Metal Lunchboxes when you were a kid.

[crowbarz]

i had a KISS lunchbox.

 

[cleverlyj]

nice glass collection VJ. are those arby's glasses? i remember seeing an ad somewhere from BITD but have never come across any online.

 

[havok69]

Had the Superfriends:

My personal favorite was The Six Million Dollar Man:

And I wish I had this one:

 

[Gonzo22]

I had the Fall Guy.

To this day I have never seen the show, or know anything about it but I had the metal lunch box as a kid.

Maybe I'll dig it out and take some pictures of it later. Its is super good shape because I hated it because I knew nothing about the fall guy.

 

[VectorJunkie]

I had the Fall Guy.

To this day I have never seen the show, or know anything about it but I had the metal lunch box as a kid.

Maybe I'll dig it out and take some pictures of it later. Its is super good shape because I hated it because I knew nothing about the fall guy.

I used to watch that show.. Looks like IMDB links to full episodes on hulu.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081859/

It is never too late to enjoy the 80's. I am sure it will be quite cheesy by today's standards.

 

[VectorJunkie]

nice glass collection VJ. are those arby's glasses? i remember seeing an ad somewhere from BITD but have never come across any online.

Not sure where they came from originally. The ghost glasses have the following printed on them which is sort of odd.

Army And Air Force
Exchange Service
(C)1980 Bally Midway MFG. Co.
All Rights Reserved

The Pac-man mug has just the normal copyrights and trademarks. I will have to ask the in-laws if they know where they came from.

 

[claymax]

I had the Peanuts one, Star Wars, and this one:

Cool, but I was a Thunderbirds and UFO fan and had these ( or something like them).

 

[blkdog7]

I actually take a metal lunch box to work every day. Yes, I know.

I have two that I rotate between:

This Fender tweed amp lunchbox:

And this Bettie Page one:

 

[tophatne1]

These are all pretty sweet.

and that Fender amp box is great!

 

[Oryk Zinyo]

Not sure where they came from originally. The ghost glasses have the following printed on them which is sort of odd.

Army And Air Force
Exchange Service
(C)1980 Bally Midway MFG. Co.
All Rights Reserved

The Pac-man mug has just the normal copyrights and trademarks. I will have to ask the in-laws if they know where they came from.

The Army and Air Force Exchange is a sort of Wal-Mart that is used by military families to keep costs down while shopping on base. Usually they are exempt to local sales taxes and some of the profits earned from sales within the stores goes to recreation funds for the base they are located on. The mark-up in these stores is also usually quite a bit less than similar stores out in town.

 

[kerri369]

here's mine. still have it. knight rider rules!!!!

 

[VectorJunkie]

The Army and Air Force Exchange is a sort of Wal-Mart that is used by military families to keep costs down while shopping on base. Usually they are exempt to local sales taxes and some of the profits earned from sales within the stores goes to recreation funds for the base they are located on. The mark-up in these stores is also usually quite a bit less than similar stores out in town.

Yeah, I was suspecting it was a base exchange after I posted. When I was a kid we lived near Travis Air Force base and I went there on occasion with friends who had parents in the military. Of course we called it the BX for Base Exchange. Duh!

 

[EVB]

I had the Fall Guy.

To this day I have never seen the show, or know anything about it but I had the metal lunch box as a kid.

Maybe I'll dig it out and take some pictures of it later. Its is super good shape because I hated it because I knew nothing about the fall guy.

I think you need to watch the show. I watched all of them when I was around 13 which was also at the height of my arcade game mastery career.
Man, Heather Thomas looks like she had bad plastic surgery. Yikes! In 1986 a friend of mine was in the hospital with a broken leg from a car accident. Heather Thomas was in a room across the hall. She was crossing the street on foot and got run over by a car. She was suffering from two broken legs.

There's my 80's trivia for you folks.

Oh I had one of these:

 

[butthead]

I had a Brown Paper Bag that I had to bring home everday. So she could use it the next day.
Tom

 

[Oryk Zinyo]

Yeah, I was suspecting it was a base exchange after I posted. When I was a kid we lived near Travis Air Force base and I went there on occasion with friends who had parents in the military. Of course we called it the BX for Base Exchange. Duh!

They have gone by many names in my short time on this earth. Some of the ones I have seen include:

NEX - Navy Exchange
PX - Post Exchange
AAFEX - Army / Air Force Exchange

And just outside my hotel in Virginia they just opened a CGX - Coast Guard Exchange. I wish I was still able to shop there...

 

[EVB]

I had a Brown Paper Bag that I had to bring home everday. So she could use it the next day.
Tom

Yeah, that's the route I went after first grade.

 

[Necromancer]

I had the original Hot Wheels lunchbox from the 1960's. Still have it too!

 

[SeanMcL]

I had the original Hot Wheels lunchbox from the 1960's. Still have it too!

That is cool. Waaaaaaay cool.

 

[ThatGuy]

My in-laws collected a bunch of stuff including metal lunch boxes. They still have quite a few of them at their house. Maybe I should grab some pictures over christmas. They have these shelves that go around whole rooms about one foot below the ceiling in about 4 to 5 rooms. They have glasses, thermoses, etc as well.

I already grabbed all the video game related items they had. Here is a picture of the pac-man glasses I got.

I think I have a Super Mario Brothers lunchbox around here with a Pac-man thermos too.

Absolutely love the John Olerud rookie card in the nice case at the top. What's the story behind that card?????

 

[Phetishboy]

Is Luke playing airplane? WTF?