It's my birthday this Friday. You know... pretty exciting.

(By the way, if you so happen to read this and stumble upon a cool looking bobblehead in the next three days... umm, I'll appreciate a birthday present from you. Especially because I started my collection pretty much solely to make it easier for people to buy for me for holidays... and no one has gotten me a single one.)

I did get an early birthday present, though, and it's pretty sweet. In fact, it's probably going to be hard to top it.

It's a VINTAGE Legend Of Zelda keychain. And by vintage, I mean... it's from 1988.

I actually found a picture of it online. On the internet. Which means that it's not a rare collectible, worth thousands and thousands of dollars. Which most vintage keychains are, I would assume...

(well, just try Googling Legend of Zelda keychain, and it's the most dated looking one.)

It's the logo from the first game, I believe... but mainly it reminds me of the cartoon, which is how I was familiar with the series during the formative years of my childhood.

The cartoon was some great Saturday morning viewing whenever I could catch it--maybe not as great as the Mario cartoons that it usually replaced, but still. A classic in its own right.



Well... maybe "classic" is not the word.

I have memories of it, at least.