In the 1980s, if you liked a song you went out and bought the single on 7-inch vinyl. If you loved it you went out and bought…
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Founded in late 1958 by George Winters, 16 Magazine set the standard for all teen magazines. many imitators popped up over the years, and 16 withstood…
The 2-XL was a “robot with a personality” manufactured and released by Mego Corp. in 1978. This small ‘talking’ robot came complete with an 8-track…
This weekly British science fiction-oriented comic was first published by IPC Magazines in February 1977. IPC owned the rights to Dan Dare and decided to…
In late 1974, Gough Whitlam’s Australian Labor government allocated a new AM radio license to the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) for a “youth-style” radio station…
Stereoscopic films had been around since the 1920s, but the 1950s was unquestionably the golden age of 3-D, with excited teenagers flocking to the cinema…
THE BAWL GAME Baby-sitting. Self explanatory really. BOSS We know who the boss is…. Bruce Springsteen, of course. And as a verb, it means to…
The Un-Cola. “You like it, it likes you” – It’s lemonade alright? It’s just lemonade (and nothing to do with Michael Apted). …
ADIDAS Brand-name graffiti appearing primarily on running shoes, including a pair that glows in the dark. AGEISM Discrimination against the elderly for being old. AIR…
“Skate or Die!” With its funky circular joystick and boom box cabinet, there was no mistaking 720° in your local arcade. Starring a brightly-attired slacker…
This was the first practical way to play recorded music in your car and was invented by Bill Lear and developed in the 1960s by…
“Awesome” is equal to or slightly better than “Cool”, certainly better than “Bad” (or “Bitchin”) and about on a par with “Gnarly”, but definitely nowhere…
The A-line was first introduced by Christian Dior in 1955, but the style was too extreme a departure from the tiny waist, full skirt dresses…
1 9 3 6 – 1 9 8 9 Abbott “Abbie” Hoffman was a US left-wing political activist, and founder of the Yippies (Youth International…
Abigail became the undisputed Number One female sex symbol in Australia during the 1970s, primarily as a result of her playing Bev Houghton in the…
During the 1950s and 1960s fascination with the Abominable Snowman (or Yeti) reached fever pitch. The Himalayan half man, half ape joined the Loch Ness…
First published on 7 February 1976, Action was clearly aimed at working-class teenage boys, and the kids in the target audience loved it. But the…
What??? A boy playing with a doll??? Are you insane? These weren’t dolls, they were ‘Action Figures’. There’s a big difference . . . Dolls…
The Mego company got its start as an importer of toys and household novelties but in the early 1970s, they began production on an action…
The 1/6th scale Action Man was another product imported to the UK from America, where he was launched under the name GI Joe by Hasbro…