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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 8938410" data-attributes="member: 6684958"><p><strong>D&D</strong>- Way back in the 80's a read lot of Chose Your Own Adventure Books. But I ran out of Official books fast, but luckily there was plenty of Third Party Chose Books. And one such company was TSR, making D&D Chose Your Own Adventure Books. I read those books too.....and way on the back page was an add: "If you liked this book, you should try this game AD&D". So I did, buying that Red Basic box at Waldenbooks.....</p><p></p><p><strong>Star Wars-</strong> I was a younling for seeing in the theater Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, though I was "there" with my parents. So my first movie was Return of the Jedi. And I got all the Toys, even lots of the Sears Exclusive ones. </p><p></p><p><strong>Earth sea-</strong> We have not been introduced </p><p></p><p><strong>H.Potter- </strong>My daughter came over one day <em>obssesed </em>with a new book: Harry and the Stone. And quickly we were brewing potions and playing quiditch and on and on.<strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Magic The Gathering- </strong>One day I was told this weird "card company" bought TSR....and have not cared about 'magic' ever, but guess it's like playing War with cards.<strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Marvel- </strong>I was a G.I. Joe kid. The grocery store Pick and Pay sold G.I. Joe comics with an action figure pack, so I bought them. The store gave me ten cents for each store receipt I turned in, er, for the citys schools or something, I don't remember. So when my mom went grocery shopping I'd get $5 from her to buy five things from our cart..and get five receipts....six plus the one my mom got for the cart full. Plus I'd get a seventh receipt for buying my mom her cigarettes.....as back in the '80's a kid could just say "I'm buying these cigarettes for my mom"...and they would let you buy them. Not long after g.I. Joe, I got into Transformers and their comic: Buying the first four issues in a special pack at Zaryes(it was like K-Mart, but worse). I took a Mythology class in school, to go with Astronomy. Then one day, I saw an issue of The Avengers, where they were fighting the Olympian gods. I picked it up, and was hooked.</p><p></p><p><strong>D.C- </strong>At some point in the 80's I saw these and ignored them, Make Mine Marvel.</p><p></p><p><strong>Doctor Who - </strong>Searching for sci fi content to watch in the 80's wasteland....I heard a rumor about a "doctor who" show that was only shown on Public Television. For me it was channel 45/49 that was on the edge of the area....so I had to Macguyver an antenna out of wire hangers and tin foil to get it to come in clear. Though it was also shown late at night, 10pm, so I had to pop in a Beta Max tape and hit 'record' before I went to sleep<strong>. </strong>So starting with the Third Doctor I watched them all.</p><p></p><p><strong>Star Trek- </strong>I saw the original series a bunch of times on UHF channel 67, often on Sunday nights they would play three or four in a row. And, somehow, my station got the ones unedited for syndication so they always over ran the hour time slot by several minutes. As a kid, it was an ok show. But I really got on board when Star Trek the Next Generation came out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 8938410, member: 6684958"] [B]D&D[/B]- Way back in the 80's a read lot of Chose Your Own Adventure Books. But I ran out of Official books fast, but luckily there was plenty of Third Party Chose Books. And one such company was TSR, making D&D Chose Your Own Adventure Books. I read those books too.....and way on the back page was an add: "If you liked this book, you should try this game AD&D". So I did, buying that Red Basic box at Waldenbooks..... [B]Star Wars-[/B] I was a younling for seeing in the theater Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, though I was "there" with my parents. So my first movie was Return of the Jedi. And I got all the Toys, even lots of the Sears Exclusive ones. [B]Earth sea-[/B] We have not been introduced [B]H.Potter- [/B]My daughter came over one day[B] [/B][I]obssesed [/I]with a new book: Harry and the Stone. And quickly we were brewing potions and playing quiditch and on and on.[B] Magic The Gathering- [/B]One day I was told this weird "card company" bought TSR....and have not cared about 'magic' ever, but guess it's like playing War with cards.[B] Marvel- [/B]I was a G.I. Joe kid. The grocery store Pick and Pay sold G.I. Joe comics with an action figure pack, so I bought them. The store gave me ten cents for each store receipt I turned in, er, for the citys schools or something, I don't remember. So when my mom went grocery shopping I'd get $5 from her to buy five things from our cart..and get five receipts....six plus the one my mom got for the cart full. Plus I'd get a seventh receipt for buying my mom her cigarettes.....as back in the '80's a kid could just say "I'm buying these cigarettes for my mom"...and they would let you buy them. Not long after g.I. Joe, I got into Transformers and their comic: Buying the first four issues in a special pack at Zaryes(it was like K-Mart, but worse). I took a Mythology class in school, to go with Astronomy. Then one day, I saw an issue of The Avengers, where they were fighting the Olympian gods. I picked it up, and was hooked. [B]D.C- [/B]At some point in the 80's I saw these and ignored them, Make Mine Marvel. [B]Doctor Who - [/B]Searching for sci fi content to watch in the 80's wasteland....I heard a rumor about a "doctor who" show that was only shown on Public Television. For me it was channel 45/49 that was on the edge of the area....so I had to Macguyver an antenna out of wire hangers and tin foil to get it to come in clear. Though it was also shown late at night, 10pm, so I had to pop in a Beta Max tape and hit 'record' before I went to sleep[B]. [/B]So starting with the Third Doctor I watched them all. [B]Star Trek- [/B]I saw the original series a bunch of times on UHF channel 67, often on Sunday nights they would play three or four in a row. And, somehow, my station got the ones unedited for syndication so they always over ran the hour time slot by several minutes. As a kid, it was an ok show. But I really got on board when Star Trek the Next Generation came out.[B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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