LEGO Minifig ping pong and 1980s French cold wave

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BIPP: French Synth-Wave 1979/85 compiles cold wave and Casio-dominated robot music that emerged from the unholy matrimony of post-punk and the nascent electro-pop scene of Europe. Above, Act's "Ping Pong" as soundtrack for a video created by Smugg Knife.

"BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85" (Amazon)

Smugg Knife Productions

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awjt

LOL, on my kids’ behalf.
mandrakefiggybottom

I am one of the two creators of this video. Out other work can be found here. http://smuggknife.com/ We hope you enjoyed the video.
- David Pescovitz
  
  Fantastic work! I updated my post with a link to your site. Thanks for commenting.
- noah django
  
  ”we have two… formative competitives today”
  D-minus. (“formative” and “competiteves” circled in red ink.) see me after class.
  
  the track itself is gold, though.
Rich Keller

So this isn’t the Legoland Eurovision entry?
Halfadrop

That is wonderful!
Another wonderful Ping Pong related thing I’ve seen is this: https://vimeo.com/14832158
A doc on the world’s over 80s Ping Pong champs.
Oh, Ping pong….
stovedoor

Seeing blacktron and m-tron minifigs in there made me pretty happy. That’s a pretty good collection of oldschool lego.