Yesterware

Not the most pristine of specimens but this LaserActive has seen battle and lived to tell the tale. At any given moment I probably have three or four "projects" sitting on the back burner, either because I bought parts but by the time they arrived, I had lost my motivation, or because life happened and hobbies had to make way for more important priorities.  One such back catalog project was restoring my LaserActive PAC-S10 module closer to its original function. Just a quick primer on LaserActive in case this is the first place you're reading about it. Pioneer partnered with both Sega and NEC to integrate game consoles into a Laserdisc player. The result was a player with an expansion slot for various modules. To my knowledge only five modules were released for it. The PAC-S1 and PAC-S10 are the Japanese and North American versions of the Sega Genesis. The PAC-N1 and PAC-N10 are the Japanese and North American versions of the Turbografx-16. Finally the PAC-K1 is a module...

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted a Nelsonic Zelda watch, but my parents were always reluctant to shell out money for toys and even if that had not been a hindrance the only ones I could ever seem to find at the store were the white or blue or pink ones.  Everyone knows the black ones are the only cool ones. Over the years as the memory has cropped up I've occasionally checked Ebay and while there are always watches to be had, they're usually the non-black colors or else priced way too high to seem reasonable.  These things originally retailed for $20.  I kept telling myself eventually I'd find one cheaper somewhere.  Well over the years the price has crept up and not down.  Against my better judgement I decided to go ahead and buy one at the egregious price - I consoled myself with the fact that the images on the listing made the watch and the box look perfect. Well, what I received was definitely not the item pictured in the listing.  The listing sho...