1980s Nintendo Stickers, Scratchcards & 34 YEAR OLD BUBBLEGUM

While trawling eBay for some new stuff for my UNBOXING videos - I stumbled upon a few packs of these Nintendo scratchcard and sticker packs from 1989 and 1982, respectively.

Both packs come with stickers and scratchcards, and the 1982 Donkey Kong pack came with a stick of 34 YEAR OLD BUBBLEGUM. All three packs are older than I am. :)

Judging by the copyright information and the ingredients of the bubblegum (*cough* corn syrup *cough*), these packs are clearly from the US - possibly sold in the UK at some point, as there was quite a few listings in ££££s. You could also get a pack with Link from The Legend of Zelda on the front, but that one was about 5 times more expensive than the Mario and Peach packs. I believe the 1982 packs were only available in the Donkey Kong variety, rather than the general Nintendo/NES variety.

The packs I opened contained stickers and scratchcards from Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Punch-Out!!, Double Dragon Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2. 

Here's a closer look at them: (click on the pics to enlarge)

Double Dragon sticker & tips

Punch-Out!! sticker & tips

Super Mario Bros. stickers & tips

Zelda II sticker & tips

Donkey Kong scratchcard

Donkey Kong sticker & jigsaw piece

Donkey Kong stickers & jigsaw piece

Donkey Kong sticker & jigsaw piece

Punch-Out!! scratchcard

Super Mario Bros. 2 scratchcard

Super Mario Bros. 2 scratchcard

Super Mario Bros. scratchcard

Zelda II scratchcard

Zelda II scratchcard

The Legend of Zelda scratchcard

The bubblegum seemed to have started to disintegrate somewhat, does anybody know what the hell these brown speckles are?

And if you want to see me opening the packaging and EATING THE 34 YEAR OLD BUBBLEGUM, because I'm fucking stupid - here's a video:




For any fans of the British unboxer Ashens, he once ate a piece of 25-year-old bubblegum. I ate the whole stick of 34-year-old bubblegum. :)

Glitchfest: The Sims 3 - Weird Stretched-Out Children

When I play The Sims 3, I hate controlling large households of Sims - I prefer to play with a household of one, so I can focus all my attention on them without having to juggle tons of commands at once. The only problem with this is I like to make a Sim of myself - and obviously, I like my Sim to woohoo with a Sim of Shelly. See how faithful I am - I don't even like a virtual representation of me to cheat on a virtual representation of her. :)

Anyway, because I opt for the one Sim approach, my Sim is usually celibate - so I did some research to see if it was possible for CPU-controlled Sims to share a house with human-controlled ones. Long story short - yes, but it's awkward to set up and temperamental as hell.

Basically, you have to use a lot of console commands and the Sim had to start as a toddler, then age up to whatever life stage you wanted them to be - and you have very little control over their clothes/hairstyle/traits etc.

HOWEVER - after aging up child 'Shelly' Sim to a teenager, THIS happened:

Fuck it, she can just have a wank. :)

Unboxing: Zavvi "Retro" Zbox

Here's something ever so slightly different from my usual Arcade Block unboxings: 

This is a Zavvi Zbox - a subscription service offered by the UK online retailer of games, films, music and stuff - Zavvi.co.uk. However, I'm not a subscriber to the service - I found this box for sale for A FIVER (or £5) on eBay - it was originally £20! 

Thus, I'm a bit late to the party on this one, this is the "Retro" Zbox, originally released in March of 2015 - see what I mean about waiting to buy stuff later if you want a bargain?

Unlike Arcade Block, the Zbox isn't just gaming merchandise, in fact - this "Retro" edition is the only one I've seen that was game themed. I'll keep an eye open for any future ones.

Here's my unboxing video:



And here's a closer look at the contents:

Pac-Man Blinky Pixel Bricks

Out-of-date Flumps marshmallow sweets

Lemmings door hanger

Sonic The Hedgehog socks

Sega Saturn notebook

Tango Fiesta Steam code

Zbox magazine issue #3

Joystick Junkies T-shirt

Unboxing: Arcade Block January 2016

Time for my third monthly Arcade Block!

As I've previously explained; for a fee of $20 CANADIAN per month, Arcade Block will send you a lovely box of gaming merchandise, including a T-shirt. Shipping costs vary, depending on where you live, and larger T-shirt sizes cost a few $ extra - overall, my boxes including shipping, work out at about £24.

This one was shipped on the 25th of January and arrived on the 1st of February. Now that's fast shipping. :)



And let's take a closer look at the contents:

Morph Ball stress reliever

Super Mario Bros. puzzle cube

Scorpion bobblehead

Portal metal sign

Pokémon beanie hat

Street Fighter V Ryu T-shirt

Stay tuned for next month's Arcade Block!

Gamer's Wardrobe: Knock-Off Indian Sonic T-Shirts

My Mam and Dad to to India a lot - apparently the markets that aim towards tourists are very cheap and are usually made up of hand-made things, such as hand-carved ornaments and hand-stitched purses, or knock-off products - Mam told me about a shop she found that was actually called "The Genuine Fake Leather Shop".

On one trip to India, Mam and Dad brought me back these, obvious knock-off Sonic The Hedgehog T-Shirts - one red, one blue - size large-ish. How so I know they're knock offs? Sonic's skin is yellow, for a start. :)

Apparently, they cost 500 rupees each, which at the time was about £6 each - not bad really.