The Stuff of Childhood

Vintage 1980′s Arcade Buttons

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:39:39 +0000

Ahhhh.. The early 1980′s, hanging out in cramped arcades with sticky floors, sporting my jean jacket covered with buttons..

Probably even had a few of these gems..

Most of the popular arcade games of the time..

They measure 1.5″ x 1.5″

Vintage Marx Pete the Parrot Battery Operated Toy

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:29:56 +0000

Vintage Marx Pete the Parrot

19″ tall…

Way ahead of it’s time and quite expensive when new so Marx didn’t sell very many…

Takes 3 “D” and 1 “9volt” battery

Black button is to start and stop, white button is to record and erase.

Mattel HOT SHOTS PURPLE RAGE Redline Era

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:27:22 +0000

Mattel HOT SHOTS PURPLE RAGE

Pull the string on the back and it shoots across the floor…
1970

6″

Originally came with a weight..

Vintage SEA RANGER LCD Video Game

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:26:26 +0000

Vintage SEA RANGER game – it also can function as a clock.. similar to the Nintendo Game & Watch games from the 1980′s

Made in Hong Kong.

Takes a G12 or 386 battery.

1970′S VINTAGE TOYS KENNER SSP BLUE MONDAY DRAGSTER

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:25:20 +0000

1970′S VINTAGE TOYS KENNER SSP “BLUE MONDAY” DRAGSTER

Pull the cord and it lets out a wail, scares the hell out of the cats and shoots across the floor.

Car is 8″ long

Pull cord is about 17 / 18″

Vintage Cracker Jack P-51 Mustang Model Kit

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:58:08 +0000

Vintage Cracker Jack P-51 Mustang Model Kit.

I think it was a mail away premium..

Came in a plain box marked “The Cracker Jack Co”

Below are the decals for the kit.

Vintage Aquarius Burgertime Game Mattel 1982

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:55:04 +0000

Hard to find game for the Aquarius Video game system.. “Burgertime” ..

released in 1982..

1950′s Adams Plastic Model Kits

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:24:58 +0000

ADAMS Plastic military model kits from 1958..

1/40 scale

My favorite being the K-153 Atomic Cannon..

“Military Line Of Real Live Action Models”

Vintage IDEAL CANNON PING PONG BALL SHOOTER

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:49:45 +0000

IDEAL CANNON PING PONG BALL SHOOTER .. Plastic..

probably 1960′s…

10″ long… 5.75″ tall…

shoots a 1 3/16″ ball.

Tron Deadly Discs Game for Mattel Aquarius

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:29:25 +0000

Tron Deadly Discs Game for the very short lived Mattel Aquarius video game system…

From 1982

Game came with manual and keyboard/ controller overlays.