December 01, 2003

Major Matt Mason turns 36.
posted by anonymous 20 years ago
  • Who?
  • And say hello to Col. Jeff Davis for me!
  • Certainsome1; My guess is you are a bit younger than 40. MMM was/IS the coolest astronaut toy in the whole wide world. I was 7 when Armstrong landed on the moon, and me and Matt were right there with him. Do you have a favorite/iconic toy from your youth?
  • I used to have a plastic "roadmap" and a bunch of toy cars. I used to make traffic jams.
  • I'm glad I wasn't the only person who thought, "The what with the who now?" Toys I desperately wanted but didn't get: Snoopy snowcone machine (Hey Snoopy!) Barbie Stylin Head Cabbage Patch doll (My mom made one for me, bless her, but it wasn't the same. I finally got one when it was too late to care.) Duran Duran watch (which I cannot for the life of me find a link to) Garpage pail kids cards Aww geez. I could go on forever. Those were the days.
  • Kimberly; Why does "Barbie Stylin' Head" need batteries? Creeepy.
  • All we had to play with was gravel and the occasional pointy stick - and we liked it! *hikes up pants to nipples, kvetches* *seethes with jealousy over Kimberly's Barbie Stylin' Head*
  • I'm gonna have to go with Legos as the number one toy of my yout'. (Although Star Wars action figures, the large GI Joe dolls, air hockey, the Atari 2600, and D&D are up there.)
  • Heh! I have no clue what the batteries are for, and I choose not to think about it. No jealousy necessary, Fes, I didn't actually get one. I think it might have something to do with the fact that I cut all the hair off of my regular Barbies--but I swear that I thought it would grow back.
  • Worst game from my youth to play when Dad's had a few too many cans of Carling's Black Label: Aggravation. A guy could lose an eye with all those flying marbles. Oh. Sorry.
  • *remains jealous of Kimberly anyway* *just because*
  • My favorite toys were a bright blue Schwinn bicycle, a pair of roller skates, and Monopoly. As the older sibling, I ruled at all three for years. Found out why Barbie's head needs batteries: When girls press her heart-shaped jewel pin, Barbie doll says one of 12 phrases. Phrases include "Let's put on my crown" and "Can you put on my eye shadow?"
  • Wow. That's more creepy than what my imagination could come up with.
  • ParisHiltonBarbie.
  • Fender Jazz Bass. (I have heard that Paris Hilton's rear entrance is dirty and smells of cabbage. Could this be true?)
  • Who can tell? So dark. So crowded.
  • Oh sweet baby jesus. And I just got back from lunch too.
  • Mmmmm, cabbage! *rubs tummy*
  • yeah, sweet baby jesus needed batteries too: for that halo effect
  • [This thread makes me laugh.] FWIW, I had Day n' Night Barbie: air hostess by day, disco queen by night! But all I wanted was every single Garbage Pail Kids card ever made. I've never heard of Major Matt Mason.
  • How did you make it go small? Doesn't work for me.
  • My Cabbage Patch Doll still smells faintly of that nice smell they had, something like baby powder, but not quite. You know, as crazy toy fads go, they were a really good and solid toy.
  • Whippersnappers. I had a Strange Change Machine. ph33r m3! God, I wish I'd saved that thing.
  • Oh IT'S THE NICKDANGER SHOW BROUGHT TO YOU BY NICKDANGER STARRING NICKDANGER THIS WEEKS SPECIAL GUEST STAR IS NICKDANGER ON THE NICKDANGER SHOW!!!
  • Will. Not. Yield.
  • *stops, mesmerized for a second by the show, then staggers forward*
  • I still want a Snoopy Snowcone Machine, but my husband keeps vetoing it. Some kind of nonsense about "small house", "no room" and "we're poor". I think it's all just a ruse to keep me from wonderful frozen goodness.