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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

C'mon! No 70s childhood! Cry only 80s-90s.


But the '70s had much cooler stuff. Saved by the Bell, Power Rangers, Muppet Babies? We had actual Muppets, The Electric Company, The Six Million Dollar Man (with Bigfoot ).


Like with rock music, I feel that the golden age of TV was from the 60s through the early to mid-70s. I wasn't born until the 70s...

This should bring back memories for some of you: Land of the Lost (CLICK)
Okay, so it's cheesy, but it was standard Saturday morning fare for me.

When I was a kid in the 70's, I was biggest on Doctor Who (Pertwee) in reruns mostly, though Tom Baker was great too, reruns of The Prisoner, Star Trek, and The Avengers, and cartoons like Return to the Planet of the Apes (CLICK)


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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I suppose a discussion of Pogle's Wood is out of the question...



I'm too old for this thread, aren't I?



If you have one of those, then I envy you beyond human comprehension. That is a cute looking toy.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Others for me. Augsburger Puppenkiste (a German string puppet tv program that usually runs once a year (before christmas. and yes, it still does run) and each year tells a different tale in 4 episodes on the four sundays before christmas.Also "Raumpatrouille" ("Space Patrol"), the German answer to "Star Trek", but still in black and white, and only 7 episodes. When I first saw it, it was the 2nd or 3rd rerun already (it is a German cult classic), but I was fascinated by it.


As a toy collector, I happen to have a german wood toy. Its a small wood donkey that comes with a lot of colour sticks. The donkey has a little red circle in the back, and the game consists in placing the sticks one over the other, forming a tower. I lost the box, but both the figure and the sticks are stored in perfect conditions. What I would give to be able to travel around the world to search for other toys such as the ones you describe.

Here's a picture of my trombone player cat, a priceless item of my collection, wich I found in a flea market:





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Hmm where is Batman and Robin or the Green Hornets with Bruce Lee as the chauffeur?

And yes I was born in 1990 and I watched those shows all the time.

Okay my votes would be:
Super Nintendo
Legos
Pogs
Thundercats
Ninja Turtles
Captain Planet

I can't vote Power Rangers though. My parents thought it was too violent and never let me watch it.
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Oh, the happy days of my life Cry

Ninja Turtles is one of the best cartoons of all time.

Somebody remember Astroboy? or G-Force?
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Well, I was born in the 1930's, so my childhood memories revolve around listening to the wireless, and sh!tting bricks at the sound of air raid sirens..

Ok, I'm not that old, but Thundercats and Ninja Turtles were after my time, and by the time 'Saved by the Bell' was broadcast in the UK I was too old to think 'Screech' was funny. I just wanted to stamp on his head!!

No, my memories are of Fingerbobs, Mary Mungo and Midge, and the gloomy melancholy that was 'Bagpuss' Americans wont know what the hell I'm talking about, but Bagpuss is basically the reason so many kids these days are being raised by depressed parents with no ambition. The music and the image of the lonely depressed and neglected child that owned and loved 'that saggy cloth cat' was etched into the minds of children up and down the country. Thatcherism also played an obvious part in the current malaise among youth, but it's mostly down to that f***ing cat!

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Captain Planet Wink
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Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Oh, the happy days of my life CryNinja Turtles is one of the best cartoons of all time.Somebody remember Astroboy? or G-Force?


I almost forgot about "Happy Days." We also had the Fonz!


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and howabout ..

Zoom
James At 15
In Search Of...
Space 1999
U.F.O. (weird British series)
Kids Are People Too
Run Joe Run
The Blue Falcon (cartoon)
..and Spider Man on the Electric Company
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I remember all of that. My buddy and I still sing the Run Joey Run song.
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such a strange show; a wayward German Shepard and the owner who's searching for him
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I was thinking something between legos and Ninja Turtles. I still have 5 huge boxes of legos, must be well over 12 kilos of them, and I do build with them occasionally. Though I used to have every possible turtles figurine. I saw every possible episode. or as far as I can remember. But as turtles was something more personal, and legos was something more of the social kind, I gave my vote to the turtles. You see, I always played with legos only with my brothers and sisters, never alone.
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Saint Seiya!!

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NINJA TURTLES!!!

I remember back in late 80s and early 90s  while i was living in my birth place,Sarajevo before the civil war,i used to watch on my satellite Ninja Turtles,Transformers,Schtrumfs..Good old days..Cry

Michelangelo was my favoriteWink


Edited by DarioIndjic - February 26 2007 at 23:48
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Originally posted by DarioIndjic DarioIndjic wrote:

NINJA TURTLES!!!

I remember back in late 80s and early 90s  while i was living in my birth place,Sarajevo before the civil war,i used to watch on my satellite Ninja Turtles,Transformers,Schtrumfs..Good old days..Cry

Michelangelo was my favoriteWink


Ninja Turtles is definitely the correct answer to this poll.

And, Donatello was my favorite as a kid.

My theory is that everyone chooses their favorite turtle based on the one that most closely matches their personality. Leo as the leader, Michaelangelo as the class-clown, Donatello as the intelligent but quiet and boring type (me Confused), and Raph as the hard-edged rebel with an attitude problem.
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Here a few scenes from "Raumpatrouille" ("Space Patrol"), the tv-series I remember from my childhood. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvcpz3-UFF4&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFv5B1AAuBw&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Q4llO90p8&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd5SD1mTEzM&mode=related&search=

And this is something special: A video someone made to the title music by cutting scenes together. Look at the funny way they all dance in the Starlight Casino!
The music is of course heavily overdubbed; the organ, however, is part of the original soundtrack, as are the brass parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPVpg0HY6qw&mode=related&search=


Edited by BaldFriede - February 27 2007 at 23:26


BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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How bout all of the aboveTongue
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Rentaghost!

Very bad, now I come to think of it, but strangely fascinating at the time...

And Pole Position I used to like too, for some odd reason.

I agree about Bagpuss.  My cousin puts on Bagpuss videos for her son even now.
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Rentaghost!Very bad, now I come to think of it, but strangely fascinating at the time...And Pole Position I used to like too, for some odd reason.I agree about Bagpuss.  My cousin puts on Bagpuss videos for her son even now.


Rentaghost was classic! I'd probably find him annoiyng now, but I found Mr Claypole hilarious as a kid.
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Originally posted by cuncuna cuncuna wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I suppose a discussion of Pogle's Wood is out of the question...



I'm too old for this thread, aren't I?



If you have one of those, then I envy you beyond human comprehension. That is a cute looking toy.


Shows how things have moved on - that's not a toy - it's a still from the actual series; good old stop frame animation, eh?

Where's Ray Harryhausen when you need him?

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