What are some items or places you loved growing up?

[DaBulldog]

In 1980 Pizza Hut had shrinky dinks. You would write you details on the form and cut out the shape. Then put it into an oven, it would shrink all your details and become part of a tag for a key ring.

 

[Tassie Devil]

Beer. Drugs. Breasts.

 

[DaBulldog]

Rubik’s Cube
Lining up nine squares on the six-sided, primary-colored 3D puzzle had kids competing against themselves when the Rubik’s Cube debuted in 1980. Originally named the Magic Cube, the toy’s popularity made finishing fast a sport, with the first speedcubing Rubik’s World Championships in Budapest in 1982. After mid-’90s anniversary relaunches, including a diamond-studded cube, Rubik’s remains popular today, enjoying its most successful year in 2017, with over $250 million in sales.

 

[DaBulldog]

Yo Yos we’re great too. I would spend hours trying to do tricks.

 

[DaBulldog]

Beer. Drugs. Breasts.

Fair enough, but not what I had in mind for this thread.

 

[Doggy71]

Nice tits,still do.

 

[DaBulldog]

Mt Druitt Waterworks, in old Mt Druitt, was run jointly with Manly Waterworks, and featured waterslides, a beach pool, bumper boats, whitewater rapids and even a “sky dive” slippery dip.

 

[Sandra's Bollocks]

I had one of those big green Tonka tractors that were indestructible. I'd pummel it straight into the wall and it'd chip pieces off the render. My parents were fukking pissed hehehe...

 

[CroydonDog]

Rubik’s Cube
Lining up nine squares on the six-sided, primary-colored 3D puzzle had kids competing against themselves when the Rubik’s Cube debuted in 1980. Originally named the Magic Cube, the toy’s popularity made finishing fast a sport, with the first speedcubing Rubik’s World Championships in Budapest in 1982. After mid-’90s anniversary relaunches, including a diamond-studded cube, Rubik’s remains popular today, enjoying its most successful year in 2017, with over $250 million in sales.
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There's a good doco on Netflix about two of the best speed cubers of all time. Ones an Aussie and the other an autistic boy from the USA.

 

[Bob dog]

Bamboo bong and wooden mull bowl

 

[DaBulldog]

There's a good doco on Netflix about two of the best speed cubers of all time. Ones an Aussie and the other an autistic boy from the USA.

Thanks mate, I will look into that one.

 

[Shire Dog]

I had one of those big green Tonka tractors that were indestructible. I'd pummel it straight into the wall and it'd chip pieces off the render. My parents were fukking pissed hehehe...

All the wogs love their priceless render lol

 

[DaBulldog]

 

[Bazildog]

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

Happy Granny's pancakes...

 

[MatstaDogg]

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Remember playing Pitfall and Frogger on the Atari. Then we got a Commodore 64.

 

[Bulldog Wrestler]

 

[dogwhisperer]

Places? The field outside of BSG, I believe they used to call it Belmore Outer.
Loved going there on Saturday and playing 13 on 13 when we were 14-15 years old and absolutely belting each other needing a whole week to recover.

 

[Wahesh]

This fine piece of Japanese hardware my friends, was my childhood!

 

[DaBulldog]

Going to Pizza Hut and eating in