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Epic Win: Alphie

Aug. 15, 2009

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Submitted and Written by Julia H

ALPHIE was an 80s toy that I absolutely loved. It was the early version of all of the ‘Leapster’ type stuff now Math skills, animal noises, a ‘twenty questions’ type game. He really had it all. I still have mine, it still works, and now my daughter plays with it!

Calling it a computer might be a stretch…

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Epic Win: Magic Slate

Jul. 28, 2009

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Submitted by Colleen S

Magic Slate was a peel-back dry erase board, kind of like a poor man’s, goody-bag friendly Etch-A-Sketch. I was never able to draw anything especially impressive on a Magic Slate pad, but then again, I was thankful that it was so easy to erase — I’m sure my third grade teacher would’ve been upset about the portraits I was doodling of her.

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Epic Win: The Giant Parachute Game

Jul. 23, 2009

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Submitted by Mary Beth D

The giant parachute was a classic kindergarten/early-elementary school activity. Whether you were an athletic kid or not, this gym class game brought everyone together to share their appreciation of really large parachutes. I remember raising the parachute and sitting on the inside as it slowly collapsed. Epic nostalgia. Maybe middle school wouldn’t have been so lame if there were more giant parachutes.

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Epic Win: Don’t Wake Daddy!

Jul. 22, 2009

Submitted by Roxy

The point of the game was to sneak to the refrigerator in the middle of the night. It played like a cross between Chutes and Ladders and hot potato, more of a novelty for the plastic Dad that would spring up if you pushed the alarm clock enough times.

Still, I always wondered why Daddy would be so angry if the kids got a midnight snack. Maybe the fridge was full of booze.

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Epic Win: Casio Super Magic Diary

Jul. 22, 2009

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Submitted and Written by Brenna M

When I was in 5th grade, my friends and I would exchange the FIRST text messages during class with the casio Super Magic Diary. One model even had a remote control for a television, and we’d change the channel during educational videos. It had a digital filing system for names and phone numbers, and you could create portraits of your friends.

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