.
>>714881741
My first job was in KB. I miss that place. I didn't do a fucking thing. I was a late bloomer, but my first time messing around with a girl was with my assistant Supervisor.
>dem were da days, ma boys!
>>714886291
The simple nerf guns can still do that. The problem is that all the new fancy motorized stuff just can't provide the same quick release of energy as a nice fat compressed spring
>>714882523
amen brother
https://youtu.be/P6kvinRDCdE
>>714886396
Too bad they didn't have your expertise on their side when the opportunity arose.
Not just remembering when Playboy showed pics of naked women (just a couple of years ago) but being young enough to be happy about that. Porn in magazine form....who knew that the internet would so decisively destroy that business model.
>>714881741
Man I remember this store was pure chaos in the Christmas season. I literally could just pick up pokemon card packs off the floor and walk away at the mall. It's how i got my shinys. Furbee and teenie babies were big too even mcdonalds had them in their happy meals. Who remembers age of empires cds in cereal?
>>714886166
TOGETHER FOREVER
NO MATTER HOW LONG
FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME
WE'LL BE TOGETHER
AND YOU CAN BE SURE
THAT FOREVER AND TODAY
THATS HOW LONG WE'LL STAY
TOGETHER AND FOREVER MORE
>>714886443
Ya got pegged, eh? Say no more, say no more.
>>714886568
I like the passive aggressive attack but it's common knowledge they fucked up and is regarded as bad business. Sorry your blockbuster was retarded.
Back when mall designers cared a bit more for providing an inviting atmosphere rather than covering every square inch of floor with kiosks selling "as seen on tv" garbage.
>>714886270
I had one of these, at the time it was the height of Nerf weapons technology. It wasn't shit compared to what the kiddies have now.
Who's old enough to tell us what this building used to be?
>>714881741
Was that the KB Toys in Santa Barbra?
>>714886762
Nickelodeon?
>>714885988
Isn't Frye's still around, and thats in an old circuit city right?
>>714886661
>an inviting atmosphere
not sure I'd call that seventies hellscape 'inviting'
>>714886639
Not literally, just figuratively. Married her, she ended up with the house and everything in it. Just as well, freedom's not free.
>>714885106
dat feely feel that feels feely
>>714886762
Hard rock
Arcades man....:(
>>714886762
Nickelodeon at Universal studios
>>714884720
I know where you can find one.
Or, you could last I drove by, 2 years ago
Clarkstown, PA
>>714886888
They're making a comeback in big cities
>>714882200
triple double
>>714886848
You walked away with a betamax, though.
>>714886925
good riddance
>>714886837
Inviting by 70s standards.
>>714886085
I remember my parents RENTING those fuckers back in the day.
>>714886962
This
>>714886935
Are they real arcades? Or those "arcades" where they hook up a bunch of Playstations and Xboxes?
>>714886888
That's Malibu castle in Hawthorne/Lakewood.
Good times... it's a light rail station now... :(
>>714886941
https://youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q?t=1m20s
>>714886888
There's an adult bar near my place that has an entire arcade among other games. You can get served drinks while setting high scores on Galaga.
>>714886991
Pshhh..."nostalgia" I have one hooked up right now
>>714886991
my sega genesis did not look like that
Oldfag here. Spent my teens in the 80s. It's a cliche but life was simpler. You didn't have to bother with social media profiles and instant messaging. Any dumb shit you did stayed private instead of being broadcast to the world. You interacted in two ways: call their house phone or meet up. Shit, sometimes you might even send a letter. You could travel the middle East without getting your head chopped off. Hip hop wasnt all about niggas and hoes. Most people could afford to leave home at 18. Sigh.
>>714887087
Arcades and alcohol setting here
>>714887112
Theres one in Cincinnati called 16 bit and its fun. Theres one in cbus too
>>714881741
>>714883764
Worst 800$ my parents ever spent.
>>714885988
The fuck?
Frys is doing just fine. Have good deals, online retail, some good deals and price matching
>>714886888
The galloping ghost in Chicago is amazing. It's 15 dollars and all games are free, and good lord they have ANY game you could imagine. I live in Texas and drove all the way to Chicago with my wife to check it out, completely worth it.
Anyone remember berger king castle?
They had onenough in Meriden ct back in the day
>>714887159
I envy you. These are dark days whether people want to admit it or not.
>>714887087
Real arcades. There's a big one in Chicago and there's a new chain of arcade/bars opening up for the 21+ crowd. It's mainly a nostalgia thing.
>>714882200
>>714887232
Good luck getting that shit to work.
>>714887217
It's a good idea, the place is always packed and is a great time.
Who remembers what this shit was for?
>pic releated.
>>714885682
oh you just wait, compadre...
>>714887357
>>714887321
Anon, that's the type of connector used for joysticks with computers. That would work.
>>714887227
Nobody?
>>714886612
You make it seem like it's a bad thing. Do you realize that you've seen more breasts and vaginas than old kings did in their entire lives, probably collectively? Just think about that and stop being a bundle of sticks.
>>714884583
holy shit
>>714887292
Yeah that's the big one in Chicago I was referring to.
>>714887400
For rouge squadron in my case
>>714887509
Diddy kong for me
>>714887460
kys
>>714887400
N64 expansion pack, duh. How else are you going to play Donkey Kong 64?
>>714884722
919 fag here. Things have certainly changed here.
>>714887230
So I've learned in recent years. My brother and I saved money from our paper routes and got a Sega Saturn instead, which if I remember right was half the price.
>>714881945
holy shit, had several of these toys. the feels
>>714885625
I wish these were still around, I bought my first VHS movie ever from here. I had them order it. It was the live action version of Guyver - sequel.
I WOULDN'T FUCK HER WITH MY OWN ASS
>>714887473
Fuck. Forgot all about that
>>714887159
Way it's always been. Spent my 20's in the 80's. Imagine sex without aids, plenty of birth control around and the free spirit of the 70's still remembered. But yeah, the news was still believable, newspapers were fat, nobody called the cops if you were under 18 and walking alone on the sidewalk. And music, sounded better because the equipment was better. We've traded quality for convenience.
Anybody ever play this?
>>714887604
seconded
>>714886762
nicolodeon theme park
>>714886964
LOVE THOSE FEET
>>714887460
>>714887600
Checked
I remember the rage when i went home to play donkey kong after parents buying me the game and not having the expansion pack.
>>714882297
Holy shit dude funcoland was the shit. I used to go there and clean them out of super nintendo games cause they were like $2 a fucking pop
>>714887672
>equipment was better
This shit rite here.
>>714887643
>live action version of Guyver
The Scottish version is far superior
>>714882796
She was big when I was a freshman jesus youre young
>>714886439
>cocain's a hellofa drug
bitch shot him while he was sleeping. cunt
>>714887112
there's one in houston called joystix, i met my wife there.
>>714887009
OUT OUT OUT
>>714881741
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/328403265/seed-full-dive-technology
>>714884624
>>714886108
Two idiots who fell for stupid bait
>>714884176
This place was the shit, god damit it im old.
>>714881741
I miss KB Toys...
>>714884720
My parents sometimes talk about Ben Franklin stores... I don't remember them...
>>714884855
You're from Montana, aren't you anon?
>>714887773
"It wasn't until late 1999 the Nintendo finally released a game that required the add-on to play: Donkey Kong 64. And then Nintendo did something even better -- it included the Expansion Pak in the first roll out of DK64 so no player was left behind."
>>714887678
Great game, but always pissed me off that it took up almost an entire memory card by itself.
>>714887875
Not that movie, the anime.
>pic related
>>714884722
Nope former 919-er, Was in the RTP for 15 years.
>>714888206
I still use mine to play dvds
>>714886762
I had a friend who was obsessed with Alex Mack. Like serious stalker level. He had this plan to ride his bike to Nickelodeon Studios and meet her. (We were like in 8th grade.) I said, "You know, it's not like she lives there and shit. I don't even think they film the show there. Might want to do a little more research..."
But, he was undaunted. And on the last day of school, he actually took off on his bike to make his dream come true. I should mention that we lived in fucking Minnesota, and to ride from Minnesota to Florida is a goddamn challenge for even the most experienced cyclist with the best equipment, let along a fat 13 year old with a Huffy and a backpack full of Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. But none the less, he took off. Got about five miles out of town before the cops picked him up.
I think he's a fag now. Not that he wasn't a fag back then, but I mean real cock-sucking queermoe.
This damn time sink
Did anyone else have these? Mine still work.
>>714888322
Well can you blame him. Alex Mack was pretty goddamn hot.
>>714887232
No challenge.
>>714888441
>>714888441
>forgot pic
>>714888110
>>>714884720
>My parents sometimes talk about Ben Franklin stores... I don't remember them...
Walk into a Family Dollar or some store like that, you'll get a general idea of what they were like. They have everything. Ours even had fish for awhile.
>>>714884855
>You're from Montana, aren't you anon?
Close. North Dakota.
Who remember this?
>>714888032
does this site still exist? This was probably the first site I visited with any regularity back in the late 90's.
www.mulletsgalore.com was a sweet one as well.
>>714888389
Certainly not. I was in love with her myself. He just had a super-shitty plan.
>>714887109
>last week fucked around and got a triple double
topfuckingkek
>>714888322
do you still suck him off, like you did in your teen years?
>>714888380
Peasant...
Coleco Talking Teacher Master Race reporting in!
damn, crazy feels thinking about how fucked up me & my friends would get on a jar of old school chicha. Can't find that shit anymore.
>>714881741
This outta bring some memories back?
>>714886555
trips checked
Also, the fact that this extinct store is in the carcass of another extinct store gives it sad, depressing layers.
>>714885777
eh back in those days there wasn't enough worthwhile software for most average people to even justify buying a home computer.
Watched this every day at 5:00
>>714888110
Montana fag here,can confirm small towns had these. Closest to me was in Hardin, had to go there weekly when I was working as a Disney merch rep. Specializing in the video flavor. Now they are being turned, or already have been turned into shopko hometowns
>>714887574
relax, big man.
>>714888744
http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
The Deals
>>714888880
Holy fucking dub dub dubbbbs...
>>714888892
I just want him back man. Member when he alive? I member, you member?
How good does your birthdays playboy magazine cover look?
>pretty damn good in my opinion
>>714888880
Super munchers was the best one
>>714888892
remember trayvon
Anybody else remember sneaking into a D-shaped structure late at night with your friends to just smoke, chill, and bullshit about Viracocha?
>>714889036
Fucks yeah...
>>714887752
Looks like a scene from Tim and Eric Awesome Show
>>714887473
yesss!
My brother fell down the ladder of that hamburger cop prison thing. It was also too small for adults to climb up so good luck getting your stupid kid out.
>>714889036
We're going to need another Timmy!
>>714881741
Boston fag reporting in. More Boston faggotry to come
>>714889022
meh
>>714887509
For Road Rash or Resident Evil
>>714885777
that was my first computer at work 1987-8, excluding proprietary dumb terminals.
Other relics included SparcStation10 w/ windows emulation, but had a T-1 connection, so we could "browse" Mosaic.
Good times - I printed out suitcases full of pron stories and mid-90s loli off my boss's station
>>714889022
Meh
>>714889277
My cousin had one of those, but he would never let me play with it.
>>714882796
Wow, aren't you a village elder.
>>714889223
Pissed they closed the Roy Rodgers in sturbridge
>>714889153
way < tales from the crypt
>>714888601
yep
Showbiz Pizza
>>714889373
Never been. I'm North Shore. RR was good tho.
>>714887299
is that where the BK is still today?
Killingworth fag reporting in
>>714884720
Holy fuck is this Apollo,PA?
One of the first videos I saw.
>>714887004
Was it in a blue case?
>>714889375
You dog
>>714889277
I had a Big Trax. Scored the trailer too. Loved that damn toy.
>>714889022
>>714889511
Cromwell here. It was next to walgreens in Meriden. It's just a regular bk now
>>714889568
Holy Fuck I had those. Constructors? Gah. Can't remember the name
>>714889022
Just alright
>>714889568
fuck yeah, i had that as a kid, and I'll raise you this.
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