Whatever Happened To...

[The Dying Start]

Nostalgia at it's tackiest. I know we already have a TV Nostalgia thread, but here I'm talking NO TV, but everyday items like clothing and games and toys and marital aides that have dropped off the edge of the earth somewhere. Try to keep it informative and constructive, or offer a genuine reply.

I'll start...coz I'm good at it!


Whatever Happened To...
Feather Dusters?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1989

Natural Habitat:
Your Laundry or perhaps under the sink.

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.costumesinc.com/Costumes/images/medium/58543-std.jpg


Notes:
I remember as a kid having one of these in the Lundry. It had bright blue feathers, and i like to play with it because the feathers felt so soft. At some point during my childhood it just disappeared. Maybe to my parents boudoir, but that bares not thinking about. Does anyone still own one? Does anyone remember having one in the house?

[Kacky]

I think we still do have one, it doesn't get used very often though.

[Liz]

We still have a feather duster. It looks almost exactly like that one too...

[The Dying Start]

That's fantastic! I wonder if you can buy them at all?

[Kacky]

You can, I believe.

They're a dollar store item!

[Lowee]

Well, you can buy them online:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%22feather+duster%22&btnG=Search+Froogle

My nan had a feather duster, and is now dead. This leads me to conclude they are ultimately fatal.

[Neryssah]

We have feather dusters.
I think my mum must collect them or something, they're all over the bloody house.

[Rhiannon]

Yeah, we still have one... somewhere.



Whatever Happened To...
Slap bracelets!

Last Seen In The Wild:
Early '90s

Natural Habitat:
Every school kids wrist

Photographic Evidence:

http://greatlakeshobby.com/images/3313SlapBracelets.jpg

Notes:
These were so fun to slap siblings on the forehead with. Just quietly.

[Grumma]

We use em at work all the time

[Lowee]

I imagine feather dusters, and slap bracelets for that matter, are quite at home in kinky brothels.

[Liz]

I still have a slap bracelet. :o
It's sitting in a box in my room along with other crap like that.

[Grumma]

Kinky ;)

So what's ya hotel number eh?

[Liz]

You are dirty Grumma.

[Grumma]

Yeah but I bet you didn't vote for me in the forum awards <_<

[Liz]

Moving on......

I'm trying to think of something....
I'm not old enough. :p

[Grumma]

"are you old enough? woo-ooh are you old enough?"

[Liz]

What? 10 characters

[Grumma]

It's a song. Just like:

"you and me baby aint nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do on the discovery channel"

[Neryssah]

I have the intro to that as my MSG tone at the moment, just to irritate my mother.

Rebellious like fuck :p

[Liz]

Whatever Happened To...
Original Gameboy Colour.

Last Seen In The Wild:
90's.

Natural Habitat:
Kids bedrooms.

Photographic Evidence:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9688/imagessi9.jpg

Notes:
Everyone got so excited when Gameboy came out in colour. Even though it had shitty graphics. But now they've disappered and Gameboy Advane and stuff has come in. I used play Pokemon on mine and I still have it somewhere. Mine was purple

[Erin]

my cousin has a clear one, we still have one of his games 'Kirby in dreamland'
:D

[Liz]

I remember that game! The big pink ball with the face?

[Erin]

yup :D i still play it too

[Grumma]

Whatever Happened To...
Original Gameboy Colour.

Last Seen In The Wild:
90's.

Natural Habitat:
Kids bedrooms.

Photographic Evidence:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9688/imagessi9.jpg

Notes:
Everyone got so excited when Gameboy came out in colour. Even though it had shitty graphics. But now they've disappered and Gameboy Advane and stuff has come in. I used play Pokemon on mine and I still have it somewhere. Mine was purple

Well I have a pokemon gameboy so I win :p

[Liz]

I was addicted to Pokemon. I wanna get back in Pirie now so I can play. :p

EDIT: You so don't win! Mine was purple! So ner!

[Erin]

I have a confession... i have lots of poke'mon games that i play

oh the SHAME

[Liz]

:eek: That is no shame! I love Pokemon! My sister has the new Pokemon game on her Gameboy SP or whatever it is and I love it.

[Grumma]

I was addicted to Pokemon. I wanna get back in Pirie now so I can play. :p

EDIT: You so don't win! Mine was purple! So ner!

Pffft do not.

Mine was blue, and yellow and it had a picture of Pikachu and Jigglypuff on it!

ANd man does that fart smell . ..

[Liz]

I think I remeber the Pokemon gameboys now...

[Liz]

I found this one. (http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8786/1007800032760404me0.jpg)

And this one. (http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/175/13871965dg7.jpg)

[Bec]

Bah it hasn't disappeared. I was playing pokemon on my purple game boy up at phillip island just the other day because I'm just that cool :p

[Liz]

See Grumma, purple Gameboys are the best. :cool:

[Grumma]

They're gay that's what :p

[Liz]

You're gay that's what! :p

Burn... :cool:

[Grumma]

You're like 14.

Burn :p

[Liz]

15 actually.
So ner! :p

[Grumma]

Years til you can go to overage TLE gigs = 3
Years til I can do the same = oh wait . .. I already can :p

[Liz]

Years Grumma's been a dickhead - 18

Ouch. :cool:

[Grumma]

No that didn't really hurt :)

[Ally]

I have a purple Gameboy somewhere. The only games we have a Pokemon blue and red and I'm so over them. I want tetris and Mario, but I don't know if you can still buy games for them any more. Can you?

[Grumma]

Second hand game stores would be your best bet

[Ally]

I have absolutely no idea where one of those would be. The only game shop I know is the one at Knox, I don't even know what it's called.

Maybe I'll try ebay.

[Grumma]

Eastland has like 3 lol.

Games Mania, EB games .. . theres a few

[Bec]

Heh, all the cool kids have purple gameboys.
You could probably find some on ebay or something Ally, and EB games have a section with second hand games.

Edit: Way too slow, ah well

[Ally]

I found the games I want, they're pretty cheap. I just have to find my gameboy before I bid on them, just in case someone threw it out or something.

[Colezy]

Whatever Happened To...
Tazos??

Last Seen In The Wild:
1996/1997 ....or maybe more towards the late 1990s?

Natural Habitat:
Inside the bag of chips found in your school lunchbox!

Photographic Evidence:
http://tazos.tripod.com/chinabatmantazo.jpg


Notes:
I remember my brother and I fighting over Tazos.. I loved them! I never really understood the games you played with them though..they just looked cool! Especially when your who understood the game would play and the tazos would fly everywhere! :p

[Liz]

I remember Tazos! We still have heaps.
My brother always stole mine. Bastard.

[Grumma]

haha we had a lady come in at work asking for batteries that would fit into her 16 y/old sons Digimon :p

Now those things were the bomb
Mine was the best of all my friends til I like lost it; then it turned crap <_<

[Caity]

Nostalgia at it's tackiest. I know we already have a TV Nostalgia thread, but here I'm talking NO TV, but everyday items like clothing and games and toys and marital aides that have dropped off the edge of the earth somewhere. Try to keep it informative and constructive, or offer a genuine reply.

I'll start...coz I'm good at it!


Whatever Happened To...
Feather Dusters?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1989

Natural Habitat:
Your Laundry or perhaps under the sink.

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.costumesinc.com/Costumes/images/medium/58543-std.jpg


Notes:
I remember as a kid having one of these in the Lundry. It had bright blue feathers, and i like to play with it because the feathers felt so soft. At some point during my childhood it just disappeared. Maybe to my parents boudoir, but that bares not thinking about. Does anyone still own one? Does anyone remember having one in the house?



We use these *all* the time at work - our store manager is a stickler for it.

Aside from that, we had one that lived in the pantry and the stick was made of wood and curved at the end like an umbrella. I mostly attacked our cat with it.

[damo0945]

tazos were awesome.
I still have my blue game boy color, me and my friends were playing pokemon to pass the time on the bus to our school ski trip (no, i don't go to an expensive private school), but we quit like halfway there coz we were getting picked on too much.
and we still have a feather duster somewhere, i think its made out of ostrich feathers too, upmarket!

[Grumma]

Pffft what kind of fags would pick on Pokemon players!

[The Dying Start]

Whatever Happened To...
Tazos??

Last Seen In The Wild:
1996/1997 ....or maybe more towards the late 1990s?

Natural Habitat:
Inside the bag of chips found in your school lunchbox!

Photographic Evidence:
http://tazos.tripod.com/chinabatmantazo.jpg


Notes:
I remember my brother and I fighting over Tazos.. I loved them! I never really understood the games you played with them though..they just looked cool! Especially when your who understood the game would play and the tazos would fly everywhere! :p

I still have all my tazos. And my Oddbodz. From 1996. And I'm about to throw them out when i move. I almost have the whole set of Tazos. I don't have as mny Oddbodz though. I also remember basketball cards were HUGE in probably 1994.

(6 pages in half a day....i'm on a winner!)

[Ally]

We have a giant collection of tazos somewhere. We also have about 3-4 icecream tubs full of Yowies. Oh man, remember Yowies?! I even had the stuffed toys.

[The Dying Start]

Whatever Happened To...
Sun Visors

Last Seen In The Wild:
1988

Natural Habitat:
Joggers on the beachfront, or Toffee-nosed casual walkers having their Sunday Cappucino in the beachside cafes

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.sunvisorcaps.com/assets/images/LB-Picture.jpg


Notes:
My mum had a white one, but the visor was transparent purple. All class. I realise you can get the golf ones, but they're just not the same look or design of the old-school fashionable Sun Visor!

[mel_bound]

I think Video Games Heaven at Knox had stuff.. I dunno if it's still around though, maybe near the jesters food shop? They had stuff. I have tetris DX on my green game boy. AND POKEMON PINBALL. WITH RUMBLE! THAT'S HARDCORE!

[Lowee]

Whatever Happened To...
Yowies.

Last Seen In The Wild:
Late 90's? Early 00's?

Natural Habitat:
Inside a munted shape chocolate egg thingo.

Photographic Evidence:
http://www12.plala.or.jp/holyest/inkore/toys/gazou/DSCN0531.jpg

[Colezy]

Whatever Happened To...
Push Pops

Last Seen In The Wild:
Sometime during the 1990's

Natural Habitat:
The local store/supermarket and the mouths of children!

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.crazyfads.com/images/pushpops.jpg

Notes: They tasted GREAT!! And they were cheap too! :D

[Colezy]

Whatever Happened To...
Hula Hoops

Last Seen In The Wild:
Popular in the 1950's, but I always had one as a kid, so I guess I last saw them early 90's.

Natural Habitat:
Ummm....the garage? Your hips...or neck...or arms...where ever you could 'hula' them! :p

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.badfads.com/images/hulahoop01.jpg

[Mirm]

there's a hula hoop in my yard. i hula often.

[Neo]

Nostalgia at it's tackiest. I know we already have a TV Nostalgia thread, but here I'm talking NO TV, but everyday items like clothing and games and toys and marital aides that have dropped off the edge of the earth somewhere. Try to keep it informative and constructive, or offer a genuine reply.

I'll start...coz I'm good at it!


Whatever Happened To...
Feather Dusters?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1989

Natural Habitat:
Your Laundry or perhaps under the sink.

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.costumesinc.com/Costumes/images/medium/58543-std.jpg


Notes:
I remember as a kid having one of these in the Lundry. It had bright blue feathers, and i like to play with it because the feathers felt so soft. At some point during my childhood it just disappeared. Maybe to my parents boudoir, but that bares not thinking about. Does anyone still own one? Does anyone remember having one in the house?

We still own a couple. They are pretty warped though.
I used to get hit with them when I was little. I think we need to re-introduce feather duster spanking. It made me a good person, Imageine what it would do to psycho kids like my brother!

[Higgins]

Whatever Happened To...
Sun Visors

Last Seen In The Wild:
1988

Natural Habitat:
Joggers on the beachfront, or Toffee-nosed casual walkers having their Sunday Cappucino in the beachside cafes

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.sunvisorcaps.com/assets/images/LB-Picture.jpg


Notes:
My mum had a white one, but the visor was transparent purple. All class. I realise you can get the golf ones, but they're just not the same look or design of the old-school fashionable Sun Visor!

i remember those! my friend uses a green one as her poker hat. we were planning to buy some off ebay to wear to homebake but we couldnt be stuffed in the end.

[Julian]

Whatever Happened To...
Push Pops

Last Seen In The Wild:
Sometime during the 1990's

Natural Habitat:
The local store/supermarket and the mouths of children!

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.crazyfads.com/images/pushpops.jpg

Notes: They tasted GREAT!! And they were cheap too! :D

Hell yeah! They still make em I think, I even saw a tv add for them a year or so ago

[Loo C]

Whatever Happened To...
Yowies.
They're all at my place! Man I used to love those things....still can't part with my collection. :)

[Neryssah]

Whatever happened to BUM BAGS?!

[mel_bound]

Whatever Happened To...
MONDO!

Last Seen In The Wild:
Early 2000's

Natural Habitat:
I forgott'd

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.megacom.net/~arkones/mondo1ab.jpg (http://www.megacom.net/~arkones/mondo.html)

Notes: They taught kiddies about history and they were pretty cool too. I wonder where all mine are

[Grumma]

Whatever happened to BUM BAGS?!

They still sell them at my work

Shut down

[Neryssah]

Srsly? Awesome. I haven't seen them in forever.

[Grumma]

Yuhuh :)

I can show you if you wanna walk to Burke st (it's a couple of hundred metres away from Flinders Lane and Fed Square)

[Neryssah]

Eugh, walking :p
I've done enough walking in the last two weeks to last me all year.

[Grumma]

Cos that's not lazy or anything :p

[Neryssah]

There ain't nothing wrong with being lazy, I can tell you that now.

[Grumma]

Yes there is

[Steph Format]

they still make push pops I'm pretty sure.


Whatever Happened To...
Those Bathrobe Cardigan Things

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 2001 (the peak)

Natural Habitat:
Closets of overly fashion-conscious young ladies

Photographic Evidence
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000LAUZE0.01-A2HLK9C2IWJJB7._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V35647048_.jpg



I remember these things from high school and maaaaan were they ugly.

[Neo]

Whatever Happened To...
MONDO!

Last Seen In The Wild:
Early 2000's

Natural Habitat:
I forgott'd

Photographic Evidence:
[/URL]
[URL]http://www.megacom.net/~arkones/mondo1ab.jpg (http://www.megacom.net/~arkones/mondo.html)

Notes: They taught kiddies about history and they were pretty cool too. I wonder where all mine are

!

I can only just remember them but I dont know where they came from. I am tasting lolly sensation in my mouth though. did they come with lollies? yar its killing me that I cant remember them much

[damo0945]

I believe they came with orange flavoured lollypops (i have a vague memory too)

[damo0945]

sorry i don;t know why that posted twice

[The Dying Start]

Whatever Happened To...
The Undercut

Last Seen In The Wild:
1995

Natural Habitat:
Teenage Boys' Heads

Photographic Evidence:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Undercut.jpg


Notes:
Essentially a bowl cut, but with longer hair on top, and the sides cut under the top layers of hair. Usually parted in the centre so the long sides framed the face. I don't understand why these were so "cool" but then you look back at 90% of historical fashion trends and wonder whether they had some unique drugs in the water making utter shite look passable.

[Neryssah]

Oh, I saw something like that at ZGT a few months ago. It was absolutely rank. And the guy had sideburns as well. Completely detatched sideburns. SO. BAD.

[The Dying Start]

At least mine are attached...

[Neryssah]

... and therefore, good.

[mel_bound]

I believe they came with orange flavoured lollypops (i have a vague memory too)

Oh they did too! I can taste it now.. hahaha. Ahh they were great! :D

[Sarah]

haha, most of this stuff can all be found at Big W Norky,

*bumbags - our unfortunate 15 year old recovery associates have to wear them every shift (and we sell them too, so you can take them home and be like a big w worker!)

*the undercut is a favourite at our store with the customers - either that or the mullet or the pulled back in a super-tight pony tail ontop of the head for the chicks

*push pops - i saw a box of them the other day and i'm sure it was at work! "don't push me push a push pop"


And Glenn I have that exact feather duster - and i even use it! You can buy a hot pink feather duster from your local Woolies - if you can't see one you should ask the store manager to order some in!!

Whatever Happened To....
Audio Cassettes

Last Seen In The Wild:
1998-ish

Natural Habitat:
In the tape deck of your Grandfather's 74 Kingswood or perhaps in the 'Walkman' tucked away in the cupboard.

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.tapedeck.org/400/agfa_ferrocolor_60_gelb-thumb.jpg

[Erin]

i have loads of blank ones :D i've got mixtapes i made when i was 6 and one (which i love :)) full of tripod's song in an hours and an interview with chris cheney

...like you even wanted to know

[Caity]

Whatever Happened To...
Sun Visors

Last Seen In The Wild:
1988

Natural Habitat:
Joggers on the beachfront, or Toffee-nosed casual walkers having their Sunday Cappucino in the beachside cafes

Photographic Evidence:
http://www.sunvisorcaps.com/assets/images/LB-Picture.jpg


Notes:
My mum had a white one, but the visor was transparent purple. All class. I realise you can get the golf ones, but they're just not the same look or design of the old-school fashionable Sun Visor!



We sell them at work :p

[Liz]

I have lots of cassettes!
All lying around in boxes of junk like most of the things in this thread....

[Sarah]

yeah, i've got a box or so of them full of real jems of pre 2004-ness...

[Sarah]

We sell them at work :p


haha, yeah us too, i knew there was something i forgot off my list!!!

[Caity]

haha, yeah us too, i knew there was something i forgot off my list!!!


I think every dodgy department store has them :p

Yeah I have lots of cassettes - a few JJJ LATW sets are on mine as well as Self titled :p

[Ally]

I was one of those kids who kept a tape in the radio and hit record whenever a song I liked came on. Listening back to those tapes, I had a horrible taste in music as a child!

[Colezy]

I was like that too. Especially when the top x countdowns came on! I think it was the top 40 or something! :p

[Liz]

Whatever Happened To....
Body glitter.

Last Seen In The Wild:
90's.

Natural Habitat:
On the hair and bodies of girls.

Photographic Evidence:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2587/bodyglitterwk3.jpg

[Colezy]

Ohhh, I wore body glitter on NYE!! :p Only cause it was part of my costume though!

[Liz]

Haha. I used to have a roll on body glitter with big silver stars in it. It made me go blue though. :p

[jessebelle]

I used to own so much of that! It's probably still around somwhere because I never used it..

[Liz]

Mine's all dried up now in a box full of slap bracelets, audio cassettes, sun visors and my gameboy colour. :p

[Colezy]

Haha, do you have a feather duster too, Liz?? :p

[jessebelle]

I do! I have a pink one :p

[Liz]

Haha, do you have a feather duster too, Liz?? :p

Haha. Probably! When we moved last year I couldn't bring myself to throw out all this shit!

[The Dying Start]

I have my mixtape cassettes also! I had relatively good taste in music. I suppose I always covered all the bases, so there was always something "good in there" but half of the tapes inlude Crowded House and stuff like that. Good stuff that used to be on the adult stations growing up. I'll probably throw them out in a week when i move though. I also have alot of cassettes bought from Brashs and CC Music. Cold Chisel, KC and The Sunshine Band, The Tin Lids, John Williamson.

[Liz]

Whatever Happened To....
Buttefly clips.

Last Seen In The Wild:
90's.

Natural Habitat:
In the hair of girls.

Photographic Evidence:

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/7741/butterflyclipsmp3.jpg

[jessebelle]

I used to wear them everyday in primary school..

[Liz]

I used to cry if mum forgot to put buttefly clips in my plait when she did my hair... :o

[Colezy]

I think I still have some of those!

Whatever Happened To....
Scrunchies.

Last Seen In The Wild:
90's.

Natural Habitat:
Also in the hair of girls.

Photographic Evidence:

http://www.squad-one.com/04_accessories/art_accessories/scrunchies.jpg

[Liz]

Mum bought me a navy scrunchie for school.
Pffft, I'll never wear it! :p

[Fritz]

Whatever Happened To....
The Gobbledock

Last Seen In The Wild:
Early 90's

Natural Habitat:
Smiths Chips TV Ads

Photographic Evidence:

No photo anywhere on the net except this eBay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Telecom-2-Gobbledock-Smiths-Chips-MINT-Scarce_W0QQitemZ140069290932QQihZ004QQcategoryZ146 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

While on the same note... whatever happened to Phonecards?

[Colezy]

Gobbledock was talked about in another thread not so long ago! A few of us remember him!

I had a phone card in 2004 when I went to the NT. I haven't seen one since then though..haven't seen any for sale either!

[damo0945]

did anyone else used to read goosebumps books? i think i read one of the 'choose your own adventure' style ones around 5 times.
and the choose your own adventure books as well for that matter

[mel_bound]

Whatever Happened To...
MONDO!

I JUST FOUND MY (small) COLLECTION! yeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I thought this thread was going to be about board posters who have dissapeared like...i dont know...IM SURE THERE ARE SOME.

[Colezy]

did anyone else used to read goosebumps books? i think i read one of the 'choose your own adventure' style ones around 5 times.
and the choose your own adventure books as well for that matter

Argh! I remember those books! I had lots and lots and lots and LOTS of Goosebump books, but only ever two of the Choose your own adventure ones. I remember one was about a swimming team competing at the world champs and it was my fave cause I was really into swimming back then. I think I read it and re-read it about 20 times! :p

[Erin]

body gliter- still have some
butterfly clips- used to wear them, still in a box somewhere
scrunchies- wore them 'til year 7
phone cards- have one in my purse ^_^
mondo- my collection is in a toybox somewhere
choose your own adventure books- used to be my fave books in year 4-5


shame...such shame

[Sarah]

I thought this thread was going to be about board posters who have dissapeared like...i dont know...IM SURE THERE ARE SOME.

haha, half of our mods seem to have disappeared lately!


i remember goosebumps and choose your own advernture books. the big ones when i was a kid in primary school were Point books. Every day i'd go into the school library and look up "point" on the computer hoping for a new release to be in there. The Beach House was my favourite and I've still got it sitting on the book shelf!

[The Dying Start]

I've got Goosebumps and Choose Your Own Adventure books still.

And I'm sorry to disappoint, Kylie.

Where Is James?

Where is John?

Where is Sam?

Where is Yelarney?

Where is Beth?

Where are my grandparents? :p

[worry_rock]

Years til you can go to overage TLE gigs = 3
Years til I can do the same = oh wait . .. I already can :p

Except Grumma doesn't deserve to go to a future TLE gig and possibly won't, seeing as he knows about a total of 15 TLE songs and doesn't actually like them all that much. Why is he even on the forum? Basically, Grumma = GAYLORD.

Anyway, I know Glenn's first post said to be serious, but fuck that. I'm pissed off. So here's mine:

Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate, satin-draped frame.

(If you get this, you are cool in my books. I know Tassie Sarah will get it.)

[Grumma]

There's always other over18 gigs I can go to ^_^

And speaking of boardies whatever happened to that angry guy that was like 15 and smoked?

[Colezy]

Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate, satin-draped frame.

(If you get this, you are cool in my books. I know Tassie Sarah will get it.)
Fay Wray the actress??

[Caity]

There's always other over18 gigs I can go to ^_^

And speaking of boardies whatever happened to that angry guy that was like 15 and smoked?

Dave, I presume?
He's still alive and kicking. He had a lot of trouble at home - I think he got kicked out - but I'm pretty sure he's back now.

[Grumma]

Umm well his board name was Lone Ranger (I think)

[Caity]

Yep, that's Dave.

[Grumma]

Angry little man that fella

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

glen_ma and glen_pa are resting up...i think they have lost interest in the internet.

[Steph Format]

hahaha I remember that little 15 year old punk kid.
sure I might have been 17/18 but he's perpetually 15 in my mind.

and whatever did happen to Larney?

[Caity]

He's 17 now - possibly 18.

[The Dying Start]

and whatever did happen to Larney?

Got a bit tired of the board i think. She's still an active contributor to the Shaun Micallef fan site though. She's around....quietly!

[Grumma]

He's 17 now - possibly 18.

Nah I don't think he's quite 18 . ..

I remember his 16th was like last year

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

who exactly are you talking about? Because theres a chance that the person you are talking about may not exactly be real.

[Grumma]

Lone Ranger.

His name was Dave or something like that?

[Erik]

was entourage ever on free to air TV?

[Loo C]

Whatever Happened To...
Sea monkeys?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1999

Natural Habitat:
Small plastic tank on your desk

Photographic Evidence:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o279/Loo_C/562544_discovery_f.jpg


Notes:
I had them. I was cool. :cool:
I think you can still get them. But a few years ago, geez, they seemed to be everywhere!

[Neryssah]

I got some for my friend last year. So you can still get them :)

[Caity]

who exactly are you talking about? Because theres a chance that the person you are talking about may not exactly be real.

He's real - I still talk to him online :p

[tanguyen]

I can't remember the names of these things and have been googling them for the last half an hour. THere's that toy where it's like, half a ball, and you flip them inside out, put it on the ground and it'd fly up into the air when it re-inverted itself. It really hurt when you put it on someone's head.

And there's that other toy where it's a doll with crazy hair, and when you shake it, it's head jerks back and forth and makes a weird noise because the head is hollowed out. I think the sound goes something like, "Aiye, aiye"

[cdejonge]

I can't remember the names of these things and have been googling them for the last half an hour. THere's that toy where it's like, half a ball, and you flip them inside out, put it on the ground and it'd fly up into the air when it re-inverted itself. It really hurt when you put it on someone's head.I remember those - we got some from pizza hut. There were red and yellow ones. Pop-ups or something? They really did hurt! You'd dare each other to see how long you would keep your hand over them until the jumped up.

[Caity]

They were weird colours - like, marbled blue and yellow and stuff. They were fun.

[Erin]

I can't remember the names of these things and have been googling them for the last half an hour. THere's that toy where it's like, half a ball, and you flip them inside out, put it on the ground and it'd fly up into the air when it re-inverted itself. It really hurt when you put it on someone's head.


they're still in the national geographic and australian geographic stores, i have one :cool: but its broken :(

[Liz]

I used to have a Dory from Finding Nemo one.
Before that I annoyed my brother with one once in a long car trip by putting it on his thigh. :p

[Grumma]

http://ourworld.cs.com/ruanulaw/KungPwned.gif

[mel_bound]

And there's that other toy where it's a doll with crazy hair, and when you shake it, it's head jerks back and forth and makes a weird noise because the head is hollowed out. I think the sound goes something like, "Aiye, aiye"
I had one of those and I donated it to my idiot of a brother and now it's decapitated. I can't remember what it was called either, but mine made a 'wakka wakka' sound. :p

[State_Of_Emergency]

Whatever Happened To...
Sea monkeys?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1999

Natural Habitat:
Small plastic tank on your desk

Photographic Evidence:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o279/Loo_C/562544_discovery_f.jpg


Notes:
I had them. I was cool. :cool:
I think you can still get them. But a few years ago, geez, they seemed to be everywhere!


Haha, yeah.. I remember everyone at school going crazy about them ages ago. Yeah, they are still in shops too :)

[Jessii]

did anyone else used to read goosebumps books? i think i read one of the 'choose your own adventure' style ones around 5 times.
and the choose your own adventure books as well for that matter

I had tons of goosebumps book. There was the tv show too, and recently they have made a doll of Slappy, from the night of the living dummy book.

[GoodOrEvil]

Whatever Happened To...
Sea monkeys?

Last Seen In The Wild:
Circa 1999

Natural Habitat:
Small plastic tank on your desk

Photographic Evidence:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o279/Loo_C/562544_discovery_f.jpg


Notes:
I had them. I was cool. :cool:
I think you can still get them. But a few years ago, geez, they seemed to be everywhere!

Heh, we all got some in year 3 and had to take care of them for science. Mine died after 2 days. >_>

[Jessii]

My sister had ones for so long, until she knocked the tank over and they became carpet monkeys.

[tanguyen]

Haha, what are they really? Some sort of bacteria or something? I'm tainted with the memory of seeing them on South Park as "Sea People" and Cartman poured semen into the tank and then they evolved into a highly intelligent lifeform.

[mel_bound]

Haha I love that episode

Weren't they baby shrimp or some kind of plankton-type sea animal?

[GoodOrEvil]

A species of brine shrimp.

[The Dying Start]

I remember those - we got some from pizza hut. There were red and yellow ones. Pop-ups or something? They really did hurt! You'd dare each other to see how long you would keep your hand over them until the jumped up.

I've got one, and i found it last week when i was clearing out under my bed!

[tanguyen]

I've got one, and i found it last week when i was clearing out under my bed!

Yes! Something to amuse yourself with. Play chicken with yourself and see if you can take the pain from a piece of rubber.

[GoodOrEvil]

Yes! Something to amuse yourself with. Play chicken with yourself and see if you can take the pain from a piece of rubber.

They were going around at my primary school when I was in year 7. Most of them were the ones that wouldn't hurt though.

[tanguyen]

Have any of you guys ever tried to make one by using half a tennis ball? Doesn't work :(

[Julian]

It can work. But not as good

[Colezy]

I blew up a tennis ball in the microwave once :)

[damo0945]

^hahahaha

i'm not sure how good tennis balls pop up, but if you strip the fur off they hurt quite a bit.

[cdejonge]

I've got one, and i found it last week when i was clearing out under my bed!Photo Glenn?

[Tyler_who]

Whatever Happened To....
Beyblades

Last Seen In The Wild:
Late 90's/Early 00's

Natural Habitat:
In those crappy plastic Barenas or some shit like that

Photographic Evidence:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/Tyler_who/_38213815_beyblades300.jpg

[GoodOrEvil]

I had a ripoff one of them. It went under the couch and I never found it again. I was a geek, I watched the TV show in the morning before school.

[Erin]

yeah, my brothers and I had the rip off versions, not sure where they are now...

[damo0945]

i had a few of the chip packet (tazo?) ones

[The Dying Start]

Photo Glenn?

I can't be arsed, and the camera cable has been packed already.

However it's Purple, and it has red and yellow marbley effects on it. It rules.

[cdejonge]

I can't be arsed, and the camera cable has been packed already.

However it's Purple, and it has red and yellow marbley effects on it. It rules.But I posted booby photos for you :(

[The Dying Start]

Lies! You posted lots of art and bugger all fatsacks.

[tanguyen]

Beyblades, I seriously didn't understand the fad. I was around 14 at the time and I was trying to persuade 16 year old kids that they are the dumbest thing ever. I remember those kids dishing out 10-20 bucks for an "attack ring" and I remember going down to Westfields Shopping Centre and saw the "State Beyblades competition" and all they do is just release it and stare at the middle. Sorry if I offended anyone.

[GoodOrEvil]

Ah, they had footage of that on Fox Kids I think.

[The Dying Start]

I think Adelaide missed out on the Beyblade fad. Go us. They look totally shite.

[Kacky]

I remember a few years back, people had Beyblades at school and did challenges at recess...I thought it was so dumb, but the trend finally toned down.

Same with Pokemon cards, marbles and pogs.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

what the crap is a beyblade?

[Kacky]

This: http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38213000/jpg/_38213815_beyblades300.jpg

You launch them and they spin 'round really fast...and you have battles.
Quite the trend a few years ago. :p

There was also a cartoon TV show called Beyblades.

HERE. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6wI8ait4yE)

[Disease]

Yeah.. my little bro was into all that crap. Now he's just into Counterstrike.

[Jawn]

Man there used to be these things before gayblades where you had monsters. they were huge. and you pulled a rip cord and they spun around. and the idea was to bash into your mates monster. and body parts flew off if you bashed them good. That was so cool.

[Marv From NZ]

The dude who sings in Rockstar:Supernova sang the intro song for Beyblades apparently.

[Liz]

I hated them since I got a beyblade in the ankle at recess once. Annoyed the crap out of me. I got my revenge on the kid that did it though. I just didn't understand why they were so popular. I thought a ball and a cup looked like more fun.

[GoodOrEvil]

Those ball and cup things were awesome!

[Liz]

I have one still somewhere. I have a ball and cup video on my myspace. :rolleyes:

[World's Nudest Nudist]

Whatever Happened To....
The Gobbledock

Last Seen In The Wild:
Early 90's

Natural Habitat:
Smiths Chips TV Ads

Photographic Evidence:

No photo anywhere on the net except this eBay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Telecom-2-Gobbledock-Smiths-Chips-MINT-Scarce_W0QQitemZ140069290932QQihZ004QQcategoryZ146 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The current Smiths Crisps TV advert on the worksite… where they're dancing and shooting chips out of the cement mixers and stuff.

You will notice there is a Gobbledock in one of the crowd scenes. I was dead-set stoked when I saw the little critter.

The eBay link is dead but here's another one.
http://telecards.islands.co.il/viewcard.php?card=31279

[Jessii]

I saw that ad yesterday and was in shock at seeing the gobbledock. They've bought back the brand Ruffles, and hes in adverts for that too.

[Colezy]

Ruffles!!! I LOVED them!! :D
I'm going to go on a search for them sometime this week!! :p

[World's Nudest Nudist]

I saw that ad yesterday and was in shock at seeing the gobbledock. They've bought back the brand Ruffles, and hes in adverts for that too.

Yes it was a mixture of shock and, erm, being rapt for me.

Now I know how the dude felt wot discovered the prehistoric Wollemi Pine in the Blue Mountains. (http://www.wollemipine.com/news/herald-tribune.php?printer_friendly=yes)

Have not seen the Ruffles ads - will keep an eye out.

[Johnny_Wah]

/awesome thread.

[Neo]

Ruffles are back?? woah, haven't had them in years... I named my big fluffy stuffed dog ruffles hehehe they were the best!

[The Dying Start]

RUFFLES! Where are they?

[AlinaPOW]

on yer socks

[The Dying Start]

And my socks are on your FACE! HA!

[AlinaPOW]

eeeeeeeew.... you should try changing your socks once in a while... they're FOUL

[Brad]

Every time I see this thread I think of the Full House theme song.