I'm a new Turbografx collector. Welcome Me !

[shabba]

I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid.  Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. 

That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?

I think that started in 2000.  That's when I first noticed kids zipping around the neighborhood on them. 

Seconded. Way after Mongoose, Redline and Schwinn Stings were cool. f*ck I'm old.

[o.pwuaioc]

Late 90s Mongoose owner checking in!

[DQ187]

I REALLY wanted a Mongoose when I was a kid.  Got a Murray from K-Mart instead. 

That reminds me, when were razor scooters a thing?

I think that started in 2000.  That's when I first noticed kids zipping around the neighborhood on them. 

Seconded. Way after Mongoose, Redline and Schwinn Stings were cool. f*ck I'm old.

I had 2 mongooses and a redline in the 90s! I remember working a ton of odd jobs during summer to raise money for all of em! My first mongoose was blue and ended up getting stolen out of our garage :/  2nd was green, and the redline was orange. Loved those bikes. Can't remember what ever happened to em. Probably traded em for games later on..

Was just looking around and I'm pretty sure my blue mongoose was a motivator and the green one was an expert pro? Maybe? Or Stylist Pro. I'm  not positive.  And don't remember what kinda redline I had.

[Bloufo]

Badges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.

I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.

Badges. Man.

There's badges and then there's badges.


One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for f*cking bitches.

[wildfruit]

Badges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.

I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.

Badges. Man.

There's badges and then there's badges.


One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for f*cking bitches.

That's the best picture on the internet ever. That eagle is boss.

[shabba]

Badges. They have badges. I didn't know that. Wow.

I'm trying really hard to NOT say "badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"...but I just said it. Edit: goes back a page, and it was already said. Still.

Badges. Man.

There's badges and then there's badges.


One badge was for knot tying, another for fire building, and the rest for f*cking bitches.

There's birds and then there's BIRDS. With talons.

[bob]

WTF is a "complete series set" for Earthbound?

Also, having never been to that forum (I've only heard stories. About 300 of them.) I had no idea the forum itself so actively encouraged collectard insanity. Now I can confidently say that it isn't just the people, it's the place.

Also, "Don't hate on Nintendo Age" followed by a f*cking emoticon is seriously inflamitory speach. I'm not going to say I hope he shoots himself in the foot cleaning his Zapper collection or anything but...that sure would be remarkable, wouldn't it? Because it impossible? That's what I find funny about that joke anyway.

you cant possibly say you didnt know the level of tardism at nintendoage.  if you have heard 300 stories, i am willing to bet at least one of them was about the VGA "society" that cultivates there.  its gross, like really f*cking gross.

[SignOfZeta]

I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?

f*cking weirdos, man.

[DQ187]

WTF is a "complete series set" for Earthbound?

Also, having never been to that forum (I've only heard stories. About 300 of them.) I had no idea the forum itself so actively encouraged collectard insanity. Now I can confidently say that it isn't just the people, it's the place.

Also, "Don't hate on Nintendo Age" followed by a f*cking emoticon is seriously inflamitory speach. I'm not going to say I hope he shoots himself in the foot cleaning his Zapper collection or anything but...that sure would be remarkable, wouldn't it? Because it impossible? That's what I find funny about that joke anyway.

you cant possibly say you didnt know the level of tardism at nintendoage.  if you have heard 300 stories, i am willing to bet at least one of them was about the VGA "society" that cultivates there.  its gross, like really f*cking gross.

Yeah, I'm not into the VGA thing. I'm just saying there's nice people there. I try not to hate on people just cuz they like to do things differently than me. Not everyone there has vga games or whatever and I usually speak my mind when things like that come up though. Or full set collectors. I just never saw the point. I only have games I want to play. Sold all my sealed games I was never gonna open, doubles and fluff I didn't want a couple years ago. That's actually what helped fund my entry into Turbografx. I sorta reevaluated my collection and trimmed the fat to fund other games I was interested in. For about 12 years I hadn't sold or traded anything until that moment a couple years ago.

[bob]

... VGA, its gross, like really f*cking gross.

Yeah, I'm not into the VGA thing.

I didn't say YOU were.

I'm just saying there's nice people there. I try not to hate on people just cuz they like to do things differently than me. Not everyone there has vga games or whatever and I usually speak my mind when things like that come up though. Or full set collectors. I just never saw the point. I only have games boxes I want to play.

fixed it.

[xelement5x]

I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?

f*cking weirdos, man.

I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade. 

[esteban]

I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?

f*cking weirdos, man.

I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade.

A song related to this topic:

Carter USM: A Bachelor for Baden Powell


As a former cub scout/boy scout, I can't say I disagree with  the song's critique.

[lukester]

I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?

f*cking weirdos, man.

I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade. 

There are 4 Eagle Scouts in my senior class of less than 200. Nothing off at all, they are are great dudes to hang with.

Zeta is a recluse neckbeard as usual

[esteban]

I always wondered what was up with those old man boy scouts, like the ones that are "scouting" in the 12th grade and go on massive canoe trips and shit. I would see them in the newspaper sometimes, local kids, because apparently its a huge deal to be an Eagle Scout, and it would confuse me because at that point in life I hadn't known any kid that had been into that scout bullshit for like 4-5 years, I'm talking about when I was old enough to be hanging out with kids with cars, Iron Maiden records, large caliber firearms, porn collections, etc at this point but aparently there is some mechanism to stay a "scout" past the point of high school graduation!?

f*cking weirdos, man.

I am glad to know that apparently you were unable to hang around with other heterosexual men once you reached 12th grade. 

There are 4 Eagle Scouts in my senior class of less than 200. Nothing off at all, they are are great dudes to hang with.

Zeta is a recluse neckbeard as usual

This was in Ohio, correct?

[bob]

they're not detroit!