Thread by @PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp I head back to 1984: the year that had everything! #FridayFeeling

In 1984 we had An ENTIRE MONTH of pork pies! People threw parties and everything! It was the best time...

Lou Reed, manspreading his approval for Honda scooters (1984).

Not the Joy of Sex. Nope...

Richard's Bicycle Book: a manual of bicycle maintenance and enjoyment by Richard Ballantine. Pan Books, 1984.

Thuggery for breakfast again... Weetabix (1984).

The 1984 Psion Organiser. Is it a calculator? Is it a Filofax? Does it use Reverse Polish Notation? The answers are yes, yes and yes!

The 1994 Adam Ant calendar. You don't want to see the state of him in December...

Dempsey & Makepeace, or Street Hawk? Hey, why not combine both! Streetpeace! Demphawk!

Rainbow action transfers from 1984.

Relive the movie at home: Karate Kid action figures (1984)

Space bums of Uranus (1984).

The first in-game CD player was launched in 1984 by Pioneer - the CDX-1.

Diggi Loo / Diggi Ley by Herrey's (1984). That apostrophe is messing with my mind - what IS it possessive of?

He seems well chuffed...

Model Engineer, August 1984.

"Daring new design!" Popular Mechanics, June 1984.

The terrible curse of the Wind Ninja! (Plus: "take our ninja quiz!")

Ninja magazine, May 1984. May contain ninjas...

Video Rock Stars, Spring 1984.
- Does not come with a free video.
- Not Betamax compatible.
- May contain Hall and Oates.

The moment we knew the decade was fu*ked... Radio Times, March 1984.

Goldie Hawn. Interview magazine, April 1984.

"Lay down your trenchcoats and dance!" No. 1, April 1984.

"Transform your Big Trak!"

Practical Robotics, Sept/Oct 1984.

OK, let's settle this once and for all Twitter: is Sting more evil than Darth Vader? Poll attached in the next tweet 👇

He did release Dream Of The Blue Turtles remember... #FridayThoughts

Who is the evil one of 1984:

The 1984 Casio Databank Telememo 10 (CD-40).

Doesn't actually dial the phone...

The Casio KX-101 combination radio / cassette deck / keyboard / sequencer / studio.

May require small hands to operate...

"Shouldn't we put actual pictures of our products on our marketing brochures Lord Sugar?"

"Nah, crude wonky cartoons will do the job."

"Is that because all our products are a bit sh*t?"

"YOU'RE FIRED!!!"

Crystal Meh... (1984)

The FBI goes after hackers! InfoWorld, March 1984.

Yoda. Sells VCRs, he does. (1984)

Terrahawks! You could use Sgt. Major Zero as a spare Subbuteo foosball at a pinch... (1984)

Who you gonna call?* The 1984 Ghostbusters jumpsuit!

(*orders cannot be processed over the phone)

Prithee, enter ye to Ye Olde TARDIS Shoppe!

Starlog issue 89, December 1984. #DoctorWho

Boyzone (1984). Pre-Ronan Keating, obviously...

Spud U Like! (1984). Because nobody doesn't like a potato.

Yes, that is a cup of delicious melted butter...

Disgrazie A Cantina. Pig, from Inedito (1984).

The 1984 Yeno Super Lady Cassette Vision - a console for the lady gamer.

If it's any consolation the boy's version was equally as crap...

Warlock: the Fighting Fantasy Magazine. Issue 1, 1984.

Program Along With Joey Ramone. K-Power magazine, 1984.

Who's afraid of the Art Of Noise? ZTT (1984)

You can probably roast a spatchcock in the time this takes to load...

The Computer Cook Book. Bug-Byte Software, 1984.

The youth cults of Australia! Dolly magazine, November 1984.

They elected an orangutan?!

2000AD, May 1984. Cover by Ron Smith.

"Let's play chatroom roulette!"

Computability VHS (1984).

The Sinclair QL (1984). "There's no comparison chart" because nobody had one delivered on time. It had more bugs than a Soviet hotel room and was compatible with nothing else on the planet. It sank the company...

"The computer is your friend.*" Paranoia, West End Games 1984.

(*It most certainly isn't! Watch your back...)

And that's it for my look back at 1984: truly the future had arrived!