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Longbox Alternatives

The 80’s and early 90’s glorified consumer products with an overabundance of useless packaging. The compact disc is perhaps the finest example. CD’s used to come packed in 12-inch cardboard exteriors known as Longboxes. This excessive packaging was eventually phased out by 1993 due to environmental concerns, but it was always a visual treat when
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Radicalize Your Game

Super heat your skills with molten power Unmask the power animal in you Radicalize your game Flip down to unmask You hold the ket to unlimited power Scorching power tips Molten hot strategies Amazing inside info Must-have advice Twelve white-hot issues char the paint off Commanding incredible power Detach it. Mail it. Brace yourself Reach
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Shoot Me In My StarSensor

Will they be idolizing your statue in the year 3010? Start building your reputation now! The game of Lazer Tag began way back in the year 1986, and by that summer, the game of tag had changed forever. The infrared beam shooting StarLyte goes bleep bleep. You can’t deny it. The StarSensor never lies! Its oscillating
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Get Popping With Popples

It’s party time! Prepare to pop some bottles and pop in and out of yourself! Popples turn from colorful, cuddly balls of fur into floppy and fun little animals. Yeah, there was the T.V. show. Yeah there was the commercial for P.C. and Prize. But this furry fun is all about popping! 1986 be rocking
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Totally Rad Gravity

The year is 1991, and the first two issues of Nintendo Power each featured gnarly snippets for NES games with ‘rad’ in the title. January’s ‘Mega Man III’ issue had a small bit on The Adventures of Rad Gravity, a fun jumping and shooting platform game about a space adventurer on a planet-hopping mission to destroy
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Treasures, Monsters and Dungeons

Dungeons & Dragons: Nothing basic about it.

Twice The Caffeine

Before there was Red Bull, Rockstar or Monster energy drinks, the retro way to get your caffeine on was with a can of Jolt cola! Created in 1985, this cola beverage had all the flavor and twice the caffeine. It was the late night choice for mid 90’s hackers and a hallucinating agent for Garth from Wayne’s
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Lanyard And Fanny Pack

I’m bringing fanny back! If you got a sexy one, it’s best to pack it full of lanyards, scoubidous or boondoggles. Whatever you call your craftlace, keep it safe and convenient in a stylish bum bag or fanny pack. Forget the passport and travel documents, it’s time to make some fresh-threaded key chains! Start with
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Nintendo Family Good At Pretending

Found on the back of the box for Nintendo Entertainment System’s Action Set (1988) is a classic family photo full of mistakes. It’s absolutely amazing this picture was on the most popular bundle of the NES console, featuring the Zapper, two controllers and the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt multicart. How the advertising department missed so much continuity
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Thrift Store Art Installations

It’s too bad the coolest things in thrift stores these days are never for sale. You’ll go in and see tons of flannel you don’t want, ironic jump suits, Bill Cosby sweaters and some cool Garbage Pail Kids t-shirt. You go for Adam Bomb thinking it’s a lucky find, but it painfully turns out to
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