The Hair Bear what now?
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- Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 22:58
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First of all, in terms of what this is - it's a money box, but that's not the most interesting thing. Now I must have had this for a good 22-23 years and I've always known it was one of the Hair Bear Bunch, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the 1970's. As I sat down to write this little paragraph however I realised I've never seen a single episode of said cartoon! I was however really into animation when I was younger and had a big Hanna-Barbera book so probably recognised it from there. I've never been wholly convinced it was genuine, it isn't marked and is made from a very strange type of thick plastic. All the same, he's kinda cool.
Robin Hood Art
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- Published on Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:55
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This is a set of Robin Hood figures from the 1960's I'd be guessing. Robin, Little John, Marian, the Sheriff, Friar Tuck and an unidentified stooge (they have their names written their bases). Again, we're not talking a lot of monetary worth but they photograph well don't they? I'm even tempted to whack this on a T-Shirt. I remember when you used to get things like this free with cereal!
Tapes!
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- Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 11:42
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I was sitting in my car the other day listening to my CD player and I suddenly got to thinking that I miss cassettes. I think I miss the sheer physical-ness of them. I had a huge clear out of my cassettes about 4 or 5 years ago (when the cassette player in my car finally gave up the ghost), but I held on to a few of my favourites and my firsts. Just underneath Aerosmith is the ear of a Mr. Jive Bunny and his Mastermixers, and inside the player is the red cover of the Bangles compilation album 'Everything': the first and second cassettes to come into my collection! (I think they stand up pretty well as firsts - though my first musical purchase of any sort was Dear Jessie by Madonna on 45 vinyl...less cool).