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Eclectic Lee

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Old geek of many interests including classic video games, comic books, & funny music. Also a pack rat posting items from his hoard. He/him. linktr.ee/EclecticLee

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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 8h
This arrived yesterday from an eBay seller. A version of the "Pac-Man Fever" 45 from the U.K. in a picture sleeve. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE BEFORE. As far as Google and Discogs are concerned, THIS DOESN'T EXIST! If you can prove otherwise, please do.
Pretty standard "Pac-Man Fever" screen photo, except the title text is white instead of yellow. And the "Buckner & Garcia" is placed differently than any other I've seen (IIRC). Someone marked it "31689," presumably for some sort of tracking.It goes off the rails on the back. Most of the sleeve reproduces the "Life in Mazeland" section of the Atari 2600 game manual.The white label version of the U.K. single with a giant, orange A on it. I presume to tell you this is side A. It also has "31689" written on it.Side B, with the instrumental version.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#MazeMonday in honor of #PacMan! I saw these headphones at my local Five Below this weekend. (But didn't buy them.)
Front and back of the box. They're black headphones with yellow paint around the ears and a yellow center on the underside of the headband. The center of the outside of the earpiece features Pac-Man and the ghost monsters in part of the maze.Side and top view.Other side and bottom view.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listening to disco and getting all the innuendo and double entendres that went over my head as a child, back when these were on the radio.
Rhino Special Editions Disco Hits Vols. 1 and 4-6. The thrift store didn't have 2 & 3.
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Dan Fogerburp @nicksterj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a dance off. If you see this, post a dance!
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Labrinth Dancing with Mystical Creatures
ALT: Labrinth Dancing with Mystical Creatures
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a dance off. If you see this, post a dance!
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Weird Al Party Hard Dance
Alt: Weird Al dancing from the "Fat" video.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congratulations, <spoiler>, on your #LoganAwards win!!! (Hopefully the image is hidden for those of you that haven't watched yet.)
Not graphic media, just a spoiler.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I shared Skittles Shriekers with friends last night, where some are supposed to be randomly really sour. Either they're not particularly sour or our bag was a complete dud, because only one of us thought he *may* have gotten a shrieker.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy National One Hit Wonder Day! #music #OneHitWonder #OneHitWonderDay #PacManFever
A Pac-Man Fever 45 signed by Buckner & Garcia. It's a shake my name isn't Mike."Pac-Man Fever" picture disc 45 featuring a screenshot of the game on the (square) disc, wrapped in a clear sleeve with a sticker on it.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#TopShelfFriday Rom #1 signed by Shooter (EIC & uncredited plotter of Rom's origin) and Rubinstein (cover inker).
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
4 comics to get to know me #ComicSky
Star Wars by Marvel Rom, Spaceknight by Marvel (licensed from Parker Brothers)Atari Force by DC PS 238 by Aaron Williams
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Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is the birthday of actor Christopher Reeve (Sept. 25, 1952-Oct. 10, 2004).
A photo of Reeve at his most handsome at the time of the release of Superman.A photo of Reeve after his hair loss due to his spinal injury. He still has a beautiful smile.A photo of Reeve as Superman flying.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Dvandom @dvandom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also, every accusation is a confession?
Current Senator, then Coach Tuberville hugging a tiger-suited sports mascot.  It's basically a fursuit.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#UnintentionalCollection
"Ford Motor Company Presents Quadrophonic Sound for Today" on 8-track and "Ford Motor Company Stereo for the 80s" on cassette.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
President Luthor has fractured the country and corrupted the mystical embodiment of America’s spirit who attacks Superman for being un-American. During their battle, Superman reminds it of what America truly is. Realizing its mistake, the true Spirit of America returns -- Uncle Sam has returned.
Superman stands over a weakened Uncle Sam and addresses him.

"That was Lex Luthor corrupting you.

And as hard as it has been for me -- THIS President of the United States -- President Luthor does not speak for all of us. The PEOPLE speak for this country. Like them, you only needed to be reminded of it. 

The world will ALWAYS look to us to do the right thing. But it will never be the right thing for everyone.

I think -- I think we all CAN do is our best and hope folks like what we've chosen."

Uncle Sam rises from the ground and responds.

" [...] I worry, though. It's never been harder to be what we are. The Spirit of America "

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Superman #178, March 2002 by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness & Cam Smith.
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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 23/09/2026
Some are calling for the Trump administration to ban diesel exports and boost domestic supply. But while it might reduce prices temporarily, it could cause problems in the long-term.
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"Not such a good idea": How banning diesel exports to lower prices could backfire
Some senators and governors are calling on the Trump administration to temporarily ban diesel exports to boost domestic supply. Experts say it might not work as well as they hope.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bookmarking this for the next time someone mispronounces Xevious.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I loved his work on D.P. 7 and Quasar. R.I.P.
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Randy Cassingham @thisistrue.com · 21/09/2026
No medications needed.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have several favorite games, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. Although I played earlier games, Pac-Man was certainly the 1st big step, but it was Donkey Kong that cemented it. I wrote about it years ago. home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg...
The start of a game of Pac-Man.Jumping the first barrel in a game of Donkey Kong.
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Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is the birthday of E. Nelson Bridwell (Sept. 22, 1931-Jan. 23, 1987). Writer, editor, & encyclopedia of comic book history.
A color photo of Bridwell on his phone in his office.Part of a cover from his run on Superfriends (issue 28). Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Robin are confronting Bizarro, Swamp Thing, the Demon, Solomon Grundy, and Man-Bat.A panel from his run on Shazam from World's Finest Comics. The Marvel Family has just found out that Kid Eternity is Freddy's brother.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#VintageToyTuesday I was surprised to find this Hot Wheels Dual-Lane Speedometer in my parents' basement earlier this month. It still needs detailing, as it's gathered some grime over the years. It's supposed to have some stickers, but I got it used and it didn't have them then. 1/3
Top of the speedometer. The arrows are supposed to have blue stickers filling them in and the thin, vertical rectangles by the outside of the dials are supposed to have black on yellow stickers saying, "Dual-Lane Speedometer."
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Song Parody Ethan @ethanmawyersongparodies.com · 21/09/2026
I submitted another song parody video to YT this morning. My 59th. This is one where the entire parody was directly inspired by rhyming words in the original title line. "I'm at a place called Vertigo" = "My cat just ate the QWERTY row." youtu.be/Q8eicnClWOQ
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QWERTY Row - Parody of Vertigo by U2
YouTube video by Ethan Mawyer
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@dystopos.bsky.social, do you need your own mini Sun Ra?
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
XLR? No, Ethernet!
A rectangular Ethernet port and connector inside a round XLR port and connector.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spotted a mailbox in a local shopping center I hadn't noticed before. Sadly, it's not in service, but it's the oldest one I've seen: 1942! (Refurbished in 2016.) That's older than the shopping center. Cc: @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social, whose post made me aware of these dates.
In Huntsville, AL, a mailbox pushed up against a wall and with yellow tape across the door saying, "Do not use."1942 stamped in the metal at the bottom. Plus a sticker saying:
REFURBISHED BY
STEEL CRAFT CORP
2016
106 STEEL CRAFT DR
HARTFORD, 53027- 1631
(262) 673-6770
CONTRACT# ICDSEQ-08- 80021
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Right now I'm just a sound guy taking a break while the band argues about whether the artist in their reference recording added some extra notes to a measure (and how many).
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#RandomGameSaturday A recent acquisition: a bare copy of "Pac-Man: Special Color Edition" for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Sadly, I don't have a GBC. And while it's not labeled as Super Game Boy enhanced, I'm curious what it'll look like on it.
The cartridge with a $5 price tag. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition title screen on an original Game Boy.
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Randy Cassingham @thisistrue.com · 18/09/2026
I didn't write this, but it's true.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1st point: "Unlimited" apparently means 17.
Ordering a bacon cheeseburger. The screen says, "Select unlimited toppings." But it also says, "Select up to 17."
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Discontinued Foods! @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
America’s Birthday Ice Cream (1976-1976): To celebrate the Bicentennial, Meadow Gold released this special red and white and blue concoction, consisting of swirls of vanilla, blueberry, and cherry ice creams
A white, folded ice cream carton, with an image of three scoops of red, white, and blue swirled ice cream in a glass bowl. The carton reads "America's Birthday" in a very 1976 font
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hee hee! I'm reading "Fantastic Four: The End" by Alan Davis and company. Part of the story takes place on Mars, where this sound effect happens. It also happens to be the name for Mars in the John Carter stories. Was it Davis' idea or someone else's? #ComicSky #FF
BARSOOM!

"FF: The End" by Alan Davis (story & pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), John Kalisz (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters).
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hee hee! I'm reading "Fantastic Four: The End" by Alan Davis and company. Part of the story takes place on Mars, where this sound effect happens. It also happens to be the name for Mars in the John Carter stories. Was it Davis' idea or someone else's? #ComicSky #FF
BARSOOM!

"FF: The End" by Alan Davis (story & pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), John Kalisz (colors), and Dave Lanphear (letters).
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Eating ghost monsters. It was a clear case of self-defense.
High score board for "World's Largest Pac-Man" showing Lee S. on top with 65,660 points. Sadly the rest of the board is default scores.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's #MazeMonday, celebrating #PacMan! I found an import food store at my local mall and one of the items they carry is Pac-Man Candy Can soda, Cherry Candy flavor. The gimmick is there are 45 unique designs on the tops of the cans. I do not care to try to collect them all. A sampling will do.
Three cans of Pac-Man Candy Can soda arranged so you can see what the whole can side looks like.Three different tops: 17 (I think), 29, and 20. I forgot to actually look at the cans and the number of the first one is hard to make out in the photo.

Sadly opening them removes past of the art. The first one is a perfectly spherical Pac-Man that said "Waka waka!". The second a pixelated Pac-Man eating a tiny, pixelated, flashing ghost monster. And the last is a stylized Blinky with even the whites of his eyes done in red.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s #StarWarsSunday! I picked up these two R2-D2 candles from a local bakery going out of business. They'd apparently been on their racks for decades. Yes, one is white and the other gray. They're not just different batches of wax because only one has "R2D2" on the top left corner of the back.
White candle on the left, gray on the right. Both have "The Empire Strikes Back" branding on the card of the blister pack.There are subtle differences in the fonts on the back, but the main difference is that in the top left corner the white one says, "2811-608" and the gray one says "2811-608   R2D2™".
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I won a Doctor Strange card from this "Avengers" redemption game today. He's nowhere on the machine itself, except the list of 9 cards you could win. Need this, @sanctumblog.bsky.social?
Avengers token drop redemption arcade gameClose-up of the 9 possible cards you could win.Doctor Strange card front with smaller Marvel and bigger Avengers logos at the top. Doctor Strange doesn't get a logo for his name, just (mostly) regular font.The back just says:
DOCTOR STRANGE

REAL NAME
Stephen Strange

HEIGHT
6'1"

WEIGHT
180 lbs.

[MARVEL logo] 

Then a barcode at the bottom.
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Randy Cassingham @thisistrue.com · 10/09/2026
An interesting Honorary Unsubscribe this week: Mary Tsingou was a very early computer programmer who didn’t seek credit ...and didn’t get it until much, much later when someone noticed well-known men overlooked her. There’s a lot packed into 3 minutes of reading.
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Mary Tsingou - Honorary Unsubscribe
A literal footnote in history until someone noticed and gave her the credit she deserved.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Been here.
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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you want a folding phone that doesn't cost a bazillion dollars & won't let you waste your time or money on 'apps' then have I got good news for you
The Pacman phone from the1980s which opens & closes
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Erin can do it with a broken heart @eringoblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy Star Trek day! 🖖 “Let’s Not Fight (About Star Trek)” is coming soon to our Bandcamp page (probably in time for the next Bandcamp Friday on October 2)…but until then, you can find it at The FuMP.
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The FuMP - Let's Not Fight (About Star Trek) by Via Bella
We finally got around to recording our song about how much Erin hates online opinion pieces structured as if there is objective data to consult when creating listicles. You know,
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My father, R.I.P., put these models together when I was pretty young. He became a major Star Trek fan in the '70s. They decorated a shelf in my room for years. I rediscovered them in a box at my parents' last year. They need a little refurbishing. #StarTrek60
Small models of a TOS Klingon cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey, and Enterprise on a joint base.The same models from the underside so you can see the Romulan decal.
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The Flopcast @flopcast.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Flopcast episode 748 - our annual summer robot Top 4 1/2 List, featuring robots from Supergirl comic books. Why not. #supergirl #robots #dccomics flopcast.net/748.html
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Kevin Bunch (ubersaurus) @atariarchive.org · 08/09/2026
For Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, why not revisit the article I posted earlier this year about the history of the Mike Mayfield fan game and how it wound its way to the Atari 2600? www.atariarchive.org/blog/stellar...
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Stellar Track – March 1981, Atari Archive
At first glance, Stellar Track seems like a minor VCS release, and it is – as a Sears exclusive that requires the instruction manual to learn to play,...
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Guess it's time to share my Hembeck commission again. #Hembeck #RomSpaceknight
A cover redo of ROM #25 by Fred Hembeck (after Al Milgrom) fearing Rom vs. Rom. Except they have mouths indicating the one on the left is surprised and the one on the right is mad (and probably evil).
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Chris Chapman @savestate.site · 08/09/2026
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary: 35th Anniversary
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#VintageToyTuesday Remember Yes & Know invisible ink books? Picked up at a Stuckey's by your parents to keep you distracted for a little bit on a long car trip? Because we didn't have Game Boys or smart phones yet! This is a Y-K Fleet book, undoubtedly not called "Battleship" for trademark reasons.
Cover: 
Yes & Know Invisible Ink Game Book
Fleet
By-Yourself Enjoyment

Lee Publications - U.S. Patent No. 3826499The book open to two completed games. You have 32 shots to sink a fleet made of a battleship (5 spaces), cruiser (4), destroyer (3), and submarine (2) in an 8x8 grid.A pair of unused games. Anybody got a working Yes & Know marker?Back cover: 
Yes & Know Fleet
Printed with invisible ink that is revealed instantly by the Yes & Know pen

A game of luck and logic. You attempt to destroy all the ships in the hidden enemy fleet in the 32 shots you are allowed. 

...Great for you—A perfect gift

Lee Publications, 815-825 E. Market St., P.O. Box 32120, Louisville, Ky. 40232
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#MazeMonday Because after all these years #PacMan still rules! Post an item from your Pac-Man collection. I found my long-missing Pac-Man coasters recently. These came out a few years ago.
Front of Pac-Man Coasters package. "Contains 1 x Pac-Man and 3 x ghost silicone coasters."Back of package with official Bandai Namco seal.Pac-Man, Blinky, Inky, and Clyde coasters. Alas, poor Pinky.
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Eclectic Lee @eclecticlee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Found the 1982 Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog at my parents' today. For just $20,000, you could get the LaserTour by Perceptronics, a computerized system that lets you bicycle different routes via an exercise bike and laser disc player connected by a specialized computer.
The cover of the "Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book 1982" featuring cartoon art by DePaola of a line of people in medieval costumes and domino masks. The night sky above is filled with five-pointed stars and a line of angels with their backs turned.HIS/HER GIFT 1982

Fitness can be a real trip, with the help of this year's His/Her Gift for Christmas 1982.

Possibly the best inducement to exercise since the discovery of the mirror (and considerably more exciting) the LaserTour™ by Perceptronics utilizes the modern magic of microelectronics to create a totally new concept of surrogate travel as you exercise. The LaserTour, created for Neiman-Marcus, is a unique microcomputer system that amalgamates a superior, industrial quality LaserDisc™ player with a video disc, a 45" rear screen video projector, and the Lifecycle® electronic bicycle/aerobic trainer.

As you pedal off on the bicycle, you're plunged into a variety of locations and situations—projected from the laser video disc onto the large screen, eye level projector. The faster you pedal., the faster you whirl through the landscape. At intervals, road signs give you a choice of desti- nations at the push of a button on your cycle's handle. You can vary the same tour as the day's mood dictates. Glide down the beach bikeways. cruise through elegant Beverly Hills, range the Southern California canyons and hills (you'll feel the ups and downs). Or Mitty-like, choose the multi-segment fantasy tour for some surprises.

To ice the cake, any part of the LaserTour System may be used on its own - the entertainment components separately to enjoy your favorite TV programs or video disc movies, or the Lifecycle alone for simply the finest precision mechanical exercise. As a complete unit the combination of elements directed by the microcomputer gives you startlingly natural control over your tours—movement speed, route, sensations of change in grade over the terrain.

Sign up for LaserTour—you'll want to travel this way often for your health, and for pure fun.

23A. LaserTour System with Lifecycle, rear screen projector, LaserDisc player, and an especially produced video disc with approximately two hours of tours, 20,000.00.
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