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6 Comments:
The "tape measure" is a label maker. They are still around in some form, the most common maker was Dymo.
It's not a tape measure.
It's a DYMO:
http://i.minus.com/jw52UFJdI1QF.jpg
I own one, and it's simple though great.
I saw those spheroid stereos back then, and I desperately wanted one...
The two models holding the cube thingies are Pink Lady, a popular singing duo of the time (they even had a very brief run on U.S. TV).
The "Never Give Up" girl is from one of Japan's most famous anime shows ever; her name is Lum, from the show Urusei Yatsura, most commonly translated as "Those Annoying Aliens".
Yes, I love that stuff.
...Whatever happened to all those round electronics, anyway? They'd be so delightfully retro now...
The small cars are all keijidosha or kei class cars. It's a specific kind of microcar that is endemic to Japan. The regulations governing their design came about as a way to get people on wheels after the war. These early models (Honda Z360, Mazda Carol, etc.) all had an engine no bigger than 360cc's. (For comparison, the smallest 4 seat car car most of us in America have seen sold here in the last 20 years, the Geo Metro, has an engine of 993cc's in size.) There are also regulations about maximum size and top speed as well. They are still sold in Japan today and remain quite popular. However, newer models are allowed to be much larger with an engine capacity not to exceed 660cc's. Sadly, it is almost impossible to get cars this small in the US due to safety regulations.
That anime chick looks like she's holding in a wee.
I don't think those TV's are meant to look like eggs, but rather like 'space helmets' [all the rage at that time], or maybe 'wide-mouthed frogs', but you don't see many of them these days...
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