Little things you miss about 70's/80s culture

[Klosterheim]

Yeah, Kenner was absolute genius and creativity.

And, they knew all about imagination, in that they could make a subtle playset, and
the children would imagine everything else around it.

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Another thing about Hills, when you kept going closer and closer to a big city, the Hills stores would have better toys, and a greater assortment of toys.

[Werewolf]

Toy displays are another one.

Yes!

Also toy box art.

Remember all the awesome hand painted art toys packages used to have? Mad Monsters, GI JOE Adventure Team and RAH, MOTU etc. Things of beauty. You just don't see that anymore. And not just the painted art too. Packages just used to really POP on the store shelves. Hasbro has never topped or created anything as iconic or memorable as Kenner's original SW card backs and boxes.

[jwyblejr]

Toy displays are another one. Yeah Target still does one with Legos but I miss the ones they use to have with the old Star Wars figures. Nichols use to have theirs set up on the way to the toy aisle and have them surrounded with bins full of figures. Fays Drugs use to take stuff like the TIE Fighter and X-Wing and have them hanging from the ceiling.

[Figuremod73]

I mostly miss the simplicity of being a kid in the '80s. I'm glad that I grew up in a very small town. Riding bicycles, going to the videostore, hoping one of the stores carried certain magazines and comics. School wasn't even as bad as I made it out to be. My close relatives were still alive too.

Biggest drawback for me during that time was little spending money.

My grandpa ALWAYS got King Vitamin. It was a very good cereal.

[Dark Shadow]

I think you meant King Vitamin, not King Diamond. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Heh, yeah, King Diamond might be a part of 80's culture, but he's still going strong! (and he's not a breakfast cereal )

What the "H" was going on with my fingers?

That's a bizarre typo on my part. Definitely Vitamin. Never got into Diamond. Glad to hear he's still bringin' it for those who are though.

[Marvelmania]

Wow hadn't thought about Hills in a long long time. They went hand in hand here with Woolworths as the place for toys. Someone mentioned Kresges which we only had K-Mart here. Same thing I guess but one thing I don't miss was being so scared to go to the bathroom there because of a humor of someone using a ax to cut off little boy parts LOL. Anyone else hear of or remember that rumor? No matter how bad I had to go I always held it lol.

[cjefferys]

I think you meant King Vitamin, not King Diamond. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Heh, yeah, King Diamond might be a part of 80's culture, but he's still going strong! (and he's not a breakfast cereal )

[Werewolf]

Children's Palace

Yeah, I miss Children's Palace and Wards too.

[Klosterheim]

Children's Palace sale isle of 90 cent action figures.

Farm auctions, good ones.

Gauntlet video arcade machine.

Good air hockey table.

Having a bunch of WWII veterans around.

Haunted boat ride.

Hills At-At display.

Large and good flea-markets.

Large vehicles and equipment.

Leftover toys from the 1960's.

Montgomery Wards.

Paying a dime to use the toilet inside Murphy's.

Proper station wagons.

Scooby-Doo. (stuffed animal)

Starlog.

Strobe light.

Things expected to be around forever, 70's/80's clothing etc.

Video arcade machine auctions.

Weird toy assortments.

[LonnieFisher]

I think you meant King Vitamin, not King Diamond. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Quisp, Quake, King Diamond, Kaboom

Rich colored crafted glassware
Black wrought iron & Spanish decor
Telephones
Mid-century styled lamps & furniture

Local radio & TV stations (and UHF channels)
Family dinners & neighborhood Bar-B-Qs
Mom & Pop downtown shops & services

Local toy stores and 5 & 10's
J. J. Newberry, Gemco, Zody's, Whitefront, Licorice Pizza
Sambo's, Jolly Roger, Straw Hat Pizza, Tastee Freeze, Naugles
Stop 'N Go, Alpha-Beta

Genuine swap meets

[TrekStar]

I also miss Kresges and all the stores that sold those Halloween costumes with the plastic masks with elastic band, and the bodysuits inside what I used to call the plastic window cake boxes, I also remember some of those stores had costumes hanging up from the ceilings.

[Mikey]

I also miss Wrestling on Saturday mornings and the beginning of how big wrestling would become..

Remember TNT (Tuesday Night Titans) ?

[Spawn67]

Random thought I had today. I really miss NBC's Thursday night lineup The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Cheers, and Night Court...

I also miss Wrestling on Saturday mornings and the beginning of how big wrestling would become..

[Dark Shadow]

Quisp, Quake, King Diamond, Kaboom

Rich colored crafted glassware
Black wrought iron & Spanish decor
Telephones
Mid-century styled lamps & furniture

Local radio & TV stations (and UHF channels)
Family dinners & neighborhood Bar-B-Qs
Mom & Pop downtown shops & services

Local toy stores and 5 & 10's
J. J. Newberry, Gemco, Zody's, Whitefront, Licorice Pizza
Sambo's, Jolly Roger, Straw Hat Pizza, Tastee Freeze, Naugles
Stop 'N Go, Alpha-Beta

Genuine swap meets

[bigdicebuddha]

Thought of something else:

Department Store Catalogs at Christmas
Movie Poster ads in the Newspaper with Showtimes