The roughly mid-90's and earlier (generally pre-Toonami, pre-anime boom) era of anime & manga fandom: early cons, clubs, tape trading, Nth Generation VHS fansubs, old magazines & fanzines, fandubs, ancient merchandise, rec.arts.anime, and more!
Bandai to bring back the popular 1994 "Voice Memo" (for those familiar with the popular "Marmalade Boy" voice memo robot) on June 18th on their shop site. It will cost Y5000