S3 EP. 28: Damnit Santa! A Christmas Special – Reviewing 80’s gifts

The guys (Kareem, Ken, and Pat) round out 2023 with a live streamed holiday special podcast reviewing childhood Christmas gifts. Tangents include freezer tortured toys, Legos used as copaganda, the Puerto Rican ‘My Buddy’ doll, and more.

Show Notes

It seems that everything from the 80s is coming back. Whether you were a little one or a teenager in the 80s, you’ll find something on this 80s kids gift guide that you’ll love. I mean, they’ll love. You’re shopping for someone else, right?

If you grew up in the 1980’s, some of your strongest memories will be of the toys that you owned – or hoped to borrow off your friend who had one….

You know, the toys that all boys and girls in the 1980s longed for – the ones that were on every kid’s Letter To Santa!

If you still have the original toys, they are now some of the most collectable toys of the 1980s.

But if like most of us they are long gone, well, there are lots of these cool retro 80’s toys that you can still buy today for yourself….I mean buy for your kids so that you can play with them….I mean to introduce your kids to the fun things you loved in your childhood.

Well, that is my excuse and I’m sticking to it!

  1. Hot Pink Caboodle
  2. Lisa Frank Novelty Socks
  3. Rubik’s Cube
  4. Original My Little Pony
  5. Super Mario Bros Question Block Desk Lamp
  6. ‘Made in the 80s’ Tee
  7. TMNT Complete Classic DVD Collection
  8. Care Bear Classic
  9. Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy
  10. Lisa Frank Coloring/Stickers Set
  11. Rainbow Brite Doll
  12. Child of the 80s Alphabet Mug
  13. Original Slinky
  14. NES Classic Edition
  15. Assorted Neon Bracelets
  16. 80s ‘Scene It?’ Game
  17. Pac Man Connect-and-Play Classic Games
  18. The Goonies Playing Cards
  19. GI Joe 25th Anniversary Action Figure
  20. Simon
  21. Jake Ryan ‘Yeah, You’ Mug

From <https://theshirleyjourney.com/nostalgia-gifts-80s-kids/

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