Yahoo Lifestyle 60 Photos Of Forgotten '80s Kids Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable And Nostalgic To Any Elder Millennial Or Young Gen X'er
1.These rainbow flip-flops that EVERY kid owned in the '80s, and always ended up in pain while wearing them because the material in the thong between would irritate the skin between your toes:
2.The Fisher-Price skates that were nearly impossible to skate in:
3.And the Fisher-Price Little People Zoo that was arguably the best of all the Little People play sets:
4.This exact CorningWare casserole dish that all '80s parents owned:
5.This Chuck E. Cheese carpet that you would crawl all over and was probably way, way, way dirtier than you realized:
6.And these Chuck E. Cheese hats that you would wear at every birthday party you attended there:
7.Reruns of Paddington — the stop-motion series they would show on PBS:
8.And reruns of Three's Company that ran in the afternoons and was full of jokes that went over your head:
9.Colorforms, which, like, 75% of the fun of playing with them was sniffing them:
10.This lamp that would BURN your hand if you touched the balloons after it had been on for a while:
11.TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, which was hosted by Dick Clark and Ed McMahon:
12.Square One, which everyone really watched just for "Mathnet":
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13.The "Little Professor" calculator:
14.Cinnamon Toast Crunch having three bakers instead of just the one on the right:
15.Smurf Chef Boyardee pasta, which, of course, tasted like regular Chef Boyardee:
16.The Wham-O Roller Racer that could go really fast if you were coming down a hill:
17.These McDonald's glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck:
18.The cube that Evie used to talk to her dad, Troy, on in Out of This World:
19.Scratch-and-sniff stickers that smelled gross on purpose and made you wonder why they thought any kid would want it:
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20.My Pet Monster, which was cute for a monster (well, except for its nose, which hurt like hell if you accidentally hit yourself with it):
21.Game switches that you had to install in the back of your TV so that you could connect your Nintendo to the TV:
22.Morris the cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:
23.Mr. Owl from the Tootsie Pop commercial, who, let's be honest, was a pompous asshole:
24.Your parents telling you to NEVER put your mouth near the receiver when using a pay phone 'cause it was dirty and full of germs (and, like, they were right):
25.Cut and sew dolls that your mom or grandma would make you — and that would get all flat after a month or two:
26.The "I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way" Jessica Rabbit poster that they would sell at places like Spencer's:
27.How you only thought of Jane Fonda as the "workout lady":
28.The Masters of the Universe Power Tour and Muppet Babies Live! live stage shows that you begged your parents to take you to:
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29.This vinyl E.T. stuffed animal (the one in the center below) that had the creepy feeling skin, which started to peel after a few years:
30.Dustbusters that looked like this:
31.That one Garfield telephone that you wanted oh-so-bad and thought was so cool — but, of course, your parents never bought because they didn't want a novelty phone just sitting in the living room:
32.The Little Tikes plastic playhouse with the green roof and red half-door (and yes, that is Prince Harry playing in one):
33.Judy Blume paperback books that came with these covers:
34.And Beverly Clearly books that came with these covers:
35.Toys "R" Us's shelves being stocked with even more toys (and also ENTIRE large sections of the store being devoted to just one toy line):
36.And Toys "R" Us bags that looked like this:
37.Strawberry Shortcake chewable vitamins that tasted like candy, and which you'd eat a few of behind your parents' backs:
38.These pitchers, which always left a plasticky taste to any lemonade, punch, or juice you poured out of it:
39.The ridiculous — but very entertaining cartoon series — Beverly Hills Teens, which also had a banger intro:
40.Mr. Men & Little Miss puffy stickers (which never really stuck well to anything):
41.And Sandy Lion stickers that were so, so, so cute:
42.Slime and lots of play sets that used slime as part of its features:
43.Tang Lips PVC figures that you never remember getting, but somehow appeared in your toy box one day:
44.Orville Redenbacher as the star of all of his popcorn commercials:
45.Wooden puzzles that smelled like wet brown paper bags:
46.Shirt Tales stuffed animals, which your grandma would get you from Hallmark:
47.And Ziggy greeting cards, which you would also get from your grandma:
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48.The Mousercise album, 'cause even Mickey Mouse jumped onto the aerobics craze:
49.The weirdly waxy wrappers that Topps movies and TV trading cards...
50....and Garbage Pail Kids cards came in:
51.The Fisher-Price camera that actually took photos:
52.The Punky Brewster cartoon that ran on Saturday mornings on NBC:
53.Webster, which was one of several sitcoms about kids who were orphaned:
54.Filmation's Ghostbusters cartoon that really confused kids everywhere why there were two cartoons called Ghostbusters:
55.Little teddy bear pencil toppers that would lose their fuzz and get all dirty after a few weeks:
56.Max Backtalk which was like the cooler Simon:
57.Those large plastic push buttons on vending machines:
58.The terrifying (in retrospect) McDonald's commercials that featured come-to-life singing Chicken McNuggets:
59.And McDonald's Fry Kids Happy Meal toys that smelled like plastic and a subtle scent of French fries (that they picked up from being packed with your fries in the box):
60.And lastly, sitting up super close to the TV whenever you played Nintendo because the cords weren't long enough:
