“Wooof, please stop jumping up and down on top of the scanner,” I said to the office cat this morning. “Look what you’ve gone and done to our advert for ‘Splash Out’. I’m going to have to scan it again now!”
“It’s not me!” replied the cat. “It’s this new Yo-Yo I bought from the toy shop in town. It seems to have a mind all of its own!”
“Yo-Yo you say? That reminds me, I need to scan a couple of Yo-Yo adverts I found in the archives – if you’ve quite finished destroying the office equipment?”
“No worries,” said the cat. “I’ll go practice my Yo-Yo skills in the garden.”
“Not too close to the greenhouse though, eh?”
“Do you think I’m that daft?”
Later … Smash! Tinkle! Shatter! Meeeowwwlll!
1980s Coca-Cola and Fanta Yo-Yos by Russell
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- Anders And & Co. Denmark. 1981.
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- Pif Gadget. France. 1985.
In other Up and Down news…
R2-D2 defies gravity, C-3PO keeps his feet on the ground …
Illustration by David Kawami from The Star Wars Question and Answer Book about Space. 1979.
Q: What cool thing happens when you cross a video game icon with bubble gum and pocket money?
A: The Pac-Man Bubble Gum Money Box! (I so want one of these!)
Hamleys. UK. 1983.
Oops! Putting your foot in it …
Hamleys. UK. 1983.
Nadia and her gymnasium
Ets De Neuter. 1995. France.
Make friends … yes 🙂
Junior Sales Club. 1974
The Whizz Kids Guide, How To books
Star Wars Weekly. UK. 1979.
Big Jim, Big Josh, Big Jack, Dr. Acero
Congost catalogue. 1977. Spain.
Crashback – crushable and expandable vans on command!
More Fun From Kenner. US. 1997.
XRC by Tonka
More Fun From Kenner. US. 1997.
Here be dragons …
Hamleys. UK. 1983.
That’s all for now vintage mates. I’m off to buy new window panes for the TVTA greenhouse. Wooof’s off to Yo-Yo lessons for cats. See you soon 🙂
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