I’ve been there before, but I realized that I should take pictures and share the awe I feel when I go by.

Found at Shady Lane Antique Mall just south of Terre Haute, Indiana

  • Flying SquidOPEnglish
    3•5 months ago

    I mean yeah, that’s what it was in the 80s, but those corporations aren’t making any money from what is being sold in that booth today. And I can’t speak for anyone else here, but this is more about seeing the stuff I wished I could have played with as a kid than the stuff I actually had.

    • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      That’s just part of the problem, isn’t it? All those Saturday morning cartoons were just half-hour ads for the toys, manufacturing demand in your mind.

      • Flying SquidOPEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        Is it really a problem for me in 2024? It’s not like I’m still going out and buying He-Man figures.

              • Flying SquidOPEnglish
                1•5 months ago

                And? If my friend had a dog that I really liked and I wished I had a dog as a kid and someone showed me a picture of that dog, I’d really like seeing it. Have I been brainwashed by Big Dog?

                  • Flying SquidOPEnglish
                    0•5 months ago

                    I’m not acting obtuse. I don’t see the difference between childhood nostalgia for a dog and childhood nostalgia for a toy. What’s the difference?