"Ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet south. Passage turns east and west. Which way do you go?"
"We go South."
Stupefied look and momentary pause. "Okay. Bump, bump, bump."
-E. Gary Gygax to adventurers in Greyhawk Castle, circa 1972
You have now entered the realm of the LORD OF THE GREEN DRAGONS -- a "Classic Gaming" blog.
i want those weapons too! about the "vrooom" thing: when i was a kid, we used to cut plastic soda bottles and tape it to our bikes. then it would make a loud sound, (the nighbors didnt liked the idea at all) as if it had a engine or something. the sound of plastic "slaping" the inside part of the bike wheel was enough for us!
The Fanner 50 commercial ended up causing some reform initiative in toy advertising to kids, seemingly they couldn't be "too theatric". According to my dad the fanner 50 was one of the coolest guns a kid could get in those days.
I want one of those Tommy guns!
ReplyDeleteI still have the dragon from the game...
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i want those weapons too!
ReplyDeleteabout the "vrooom" thing: when i was a kid, we used to cut plastic soda bottles and tape it to our bikes. then it would make a loud sound, (the nighbors didnt liked the idea at all) as if it had a engine or something. the sound of plastic "slaping" the inside part of the bike wheel was enough for us!
It looks like Otis Campbell (Hal Smith) was the bad guy in the Tommy Burst Commercial! LOL!
ReplyDelete@jcftao: You're absolutely right! I missed that. Maybe before his advent at Mayberry/ATS?
ReplyDeleteThe Fanner 50 commercial ended up causing some reform initiative in toy advertising to kids, seemingly they couldn't be "too theatric". According to my dad the fanner 50 was one of the coolest guns a kid could get in those days.
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