Comments on: nostalgia

By: Primrose

Primrose — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:25:35 +0000

Oh man, I remember that, Kam Kam and all. :) We all must be around the same age, eh? Along with the pack of Ding Dang are some sticky toys you can throw on the wall. Haha!

By: michaelooi

michaelooi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:56:07 +0000

reddevil012 – The only ‘Ali Baba’ I remember was that card game (almost like Trump).

bongkersz – I remember there were even Ding Dang clones out there, but the toys were crappy.

smooth – You see that Kinos logo? That’s not popeye. But clearly, it was plagiarized. Those Kinos fuckers are sure lame (they copy everything)

jiok – No shit sherlock, it’s cheaper than Tora.

MT – Yeah I remember that whistle lollipop. It was expensive! I think it was sold at 60 cents or something…

Neo – 50 cents can’t buy you shit nowadays. Maybe a few pieces of undersized Hacks (Hacks used to cost only 10 cents for every 3 pieces back then… and they’re big)

sweewon – I once fed the chocolates to a cat, it wouldn’t eat it. That’s how crappy it was.

By: sweewon

sweewon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:54:38 +0000

I remember my grandfather never let me buy because they were too expensive. But yeah, all I wanted was to see what’s the toy inside :P As for the choc, it’d be tossed aside.

And I remember quite some time ago I saw this ad on RTM1…was like, what the heck? this thing is still selling? And my friend said he found it in 7-11.

By: Neo

Neo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:37 +0000

Always buy.. 50cents hehe.. if got more moolah to spare, then “upgrade” to Tora.. hehe

By: MT

MT — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:29 +0000

Spent some time picking my brains and I found more 80′s relics…

LeRun unicycle, that stupid lolipop shaped like a whistle with a movable stick, TopTrump cards i.e. the ones with the tanks/ cars/ bikes/ planes/ etc, those cards that came in a large sheet (You had to tear them off individually along the perforated lines) to play with, McDonalds calender with coupons at the end of every page, KFC camera…

God Almighty! I have too much free time! :lol:

By: jiok

jiok — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:06:53 +0000

i do rmbr “TORA datang lagi!” but yea. DingDang is another regular on the rotiman on his bike. i agree that DD was cheaper

By: smooth

smooth — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:00:45 +0000

LOL…yep i remember this…i google KINOS and i found this Co. still surviving, u should really check out their site…with crappy background music as well…XD

By: bongkersz

bongkersz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:46:05 +0000

of course!!!!!!!!!! ding dang and tora tora!!! was damn happy to get toys from ding dang and tora tora. super cool gadgets for kids at that time hahahaha! and the adverts – ding dang datang lagi!! :D man, i missed those days..

By: reddevil012

reddevil012 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:28:00 +0000

how about Ali Baba?u guys come across to this as well?well, in kuching sarawak, ding dang is not really famous if compared to Ali Baba…got different color for packaging and big Question marks on it….those are childhood memory……

By: michaelooi

michaelooi — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:25:54 +0000

cblkkj – Parents then weren’t so anal because the 80′s kids were street smart enough to know those things aren’t edible. Things have changed so much now.

MT – I remember Lumiglow and that 3-in-1 red KFC thingamajig that can be transformed into a floater / bolster / bag.

anonymouscoward – I remember that advert where kids would jump up and down screaming hysterically over a bunch of jellos served to them by their matron – Sumi Jeli or something…

EinsamSoldat – Fun thing you can do with Ding Dang chocolate balls – discreetly put one on your classmate’s shoe and step on it, it’ll have this nice contrasted supernova pattern.

MorpheusX – I used to hate Dr. M as a kid because of his glasses, who reminded me of Charlie Chou, an infamous Hong Kong actor known for being a pervert (he also advertised condoms back then)

prettydumb – DD was 50 cents. Tora 1 buck.

cherwwy – That picture was taken during the weekend when I was back at Emily’s hometown. It belonged to one of the kids. You should have checked out their bewildered looks when they saw their Uncle Michael taking photographs of their Ding Dang like I’ve not seen something like that before…

Free – If I can remember well, Kalkitos were kinda expensive back then, weren’t they? I can only afford those little booklets featuring blank pages that would show Bruce Lee images if you scratch it hard enough with a coin (or any metal object)

missyskinny – No I won’t let Regine buy those crap. She’s going to get something better. I’m going to give her everything my mom failed to give me during my childhood. A Wii, expensive bike, overseas vacation, Disneyland, everything. This kid’s going to have a good life because I love her like crazy…