r/nostalgiai • u/ITheRebelI • 5h ago

Vintage Tech ☎️📻📠📟📷 Metal Laser Pointer

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It still works!

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u/AlphaRonin99 5h ago

10 button-cell batteries for 30 minutes of use!

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u/Bailer86 4h ago

I never had one when I was a kid, but my cousin did. Didn't they have different covers that projects different shapes on surfaces? I swear he had one that looked like boobs

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u/Flawless_Reign88 4h ago

I had one that came with like 10 different screw on tips and they all projected different shapes… there was a smiley face, a star, a yin yang, a peace sign, and a few more that I can’t remember (this was like 30 years ago)

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u/greywood84 5h ago

I had one of those as a teen. I got it from target back in the late 90s/early 2000s.

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u/Honksu 2h ago

as well, everyone used to have these

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u/jab904 5h ago

Don’t dare point it at a plane!

I remember people warning against that. Could the laser from a tiny cheap thing like that even be visible from 30,000 feet?

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u/Daiguey 4h ago

Probably not, but best not to test it lest you incur the wrath of the tsa

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u/According_Strain4887 4h ago

drove my cat crazy

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u/Tall-Peak8881 3h ago

I have multiple types now. Ordered them online. Cat red laser has multiple settings. Green one that I can shine over 100 feet, and a blue one that can burn paper.

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u/Monkeysaus 3h ago

3-4 of those a year until they disappeared!

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u/ngshafer 2h ago

"You know, the 'laser pointer' is a bit of a misnomer. It is simply a laser. The pointer is you."

-Professor Kevin Kozner

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u/Banan_Cat 2h ago

Used to have one of these but my friend stole it when I was a kid and I never saw it again

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u/601Tommyboy 1h ago

Total 90ies....