This weekend my fourteen year old daughter got nostalgic. She came across her "retro toys" (her words). How can something manufactured during the 21st century be considered "retro"?! She found a tutorial to fix a circa 2000 Pokemon game for Nintendo Gameboy Color - this seems even more ancient to her since she inherited the Gameboy a few years ago from her cousin who is now in college. And she bought new batteries for her Tamagotchi Connections that she collected in third grade. I guess your childhood toys from elementary school seem quaint when you're in ninth grade.
Today I came across some vintage comic books that were nostalgic to me. Here's one -
Little Lulu No. 214 September 1973
The ads inside made me smile at the memory of reading them with childhood eyes
In the same stack I found I had saved a comic book that someday my 23 year old may feel nostalgic about - Sonic the Hedgehog No. 1 October 1995
I guess "retro" is in the eye of the beholder. Nostalgia is a nice place to visit if the memories add a smile to your day.
