70’s
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The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI (which was variously referred to as the Office of Scientific Intelligence, the Office of Scientific Investigation or the Office of Strategic Intelligence). The show is based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and during pre-production, that was the proposed title of the series. It aired on the ABC network as a regular series from 1974 to 1978, following three television movies aired in 1973. The title role of Steve Austin was played by Lee Majors, who subsequently became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off of the show was produced, The Bionic Woman, as well as several television movies featuring both eponymous characters. Click here to watch the intro ยป
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Superfection
Released in 1975, the object Superfection is to pair geometric forms and then place the composite piece into the pop-up tray in the least amount of time. The pop-up tray is a 4×4 grid.
To start, mix and scatter the geometric shapes making sure that matched pairs are not together. Then turn the timer on and try to match the forms into pairs placing each completed pair on the pop-up tray.
When finished press the timer to stop it. However much time you have left is your score. If you fail to get all of the pairs collected the pop-up tray will pop-up throwing all the pieces out and giving you no score for the round.
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McDonald’s Pies
McDonald’s pies are actually turnovers and come in apple or, in some markets, cherry and other seasonal or limited-time-only flavors such as pumpkin pie and Holiday pie, and in Hawaii, taro, haupia and banana. In Canada, in the 1970s, blueberry was standard, as was the Great Fruit Pie. During some seasonal promotions, cherry and strawberry are an available pie flavor in Canada; also, newly featured is Blueberry Maple and Peach. Currently McDonald’s is selling raspberry pies, for a limited time. In Thailand and Guam, taro pie is featured occasionally. Other regional flavors include coconut and tuna (all in Guam as limited-time), and corn in Japan. In Mexico and Guatemala, cheese pie is available all year round. In Cyprus, strawberry and custard pies are available all year round also, along with the apple one. In Brazil, banana pies are available.
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