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This as your school bag and you wrote your name on it with whiteout. (img) -
A classic after school cartoon. (img) -
Yep, you could! (img) -
You were the rad B-boy at school (img) -
Your mum made this cake for you at least once. (img) -
Before there was NERF, we had caps! (img) -
Cars to drool over 1. Delorean from Back to the Future (img) -
Cars to drool over 2. General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard (img) -
Cars to drool over 3. K.I.T from Knight Rider (img) -
Cars to drool over 4. Inceptor from Mad Max (img) -
Cars to drool over 5. Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari (img) -
Re-reading to get the best ending. (img) -
This will put a tune in your head. (img) -
This Doctor! (img) -
Looking forward all year to the June long weekend cracker night. (img) -
You had this glow-in-the-dark T-shirt, right? (img) -
Fess up, you had one or both of these hairstyles at some stage. (img) -
The masters of YOUR universe. (img) -
Remember tuning in on the radio to listen to Let's Sing on ABC? (img) -
The familiar gap-toothed smile, the fold-in page, and Spy vs. Spy comic strip. (img) -
Collect them all. (img) -
Spinning so fast you fell off and broke your arm. (img) -
Save or spend? (img) -
"I pity the fool" (img) -
Aussie sporting legend Pat Cash. (img) -
Back page of a comic book - the strange ad for mail order Sea Monkeys (img) -
Middle seam moon shoes - we all had them. (img) -
The ever classic Dunlop Volley. (img) -
Remember these ripple desert boots? (img) -
Top score at the local milk bar. (img) -
In a galaxy far far away.... (img) -
This was probably under the Christmas tree one year. (img) -
Another firecracker night favourite, "Throwdowns". (img) -
You probalby lost a tooth to one of these bad boys! (img Photography by Ben Dearnley) -
Gum gag - brilliant. (img) -
Sony at the forefront of personal music. (img) -
Getting one of these was kind of like a rite of passage for eighties boys. (img) -
Still funny! (img) -
When WWF stood for wrestling instead of wildlife! (img) -
Remember how long it took to load up? (img) -
Remember playing flicks by the tuckshop wall? (img) -
Goodie, goodie yum-yum. (img) -
You know who the Cat Man, Starchild, Spaceman and Demon were. (img) -
You probably had a special bag of balls. (img) -
Kids were collecting cards like these long before Woolworths jumped on the idea. (img) -
You totally know what Monkey is doing here ! (img) -
A small selection of your prized eraser collection. (img) -
Probably had a few of these aound the house? (img) -
Tthe iconic 80s skateboard and skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk (img) (img) -
Mastered all the tricks. (img) -
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Flashback time! Here are a handful of totally retro memories for boys (and a few for girls) who grew up in the 1980's in Australia.