The Adventures of Willy Beamish is a classic point and click game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. From the game box, advertisements and splash screen you might think that skateboarding figures heavily in the storyline. I’ve scrubbed through hours of gameplay and I only found a few sequences. The frog is more important to the storyline, but that didn’t stop me from wasting a good chunk of time on this post. Besides, it’s been a while since I’ve made a vintage video game post.

Don’t Bite the Pavement is clone of another mechanical game from Tony called Kongman. Game play vaguely resembles the video game Kong I suppose, but it’s all mechanical. There are buttons to punch activate pinball-like levers, and a battery that runs some of the steppers and the swinging guy on the top. You have to maneuver a metal ball through various stages all the way up to the top. Earlier on there are opportunities to get the timing wrong and have the ball return all the way to the beginning of the puzzle, but it seems like once you get past a certain point you’re pretty safe. If you do get to the end, the ball is returned to the star anyway. Kongman came out in 1982, but I’m not sure about Don’t Bite the Pavement. My guess is a little later because they were probably figuring out what to do with unsold stock. – Thanks to Wesley for the pics

My sister sent me these pics and the text is lifted straight from the American Girl web site. Isabel™ & Nicki’s™ 2-in-1 Tennis Court & Skate Spot for 18-inch Dolls  (Historical Figures.) Isabel and Nicki love heading to the park where they each can pursue their favorite sports. Isabel wants to learn to play tennis and show off her sportiness, and Nicki is determined to do tricks on her skateboard to impress the local skaters. Both twins can perfect their skills with this 2-in-1 tennis court and skate-spot set. – Thanks to Ehales for the pics

When I published that old No Fit State post one of the characters caught my eye. I didn’t recognize Thrashor, and wasn’t sure if he was an actual thing or just one off made up for the pin, but it turns out it was some cross licensing from an outfit called 8-bit Zombie that makes mostly t-shirts and stickers, but also made a Thrashor action figure that looks pretty rad. More rad than their Rad Alf t-shirt and the Gremlins shirt that features Gizmo on a skateboard. They make some Screaming Hand variants too.

Spotted at a Daiso store in Redmond, Washington. The packaging sends mixed messages. On one side it says “Yeah!” but the other side says “Not a toy.” What is it then? A Unique puzzle eraser. I don’t care what they say, I’m putting this in the “toys” category. Erase and Destroy!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle spotted at the Goodwill in Forest Grove, Or. It was only $1.99 and now I’m regretting that I left it there, but I’m trying to downsize… I think his name is Michelangelo or Andy Warhol, possibly Jackson Pollock or maybe even Robert Indiana.

What’s the point of this? Who is spending $169 on an 8″ plastic figure of Harley Quinn, even if it is a limited edition hand-numbered resin cast sculptures based on the art of Ivan Tao? Why is she on a skateboard? Is this tryhard? Ask McFarlane Toys on Amazon.

This bootleg is one of the funniest crappy/80’s bootleg deck I have ever seen. The Thrill Seeker graphic looks like He-man getting busted attempting to devein a giant shrimp. He-man doesn’t look happy at all and the shrimp seems scared a hell. It was found on ebay, but it didn’t sell. I’m not surprised, because the seller listed it as a “Conan the the Barbarian” deck, so all the true Masters of the Universe fans missed this one. He looks a little overstuffed, like a bright pink Stretch Armstrong. Turns out you can get a licensed Masters of the Universe He-Man decks via a collaboration between Super 7 and Element. Despite being licensed, it still looks like a bootleg or at best, a toy store board. Trying to find better pictures of the He-Man deck turned up more carppy boards from Sk8 Bali. – Thanks to David ODK for the original post idea that I just couldn’t leave be…

This is the Lego Creator 3 in 1 Retro Roller Skate set (#31148). The deal with these sets is that they come with one set of pieces that you allegedly use to build 3 separate items, but not at the same time. A lot of times these sets are more architectural in nature and the builds work better together. Two of these build options look pretty good, unfortunately, the skateboard is not one of them. I guess it technically, if only vaguely looks like a skateboard. I wonder if those pink wheels don’t fit in this configuration, it seems like it would look better with them on.

Witness the Hot Wheels Skate Flush & Go Skate Bowl from Mattel. From that fisheye lens shot you’d think this must be 3 feet across, but it’s not. Man, I’m really having to restrain myself from making poop jokes in this post… The set comes with one board and one pair of fnigerboarding shoes and lists for about $35. What’s the size of a Hot Wheels fingerboard compared to a Tech Deck? Has the fnigerboarding industry sat down together for a roundtable discussion on scale nomenclature or was there already an ISO standard? Who cares? This fingerboard play set is the… (self control)! – Thanks to Josh Baker for the tip!