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KinderMats


Submitted by Jenny B, who loves nap time super hard

I have absolutely NO idea what made me think of these just now– but who doesn’t remember the red and blue naptime mats from Kindergarten? After googling “Red and Blue Naptime Mat”, I discovered their true name– the KinderMat. Sometimes you loved them, sometimes you hated them (because what 5-year-old is ever ready for nap time?) but you can’t deny their nostalgic factor! (Breathes in deeply)….I can just smell the plastic now!

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The Octagon


Submitted by Greasy Webelo, who loves him some Chuck Norris

From Wikipedia:

The Octagon is a 1980 action film directed by Eric Karson and written by Paul Aaron and Leigh Chapman. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and released on August 14, 1980. It is notable for its inventive use of ‘voice over’ effects to portray the inner life of Chuck Norris’s character, Scott James.

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O’Boisies Potato Chips


Submitted by Tish H, who has a passion for snack food

They were the greatest chips EVER!! Something about those bubbles made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

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Baby Kickie


Submitted by Jake E, who plays with dolls

A doll that you bring in the pool or bathtub that had flippers on her feet and when you’d turn her on, she’d kick her feet and “Swim”.

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Star Kid


Submitted by Stephen Nettles, who battles intergalactic Brood Warriors

From Wikipedia:

The film is about a shy seventh grade boy (Spencer Griffith) whose life changes when a meteor falls into a junkyard near him. Inside this junkyard he finds a “Cybersuit” – an exo-suit with AI from another galaxy. Spencer decides to try the suit on and he becomes a different person. Then he is attacked by a Brood Warrior, whose insectoid race is in war against the creators of the Cybersuits, intent to capture the one on Earth to analyze it.

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Killer Instinct


Submitted by Stephen Nettles, who loves pixelated violence

From Wikipedia:

Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an “Ultra 64″ hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare and Midway. The game received a high profile launch on the Super Nintendo, as well as on the Game Boy. Its popularity led to a sequel, Killer Instinct 2.

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Heart and Souls


Submitted by Evan R, who can communicate with ghosts

I used to love this movie!!!! I watched it a ton and completely broke down crying every time. It made me love Robert Downey, Jr.

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Knight 2000 Turbo Booster


Submitted by Don W Jr, who loves classic toys

Who didn’t have one of these? I loved slamming the thing forward and launching KITT toward a homemade ramp.

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Joni Mitchell


Submitted by Rod Dwyer, who found himself a rainbow on the wall

From Wikipedia:

Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.[1] Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter (“Urge for Going”, “Chelsea Morning”, “Both Sides Now”, “Woodstock”) and then as a singer in her own right.[2] Finally settling in Southern California, Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the musical landscape. Blue, her starkly personal 1971 album, is regarded as one of the strongest and most influential records of the time.[3] Mitchell also had pop hits such as “Big Yellow Taxi”, “Free Man in Paris”, and “Help Me”, the last two from 1974’s best-selling Court and Spark.

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Time Cop


Submitted by Ron, who loves doing the splits

From Wikipedia:

Timecop is a 1994 science fiction thriller film directed by Peter Hyams. Dark Horse published a comic book series of the same name. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Max Walker, a U.S. Federal agent in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when time travel is possible. It also stars Ron Silver as rogue senator Aaron McComb and Mia Sara as Walker’s wife. The story follows an interconnected web of episodes in Walker’s life (or perhaps lives) as he fights time-travel crime and investigates McComb’s unusually successful career. Timecop remains Van Damme’s highest grossing film (breaking the $100,000,000 barrier for a worldwide gross). It was also regarded as one of Van Damme’s better films by critics who usually derided his acting ability.

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