Toys of the Past (80s and 90s era) 3

More toys! Many more toys because between the 1980s to 1990s some really cool shit came out, it's largely the span of time when technology really hit a new stride and began to grow to what it is today. Cassette Tapes were replaced by CD's which at the time no one thought would take or survive, new video game technology and better graphics began to develop from what were the 8-Bit graphics of the past and some pretty neat shit was thought up as the 80s and 90s seemed to be a very inspired time.

...Course that said.. The 80s and 90s being an inspired time wasn't always a good thing..

.....I think I just filled my pants.. Gimme a moment to get a clean pair..

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Aaah there we go, that's better.. So yeah now that I've scared myself shitless and probably all my readers too shall we just delve right into it, then?

Water Snake:

Aah the Water Snake, completely fucking useless, pretty and nearly impossible to hold on to unless you learned how to hold them very gently because if you applied any pressure or grip to these the bastards would quickly slip out of your grip but that was supposed to be the fun of them.. My question is.. The fuck was the point? How were these things fun precisely? These were like Pogs, proof that we still hadn't quite come down from our little pot-trip and we were in fact in full-swing.. Hell who am I kidding? We still haven't come off the pot swing, it's just gotten mildly better for some.

I admit though that I found some strange fascination in these and owned several in my time, all of which met the same fate when they collided with something too roughly, were sat upon or simply sprung the inevitable leak. These things were destined from their moments of creation to always and unquestionably end their life-spans deflated, waterless and forgotten; tossed away because once they had drained they were nothing more than rubber tubes.

...Seriously? Water filled rubber tubes were cool?

...The fuck?


Sega Nomad:

Just admit it right now, these were fucking awesome and you wanted one and if you were like me you never actually got one because you were poor and never had the money to afford ritzy shit like this.. No, no.. For you it was all Water Snakes and Pogs.. Fucking Water Snakes ruined the goddamn Pogs when it burst all over them so you didn't even have Pogs! OR A FUCKING WATER SNAKE!

...Yeah I had a little 'moment', sorry about that..

This fucker was ahead of it's time, it was portable featuring a 3.25 inch color LCD screen that was back lit, an external detachable battery pack which took six double-A batteries and the ability to play using a connected television.

Of course there were the problems for this system such as the fact that the bastard lasted for like half an hour on SIX fucking double-A batteries which wasn't cheap and the fact that in spite of having 600+ titles available game-wise it still had some issues and from time to time had games that were completely broken but still.. You know when you saw someone playing Sonic the Hedgehog on one of these bastards that you wanted one so fucking bad, the batteries be damned; a billion dollars worth of batteries almost would have been worth having what was literally a Sega Genesis basically on the go.

...Still this bastard retailed for $180.00USD and that was a whole fucking lot at the time for a game system, especially a portable game system.. Poor sales due to this fact and the fact that it only survived for half an hours worth of play time lead to this hand-held reaching it's ultimate demise, Sega Nomad you were still awesome.. And I miss you..

And also FUCK THE KIDS OF TODAY with their damn Nintendo DS' and goddamn PSP's, why the hell didn't technology manage this shit earlier? And why is it that I still can't afford these bastards?! Cruel fate, you mock me!

Dinner:

In an attempt to make up for the past few days being so shitty I made a really unique and very fancy meal, Niwatori to Chahan (Chicken and Fried Rice), basically the meal features Fried Rice which had been cooked a day in advance because when you make proper Fried Rice it needs to be prepped ahead of time (that's how it's made in Japan, left over Steamed Rice etc is Fried to make Fried Rice) with Sweet Peas and a Mushroom and along with it a beautifully pan-seared Chicken BOOOOOB with a delicious Umami Orange Sauce (home-made) Glaze which glistens so beautifully and finally the side? A simple Sweet and Salty Caramel Anpan (Sweet Roll)

It worked it seems, James quite enjoyed this meal so I'm very pleased with it all.