This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. The General Mills Cereal Monsters
As a kid in the 80’s I remember seeing allot of TV ads for Cereals, but the ones I liked the most were the General Mills Cereal Monsters.
The good news is that they still make the Monster Cereals, the bad news is that they now only come out around Halloween.
So, do you remember having any of the Monster Cereals as a kid?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Computer Warriors
Years after the movie Tron, but years before the TV series Reboot, there was a toy line called Computer Warriors.
There was even a cartoon video made for this toy line, but I can’t find it on YouTube. The toys were like a cross between M.A.S.K & Tron. The idea was the Warriors from an online computer world have come into the real world, and they can change any item into a vehicle and weapon.
So, did anyone else have any of the Computer Warriors toys as a kid? Did you even hear of these?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Fax Machines
Long before Computers had E-mail, people had to use Fax Machines to send stuff over the phone-lines. Fax Machines back then were the must have items for any working family or small business, and since my Mom & Dad were crop dusters, they thought that having one would make things easier. Boy, were they wrong.
Back then, there were three types of Fax Machines. One would print on a single page of paper at a time, another would print on computer paper (the kind with the holes on the sides), and one were the paper came on a big roll just like paper towels. My parents got the Fax Machine that used the rolled paper, and from day one, it was a big pain in the butt for them to use.
For one thing, it kept getting paper jams. But unlike the other two types of Fax Machines, they could not just take the one page out of it, they had to remove the whole roll and then reinstall it. Also, if it ever ran out of paper during a fax, it would just keep printing and waste a lot of black ink. As for the ink itself, the cartridge for it was about the same size as a paper towel roll, and it cost my parents about $100.00 just to get a new one every time the Fax Machine ran out of ink, watch was about once every two weeks.
But the worst thing to happen was when my Dad tried to send out a fax for an order and it went to the wrong fax number. Good thing it went to someone that I Dad already knew, other wise it could had been a lot worse.
Did your parents ever get a Fax Machine when you were a kid? Was it as a big of a pain in the butt as ours?
This is Analog Agent Benjamin coming at you this week with…. The Masters of the Universe Stinkor Figure
When you are a kid, you remember some of the odd smell of some items, like the New Ball smell off the Beach Balls in the Summer, or the Very Strong Pine smell off of a Car Air Freshener. But the one smell I will always remember is the Very Bad smell that came with my Masters of the Universe Stinkor figure.
I can still remember what happened the day my Mom got me that figure. We were on our way back home from a visit to my Grandma’s house, when we stopped by the local Kay Bee Toys store and my Mom got me the MotU Stinkor figure. I thought the figure was very cool looking with its Black & White body and Bright Orange armor. Little did I know that the figure had this very strong smell to it, because when I opened its package in the car, my Mom first thought we hit a skunk on the road. But when the smell filled up the car, she realized it was coming off of the figure we just got, so we had to stop by a gas station to get a zip lock bag to put it in to stop the smell. When then had to drive all the way home with the car’s windows down because the smell was making my Mom sick (yes, the smell was that strong).
When we got home, my Mom told me I could only play with the figure in the bag because she did not want our home to smell like a skunk died under the house. But when my Mom went out to go shopping for groceries, I would take it out of the bag to play with it. But one time when I was playing with it, my Dad thought a Skunk got under the house again, but when he followed the smell to my room and found out it was coming off of the figure I was playing it, he thought it was funny. To him, it was a good way for me to get used to bad/odd smells that I may come across when I grow up, but he did say I should not play with it when my Mom was home. Over time, the figure lost it smell and it became just another normal figure.
What were your favorite odd smells as a kid?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. The Game Genie
Man, the Game Genie was the best thing to have if you ever wanted to win at a very hard Nintendo game.
Now I know that some NES games already had game codes in them, but a lot of them did not, and this thing would let you have as many lives as you wanted and to start on any level. And the best part was that they made Game Genies for just about every game system that came out in the 80’s & 90’s (NES, Super NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and Game Gear) The only bad thing I could think about the Game Genie was that it took forever to enter the game codes you wanted to use in the game.
Did you have a Game Genie when you were a kid? What games did you use it on? Did you feel like a dirty rotton cheater?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Cheerios
As much as I liked the TV ads for cereals like Trix, Luck Charms, and so on, the only cereal my Mom would get me was Cheerios.
You see, my Mom did not like the idea of me eating any cereals that had the words “Sugar”, “Chocolate”, or “Marshmallows” on the box. So when I asked for stuff like Fruit Loops, Trix, or Frosted Flakes, she would always get me Cheerios, Kix, or Wheaties instead. None of them were bad, but it would have been nice to at least try one of the other cereals for once. The only time I ever got to get anything other than Cheerios was when I was at a friend’s house and he had a box of Lucky Charms. I tried them out, and they just tasted awful.
So, what kind of cereals did you eat when you were a kid?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Nintendo Game Boy
The Nintendo Game Boy was one of the best handheld game systems I ever played as a kid.
I remember when I got this as a Christmas gift as a kid. I first I did not like the fact that it was only in black & white, but after I played with the game that came with it (Super Mario Land), I was hooked. I played it for many years until it just stopped working in 2006. Man, they just don’t make game system that last that long anymore.
So, did anyone else have a game boy when you were a kid? After getting it, did you feel bored again–EVER? What kind of Game Boy games do you remember playing?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. The Battle Beasts
I just loved the Battle Beasts figures as a kid, I think I had just about all of them.
And the best part, they are coming back.
http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/battle-beasts.html
So, how many Battle Beasts did you have as a kid? Did you know they are in the same universe as the Transformers?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. The Penny Racers
Does anyone remember the Penny Racers cars, they were these cool little pull-back toy cars that you would put a Penny in the back of them and they would run all over the place.
The only bad things about these cars were that if you pulled them back too much the spring would brake and they would not work anymore, or that they were so small they you would lose them and the only way you would find them is that you parents would step on them. Which would them led to them yelling at you for not picking up your toys.
From what I can remember, they got re-launched as ChoroQ in Japan, and they were a bigger hit over there then they were here in the U.S. They even had some that could transform into robots, and had a line of cool video games.
So, did anyone here have some of the Penny Racers as a kid?
This is “Analog Agent Benjamin” coming at you this week with…. Cadbury Cream Eggs
Well its almost Easter time, and already the stores are stocking up on Easter Egg Paint, Marshmallow Peeps, and the most popular of all Easter Candy, The Cadbury Cream Eggs.
I remember seeing these ads on TV as kid and I always thought they were cute, and that I always wanted to try one of the Cadbury Cream Eggs. On the day before Easter, my Mom got me one to eat and I was so happy that I was going to finally get to try one, too bad it did not end well. The very second I bit into it, all I tasted was something that was like sugar flavored slime, it was so gross. And the worst part was that it got all over my hands and clothes. My Mom thought it was so funny. That was the very first and last day I ever tried to eat a Cadbury Cream Egg.
Thank goodness they only come around once a year. But I do feel sorry for any kid who has to go through the same thing I did when they try to eat a Cadbury “Slime” Egg.
Did anyone else try to eat a Cadbury Cream Egg as a kid? Did you like it, or did you think it was gross as well?