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Eighties Photo Contest

May 30, 2008 By: User Image rollerkaty (Who am I?) Category: 1988, 80s Photos, The RollerBlog

To celebrate The RollerBlog’s recent venture into the decade of the 1980s, I’ve decided to hold another photo contest. This contest will be similar to The RollerBlog’s seventies photo contest … but this time the disco balls are out, and the skinny ties and big bangs are in. Bring on your eighties photos!

The photo of me to the right, circa 1988, will hopefully serve as a little eightiespiration. Note the pony tail on the top of the head. Note the laser beams in the background. Note the glazed eighties expression. See? You get the picture.

The grand prize? 1,500 Entrecard Credits! If you are not a member of the Entercard Community feel free to join the contest anyway, and you will win the satisfaction of being a RollerBlog super star!

The runner-up prize? A Star Wars car air freshener that I picked up at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame gift shop. Never been used!

But wait! There’s more! The first 10 people to blog about this contest and include a link to this post will be awarded 50 Entrecard Credits! Please let me know by commenting to this post and I’ll send send you 50 credits via Entrecard. (Aren’t a member of Entrecard? Learn more about Entrecard here)

To enter The RollerBlog’s Eighties Photo Contest and win 1,500 Entrecard Credits, all you need to do is submit a picture of YOU from the eighties. Or your family. If you were not around in the decade or if you have lost all of your old photo albums then you may adopt a family and send in a picture of your dream eighties family instead.

The contest ends at midnight Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), Saturday, June 7, 2008. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter. I’ll be posting all of the entrants to The RollerBlog for all to see AND a link to your blog so only submit those pictures that you don’t mind sharing with the whole world. (I reserve the right not to post entries that I find offensive or are not in the spirit of the contest).

Winners will be chosen by a vote of the RollerBlog family members: RollerBoy, RollerReggie, and myself (RollerKaty). We’ll be looking for pictures that truly encapsulate the decade, with extra points if YOU are in the photo.

To enter the contest:

Send your eighties photo to rollerblog AT gmail DOT com
Send a link to your blog
Include a note describing who is in the picture and the year it is taken (if you know it)

Good luck!

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16 Responses to “ Eighties Photo Contest ”

# 1 Eric "Speedcat Hollydale" (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Awesome!! I love these participation types … and have done my own as well. The link will be up soon to this post, and a forthcoming photo. I’ll have to do some digging to find one

Cheers
Eric “SpeedyCat”
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# 2 Eric "Speedcat Hollydale" (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 9:10 am
http://speedcathollydale.blogspot.com/2008/05/snippets-blogging-juice.html

Back in a day or two with my photo
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# 3 rollerkaty (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Hi Speedcat - I look forward to seeing your eighties pics! In the meantime I have sent you 50 EC credits.
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# 4 Daniel Costalis (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Awesome. Totally radical.

http://www.whathuhstudios.com/press/2008/05/30/not-my-typical-subject/
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# 5 rollerkaty (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Hi Daniel,

50 ECs are on their way to you!
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# 6 Tip Diva (Who am I?) Says:
May 30th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Oh my gosh, the school pictures with the laser background. Actually, my local Applebee’s has a press photo of Dolly Parton with that same background, and my friends and I make a point to snicker every time. We’ve all had that background at some point.

I’m gonna have to go digging for a pic now!
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# 7 Book Calendar (Who am I?) Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
I wonder what the star wars air freshener smells like. Maybe it smells like light saber, a fate burning smell like overdone rice.
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# 8 rollerkaty (Who am I?) Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 am
Hmmm… you know I don’t know what the air freshener smells like. It’s still in the package. Although now I am mighty curious. I may just have to go buy another one to find out.
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# 9 RollerReggie (Who am I?) Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I believe the air freshener smells like “The Dark Side”.
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# 10 Brett (Who am I?) Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Blogged about this contest here:

http://mindrec.org/score/viewtopic.php?pid=12#p12

Thanks for the memories.
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# 11 rollerkaty (Who am I?) Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Hi Brett,

50 ECs are on their way to you!
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# 12 Metallman (Who am I?) Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
HAHAHA. You know it’s the 80s cause every kid in America had that background in their elementary school pictures. I’m sure I can dig up about 5 grades worth of that backgroud. lol
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# 13 therollerblog.com | Love Shack Says:
June 5th, 2008 at 6:15 am
[...] trouble rying to decide what fabulous eighties photos to submit to the RollerBlog Eighties Photo Contest [...]
# 14 therollerblog.com | Last Chance to Enter the Eighties Photo Contest! Says:
June 7th, 2008 at 2:29 am
[...] deadline for the Great RollerBlog Eighties Photo Contest is only one day away - now is your last chance to enter and win 1500 Entrecard Credits! Not to [...]
# 15 danandmarsh (Who am I?) Says:
June 7th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Dang! I just stumbled on to this contest, think I am too late!! I am sending u a pic of the dear hubby back in the ’80’s, he’s 52 now!
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# 16 danandmarsh (Who am I?) Says:
June 7th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Dang! I just stumbled on to this contest, think I am too late!! I am sending u a pic of the dear hubby back in the ’80’s, he’s 52 now! note the wood burning stove in the background
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