Do you remember when Nintendo introduced the Game Boy’s Play It Loud line? It was the beginning of a new era. We had the opportunity to choose colors other than dull grey. Personally, my parents never wanted me to have a Game Boy. In fact, they were against most gaming systems. I think that is the reason why I’ve started collecting gaming consoles. Thanks a lot, mom and dad! Well, back to the Play It Loud series. When I was in 4th grade, a kid in the classroom next to mine brought his Game Boy to school. He had the Play It Loud clear case edition. He made a real hit, because every kids in school wanted to how a clear-cased Game Boy. For the obvious reason that you could see how a Game Boy looked from the inside. Transparency was so cool at the time and it was the first and last time that I’ve seen a clear-cased Game Boy in person. A few years ago, my dad got me a red Game Boy, from the flea market. Well, it’s not clear-cased as I wished to have, but it’s a good start. Maybe, I should try to get all the colors from the series. Who knows?

Concerning the Play It Loud line, I’m looking for an ad that once appeared in Nintendo Power. In this ad, they were comparing the colors of the handhelds to food condiments such as ketchup, relish and mustard. I’m sure it has been featuring in the January 1995’s issue. If some of you have this magazine, it would be nice to look for me if it’s the right ad. I would like to see it again. Thank you. End of line.

My big sister had the whole set, except from Ken. My mom never wanted us to have male dolls. Finally, I’ve been waiting until I was 12 years old to get a Ken doll and each time I see one for a cheap price, at the flea market, I feel the need to buy it. End of line.

It’s official! After years of waiting, the complete series of animated TV show Bump in the Night will finally get a release on DVD. There’s no confirmed release date, but we know that Shout! Factory will release the series. Shout! Factory is also the same company that released several episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Unfortunately, Bump in the Night will not be available in stores; it will be a Shout!’s online store exclusive title. Personally, I’ve never watched Bump in the Night when I was a kid. I didn’t have cable TV and I didn’t understand English, at this time. However, I was lucky to find several videos of the show on YouTube. Now, I can’t wait to get it on DVD. End of line.

James Rolfe, best known as the Angry Video Game Nerd, decided to make a series of videos about obsolete video formats and here’s the one about the Laserdisc:

I’ve never really heard or read about Laserdisc, when I was young. In fact, I thought they were (huge) DVDs. I remember that a few years ago, as I was loitering at a local flea market, I came across a Laserdisc copy of Star Trek VI, but I wasn’t interested into buying it, since I’ve never owned a disc player. Can’t wait to see the Nerd makes a video about Betamax tapes! End of line.

When I was a kid, one of my favorites toys were LEGO blocks. Thanks to a friend of the family who gave me, a bucket full of these famous blocks, as well as my very first ColecoVision system. Well, let’s get back to LEGOs! I could spend countless hours building houses, towers, vehicles and other things. Most of the blocks were from the Classic Space series and, as it often happens when you get used LEGO sets, the instructions booklets were missing. So, I spent all these years not knowing how to build space shuttles and lunar scooters. It was until recently, when I’ve decided to look for archives of instructions booklets, that I’ve found this website. This place contains scans of several building instructions from the Space series and others as well. I’ve decided to give a try on one of the easiest models and here’s how it came out:

The model as pictured on the booklet.

My version of the Space Shuttle.

Well, when I said I owned a used set, this also meant that some of the original pieces were missing. So, I had to improvise a little. Anyway, I had a lot of fun building this shuttle and I’m planning to build another model soon. I fell back in my childhood and that was great. End of line.

Justin Buonvino, best known as NES–still-the-best, is a DeviantArt user who makes astonishing 3-D interpretations of popular NES games scenes. Today, Justin decided to gave us these cool mashup wallpapers the Legend of Zelda and Pink Floyd‘s most popular album’s cover, The Dark Side of the Moon.

For those who don’t get it, instead of having Link holding the Triforce, like he does at the end of some of the games, he’s the triangle-prism from the famous Pink Floyd album cover. Well, now I know which wallpaper will be featured on my desktop, this week. End of line.

I finally got the blog’s new header set. As you can see, it’s actually a cartoon interpretation of myself drawn by the uber-talented Christopher Tupa. He also did the superhero artwork (and my official avatar) that can be seen in the “about” page. Chris is also known for making the feature artworks for the Retroist’s podcast, since episode 22. You can also buy some of his original artworks here. By the way, he also does commissions. Isn’t that great? Maybe I should ask him to draw me a picture of Pee-Wee Herman. Well, I’ll think about it. End of line.