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Six Million Dollar Man Action Figure
If there was ever a television series that demanded a toy line for its merchandise, it was The Six Million Dollar Man.
This classic series chronicling the adventures of a half-man, half-cyborg bionic government agent named...
Simon
"Simon's a computer, Simon has a brain - follow the pattern of light and sounds."
1978 was the year of electronic games, and none was more addictive or irritating than Simon - a big round lump...
Raleigh Burner
Raleigh debuted their Burner BMX bike in 1982 and followed on with numerous models, including the Super Tuff Burner, which featured the five-spoke plastic 'Mag' wheels that are still seen on BMX bikes today.
Before the...
Operation
The key to successful surgery is a steady hand. Of course, it is also handy to have a patient whose nose lights up red when you take out the wrong kidney.
That's exactly what happened when...
Shopping in the 1960s
With the arrival of more money in people's pockets to spend on both essentials and luxuries (first in the United States from the late 40s and then in other industrialised countries from the mid-50s) shops...
