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Retro Memories Sweet Sixteen, coming June 8, 2024 in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village.

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The banner is so cute. (I must be old, I recognize most of those things lol.)

Ruth Poole did a great job on the banner!

I must be really old, only a couple of the curios in that illustration are from when I was a kid. Everything else is new!  

I almost asked Ruth to add some older toys.

(08-31-2023, 03:40 AM)TrueFan Wrote: [ -> ]I almost asked Ruth to add some older toys.

It's a nice mix the way it is.

Although Raggedy Ann might have been a nice addition. She's a classic.

The Etch-a-Sketch was a fun touch!

And is that a Felix the Cat poster on the wall? Or is it really old and obscure: Krazy Kat?

Oh, lookit, I just learned something! The Krazy Kat comic strip (1913 - 1944) was set in a fictionalized version of Coconino County in Arizona... which is only an hour down the pike from where I currently live! I've long felt that living here is often like living in a surreal alternate universe. Now I have objective evidence to support my subjective observations.

I thought about suggesting a Magic 8 ball to go with the Pokeball, or the addition of a troll. But it's really well balanced the way it is.

Sucks when the stuff from your childhood is so "vintage"
I recognize pretty well all of it too, except the little figure left of the Viewmaster...? And the heart thing on the upper shelf.

I think the heart thing might be a case for Polly Pocket dolls.
Could the other figure possibly be Donald Duck....?

(08-31-2023, 06:10 AM)Alliecat Wrote: [ -> ]I recognize pretty well all of it too, except the little figure left of the Viewmaster...?  

I was thinking the figure to the left of the Viewmaster was a generic snowman figurine, but I just figured it out!

Okay... this is so cool. I mean, SOOO FREAKIN' COOL!

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be... the 1970s version of the Hasbro Snow Cone Maker: 



Here's a link -- appropriately, to a site called Neato Coolville -- telling all about the Hasbro Snow Cone Makers... for those of you who were unfortunate to have missed out on such childhood wonders:

https://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2013...e-toy.html

Oh my. I think I do vaguely remember those.
From, uh, reading history and stuff, yeah, that's it. I'm only 29.

(08-31-2023, 01:40 PM)Alliecat Wrote: [ -> ]Oh my.  I think I do vaguely remember those.
From, uh, reading history and stuff, yeah, that's it.  I'm only 29.

Hmm, right. That's really cool davidd that you figured out what the snowman is!

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Retro memories? That pretty much encompasses all of my memories.