'80s gadgets the X-Men would love

The 1980s represent a treasure trove of popular culture, fashion and, of course, gadgets. Technology was evolving more rapidly than it ever had before, and people were developing precursors to the devices we carry around today.   

As we've seen in X-Men: Apocalypse, the X-Men mutants wouldn't have been immune to the crazes and fads of this decade.    

Here are some of the gadgets we think these characters would get really excited about.  

1. Professor X + The Casio C-80 Calculator watch   

Professor Charles Xavier is one of the greatest minds in the universe, but he still revels in the small, simple pleasures of life. He's a bit older than his students at his School for Gifted Youngsters, so he'd be especially impressed by modern tech. Even though he's seen the work and skill Hank McCoy needed to build Cerebro, and what that machine can do, he'd still be charmingly impressed by a watch with a built-in calculator. (He'd probably make jokes about his extremely calculated chess strategy while wearing it.)    Read more...