Made in Japan for JC Penney? Any Thots?

[janepublic]

:eek 2:

woh Made in Japan for JC Penney
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Hockey-Pong-4-In-One-Game-Console_W0QQitemZ8758117589QQcategoryZ1182QQrdZ1QQ cmdZViewItem

[Leo_A]

thots?

You remind me of a user that recently departed this board. :)

And if it actually has the name somewhere on the item or packaging, that was fairly common back then, especially for Sears stores.

[Tan]

are you trying to sell this? didn't quite get your point here.....

[Captain Wrong]

Sure. I have plenty of thots.

[Gapporin]

Sure. I have plenty of thots.

Gimme some of your thots! GOSH!

[Pantechnicon]

Meseta for ur thots?

Meh. There were literally dozens of Pong clones back in the day. Here is simply one that had a mostly Japanese distribution. Had you visited Akihabara in 1979 you would probably have seen several similar devices for sale. Personally I would buy it for the retro factor or because I dig Pong, but not because it's some sort of foreign grail, because it is not.

[Charlesaway]

Thanks for the picture though; I now know what one of my pong consoles actually is.

I imagine they would be at least somewhat common, seeing as I managed to come across one way up here in the far north.

Thawed it out of a block of Ice I cut from a glacier for cooking water, I did. ;)

[Ulticron]

Right now my only thot is that it's spelled T H O U G H T.

[Ed Oscuro]

Had you visited Akihabara in 1979 you would probably have seen several similar devices for sale.
You definitely would have, but the new Fujitsu FM-8s, NEC PC-8001, and Sony Walkmans would've been crowding them out for space (and personally, I would've gone for the computers), I think.

[rbudrick]

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/religion/thot.html

God of Wisdom and Writing. Oh, the irony. :hmm:

More traditionally known as Thoth.

-Rob

[Ed Oscuro]

rbudrick, your researching skills surpass mine, no doubt. Ha, that's gotta be the best find I've seen in a while. :D