Games & Recreation Childhood toys that take your nostalgia to 11

[Shell]

I've tried drinking tea but didn't like the taste so never took up that habit, I didn't like the taste of beer at first either but it got you drunk so I persisted with it.

Tea is great when I'm sick.

You dont want coffee when you're ill. Tea hits the spot.

 

[Scotland]

Sprite and 7up aren't lemonade, they are 'lemon lime soft drink'. But to 99.9% of Australians they are what lemonade is.

I reckon if you gave most people a blind taste test of Sprite, 7up and Schweppes lemonade here they couldn't tell the difference. I've never had a Sprite and thought it was lemon lime anything, it's just bubbly sugar water.

I haven't seen Schweppes traditional lemonade for years, but Bundaberg make it. It's closer to Solo/Lift than it is Sprite/7up.

 

[Shell]

Traditional lemonade was delish.

 

[Billy ray]

Sprite and 7up aren't lemonade, they are 'lemon lime soft drink'. But to 99.9% of Australians they are what lemonade is.

I reckon if you gave most people a blind taste test of Sprite, 7up and Schweppes lemonade here they couldn't tell the difference. I've never had a Sprite and thought it was lemon lime anything, it's just bubbly sugar water.

I haven't seen Schweppes traditional lemonade for years, but Bundaberg make it. It's closer to Solo/Lift than it is Sprite/7up.

First sprite cans in australia had lemonade written on can as the marketers thought that’s what will make us understand what it is

 

[Scotland]

First sprite cans in australia had lemonade written on can as the marketers thought that’s what will make us understand what it is

That's what I thought also. Couldn't find an old can on Google images.

 

[Billy ray]

That's what I thought also. Couldn't find an old can on Google images.

There is one out there. Ive seen it

 

[Scotland]

There is one out there. Ive seen it

I Googled 'Paige Spiranac' and it didn't show up. Am I doing it wrong?

 

[Over The Post]

Not many people start off on a 9% IPA or a big stout and think beer is great.

I was the other way round - disliked piẞwasser and bitter, got hooked on DB Double Vita Stout. When that became hard to get, I moved to Speights Old Dark.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Not sure if these have been posted yet:

 

[Rod Stroker]

Atari: Night Driver

I used to love Enduro on our Atari 2600. Blew my load a few years ago when I found it on Google Play. Not quite the same without the joystick, but everything else is spot on

Enduro – Apps on Google Play

80's best race car game

play.google.com

Same with River Raid

River Raid - Apps on Google Play

River Raid is a classic vertically scrolling action game Created in the 80's

play.google.com

 

[Roobs321]

Comparing the taste of tea to things like beer and coffee is a bit lol. Any sensible tea is tame as, and we probably start it a lot earlier (with bikkies at grandparents/church/etc.) so that we forget the first impressions. I became addicted to coffee when I was like 10, but I still recall not being keen on the stuff in the years beforehand. Tea on the other hand is more accessible, ubiquitous, not necessarily as essential or addictive, more refreshing.

 

[Rod Stroker]

My ultimate games room would have a pool table (3/4 size), 2 x daytonas, and an air hockey table. + bar + a giant TV screen + couch = done.


Reckon ive posted this post on here a few times lol. Need to meet someone rich..

I always preferred this to Daytona, I wasn't much good at Daytona..

 

[PT Bar None]

I've got some "Nighty Night" tea that's made from herbs and spices and is supposed to assist with a calming and relaxing sleep.

It tastes and smells like something you'd scrape off the bottom of a lawnmower. I reckon they saw me coming

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This afternoon I was watching Ash vs Evil Dead on Netflix. It reminded me that I had a copy of the game from the original Evil Dead movie on Commodore 64. On a bootleg cassette of "turbo games" that did the rounds at school. Had other classics like Yie Ar Kung Foo and Way of the Exploding Fist on it. (River Raid reference above reminded me of it)

 

[Rod Stroker]

Arcade games deserves a thread on its own.

I'll kick it off!

 

[PoppedCorn]

I still have scaletrix 300
Doesnt work tho
Original power pack thingy has prob shat
Box is shagged
Everything's still there tho

 

[Gough]

Brother and I were talking about Stratego today.

 

[FRUMPY]

I still have scaletrix 300
Doesnt work tho
Original power pack thingy has prob shat
Box is shagged
Everything's still there tho

My dad still has our old scaletrix in the cupboard at his place - think it still works but would be 20 years since it was last played with.

 

[scout]

How about songs from tv shows...

 

[Sparkle]

How about songs from tv shows...

That raises an interesting topic - which Play School intro and presenters did you grow up with? It's a show that quite a lot of us would've watched nearly every day as a kid, and for a lot of people on the board their own kids as well. This is the intro I remember very well, and presenters such as Justine, Teo, Jay, Karen, Alex and Leah were mainstays on our TV

 

[iluvparis]

That raises an interesting topic - which Play School intro and presenters did you grow up with? It's a show that quite a lot of us would've watched nearly every day as a kid, and for a lot of people on the board their own kids as well. This is the intro I remember very well, and presenters such as Justine, Teo, Jay, Karen, Alex and Leah were mainstays on our TV

Phillip Quast was on it when I was growing up - he was Javert in the 10th Anniversary concert of Les Miz.

 

[M Malice]

That raises an interesting topic - which Play School intro and presenters did you grow up with? It's a show that quite a lot of us would've watched nearly every day as a kid, and for a lot of people on the board their own kids as well. This is the intro I remember very well, and presenters such as Justine, Teo, Jay, Karen, Alex and Leah were mainstays on our TV

Lorraine Bayly, when I was growing up. I also watched Play School with my 3 grandchildren while looking after them, my favourites then were Justine and Karen, I was also keen on Charli from Hi 5.

 

[PoppedCorn]

 

[Andre]

Lorraine Bayly, when I was growing up. I also watched Play School with my 3 grandchildren while looking after them, my favourites then were Justine and Karen, I was also keen on Charli from Hi 5.

Justine Clarke on playschool and the original Hi 5 girls of Charli, Kathleen and Kelli made having to watch kids TV more than bearable when my boys were younger.

 

[sosos]

Well I read through this thread, and no-one has bought these ones up, so I'm re-birthing the thread from the back pages to do so:

Back in the day when an Australian manufacturer(remember them? really places this story in a time and place long lost to history) called R&L, could mass produce, in a fetid part of inner Melbourne(also known as Richmond ), small, plastic choking hazards that they would then place into the sort of cereal only kids with finely honed sweet teeth could appreciate,(Looking at you Frosties), I used to voraciously collect the things.

Various series were the Astro Nits, the Whirligigs, and my personal favourite, the Tooly Birds, but probably best known were the Crater Critters.
I left home at 18, forgetting about the box of them I left behind safe in the attic. And my Mum threw them out, (along with my matchbox and hot wheels tracks )

Amazingly, one had survived in my possession as I moved through thousands of share houses. When I had kids of my own old enough not to swallow it, I bought it out to their cries of joy, and laughter.

Dog got it in the end.

Barry Divola wrote a hilarious book called "Searching for Kingly Critter" which my sister bought for me one Christmas.

A kind of catalogue is here:

Vintage R&L Crater Critters Cereal Toys for Sale!

Crater Critters plastic breakfast cereal premiums & toys for sale R&L

www.cratercritters.com

 

[Lord of the Pies]

Thinking of ordering this

Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.

With , GAME & WATCH SUPER MARIO BROS have created another winner. Buy online or instore today at JB Hi-Fi

www.jbhifi.com.au