Favourite things from the '80s

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**AvatarForm**

Hi Dakka,

Recent discussion on Anime has reminded me how much cooler cartoons were when I was young.

For those members on these boards who grew up or experienced the '80s, what were your favourite things?

Beyond cartoons, I would also need to include the music was far better than most ofwhat the '90s produced and in some ways inspired much of what we are listening to now.

My fave cartoons were:

Voltron - Lion Force or Vehicle Force... doesnt matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZv5Z2Iz_s

M.A.S.K.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BzBFWt8V8

Dino Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuhLkh358Y

Thundercats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE

**CT GAMER**

Being that I grew up in the 80's I have a soft spot for the movies, cartoons, tv shows and music despite how cheesy much of it can be...

**Ratius**

Crossbows & Catapults, Axis & Allies, He-Man figures, Button Moon, Bagpuss, SuperTed, Liverpool Football club, any game on my old Amstrad 464.
Thats about 5%.

**Coolyo294**

Warhammer.

**warboss**

Transformers before the animated movie

Wanting a silver glove for xmas and singing Michael Jackson songs on the school bus without having to feel guilty about supporting a sick, perverted pedophile

The Muppets (both puppet and animated baby versions)

Mogwai from Gremlins

Nintendo Entertainment System and the original gold Legend of Zelda that magically remembered what I did!

Superbowl XX and getting a day off from school to go to the parade because the principle was a fan of Da Bears

**remilia_scarlet**

Child of 90's....

Feels bad man ;_;

**Frazzled**

AvatarForm wrote:Hi Dakka,

Recent discussion on Anime has reminded me how much cooler cartoons were when I was young.

For those members on these boards who grew up or experienced the '80s, what were your favourite things?

Beyond cartoons, I would also need to include the music was far better than most ofwhat the '90s produced and in some ways inspired much of what we are listening to now.

My fave cartoons were:

Voltron - Lion Force or Vehicle Force... doesnt matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZv5Z2Iz_s

M.A.S.K.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BzBFWt8V8

Dino Riders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuhLkh358Y

Thundercats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_cpV00c4IE

The Reagan economy.
A Congress that actually hashed out issues despite being from the different party. Thank you Tip O Neil.
Miami Vice
Terminator, Aliens, Red Dawn, Nightmare on Elmstreet
IBM personal computers
Atari
Porsche 944, 928
VW Jetta (for the hotties that always drove them)
Popcorn made with real coconut oil
VCRs
The Fall of the EVIL RED MENACE and that whole not being nuked to death thing.
Did I mention the Reagan economy?

**Lord of Deeds**

John Hughes movies.......seriously

......Home Alone doesn't count because it was released in 1990

'Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller

**Monster Rain**

Besides myself, you mean?

I really love the music from that era. It was also the dawn of the NES.

I'm sure there's more but that's all that really stands out in my mind right now.

**remilia_scarlet**

Frazzled wrote:
Fall of the EVIL RED MENACE and that whole not being nuked to death thing.

We all are glad about that

**Frazzled**

Lord of Deeds wrote:John Hughes movies.......seriously ......Home Alone doesn't count because it was released in 1990

'Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller

ohhh yea...

**biccat**

Honestly, I don't see the big fuss over the '80s cartoons. They were OK, but nothing particularly great. And I certainly enjoyed them as a kid.

The '90s had some really excellent cartoons which I got to experience as my sister was the appropriate age during that time.

Tale Spin, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Darkwing Duck, Nicktoons, Eek, Dexter, Freakazoid...

**Monster Rain**

Have you tried watching some of those old 80s cartoons recently?

It's pretty cringeworthy.

**George Spiggott**

Frazzled wrote:Miami Vice

Oh yeah! Wearing your shoes with no socks and pushing up the sleeves to your school blazer. So cool!

**Monster Rain**

The not shaving for 3 days was pretty sweet though.

**remilia_scarlet**

I remember
I remember the worry worry
How could I ever forget
The pain doesn't show, but the hurt still grows
No stranger to you or me
Du du du du du du du du du du du

Sorry, listening to phil collins

**monkeyh**

Ok, so this is mostly 70's, but most of it crept into the 80's so do the following count?:

Battle of the Planets
Monkey Magic
Any film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
Any film that starred Doug Mclure

**Frazzled**

George Spiggott wrote:
Frazzled wrote:Miami Vice
Oh yeah! Wearing your shoes with no socks and pushing up the sleeves to your school blazer. So cool!

Sorry, what did you say? I was thinking of bikinis and Ferrari Spyders...

**remilia_scarlet**

I guess my little pony, before it became what it is now.

**Muricles**

MAGNUM. MUTHER-FLIPPING. P.I.

Even though I am a 90's child, I was brought up in a world where ever Wednesday night, "Family-TV" night, consisted of watching re-runs of such famous cop shows. Including Hawaii 5-0 ( with the venerable Jack Lord), Knight Rider and, my personal favourite, Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck's moustache. That is all.

**Karon**

Too many monumental Hip-Hop artists to mention, but yeah, the 80's was the birthplace of Hip-Hop, which continued through the 90's and has fallen off recently.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Monster Rain wrote:
I really love the music from that era.

Thats the main one for me as well.

Plus Star Wars Toys, Action Force/GI Joe toys, and Marathon Bars.

**remilia_scarlet**

Magic the gathering... oh wait, nevermind

**voryn15**

M.A.S.K. and G.I. joe!!!! i still have the first G.I. joe "movie" recorded on vhs some where.

**Howard A Treesong**

Star Fleet, a lot of people don't seem to remember this. But just hearing the music makes me tingle and a tear very nearly come to the eye. I must get it on DVD some time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExC6OEQazrc

I don't recall MASK, was that on UK TV? Didn't care for Thundercats, much preferred He-Man.

GiJoe toys were great then, the little ones, and the Marvel comics to go with them. I could only get the cartoon on video, again I don't recall it being on BBC/ITV.

My Atari ST.

Back the the Future was cool. Doctor Who getting the axe, not so.

I used to get many 80s toys into the early 90s, so was still getting He Man and GiJoe. Now I go to car boot sales and the like and see none of these toys. I guess they've all be wrecked or thrown out now, I forget the reality is that they are all over 20 years old.

**Samus_aran115**

Nintendos, MASH, Vietnam Veterans in their thirties, Adult Films with a PLOT, roller blades, she-ra

**Ahtman**

Samus_aran115 wrote:Adult Films with a PLOT

You are thinking of the 70's. At least according to Boogie Nights, which I believe counts as a reliable reference material.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Howard A Treesong wrote:
I don't recall MASK, was that on UK TV?

GiJoe toys were great then, the little ones, and the Marvel comics to go with them. I could only get the cartoon on video, again I don't recall it being on BBC/ITV.

Yeah Mask was, as was the toy line, my brothers and I had some of that as well. Well I had the jeep that spat out a waterboat thingy.

I remember my mate up the road had the truck and the helicopter the baddy leader owned, damn I was jealous.

**mega_bassist**

Trash Metal, Transformers, Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, Die Hard movies, Red Dawn, Empire Strikes Back, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Hulk Hogan....and The F-15 Eagle.

EDIT: I forgot the Nintendo

That's all that comes to mind right now

**voryn15**

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Howard A Treesong wrote:
I don't recall MASK, was that on UK TV?

GiJoe toys were great then, the little ones, and the Marvel comics to go with them. I could only get the cartoon on video, again I don't recall it being on BBC/ITV.

Yeah Mask was, as was the toy line, my brothers and I had some of that as well. Well I had the jeep that spat out a waterboat thingy.

I remember my mate up the road had the truck and the helicopter the baddy leader owned, damn I was jealous.

Time to go dig out my old boxes of stuff at my parents house! I am pretty sure i still have that jeep and that truck stuck somewhere and just thinkimg about it again makes me want to go play with them.

EDIT: WOOT 100th post