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Barney's is selling the old school Mattel

Barney's is selling the old school Mattel football and baseball handhelds.

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13 comments
Jeffrey J. Hoover says:

Yep. The whole lot is at Target too.

» by Jeffrey J. Hoover on Nov 19, 2003 at 06:51 PM
Bruce says:

Radio Shack as well.

» by Bruce on Nov 19, 2003 at 09:21 PM
Matt Haughey says:

Saw them at Radio Shack the other night too. Kicked myself for not thinking of it, I bet buying distribution rights to make that game again was really cheap.

» by Matt Haughey on Nov 19, 2003 at 11:53 PM
omit says:

They've been on sale for a while. Since last year, at least.

» by omit on Nov 20, 2003 at 12:43 AM
clappstar says:

Urban Outfitters has them on sale too.

» by clappstar on Nov 20, 2003 at 01:11 AM
ralph says:

Jeez, I still have my original Mattel football game. Still works, too. Cool to see these classics come back.

» by ralph on Nov 20, 2003 at 01:41 AM
KJC says:

Still, $35 seems a little steep to make red dots move around a small screen. I'm guessing they're really $10 + $25 kitsch/retro fee...

» by KJC on Nov 20, 2003 at 08:36 AM
patrick says:

They're $8 or so at Target.

» by patrick on Nov 20, 2003 at 09:03 AM
mike m says:

Yup $8 at Target. I got Football last Christmas as a stocking stuffer.

» by mike m on Nov 20, 2003 at 10:28 AM
KJC says:

OK, so I was wrong ... it's a $27 kitsch/retro fee.

» by KJC on Nov 21, 2003 at 10:15 AM
Chris says:

I read an article last year about the football game. When some marketing guy at Mattel had the brainstorm to bring the game back, he had to buy one Ebay as the company didn't have a working model anywhere. My kid has the baseball and football, $10 or so at Toys R Us.

» by Chris on Nov 21, 2003 at 03:39 PM
Mike says:

I own the new version of the Mattel football game and it is close but not exactly like the original. The sound effects are off.

» by Mike on Nov 21, 2003 at 11:54 PM
Birnbaum Daniel says:

Unusual ideas can make enemies.

» by Birnbaum Daniel on Jan 26, 2004 at 01:50 AM

 
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