The older boys used to get into the high school on the weekends and play Lazer Tag throughout the building. Young me thought that was wicked awesome. Old me still does.
@ValirAmaril
3 жыл бұрын
we used to play paintball in my uni before covid
@stickiedmin6508
3 жыл бұрын
I remember fantasising, as an adorable young kiddy, about playing Lazer Tag type games in just about every single large department store or shopping mall I got dragged through. While my mother would be deciding exactly which ugly and uncomfortable leather sandals I would be forced to wear that year, I'd be imagining how cool it would be, taking cover behind the clothes racks, pinning opponents down at the choke points by the escalators and tactically advancing from strong point to strong point. Three and a half decades later I, just like you, *_still_* think that it would be awesome fun.
@thegoodybarn9060
3 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome at the high school at night!
@thegoodybarn9060
3 жыл бұрын
@@stickiedmin6508 me too! And we did. My frieds mom was the manager of wal mart in the 80s and when she would work over night we'd go with her. We'd roam all over the store.
@stickiedmin6508
3 жыл бұрын
@@thegoodybarn9060 Awesome - sounds like wicked fun you lucky rascal.
@TheMattwolf
5 жыл бұрын
I wanted these, but I needed both equipment and friends. It was a sad existence.
@5roundsrapid263
5 жыл бұрын
I BEGGED my parents for a year at least. I finally got the helmet on clearance when the company went under.
@BobbyGeneric145
4 жыл бұрын
I had Photon, the lesser version. Its like getting a GoBot
@atomichulkster2304
4 жыл бұрын
I know your pain homie.
@godlessveteran2431
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had the basic gun and sensor and none of my friends did. Made for a pretty boring game lol
@8-BitHeart79
3 жыл бұрын
You weren’t alone.
@nathanl7018
5 жыл бұрын
Had a Lazer Tag set back in the 80's. Sooo many batteries died to play that game. The best was bouncing a shot off the hallway mirror.
@keaponlaffin6737
4 жыл бұрын
That sound awesome..!
@josemhernandez1974
3 жыл бұрын
@Regis Philbin we fixed that issue with duct tape when we played. But omg we went through so many batteries the local mom and pop store loved us.
@ZiddersRooFurry
3 жыл бұрын
@Regis Philbin Did you use your free battery card?
@OsoBlanco17
5 жыл бұрын
LASER TAG?? Nostalgia level...OVER 9000!
@jayexonauts5587
5 жыл бұрын
In high school, my friends (about a dozen or so) were playing in a construction zone when a neighbor called the cops. The officer who arrived was very nice but gave us a stern warning about handheld weapons. It was a big buzzkill for sure, but we just moved the game to pal's farm on the other side of town. PEW! PEW!
@DurkMcGerk
3 жыл бұрын
I wanted this so bad when it came out but my parents forbade it for pretty much this reason.
@jayexonauts5587
3 жыл бұрын
@Stella Hohenheim oh people still play it, it's just not the phenom thst it was at the time.
@illrobbzilla
5 жыл бұрын
Team Photon! Still have my membership card from 4th grade. My mom never took me back to the photon arena because after the flashing lights and fog machine I was out back in the alley puking.
@merrillpage
5 жыл бұрын
Totally Zawesome video, Dan and Greg. Thanks for the memory revivals. "Players to stadium now. Players to stadium now," will be playing in my head for weeks at least...just like it did back in the '80s when I saw that commercial in the first place.
@SteelWolf13
2 жыл бұрын
I still have my Worlds of Wonder manual for Lazertag. I poured over that all summer and had it just about memorized. I had every piece of equipment. Cap, helmet strap vests, thick silver vest, starlight, star sensors, star base and the rifle.
@erikguthrie1475
5 жыл бұрын
Dan, great video! As the Curator for the Laser Tag Museum located in Louisville, KY your video was almost 100% spot on. Brilliant job! The museum has a website with a timeline of the laser tag industry and hundreds of laser tag companies or products most people have forgotten. It is www.lasertagmuseum.com. Thank you for referencing us in your video when you displayed the legendary Black StarLyte Rifle. This is the only black rifle in the world as all the production models for the StarLyte Rifles were white. Thank you again!
@MrThomaskirchner
5 жыл бұрын
Erik Guthrie I totally need to come there and see the fabled black starlyte pro
@DoctorBlankenstein
5 жыл бұрын
cool site mango
@thepayne7862
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Kentucky and had no idea there was a lazer tag museum in Louisville next time I am up there will have to check it out good info.
@MaharlikaAWA
5 жыл бұрын
How long has there been a laser tag museum? I remember the Histrorical Arms Museum though.
@PublicJohn
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrThomaskirchner Held it back at tagfest in 2006?. It is a VERY heavy beast.
@BagoPorkRinds
5 жыл бұрын
I still have my Lazer Tag set in the original box.
@brianlehmkuhl8162
5 жыл бұрын
same!
@cruizerdave
5 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize it was so short lived! Thanks for doing all that research Toy Galaxy men!
@redbyrd64
5 жыл бұрын
Laser challenge was a competitor to Lazer Tag. The V1, V2, and pro lines made by Toymax were very nice taggers, but quality went down hill when Jakk’s Pacific took it over. One thing in the laser challenge’s line favor, is that other than some special signals, all of the taggers were compatible with each other.
@redbyrd64
5 жыл бұрын
They forgot the LTX line between LTTO and LTAR though.
@jaysonlloyd2050
5 жыл бұрын
I was stuck at a birthday party for a kid that promised laser tag. Though I never got to play, I learned to never believe that same kid even when he promised that he had an advanced copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, whose story revolved around getting Wart to the zoo.
@grantorino2325
5 жыл бұрын
Seriously, what happened to Wart, anyway? I mean, as kids, my friends and I were ecstatic to see Koopa return (with his 7 children, no less) as the boss of Super Mario Bros. 3. But, except for Super Mario Land 2, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario Bros. 2, and (the original) Donkey Kong, Koopa has been the final boss of EVERY SINGLE GAME. Come on, Nintendo, give someone else a chance! How about making Mouser the final enemy in a Mario game?
@MrDeedsly
5 жыл бұрын
@@grantorino2325 I'd also be happy with the crab.
@grantorino2325
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrDeedsly Ah, "Clawglip." 😂
@doubler713
5 жыл бұрын
Everybody had those lying ass friends as kids who'd lie for nothing. My friends used to always lie about stupid stuff like that he SWORE UP AND DOWN that he had Castle Grey Skull at his grandmas house and we NEVER saw it. Smh
@grantorino2325
5 жыл бұрын
@@supercalifragilistaphobic2146 "Pocket Power"? Was that a magazine dedicated solely to Game Boy games? 🤔
@MrColinWarde
4 жыл бұрын
Dan - I love your delivery and your ability to string together convoluted sentences in an articulate fashion. I can listen to your shows for hours. And have done so. Thank you.
@Datan0de
5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED Lazer Tag! In late high school and early college, my friends and I would play whenever we got the chance. I was always jealous of my friend who has the rifle. It was seriously awesome! Great range, very accurate, collapsing stock, and just felt good to hold. Lazer Tag is also how I almost got shot by a cop once, got roughed up a little bit, and ended up with a trespassing warning at our local university. That was a... memorable night. We were playing in one of the buildings that was open all night. The layout was perfect, and the after hours emergency lights have it a spooky feel and created shadowed pockets here and there you could hide in. As normal, when we got there we went through the floor we were on and let any faculty we saw know what we were doing. Eventually though the cleaning crew came in, and apparently called the chips and told them that there were terrorists in the building. This was pre-911, but they still took it seriously. I was sitting on the hallway floor fixing an issue with my gun when they came in. I heard "PUT THE GUN DOWN NOW!" and looked up to see a cop who was *shaking* and pointing a real gun at me. That's the kind of moment you remember. Needless to say, they were NOT happy about us being there, and we were terrified. They dragged us through the building and had us yell out to our friends who didn't know what was happening until everyone was accounted for. Since then I've only played at Q-Zar.
@ThePartySourceReviews
5 жыл бұрын
I had so much fun with all my Lazer Tag toys! So glad you guys did this video! Plus how awesome were those commercials. Cheers, -J.O.
@p.mc.4449
5 жыл бұрын
Too bad they didn't play the other commercial with players on ATVs vs. players on skateboards.
@ThePartySourceReviews
5 жыл бұрын
@Alex Socialreject I thought the same thing. Why a cartoon? The commercials were so "cool" looking. Closest we got to this in a kid show was Captain Power.
@ryansargent661
5 жыл бұрын
I actually had both brands as well as a Captain Power set. Oddly enough all three sets could be used together and with the Captain Power toys. I have fond memories of lining all the sensors and CP toys up in a row and seeing show quickly I could take them all out. Looks wise I always preferred Lazer Tag probably because of the kick ass commercial you showed which I also remember fondly. Great video a two for one history lesson.
@badbirdkc
5 жыл бұрын
So my family bought an off-brand, K-Mart knock off of Lazer Tag. It had the guns, the targets, and a chest plate for the target, like the Lazer Tag vest... but it also came with a headband so you could place the target ON YOUR HEAD. That's right, our generic Lazer Tag game encouraged kids to make head shots.
@threezerol944t
3 жыл бұрын
This is the one I think I had.
@labowskidude
2 жыл бұрын
I Had a set with huge guns and the head band had a thing in the temple that hurt you a little and scared you. We didn't like it much
@dodgeramsport01
Жыл бұрын
hell yes!
@TheRealCaptainFreedom
5 жыл бұрын
*FRICKIN’ LASER BEAMS!!!*
@46phrogknight
5 жыл бұрын
*Lazer
@SadfoxGuyver
4 жыл бұрын
Sharks
@Jikangire957
5 жыл бұрын
The last time I ever saw anything to do with laser (lazer?) tag was seeing a company called Q-Zar open in a shopping center around the early 2000s or so. Several years later they went out of business, (or at least the one location I knew about did), and I never heard anything about laser tag again. Thanks for posting another wonderful video full of nostalgia from my past! This channel is absolutely amazing!
@timandshannon03
5 жыл бұрын
I was 17, and got into a fistfight with a guy at a Q-zar because he pushed my then girlfriend against a wall to avoid being tagged by her........lol
@redbyrd64
5 жыл бұрын
Tim Hartley I do local lazer tag games in my area. One of my rules is no physical contact, “It’s lazer tag, not lazer fistfight”
@timandshannon03
5 жыл бұрын
That particular incident was the 3rd or 4th incident at that location, and after the actual fight, we stopped going there and went to another location and never had the single problem at the second location. We actually got onto a team and this location did Sunday Team Tournaments once a month and that was an absolute blast. I was so bummed out when they closed. There are still 2 places around Sacramento, and I have taken all 3 of my kids to both!
@rockmanafb
5 жыл бұрын
God I miss Q-Zar I grew up in Cali during the 90’s on Saturdays my dad would drop me off at Q-Zar with enough money for an all day pass. This fat lil Asian had a blast shooting laser guns and listening to techno music all day.
@captaingenius-o1c
5 жыл бұрын
@@timandshannon03 yes, yes, but whatever happened to the love of your life, I mean your high school girlfriend? Surely laser/lazer tag, and all that pushing drama kept you guys together to this day???????
@alienrefugee51
3 жыл бұрын
I can still remember the feeling of seeing those first Lazer Tag commercials on TV. I had just about all of the gear at some point, but the pinnacle was finally getting my hands on the helmet. Sadly, it didn't have the visor. I had the handbook and used to do all of the trials. I can remember me and a bunch of friends venturing out in frigid temps and playing on a football field, but it was so cold that the gear wasn't really working. Lazer Tag was a huge part of my adolescence. It was awesome.
@thefont9
5 жыл бұрын
These historical look backs are absolutely wonderful. All my cousins got lazer tag in Christmas of 87, and I was left out. I got mine a year later and then the brand was dead. Sad! What a great toy.
@thor2070
5 жыл бұрын
That hurts!
@michaelwolf8690
3 жыл бұрын
Wow that was a huge part of my childhood and early 20's. Surprising to me that's still an active brand.
@Larry
5 жыл бұрын
Hey, that's the Amstrad version of the Lazer Tag game there, far too colourful for the Commodore 64 version :)
@SecretGalaxyTV
5 жыл бұрын
The only C64 footage I could find was of the end credits but there was lots of Amstrad footage.
@Larry
5 жыл бұрын
@@SecretGalaxyTV That sounds about right, you're best off saying "home computers" if there's nothing but Amstrad or Spectrum footage around, what I do!
@willhagen3385
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, the memories this video brought back! I had the Starlight Pro rifle in white as a kid and I wish I still had it. It's selling in a set for $400 on ebay right now
@bw3634
5 жыл бұрын
All the way from the 80s until How I Met Your Mother episodes in the 2010s.
@dumflex5895
5 жыл бұрын
I remember owning this as a kid running around covering the sensor not to get hit. What a blast from the past thanks
@christophergadulka3460
5 жыл бұрын
That was the tightest vest with the deepest V neck in the 80s. I wish i had still it to rock it today!!!
@BradM73
3 жыл бұрын
OMG!! I remember begging my dad to take me to our local Photon arena! It was expensive to play a 15 minute game though, and the battery packs were ridiculously heavy! But it was still so much fun!
@grahamcurran8744
5 жыл бұрын
Sega had a laser tag system called 'lock on' in the early 90's, twas awesome 6 of us had them and would play in the Forrest
@drumngrewve
5 жыл бұрын
FINALLY!!! Had been wanting/waiting for a Lazer Tag and/or Photon episode, now conveniently find it available in one concise viewing option! Would've liked a mention of the Photon (Saturday morning?) television show though, however a job well done as always! Perhaps a Galaxy Rangers episode sometime down the line....? Cheers Mr. Larson, truely you are gentleman and a scholar performing God's work!!!
@CoinOpTV
5 жыл бұрын
can’t wait for the Photon video / used to play in NJ
@raphaelel1183
3 жыл бұрын
Just watched it. It was epic.
@Badkitty24
3 жыл бұрын
yup..I had that one.. not lazertag... which I did though :(
@Antonis76
3 жыл бұрын
Me too haha
@blackbarnz
3 жыл бұрын
off Wildwood boardwalk, I remember it well.
@REPVILE
4 жыл бұрын
A bunch of us had these as kids and they were amazing. Good memories getting together for some battles. Instill feel they performed miles better than any modern ones aside from the commercial units.
@morganb6717
5 жыл бұрын
this stirs a memory of going to Toy 'R Us back in the 80's with my Grandma and walking out with the (to me) big box that was the Photon set. mind you, no one i knew had a Photon to interact with but damned if i didn't want one anyway. i had a LazerTag pistol and sensor set as well, still do, box n' all. my impression is the same now as it was then, i prefer(ed) the LazerTag gear for its more stylish design and lack of cord from sensor to emitter. with no one to play either game with, i had a lot of imaginary shoot-em-ups and daydreamed scenarios.
@riboflavinfolate3964
5 жыл бұрын
I remember juggling with the choice between Lazer Tag and Photon. I eventually went with Photon because I wanted to be different from my friends who all were into Lazer Tag. The end result of this decision?.... I had no one to play Photon with... but damn if that little Photon motorized drone wasn't neat.
@DoctorBlankenstein
5 жыл бұрын
but photon came with two guns, so you can get right to it with a friend. In the end, photon was really the better set, but lazer tag looked a lot cooler.
@5roundsrapid263
5 жыл бұрын
Your folks must have been rich! Did you have Castle Grayskull too?
@sdolman79
5 жыл бұрын
Here in the UK had 'laser quest' centres that had team leagues, they were in the early 90s and seemed to disappear after 95, I used to love a game of LASER QUEST
@mccallosone4903
5 жыл бұрын
We loved playing Lazer Tag, but the game always ended with two dudes standing ten feet apart blasting each others chest as fast as they could
@QunMang
5 жыл бұрын
I frequented the local Photon when it opened up-definitely became my favorite activity. My friends and I would also go to other similar places such as Lazer Zone or Q-Zar to check those out too, but Photon was my favorite. Some years later after it closed down, I became a member at Laser Quest for a couple years before I sort of gave it all up to the younger generation.
@nacionalista1779
5 жыл бұрын
I remember playing with that with my bros great fun it was 1986
@KiyokaMakibi
4 жыл бұрын
Loved the laser arenas. I remember growing up the units were so heavy, but naturally as time moved on they became lighter. The arena was great fun and I kinda miss it.
@hyfy-tr2jy
5 жыл бұрын
its not Simulated...its Stimulated!!!! Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
@saturdaymorning329
5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!
@bellaluthiel4858
5 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it! Yes!
@mematron
5 жыл бұрын
Dammit you beat me to it too. Except I added a colorful metaphor and told a story about how I almost died playing LazerTag.
@MERCS2046
5 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it too.
@sasshole8121
4 жыл бұрын
he didn't say simulated, he said simalated.
@dendostar5436
5 жыл бұрын
I wanted Lazer Tag, but I got Photon. God, what a time it was. Greatest episode!
@offfswitch
5 жыл бұрын
I remember spending a lot of allowance money at q-zar back in the 90s.
@mattceccato8302
5 жыл бұрын
I miss Q-ZAR
@nicholastosoni707
5 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember Q-Zar from advertisements. Now I _know_ I wasn't going mad.
@PACKERMAN2077
5 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I just stayed posted up in the back of Aladdin's Castle on the Rampage machine Behind The House of the Dead 2 duel cabinet in an awkward corner where there was sticky nacho cheese carpet.
@transtubular
3 жыл бұрын
I and two other friends of mine had the basic set and spent several weekends playing tag at night at one friends place. It was awesome! A few years later I disassembled the gun and sensor to see how they worked, was disappointed that there was no real laser inside.
@leviperkins1344
5 жыл бұрын
Oh god, the text on the screen during the explanation of the laser acronym cracked me up
@MaximumWarp2099
5 жыл бұрын
Loved lazer tag as a kid. Well, I still do. The matches I played with a group of guys when I was 14 could get a little intense as some of those guys were bonkers. All guns and sensors kicked around my parents attic for about 20 years until they moved and tossed everything. I felt some sadness over the news. I think some of it might have still worked.
@MothMizzle
5 жыл бұрын
1:10 - Light Amplification by *STIMULATED* Emission of Radiation, not simulated!
@greggv8
4 жыл бұрын
Neither Photon nor Lazer Tag or the Star Trek Phasers or any of those other electronic guns used real LASERs. They used infrared LEDs, just like TV remotes.
@shinankoku2
3 жыл бұрын
God I remember Photon. Some of the best memories of my early teen years. It really felt like we were in a Star Wars movie.
@adanolmeda4413
5 жыл бұрын
Lazer Tag, always. There used to be a Photon arena close to home which we hit a few times but dont know if it's still around.
@leslieshafer6343
5 жыл бұрын
Photon was a better game than Lazer Tag in my opinion. Mainly because you could register hits on the helmet. When I played Lazer Tag there were folks who who cover up the chest sensor with their arms. And of course if the weopons were real, all that would get you is damaged arms.
@atavisticempire3473
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best xmas presents I ever received in 86. I was hooked on their commercials to!
@OriginalNeomoon
5 жыл бұрын
Hated MILES gear. It hardly ever worked and sounded annoying beeps that wouldn't stop when you "died".
@Jikangire957
5 жыл бұрын
Haha indeed that damn MILES gear never worked!
@jamesstaggs4160
5 жыл бұрын
Nope. Never worked. I was pumped too when I first laid eyes on it. I thought I was about to have some fun. Instead I just had to carry around more uncomfortable junk.
@LilRobD
5 жыл бұрын
We had someone misplace theirs... hands across America just to find out the butter bar left it in his bag so he wouldn't lose it....
@alexalexander1772
5 жыл бұрын
I was about to ask if anyone ever really had success with MILES gear. I swear the lazer tag as a kid worked better. Now simunitions, those hurt.
@MrBioniclefan1
5 жыл бұрын
Damn
@bluenothing720
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video per usual. This channel's gonna get much bigger soon. There's NO chance it's not getting noticed.
@SecretGalaxyTV
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much.
@DoctorBlankenstein
5 жыл бұрын
Just scored one in the box off ebay for $40. I'm getting back this piece of my childhood before this video brings the price up.
@thelastdisplay
5 жыл бұрын
I love the electronic sound of the starlight pistols when they were fired. So badass.
@kosmic2021
5 жыл бұрын
I peeked at my Christmas toys that year and my mom replaced my Lazer Tag with concrete bricks.
@clintmiller102
5 жыл бұрын
I played Photon at the facility in Dallas quite a bit as a kid. My dad would take me on the weekends because he likes to play. Perpetual passes and nearby fast food made for some really great memories. In fact, I still remember the smell of the fog and the sound effects from the arena.
@DougDMarco
5 жыл бұрын
This isn't Photon! I came here for Photon, how can I enjoy Tom Hanks in BIG if your talking about "lazer tag". I will be writing a curtly worded letter to your manager. Good day sir.
@brianpayne4549
3 жыл бұрын
Because “photon” is what lazer tag turned into. Didn’t you watch the video? Lol
@hakimitus
5 жыл бұрын
Yessss!!! I've been peculiarly nostalgic for this but could not even find the original stuff with Google. Thanks for this!
@JohnAquariusPodcast
5 жыл бұрын
i'm surprised he didn't mention the tv series photon and the figures
@PixelGameSquad
5 жыл бұрын
Just found one if these in our last video! HYPED!
@ADPRadio
5 жыл бұрын
Photon? AWWW YEAH! LET THE DARKNESS GROW!
@etzool
Жыл бұрын
Oh man, I spent a lot of time as a kid playing laser tag in Starbase Omega at the Mall of America. I'm frequently glad you guys obsess over stuff from when I was growing up. :)
@vmcinerneyvm
5 жыл бұрын
I love your channel Dan!
@thefearmakerlive
5 жыл бұрын
I remember getting Lazer tag for Christmas. Loved the sound the gun made when you shot it!
@xChris_Kentx
5 жыл бұрын
YES!!!! That's why I love this channel!!!!
@The_Texorcist
3 жыл бұрын
I had one of the of the Lazer Tag systems back in the late 80s. Back then I do remember a few local Lazer Tag arenas. It was one of two pretty busy spots for kids to go back then, that and roller skate arenas. Then it was around the early 90s when people who grew up on Lazer Tag started picking up paint-balling, trading those infrared guns for paintball guns. Then around the late 90s to early ‘00s arcades started to go out of style with home consoles taking over. That put even more Lazer tag places out who were limping by with their arcade games. Now sadly around here they’re is only one Lazer Tag place that is still open. It was a place that’s I used to frequent as a kid that a few years ago I took my young nephew to. It was like stepping back in a time machine. I was surprised that there were kids still going to it, mine you not as many as it’s hey-day but still about 15 other kids. From what I remember it is only open 3 days a week to cut down on cost but it was at least still in operation.
@jason34119
5 жыл бұрын
Never was able to get either one as a kid. I always thought Photon was a knock off brand of Lazer Tag so I always wanted Lazer Tag over Photon.
@OriginalNeomoon
5 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@greggv8
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought Photon was the knockoff, and it was ugly compared to the slick and smooth style of Lazer Tag.
@AzyrealLal
5 жыл бұрын
I still have my Lazer tag set from when I was a kid!
@lazarussoul8221
5 жыл бұрын
Woooooo hooooooo LAZER TAG!!!!!!!
@derekwilliams1660
5 жыл бұрын
I got a Laser Tag set for Christmas in 1987. One of the best presents ever.
@Counterslam
5 жыл бұрын
I'm the marketing director for the largest laser tag equipment suppleir, LaserTag.com by Zone, Laser Tag Museum, and worked for the International Laser Tag Association for several years. Nice video. The laser tag museum is in Louisville, Kentucky at a facility called Lazer Blaze. Worth checking out if you're in the area. Erik Guthrie, owner of the museum, was featured in Storage Wars in May of 2017 and in the documentary, Another Man's Treasure: A Collector's Movie, which is free to watch on KZitem.
@Elios0000
2 жыл бұрын
NICE i used play at an Ultra Zone in Maryland. later moved over Darklight center (fun story about that) that opened closer to me good to hear Zone is still going. Ocean city Maryland had one of the best Q-zar centers with 2 massive 2 story arenas shame it went under its good location.
@DavidMuenchrath
5 жыл бұрын
This made my Thursday. I've been quoting Arthur Dent all day until now. "This must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays"
@redroversk
5 жыл бұрын
"Tag, you're dead" -police officer
@tripdefect87
4 жыл бұрын
That 80's Lazer Tag commercial was amazing~
@mooneylsuify
5 жыл бұрын
power lords next pls
@R3troZone
3 жыл бұрын
I got the original Lazer tag gun, target sensor, and vest for my 11th birthday in 1988. But no one else that I knew had one. Not a great toy to play alone with.
@JoelCarroll
5 жыл бұрын
I'd argue the usage of the word "tag", as no one was "it"....everyone had a target, everyone had a gun....Tag does sound better than deathmatch, though
@Strawberry92fs
5 жыл бұрын
"Battle Royale" Back in my day we called that mega deathmatch!
@shadowhenge7118
3 жыл бұрын
I still have my two sets from the 80's in thier boxes. So much fun back then.
@GamerLivingWill
5 жыл бұрын
When are you guys going to talk about Dino Riders?
@Strawberry92fs
5 жыл бұрын
I found out about this line from a VHS tape of the cartoon pilot I got from a frickin pawn shop in the mid ninties. Never heard or saw or knew anything else about it until about 2005 when I remembered the name of the line while sitting at an internet enabled computer.
@old_romans
3 жыл бұрын
My brother and I lived in the valley (Hawthorne) in Los Angeles when these came out. We had a pair of 'Lazer' guns, the silver vests and the ballcap version of the helmet. It was a great time with these shooting up and down apartment complexes, parking lots and alleys. We had a GREAT time with these. We never heard of Photon centers.
@BigEpinstriping
5 жыл бұрын
I collect laser tag sets like you collect toys. I have several examples from various sets over the years, including WOW Lazer Tag, Tiger's Lazer Tag variants, Photon, Laser Challenge, etc. My current favorite aside from the original version is Recoil (which is now defunct) but incorporates a lot of great features unique to all other systems, along with some homebrew software support (Check out SimpleCoil for Android! lots of customization for gameplay! github.com/Dees-Troy/SimpleCoil/releases ). I got some more Recoil gear dirt cheap on closeout recently! BTW, I'm definitely team Lazer Tag, in my opinion, the Design of the Worlds of Wonder gear is probably some of the slickest ever made, and some of the features such as integrated red dot sights and selectable range on the Starlyte, coupled with high quality coated lenses, made them truly accurate! The old Worlds of Wonder LT standard is still used in a lot of gear, both consumer and privately produced. Lastly, the Lazer Tag rulebook by TSR is a must have; it really expanded the game and set good guidelines for setting up leagues and handicapping. You could say I'm an enthusiast. I do have a Starcap in my collection, no Helmet though...
@Froggievilleus
5 жыл бұрын
The helmet is in 80% of 60% of your videos?! That is amazing. Keep up the amazing work! :)
@thatracecameraguy
5 жыл бұрын
I had a Photon set (Photon also had a cartoon). I always thought it was the cheap ripoff of Lazer Tag (I was wrong)
@AzyrealLal
5 жыл бұрын
What made it better?
@MrColuber
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that the Photon show was live action - and with some pretty ridiculous scenes. I only caught one part of an episode, and I caught glimpses of another on Retroblasting's channel. I remember the Lazer Tag cartoon more vividly. The oldest boy was the actual ancestor, otherwise there'd be a lot of incest.
@thatracecameraguy
5 жыл бұрын
@@AzyrealLal I don't think either was better than the other, I think Lazer tag had better marketing and accessories, though
@wwetnabamafan194
5 жыл бұрын
Photon was live-action, Lazer Tag Academy was animated.
@RobCamp-rmc_0
4 жыл бұрын
Oreo was a Hydrox ripoff, after all...
@RealmMan
4 жыл бұрын
What I remember of the first redesign was changing the starlytes from black to white to be less "real gun"-like. The revival version comboed gun and sensor into a wrist mounted gizmo with a pistol grip.
@gavinerickson9392
5 жыл бұрын
It's less a problem with the toy and more a systemic problem of police militarism.
@warpartyattheoutpost4987
5 жыл бұрын
16 trigger happy cops gave this a thumbs down so far. February 22, 2019.
@Strawberry92fs
5 жыл бұрын
No one seems to think this is important, but a lot of U.S. police departs use glocks as standard service pistols, glocks don't have a thumb safety, just a trigger safety, if you panic and pull on the trigger of a safe Beretta 92 as hard as you can, nothing happens, You panic and pull the trigger as hard as you can on a glock, it's going off. Sure, you can solve that problem with training, but you can solve just about any issue with weapon handling with enough training, makes more sense to just have a damn proper safety. Before anyone jumps on me here, I'm pro law and order, pro gun, pro safety, anti militarization of police, pro training.
@gavinerickson9392
5 жыл бұрын
@@Strawberry92fs Deciding wether or not to pull a gun on a child has nothing to do with what kind of safety is on the gun.
@Strawberry92fs
5 жыл бұрын
@@gavinerickson9392 But whether or not a cop negligently discharges their pistol into a child has everything to do with a proper safety. The U.S. Police Departments have systemic training issues that need to be dealt with, but incidents of cops shooting people they shouldn't have went up after switching to guns that didn't have manual safeties.
@gavinerickson9392
5 жыл бұрын
@@Strawberry92fs You're really missing the point. Tamir Rice was killed within 20 seconds of the police arriving, there was no confrontation, just a drive by murder. It is the job of the police to deescalate the situation, raising a gun to a child is not doing that.
@truman237
5 жыл бұрын
Every episode, I'd see that Lazer Tag helmet on the shelf and wonder if you'd do an episode about it. Great job as always! Definitely team LT. The guns were way cooler looking than Photons.
@RS-mu3ci
5 жыл бұрын
Jim's reviving interest in Photon for a lot of people lately.
@Agent00J
4 жыл бұрын
This just reminded me that I had a whole Lazer Tag Academy bed set as a kid - comforter, pillow cases, and sheets. Damn. 😏 The nostalgia hit me hard. Lol. Sidenote: Nope, parents didn't buy me the toys.
@petedevlin8268
5 жыл бұрын
During college in the late-90's we had Laser CHALLENGE sets! We'd mod the sets, painting the guns and sensors, and disabling the constant beeping sound that would give away where you were hiding, or if you were moving. We had 24 hour access to the Art building on campus, so every Thursday night was Laser Challenge night! We'd play until the sun came up, then went out for breakfast. That was good times!
@gnollman
3 жыл бұрын
Lazer Tag was the bomb, man. We played the hell out of that as kids. Had the star caps, the walkie-talkies, the helmet... always wanted the Pro rifle, but never got it. Pretty sure I've still got my Starlyte hanging around somewhere...
@animatedplastic
5 жыл бұрын
I graduated to paintball and airsoft....still going strong today. I loved the sound the LT pistol and rifle made. The GI Joe xover was a neat trivia fact. I remember Photon....but i do remember them making 12" figues that could shoot each other....
@evlkenevl2721
2 жыл бұрын
We played Lazer Tag in the town park at night. Fun times. My friend had the longer-range "rifle" as well, which came in white. We had to cover up all the LEDs on the guns and targets to keep from giving away our position. The helmets were easy targets so nobody used them. Wish I still had my gear. It was one of the coolest toys ever.
@robertdanker6193
5 жыл бұрын
I had Lazer tag AND Phonton!!! Only played a few times with my brother and then it quickly collected dust! The commercials made it look SO RAD!!
@jeffreyganong4329
5 жыл бұрын
Great video! I was hoping for a Lazer Tag StarBase cameo or reference. I had many hours of fun with my Lazer Tag set.
@hondorockz
5 жыл бұрын
Never was a Lazer Tag fan, but the nostalgia of it is pretty cool!
@marscaleb
5 жыл бұрын
I remember Lazer Tag so well! I loved it when I was a kid. I recall seeing people make other laser tag sets when I was older, but they were cheap and crappy, and I was always upset because the ones I had when I was a kid worked so much better.
@RoxstarUK
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I still have my Photon pack and guns! What a blast from the past!
@thegreywanderer8427
3 жыл бұрын
I had a cheap 90's version of these, played with them a bit with my brother. They were for both indoors & outdoors use, but outdoors the sunlight would easily trigger the hit effect on the vests. 😅
@Zentron
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Though those incidents speak more about the poor training and inability of the police to properly assess a situation.... something that is still going on to this day! I'm actually digitally reproducing the first episode of the Lazer Tag Academy in HD.
@CouchCit
5 жыл бұрын
I loved LaZer Tag (with a Z!) Had the toy sets for years passed their shelf life and I always thought their guns were amazing and ahead of their time
@MrColinWarde
5 жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with this product when I was a kid, then my dad got my brother and I Photon for Chrismas and my heart sank. We did get next door neighbors who had better Photon accessories than us and we played with them a lot. However, someone left a Starlite blaster in my cul-de-sac and I finally had one despite it not working. Nevertheless, I loved that weapon when we role-played it as a Visitor blaster years later when WGN America replayed V. And any time Romulans entered the story. I got a laser tag set from my local Walgreens a while back labelled as a Sharper Image item. The concept lives on.
@LukeDodge916
5 жыл бұрын
I was a Photon kid in the '80s. We had a Photon arena here in Baltimore (Dundalk) and it was fascinating, with fog and lasers and ambient lighting with cool synth wave soundtrack. Now the arena is a flea market. I miss the '80s...
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