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rbmorris

Vampyroteuthis

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15 Dec 08 18:50

Badwater

Joined: 07 Jan 08
Moves: 34575

17 Dec 08 21:20

Originally posted by Crowley
So, you're from Texas then?

No that was in Washington. I won't say what qualifies as art in Texas...🙄

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

Joined: 16 Aug 05
Moves: 76863

18 Dec 08 12:44

The best toy of the 70's for a boy was definitely a Peter Powell kite!

Who had one of these? They were awesome.

I googled and you can't buy them nowadays. Anybody know why not?

What happened to Peter Powell and his kites ?? 🙁

duecer

anybody seen my

underpants??

Joined: 01 Sep 06
Moves: 56453

18 Dec 08 12:59

Originally posted by Sunburnt
I didn't like mine. Certain toys gave me anxiety. Lite Brite was another of those toys that bugged me.

I hated lite brite (damn rich kids with their fancy electricity)😠😠:'(

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

18 Dec 08 21:31

Originally posted by mikelom
The best toy of the 70's for a boy was definitely a Peter Powell kite!

Who had one of these? They were awesome.

I googled and you can't buy them nowadays. Anybody know why not?

What happened to Peter Powell and his kites ?? 🙁

We had stunt kites, but I have no idea whether they were Peter Powell kites. In any case they were great. What was special about Peter Powell kites compared to other stunt kites?

Sunburnt

🙏🏻

Some other realm

Joined: 03 Aug 06
Moves: 25534

18 Dec 08 21:48

Originally posted by duecer
I hated lite brite (damn rich kids with their fancy electricity)😠😠:'(

The peices really drove my OCD over the edge.

mikelom

Ajarn

Wat?

Joined: 16 Aug 05
Moves: 76863

19 Dec 08 00:34

Originally posted by Nordlys
We had stunt kites, but I have no idea whether they were Peter Powell kites. In any case they were great. What was special about Peter Powell kites compared to other stunt kites?

Apart from being the first stunt kites (Peter Powell patented I believe), they had 20m long tails that were filled with wind. You could write your name in the sky, and wrap the tail around people's necks if you were clever 😛. I don't know about today's kites, as I had just a brief google.