Toys
Toys Archives | Occasionally I’ll get nostalgic about the toys we had available to us way back when. You can find these kind of posts under this heading.
Backpack Buddies (Nintendo) currently in ALDI
I picked up some Nintendo Backpack Buddies from ALDI.
Backpack Buddies were not on the shopping list. The objective was to buy some bread rolls for my Daughter's lunch today, however continuing to look around the store the next aisle offered up some Nintendo imagery. The younger generation might be familiar with Backpack Buddies but, being the wrong side of 40, these things are new to me. When I happen across something new to me like this both my gamer…Frogger: The family version of the arcade game
Frogger the board game
Frogger is a very well-known video game from the Golden Age of arcade. The idea of the game is to get your frog safely past flowing traffic on the highway, across a river by hopping on turtles and logs, eventually making it back to your swamp before repeating the process with more frogs. This is a 1982 Milton Bradley (MB) Games attempt to translate that arcade game into a more traditional style board game. The game…Toys of Christmas Past
Christmas is an exciting time for a child.
Nothing beats a relaxed family Christmas. Those memories really bring on the nostalgia but they're specific to me and will mean little to anyone else; nor are they really tangible things I can reminisce over with others. Something I can share and nostalgically reminisce over with others though is gifts, specifically toys. Looking back at my childhood Christmases there are a number of toys that really struck a chord with me, and…Guess Who? The ORIGINAL Mystery Face Guessing Game
