▲ 222 ▼ Yak Bak (1994) (lemmy.ca) submitted 2 years ago by gianni@lemmy.ca to c/nostalgia@lemmy.ca 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments This was one of my most prized possessions as a kid—right up until my sister stole it and traded it for a Cheese String at school.
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wanted on desperately but my parents said it was too expensive. I now suspect they thought I would be annoying with it. This and one of those tiny portable tube tvs were my biggest purchasing ambitions. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gianni@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh my God, yes those tiny TVs were the pinnacle of cool. It truly felt like you could be some sort of spy with all this cool tech. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) When I was a kid I had one of those. My parents bought it from a TV repair store. It was a combination 6" TV, audio tape player, and am/fm radio. It was about 2 feet by 2 feet and about 8 inches thick. It weighed about 20 pounds. It has a carry handle though so I guess it was "portable"... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gianni@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 2 years ago They had even smaller ones, too. I remember seeing them in the Sears catalog. I remember them looking sort of like this: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gianni@lemmy.ca [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Oh my God, yes those tiny TVs were the pinnacle of cool. It truly felt like you could be some sort of spy with all this cool tech. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) When I was a kid I had one of those. My parents bought it from a TV repair store. It was a combination 6" TV, audio tape player, and am/fm radio. It was about 2 feet by 2 feet and about 8 inches thick. It weighed about 20 pounds. It has a carry handle though so I guess it was "portable"... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gianni@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 2 years ago They had even smaller ones, too. I remember seeing them in the Sears catalog. I remember them looking sort of like this: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gianni@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 2 years ago They had even smaller ones, too. I remember seeing them in the Sears catalog. I remember them looking sort of like this: permalink fedilink source parent
