Does anyone remember a late seventies line of toys consisting of transparent action figures. I always loved them aesthetically but could never bring myself to ask Mum to get me them for Christmas as that would mean fewer Starwars toys.

I've asked this question on Barbelith before, but I can't remember where.

Spaniel

18:19 / 11.01.06

You're so making that up, Boboss

I bloody well am not. They were around a couple of years after pickled onion Monster Munch appeared on the scene, so about 1980-1981.

grant

18:21 / 11.01.06

I remember when every TV show on Saturday mornings was a variety show. With skits. And guest appearances by the Bay City Rollers.

Sekhmet

18:27 / 11.01.06

What's a Texan bar, then?

Up until recently I still had a cassette tape of songs I recorded off the radio. Remember doing that? And to get the playlist you wanted on a mix tape you'd have to keep the tape cued up and just wait for the song to come on the radio and lunge for the buttons?

Or perhaps I had a boring childhood.

Mourne Kransky

18:44 / 11.01.06

pickled onion Monster Munch

Riiiiiight. Clearly a serial confectionery fantasist.

Lilly Nowhere Late

18:49 / 11.01.06

I remember all these things apart from olde english money cos I wasn't over here then. I really recall explaining to my great grandmother what casettes tapes were one day while running to and fro trying to record my favourite song off the radio. She thought it was all pretty fantastic.
But what do we do with all this nostalgia now? Has anyone ever discussed making a Barbelith time capsule?

Mike Modular

18:55 / 11.01.06

Boboss, were those toys Micronauts?

Also, I did not dream these:

And I remember when I'd climb a mountain for a canny bag of Tudor crisps...

Spaniel

19:02 / 11.01.06

Tudors, rings a bell, but I can't remember them clearly, I can, however, remember Wickers - they were like wicker baskets, but crisps!

Riiiiiight. Clearly a serial confectionery fantasist

What planet are you living on, pickled onion Monster Munch have been a mainstay of schoolboys for over two and a half decades.

Spaniel

19:05 / 11.01.06

Thanks you, Mike, they were indeed Micronauts.

MJ-12

22:25 / 11.01.06

I remember when Nixon seemed like the worst president we could ever get.

Alex's Grandma

23:10 / 11.01.06

And I remember the man who played the Honey Monster in those lovely adverts they used to have on, jetting something like a spilled vanilla ice ceam cone into my eye. From his pouch.

I suppose I should have reported it, but I was nearly fifty at the time.

Alex's Grandma

23:12 / 11.01.06

And it was at Morecombe, of course - well you make allowances.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

23:12 / 11.01.06

It was only the Time Traveller Micronauts figure that was transparent, though, wasn't it? Trouble was, it was the only one you could ever find in the shops. Where, incidentally, Star Wars figures were 99p.

Aubrey. Who remembers Aubrey? Aubrey rocked.

lekvar

23:50 / 11.01.06

The Galactic Warrior (Bug from the Marvel Comic) was also transparent.

Alex's Grandma

00:30 / 12.01.06

Dear nice young Mr Stoat;

There was something terribly wrong with that show, IMVHO. I defy you, frankly, to come up with a half-decent explanation as to what the hell was going on there, in the dark and sick world of Aubrey.

(I will personallly get you a milk stout, port and lemon or toasted tea cake, dear, if you've a good argument to offer, but, and I do have to stress this, I've never set much store by all that existential nihilism stuff. Just so you know.)

alas

02:09 / 12.01.06

Our family had a big orange rotary dial phone in the 1970s. I remember getting that, new, from the phone company (remember THE phone company?) when we stopped being on a party line--i.e., we shared a phone line with about 5 other families. Whenever the phone rang, it rang in a kind of code, I believe, so that you'd know who it was "for." But the old man down the road would listen in. One time he yelled at my cousin and I who were talking to each other, because he didn't think kids should use the phone.

Triplets

04:38 / 12.01.06

Hey, guys! Guys! Remember when Power Rangers: The Movie came out? Wasn't that a totally awesome time to be 8? Yeah!

Spaniel

07:41 / 12.01.06

Shouldn't you be at school?

Getting strong pangs of desire looking at those Micronaut figures.

Benny the Ball

08:32 / 12.01.06

I had the red android one, but only because there were no star wars figures or black hole figures or decent zoids in janways that week.

Spaniel

08:42 / 12.01.06

Zoids were around at the same time as Micronauts? Are you sure?

Benny the Ball

09:01 / 12.01.06

no, at my age you tend to forget these things...

erm, even black hole wasn't made when they first appeared.

But I do know that star wars figures were 49p at this point.

Spaniel

09:03 / 12.01.06

49p! Those were truly special times.

Benny the Ball

09:08 / 12.01.06

micronaughts - 77-81

zoids - 82-present

janways (arndale centre's premier toy shop) - 77-88

Spaniel

09:10 / 12.01.06

I can imagine.

Dark side of the Moonfrog1

10:35 / 12.01.06

Sekhmet, you scallywag! Don't you know home taping is killing the music industry?!

Benny the Ball

11:41 / 12.01.06

Is it not dead yet? I loved sitting there, listening to the chart run down, finger poised on the pause button, trying to get a mix together without 'that wa....' or 'in at numbe...' all over it.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:01 / 12.01.06

49p was a lot of money back in the day, though.

I remember being about ten and learning in school about inflation- they projected ahead way way into the scary future and frightened us with tales of when Mars bars would cost a whole 20p each! I didn't believe a word of it.

Saveloy

12:32 / 12.01.06

I've got a vague feeling we've discussed this before, but when did half day closing disappear? Ah, those dismal wednesday afternoons...

Ariadne

12:55 / 12.01.06

It hasn't! Well, not completely - my local bike shop shuts on a Wednesday afternoon. But I know what you mean - the town I grew up in shut down completely on a Wednesday after 1pm.

Not as bad as New Zealand, where all the shops used to shut from Friday evening to Monday morning. When I moved there in 1991 they still shut at 2pm on Saturday afternoon.

grant

13:03 / 12.01.06

* When 7-11s were actually open from 7:00 to 11:00. I remember.

* My first email address was 72634,1031. No new-fangled @ symbols or these "domain" things. If you wanted to communicate with someone, you did it the civilized way, by contacting their network provider first and applying for membership.

* I too am getting twinges of Micronaut greed. I never got any micronauts. Instead, I got a Shogun Warrior, who was pleasantly large and shot missiles out of his hands. No transparent parts, though.

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