JCC The Everything Retro Thread

My cousins had the Fisher-Price Talk-To-Me Player, along with Ghost Chasers. I hadn't thought about those things for years, until I saw the recent posts about floppies, which had first lead me to remember Flexi Discs. I'll always associate the Flexi Disc with an aquarium that had a treasure chest that opened and closed, a bubble-operated skeleton, and a freshwater eel. (The player was situated next to the aquarium.)

Spoiler

This Flexi Disc was included in a Bloom County book.


This one was included in Guitar Player magazine:


I had never heard of postcard records until now.

 

IIRC, I think I got a flexi-disc in a box of cereal when I was a little kid.

 

I had this as a kid. I played the hell out of the Superman origin record.

 

I remember having these reels when I was a kid. Heaven only knows where they are now.

 

Probably dissolved. That film couldn’t have lasted 40 plus years lol

 

Then again, there's a lot of stuff put away at my Mom's place. Who knows what's up there?

 

No, I've seen some recently and they still work.

 

I have a View Master model C viewer and a box of national parks discs that my grandparents gave me when I was a kid. As an adult, I later found out from my uncle that they used to be his when he was a kid ("Uhhhh..... so.... do you want them back???"). Luckily, he said I can keep them. What a guy.
After I found a vinyl record of Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite at a thrift shop, I busted out the Grand Canyon discs for some immersive remote vacationing. They're still holding up, BTW.
I also had a TYCO View Master Disney Character Theater projector, which I used in my theater (closet).

 

I can't remember if I've posted this, but I'll put it up anyway. I still have my copy in storage.

 

I remember having this as a kid. And used it. And also not really ever liking it.

 

Hey, I had that too. Used the middle portion as a seat far more often than the spinny section.

Amazing.

 

Amazing.

 

Someone sent us the modern version of this as a gift for the kids. It lights up and plays crap sounds. Does the alphabet and blinks almost like Simon Says. It's so annoying. As if having fun spinning wasn't enough, now have the kids also learn the alphabet while spinning. Rank up the ADHD a bit.

 

Oh man, I've wondered if they were still around so I could get it for my nephews, but I'm almost positive my sister-in-law would just throw it out.

Amazing.