Since I was a kid, I've loved...

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figmentPez

figmentPez

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A thread to share little stuff that's made you happy since you were a kid.

For me, I've always loved plasma globes:
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I remember seeing them at science museums, and in stores and I always wanted one. I loved how the glowing filaments would jump to your fingers if you touched the glass. The colors we mesmerizing and the patterns they made just made me want to stare. Back when I was a kid they were like $50+ for any model I saw, so I never got one. Now they're like >$10 for a little USB powered one, which is a pretty darn good size if you ask me. I got one for a friend a few years ago, not sure why I've never picked one up for myself. I still think they're beautiful.


I also love glow-in-the-dark stuff.
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I dunno what it is about that eerie shade of pale green, but I love it. My sisters had glow-in-the-dark star stickers all over the ceiling of their room when I was a kid, and I was always a little sad that we never did the same for mine. I love all sorts of glow-stuff, though. I have little glowing trinkets stored away in so many different boxes from my childhood.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

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Dinosaurs in general, really. I don't know why, I just have always thought they were awesome. I never got to see Jurassic Park in theaters but I did get to see The Lost World.

Actually, that is a very fond memory. Mom took me to the first showing in North America, a midnight release. We stood in line for nearly an hour. I was bubbling with excitement and she was content to listen to my near constant stream of talk about different kinds of dinosaurs. I was confident in my rediness to see this movie. After all, I was 11 years old! I couldn't be scared by silly jump scares any more!

Mom never made fun of me when I screamed out loud in the jumpy parts or told any of her friends about how I hid my face and clung to her in fear. She was good like that.

She died over a year later but that is still a good, happy memory for me.

Damn...I went and sapped up your thread!
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

LittleSin said:
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Dinosaurs in general, really. I don't know why, I just have always thought they were awesome. I never got to see Jurassic Park in theaters but I did get to see The Lost World.

Actually, that is a very fond memory. Mom took me to the first showing in North America, a midnight release. We stood in line for nearly an hour. I was bubbling with excitement and she was content to listen to my near constant stream of talk about different kinds of dinosaurs. I was confident in my rediness to see this movie. After all, I was 11 years old! I couldn't be scared by silly jump scares any more!

Mom never made fun of me when I screamed out loud in the jumpy parts or told any of her friends about how I hid my face and clung to her in fear. She was good like that.

She died over a year later but that is still a good, happy memory for me.

Damn...I went and sapped up your thread!
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Seeing Jurassic Park in theaters one of my happy childhood memories. My mom took me, my sister, and a friend to it during one day. During the big T-Rex vs wussy jeeps scene, my sister and her friend were crying and terrified, and my mom had to take them out of the theater, but there was no way in hell my 7-year-old dinosaur-loving ass was leaving. So, it ended up being the first movie I sat through mostly by myself. And I loved it.
 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Quotemander Prime said:
Seeing Jurassic Park in theaters one of my happy childhood memories. My mom took me, my sister, and a friend to it during one day. During the big T-Rex vs wussy jeeps scene, my sister and her friend were crying and terrified, and my mom had to take them out of the theater, but there was no way in hell my 7-year-old dinosaur-loving ass was leaving. So, it ended up being the first movie I sat through mostly by myself. And I loved it.
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When I saw it in the theater, it was on THE best screen in town. It had just updated to the best surround sound system available at the time. When that T-Rex screamed during that scene, everyone could feel it in their chairs! I remember looking around right after that happened and seeing everyone else in the theater with their eyes bugging out of their skulls! It was awesome! :D
 
Dirona

Dirona



I possess far far too many Snoopy plush toys. And a squeaky Woodstook. And Belle, and I've seen pretty much every animated film that features them, and and and... I love these guys.
 
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makare

bubbles, legos, playing in water with squirt guns water balloons etc, ghostbusters lost of stuff
 
Dave

Dave

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Walking in the woods. Seriously, I'm not big on camping, but I fucking LOVE hiking through trees and forests.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

It seems like LEGOS are the most universally beloved toy... maybe it's because you never really outgrow them because there are always more advanced things you can do with them.
 
Null

Null

Construx, Robotech - I had the matchbox toys, including the transforming SDF-1, Transformers, TMNT.

I have to admit, I have gone on more than one Robotech spree on Ebay.

I have a GIANT ROBOT PROBLEM.

(What, just because all I'm playing right now is Armored Core 3/Silent Line, Front Mission 3 & 4, and Robotech Battlecry?)

In fact... right now I'm gonna see if there's any deals on those Wanzer toys from Front Mission, or Armored Core model kits...
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Null said:
Construx, Robotech - I had the matchbox toys, including the transforming SDF-1, Transformers, TMNT.

I have to admit, I have gone on more than one Robotech spree on Ebay.

I have a GIANT ROBOT PROBLEM.

(What, just because all I'm playing right now is Armored Core 3/Silent Line, Front Mission 3 & 4, and Robotech Battlecry?)

In fact... right now I'm gonna see if there's any deals on those Wanzer toys from Front Mission, or Armored Core model kits...
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I'm almost certain they make a Nineball kit, as he's pretty iconic.
 
Null

Null

Oh, that's right, for her it was Super Dimensional Fortress: Macross.

Oh well.

Did I mention I actually have most of the Palladium Robotech: RPG books? Yeah. Including The Sentinels and Shadow Chronicles. It's a shame the Palladium system sucks.
 
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Biannoshufu

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Either I'm the black guy, which doesn't work because I was agreeing with you in that I like the same thing, or I'm Arnold and hit you in the face.

The clip just doesn't work, is what I'm getting at.

Try this one for future needs:

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PatrThom

PatrThom

-Magnets
-Let's Pick the Cherries (now known as "Hi Ho Cherry-o"), Candy Land, Uncle Wiggly, Aggravation - Board games
-Mirrors/Magnifying glasses/Prisms
-Light Organs
-Flashlights
-Caves
-Trees (Was a really big climber)
-Jarts

--Patrick
 
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