My grandmother never threw catalogs out, she let them sit until the new one came in.
So I can remember spending the better part of a year staring at this image, plotting as to how I would make the Atari 2600 mine.
I had to get my first job but it was so worth it and it changed Christmas forever.
AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others. 
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I still feel like there's an RGB sunburst emanating from me when I think about playing my 2600.
My dad and I used to play the "Combat" cartridge non-stop. I even recognize the Ricochet-Fire Maze Tank game on the screen. But in all the years of playing, we never got the 2600 to create the RGB sunburst shown. Was it a special easter-egg? 😀
Anybody else notice the guy isn't even holding the joystick and the elegant lady beside him is holding her joystick sideways, without her fingers even near the fire button?
Good eye.