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The First & Best-Known Rubik’s Cube Knock-Off: Wonderful Puzzler – Jon’s Cool Junk

When Rubik’s Cubes hit the world in 1980, other companies were quick to jump on the bandwagon and start producing clones. The Wonderful Puzzler from Taiwan is the first and best-known imitation Rubik’s cube ever produced. It began manufacture the same year Rubik’s hit the market, and while they are unwieldy, unfriendly puzzle cubes, the […]

Jon

November 17, 2022

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Pac-Man 1980 Challenging Puzzle from Milton Bradley – FACTORY SEALED!

Pac-Man is and was a classic arcade phenomenon that spawned hundreds if not thousands of branded toys and products sporting the yellow dot-muncher. This toy is a vintage 1980 puzzle labeled as “Two Challenging Puzzles.” Using the provided puzzle pieces, you must assemble four open-mouthed characters, and then re-assemble three closed-mouth characters. This one is […]

Jon

February 27, 2022

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Mappy My Arcade – Mini Arcade Review

Mappy from My Arcade is a great representation of how to do these Mini Arcade machines right. MY Arcade gamer portable machines are gorgeous and a My Arcade video game is always fun to play. Jon from GenXGrownUp takes us on the grand tour of this Mappy mini arcade. I mean after all, even though […]

Jon

July 25, 2020

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Brick It So! GXG Builds the Kubros Picard

When Picard was liberated from the Borg he had to put himself back together piece by piece. George figured, why not do the same thing after getting the Kubros Picard figure in a GeekFuel box. Picard Kubros Figure » amzn.to/2jltl7O GeekFuel Mystery Crates » www.geekfuel.com/5hIiZ7 Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website […]

Jon

December 19, 2017

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The Oregon Trail Micro Arcade Review – The ’71 Computer Game in Your Pocket!

The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games designed to teach 8th-grade school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon’s Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848. Super […]

Jon

April 3, 2022

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Real Atari Arcade Games in a Micro Player? NOW IS THE TIME!

My Arcade (Dreamgear) and Atari are collaborating on three new pieces of hardware featuring Atari titles, including a tabletop Micro Player full of Atari 2600 games. Is this what the market needs and wants in an arcade cabinet toy? We argue that it’s not, and state the case for what the market is hungry for, […]

Jon

February 3, 2023

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