lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (08/28/85)
As long as we're talking about toys... there are four items
I've been searching out for a long time:
1) "Mr. Machine":
Strange mechancial man toy that rolled around and made noises.
Clear plastic, all parts could be removed (gears, etc. -- made
of colored plastic) without tools and reassembled easily.
2) "Hydro-Dynamic Building Set"
One of the sets that was built up from red plastic interlocking
girders. This unit had all sorts of plastic tubing, siphons,
valves, and one or two pumps so that you could build up complex
simulated chemical plants and such. Made by either Eldon
or Remco ("Every boy wants a Remco toy... and so do girls!")
3) "Robot Commando"
Large plastic robot. Probably wouldn't meet safety standards
today. Rolled on two large hind wheels. Controlled from a remote
control unit at the end of a flexible cable. Could be sent
forward, back, right or left. Had a fake "voice command" that
activated when you blew at a plate in the remote control.
Arms could spin and shoot out little red plastic balls. A nasty
missile could be fired from his head (seriously! -- the head would
open and this missile would shoot out. Talk about a basing plan...)
4) "Mystic Skull"
A "board game" of sorts. A plastic skull drops to select the number
of pins you got to stick into your opponent's plastic voodoo doll.
(I kid you not).
I implore anybody who has any of these toys in their possession
and might be willing to part with them on some basis to
contact me! Thanks.
--Lauren--
{ihnp4, decvax, seismo, trwrb, clyde, bonnie, ...}!vortex!laurenjohn@frog.UUCP (John Woods) (09/04/85)
> As long as we're talking about toys...
Well, here's my wish list, too: I have been trying to find a lava lamp.
Are these still made, or did they die out in the early '70's?
--
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA
You have violated Robots Rules of Order, and will be asked to leave The Future!peggy@ism70.UUCP (09/06/85)
I saw some lava lamps in a window display at a shop called SOAP PLANT on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Their address is: 7400 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036
sint@ihlpl.UUCP (Marguerite Czajka) (09/09/85)
> Well, here's my wish list, too: I have been trying to find a lava lamp. > Are these still made, or did they die out in the early '70's? > > -- > John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 > ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA > There was an article not too long ago in the Chicago Tribune (I think) about Lava Lamps. They are still making them and lately have had a rise in sales. I can't remember who makes them or where they can be bought (a lot of help, aren't I??) but they're out there somewhere!
jfw@mit-eddie.UUCP (John Woods) (09/12/85)
Thanks to all who replied with sources for lava lamps. I found mine at Servile, er, Service Merchandise (a local "catalog showroom"). -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems decvax!frog!john, mit-eddie!jfw, JFW%mit-ccc@MIT-XX When your puppy goes off in another room, is it because of the explosive charge?