I loved tied sweaters around the waist. It's very practical when it's hot, and you don't want to wear a sweater, or put it over your shoulder.

As fashion? God no...

Oh dear. I was guilty of that as a kid in the '90s. I'm so, so sorry.

I am keen to have '70s leisure suits in the game, though, no matter how unfashionable they are. Mostly because then an accurate Leisure Suit Larry will finally be possible- I'll have to download Esmeralda's version and update the outfit using the new pack. :D

Calypso? Reggae?

I hope they don't forget to add favorite music for each of the radio stations... It's a good thing they didn't forget it in Fast Lane Stuff!

70s-80s-90s blog from January 18th: http://www.thesims3.com/community/b...l?blogid=480119



Edited to add: How can you have the 70s without platform shoes? smh

"Afros are very difficult for our artists to make"

Sorry, but that doesn't wash with me, EA. I'm sure it IS difficult, since hair in general is hard to make. But you already have a few hairstyles that are very very close, like that one from the circus set. We also have CC afros. If they can make it.....

other than that minor quibble, I'm actually looking forward to this stuff pack.

"Afros are very difficult for our artists to make. I’m sad we don’t have any in this SP too"

Yeah sure they are, that's why there is already one included with showtime.

Afros are very difficult for our artists to make.

If that's the case, then maybe EA needs to hire better artists...

I love how 29 objects is a lot to them.

Don't get me wrong, I like what they've provided (especially the dance floor and wall panel, and the 70's stuff), but we all know grunge is lacking. What they've given us doesn't even come across as grunge or industrial, except for the chair, and maybe the plant. It looks like they put too much focus on one group, again, and left the other for the last minute. I could have done without the sectional sofa for some of those industrial loft windows like we had back in apartment life.

And speaking of sections, why can we get a normal looking one? Something like this is far better, and much more useful than the section they gave us. Even if EA poured the Sims 3 style over it, it'd still be better for the game.

I see EA likes redundancy, even in their blogs. How many times you gonna say something about the arcade and stereo? Sigh.

Well, I agree that the '70s can't be fully represented without platform shoes, but what about the Rag City Blues zip Around Jeans ? I had several of those with different colors to match my high school colors. Very popular in my school.

Anyway, what a load of hogwash about the afros. Would have been better to say they didn't want to create one for the pack.

Just goes to show that different things are fads in different places. I'd never heard of or seen these until now, and we're the same age.

In my school, the big thing was Aigner purses. Or what about Laura Ashley granny/prairie dresses? Earth shoes? Wire-frame glasses? (I know we have the aviator sunglasses in the basegame, but in the 1970s, people wore those with clear glass or that indoor/outdoor changing glass.) Girls wore Danskins wrap skirts and spaghetti strap leotards to the disco, what about that? And people keep saying we get a leisure suit with this SP, but what we're getting is a 1970s three piece tailored suit, worn without a tie; a leisure suit is two pieces and very casual in appearance with a jacket constructed more like a work shirt than a suit jacket.

For the 1980s they couldn't give us those ridiculously over-sized oxford shirts?

Sorry. Maybe it was a fad at my school or in my area. I grew up close to Chicago, although I was in Northwest Indiana, maybe the zip around jeans were popular there? I don't know, but it was the rage from the mid to late '70s. If you unzipped them all the way, you would have 2 separate pants legs and you can mix or match how you wanted. If you were close friends with someone and wore the same size, you could swap a pants leg with your friend. That was not happening with me, grossed me out.

I remember the clothes you described too Writerchick, but they didn't fly well at my school. *shrugs* Different cultures? Women had 3 piece suits too, I had several in pants and skirt sets. Interchanged between the pants/skirts sets.

All I know is that in the 80's, kids weren't cool unless they had a Member's Only jacket and those little clip things that attached to your shoelaces.

Wow, those look uncomfortable.

Anybody excited for tomorrow? (~^_^)~

Well, I was a teen at the time and nothing was uncomfortable, especially when you wore jeans so tight that you needed to lay down and use a wire clothes hanger to help you zip up your jeans. Crazy times and yes I did suffer for fashion. I admit I was a clothes whore.

^^ lol, i was just telling my mom about this sp and she said the same thing; only she said she used a fork instead of a wire close hanger to zip them up. i asked her if they gave her really bad muffin top and she said no, pants sat a lot higher.

Downloaded the SP and tried registering it through the official site. It was a no go. Can't register Seasons or Decades. Can't get the Pinball Machine for pre-ordering Decades. I should have learned my lesson by now. Oy!

Wow! The BBS is boiling: people are unable to redeem the pinball, the new TV has a crappy image moodlet... And more seriously EA broke the game music! People reports having no music at all anymore. That's an amazing fail. Haven't got the SP yet but now I'm afraid to grab it

Yeah, just found out that if you purchased through Origins and use the same e-mail then Origin will register for you. http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3.../387162#U387162 Didn't work for me. I bought Seasons from Gamestop and was able to register the first day, haven't had the icon on My Page since then. What I really wanted I can't get to redeem the pinball machine code.

EA wants to have us get digital downloads and play only through servers? Not with this type of service. I am tired and done.

How common does the music glitch appear to be over there? Just wondering- it's a serious error, sure, but in the past I've seen reports of some very unusual glitches over on the official forums that rarely if ever get a mention elsewhere. Just trying to verify that this is a frequently-occurring bug with this stuff pack, and perhaps whether or not it could be the result of some weird mod conflict.

Hmm...start loading the game, no music. Music pops in when picking a save to play. Go in your lot, no musical sounds, just the FX of floating musical notes. I say it's an issue for me. Never had problems with it before.

For some this may not be a problem, but I enjoying hearing the loading music. Especially the ones from Late Night.

Must have been strong zippers if they didn't snap open. How do you zip up your jeans with a wire clothes hanger?

Clothes if I remember correctly were a lot more hardy back then. Everything was really well made, and a lot of it was more expensive than what you see today. Now, I have to decide on this SP or my annoying vice. I have enough for one or the other.