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ShadowMan033
05/19/24 6:25:31 PM
#51:


furb posted...


The baseball strike was a big deal. It is hard to describe now to folks but it was a legit big deal. Baseball has never really recovered from it.


It has recovered from it

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Senta
05/19/24 6:26:35 PM
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Pogs.

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furb
05/19/24 6:31:55 PM
#53:


ShadowMan033 posted...
It has recovered from it

I don't think it has. It doesn't nearly have the cultural relevance it had prior to the strike.

It is am also ran compared to the NFL. Not its peer. Nobody hardly knows or cares about the best players at the national level. Interest in teams is largely regional.

I figure it makes more money now. I figure it does even accounting for inflation and the fact the country has 100mil more people than 93. However its cultural value has slipped and never recovered.

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SauI_Goodman
05/19/24 6:43:46 PM
#54:


Olly olly oxen free

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ShadowMan033
05/19/24 6:44:13 PM
#55:


furb posted...


I don't think it has. It doesn't nearly have the cultural relevance it had prior to the strike.

It is am also ran compared to the NFL. Not its peer. Nobody hardly knows or cares about the best players at the national level. Interest in teams is largely regional.

I figure it makes more money now. I figure it does even accounting for inflation and the fact the country has 100mil more people than 93. However its cultural value has slipped and never recovered.


Is this a gimmick?

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SomeLikeItHoth
05/19/24 7:02:24 PM
#56:


My mom taking me and my sister to the mall once a month to buy us new toys.

Waking up early every Saturday to watch cartoons.

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pjnelson
05/19/24 7:05:46 PM
#57:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fdf155b3.jpg
Although maybe that was the 80s.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/05b987fa.jpg
That might also have been the 80s.

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furb
05/19/24 7:07:20 PM
#58:


pjnelson posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fdf155b3.jpg
Although maybe that was the 80s.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/05b987fa.jpg
That might also have been the 80s.

Need to show the Domino's Dominator or Pizza Hut Bigfoot

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ablegator
05/19/24 7:09:57 PM
#59:


ShadowMan033 posted...
Is this a gimmick?
Thats kind of correct. The home run chase between Maquire and Sosa renewed interest but the strike did real damage to the game. It wasnt the kind of sea change the NBA got in the early eighties in the opposite direction but it was a thing.

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furb
05/19/24 7:12:00 PM
#60:


ShadowMan033 posted...
Is this a gimmick?

Definitely not. Wish it was! Salty nearly 40 year old with a way too old of gamefaqs account with specific, bad faith opinions on nineties baseball would be be quite a gimmick.

Baseball leaned hard into steroid ball just to stay relevant after the strike. The whole chick's dig the longball and junk was it trying to rebuild its image and stay meaningful on a national scale.

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thronedfire2
05/19/24 7:12:33 PM
#61:


the golden age of cartoons

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KCJ5062
05/19/24 7:16:41 PM
#62:


Old school Nickelodeon bumpers
https://youtu.be/aQ79AqEtHXo?si=1PT_aOsH1MEgBK-0

Fox Kids bumpers
https://youtu.be/5PZuUbCMWFU?si=3xpx1N-9yvGQ6DYO

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LeoRavus
05/19/24 7:19:59 PM
#63:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEwM5Ykqmk

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StephenYap3
05/19/24 7:37:24 PM
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  • Movies (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Lion King, Blade, Shrek, Batman Returns, etc.)
  • Shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, WWF, The Nanny, etc.)
  • Cartoons/Anime (Family Guy, Dragon Ball Z, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Gundam Wing, Ed Edd 'n' Eddy, Tenchi Muyo, etc.)
  • The best boy bands (All 4 One, Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, etc.)
  • Nintendo vs. Sega (vs. Sony)
  • McDonald's, Blimpie, Pizza Hut

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bigtiggie23
05/19/24 7:52:41 PM
#65:


Sadly, actually looking forward to new episodes of Saved by the Bell.

Also remember when MTV used to hype music video debuts like they were movie premieres? I can still picture the ads hyping the Paula Abdul video with Keanu Reeves.

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LeoRavus
05/19/24 7:57:45 PM
#66:


I remember MTV only playing certain videos after midnight like Madonna's Erotica.

I stayed up late thinking it would be like soft porn and was disappointed.

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burns112233
05/19/24 8:14:44 PM
#67:


ironman2009 posted...
huffys
vortex footballs
lil huggies drinks
are you afraid of the dark
Are You Afraid of the Dark was awesome.

This is one of the episodes I remember the most and I had a crush on the actress who plays the ghost.

The Tale of Dream Girl

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Antiyonder
05/19/24 8:19:43 PM
#68:


ABC Friday nights occasionally having specials where sitcom characters hype up the then new Saturday Morning line up.

LonelyStoner posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bdcaaf78.jpg

Close to the end of my teen years, but yeah got those two and still have the cards and cases. And to think that's still 2 decades old and will be 30 by the end of this decade.

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burns112233
05/19/24 8:20:01 PM
#69:


Boombam99 posted...
Nerf guns and super soakers
I had the Nerf bow.

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ablegator
05/19/24 8:37:49 PM
#70:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/94425d93.jpg

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Link_of_time
05/19/24 8:46:46 PM
#71:


burns112233 posted...
I had the Nerf bow.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9bec1a3e.jpg
Fuhh* man. I miss that thing. It did annoy me that the purple arms seem to detach though.
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Hayame_Zero
05/19/24 8:47:26 PM
#72:


I didn't just have a Virtual Boy, I also had an R-Zone.

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Phoro
05/19/24 8:50:10 PM
#73:


I can hear this picture. And even as a kid, I always snickered at it and quietly wondered to myself, "If Bic is pronounced 'bick', then why is Dic pronounced 'deek'?"

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a04b76c2.jpg

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burns112233
05/21/24 12:54:50 AM
#74:


Hexenherz posted...
Seeing Lion King in theaters and then getting the soundtrack on cassette tape on the way home.

Hologram/holograph colors on a lot of things (toys, bookmarks, just random stuff).

Goosebumps books

"Adult"-style programming for kids on Nickelodeon (AYATD, Hidden Temple, All That and other shows that typically never had a kid version before)

Also I remember some crazy awesome toy shop in a mall in Southern California that looked like the set of a sci-fi show or something, but that's probably just a false memory. It had a platform you could stand on and spin yourself on. There was also a VR arcade (probably a different mall) where you would put on a VR headset and walk on a treadmill to navigate, that was ahead of its time. I don't remember the game being any good though.

Things had vibrant color still.

Watching music videos on MTv (I got hooked on that Madonna song, Speed of Light or something like that).

The big band and swing revival movement.
The Goosebumps covers were amazing.

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OmegaM
05/21/24 8:31:42 PM
#75:


No one's yet said the first big boom of Magic: The Gathering. Unfortunately, I was still too late to get any of the Power 9, Library of Alexandria, etc. at a reasonable price (though the prices are much less reasonable now).
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VideoboysaysCube
05/21/24 8:34:54 PM
#76:


My parents frequently having to request a new table when going to restaurants because we would end up too close to the smoking section.

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burns112233
05/22/24 7:44:37 PM
#77:


Now That's What I Call Music commercials

https://youtu.be/t0khA9t9_M0?si=5Nens5J2KNM27SSD
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sabin017
05/22/24 7:49:11 PM
#78:


Many cars had bug covers on the front because they'd be hitting a ton of bugs.

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burns112233
05/23/24 12:21:49 AM
#79:


BSB vs NSYNC

https://youtu.be/4fndeDfaWCg?si=jhli3UKvovxMYHF-

https://youtu.be/PodgxWsZw9s?si=ZKb3Uh1UK_3Cr2bA
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Ratchetrockon
05/23/24 1:13:16 AM
#80:


I got attacked by a chicken in 1999

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Hexenherz
05/24/24 1:31:45 AM
#81:


burns112233 posted...
The Goosebumps covers were amazing.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/63e3050d.jpg
Yeah I still have a lot of them (at least 40), used to go with my mom to a book store in a small town to pick up the newest release and I was a member of the Goosebumps fan club and had some fun knickknacks like a hat, wallet and reading light. Loved those things.

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Guide
05/24/24 1:50:25 AM
#82:


Boombam99 posted...
Nerf guns and super soakers

I still want the original MonsterXL. They shrunk the rereleases. I had never felt such power in my life as being the only kid in my peer group strong enough to carry a fully loaded, fully pumped double barrel liquid death cannon.

It was an extremely 90s device, what with being so XTREEEEEM. It took over a minute to pump one shot, but it would literally knock kids down. Not like catching them off-balance, like knocking them on their ass. The POWER.

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burns112233
05/24/24 7:31:25 PM
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divot1338
05/24/24 7:32:23 PM
#84:


Mostly I remember growing up in the eighties.

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burns112233
05/25/24 11:39:54 AM
#85:


This dance scene from the Mask.

https://youtu.be/APtRoHh2GWw?si=Z8rwnrPpK9uP8jUh
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05/27/24 9:02:11 AM
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burns112233
05/27/24 11:47:08 AM
#86:


Vicious_Dios posted...
- Walking/riding/skating to the malls and arcades.
- Street Hockey between 7-9:00 pm
- Hackey-sacking out side of school while some of us were waiting for our rides (I biked to and from so when they all left, so did I. At times I would leave my bike still tied up and just hitch a ride with my friends.)
- Dodgeball, Crab Dodgeball (cutthroat battles that test your friendship)
- Six-Flags/Hurricane Harbor, with the ridiculous Super Soaker water guns.
- Renting games at BlockBuster on a Friday afternoon with the family after eating at a busy restaurant.
- Fighting a lot against the other elementary school kids at the city parks after hours (from 3rd to the 5th grade before moving to another city campus).
- Ding Dong ditching, and prank calling random numbers.
- Diss battles/YoMomma jokes in class while the teacher was out/in the bus on field trips/during lunch where nobody took it seriously.
- Waking up very early in the summers to Deliver the paper, or help my dad or uncles out with fixing their cars or tagging along to their jobsites and hand them tools and mats.
- Detention, lots of detention for talking back, insubordination, and laughing.
- My first kiss.
- Christmas presents. Tons and tons of them.
- Going hunting with my dad.
- My stabbing in my right upper front thigh during the the fourth grade.
- Sneaking into my uncle's shop to joyride his atvs and dirt bikes.

I was a baaaaaad yet a very fortunate kid, but at least I was active.
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modena
05/27/24 11:48:46 AM
#87:


Remembering phone numbers. Having to keep pocket money.

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rexcrk
05/27/24 11:51:30 AM
#88:


Comedy movies in theaters.

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Kamil
05/27/24 12:21:22 PM
#90:


Beavis and Butthead huh huh huh huh also Rocky and Bullwinkle because that still aired on television. Both great shows.

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Cocytus
05/27/24 12:22:12 PM
#91:


Playstation 1

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YellowSUV
05/27/24 2:08:37 PM
#92:


rexcrk posted...
Comedy movies in theaters.

Kind of interesting how this genre of movie is basically extinct. I'm guessing its just easier nowadays to look up something online for a quick laugh. It is a lot easier for amateurs to make a comedy video than a drama video.

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