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1. Garfield pencil huggers that were actually really impractical: 2. Shiny Sandylion stickers: 3. And Mrs. Grossman's stickers, which always had a cute minimal design: 4. This Hanna-Barbera logo: 5. Serendipity books, which had oh-so-'70s-looking covers: 6. Bruce Coville books with their very late-'80s-looking covers: 7. Garbage Pail Kids cards, which came wrapped in waxy packaging: 8. Puffy fabric paints that you would use to decorate T-shirts: 9. Play tents that would easily fall apart if you moved wrong: 10. This exact casserole dish that every '80s mom owned: 11. The F.H.E. logo that appeared before a whole bunch of your favorite VHS tapes: 12. Wildlife Treasury and the box that you always pinched your fingers on: 13. The ALF puppets you could get at Burger King: 14. Nerds cereal that tasted like pure sugar: 15. The "Right to Say No!" commercial that played all the time during cartoons: 16. Trace and color coloring books (which were kinda lame): 17. Chef Boyardee Tic Tac Toe's pasta: 18. Tupperware sippy cups that gave a little bit of a plastic flavor to anything you drank out of them: 19. The Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog: 20. Bracelet pens, which dried out super quickly: 21. These change purses that fell apart super quickly: 22. Animalia, which featured some AMAZING illustrations: 23. These McDonald's glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck: 24. And McDonald's disposable cups that looked like this: 25. The Fraggle Rock Happy Meal toys that were all sorts of amazing: 26. Pictionary Junior, which you really never ended up playing right: 27. The oh-so-cool Fisher-Price Little People Zoo play set: 28. Nickelodeon's Noozles cartoon series (which was an afternoon staple): 29. Wacky Winders kite spool that tried to make kite spools cool: 30. Jerry O'Connell as a kid with superpowers on My Secret Identity: 31. The Munsters Today, which was a very random reboot of the original The Munsters TV series from the '60s: 32. The bitchy Tootsie Roll Pop owl: 33. The bendable hand keychain that would start falling apart within a month: 34. These weird flashes that you would need to put on the camera: 35. And real cameras that were made just for kids: 36. Halogen pendant lights that looked so chic but got so hot that you could cook a pizza under them: 37. Kitchen glassware... 38. ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: 39. Chuck E. Cheese, when he looked like this: 40. General Foods International Coffee, which you thought was the fanciest coffee ever: 41. Novelty telephones in the shape of high-heeled pumps, which you also thought were fancy: 42. The utterly delightful Ralph S. Mouse adaptations that aired on ABC Weekend Specials: 43. The Muzzy commercial that ran all the time: 44. Olan Mills photos that looked like this: 45. Pencil grips that supposedly made it easier to write: 46. Giggles cookies, which had faces that creeped you out a little: 47. Pencil sharpeners that looked like this: 48. Spirograph sets that came in this packaging: 49. Morris the Cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials: 50. The Ewoks cartoon series: 51. Cassette tape storage drawers, which were so much fun to organize: 52. Metal lunch boxes that would also start rusting kinda quick: 53. Triangle highlighters that looked so futuristic: 54. Stores that looked so futuristic 'cause they had a Memphis Group design aesthetic: 55. The pop artsy and catchy Whatchamacallit commercial: 56. Sports bloopers VHS tapes that — for some reason — every family owned: 57. The Nerf Air Hockey table set, which was never like a real air hockey table: 58. Puffy stickers that never stuck right to ANYTHING: 59. Herself the Elf books and toys: 60. Giant Swatch Watches wall clocks, which were design goals: 61. Toothpaste toppers: 62. Metal 3D pin art toys, which always smelled like a bag of nickels: 63. Ice Capades that featured your favorite cartoon characters: 64. The Fisher-Price McDonald's Drive-Thru play set, which was just something you NEEDED: 65. And finally, the "But I'm Drinking Milk" milk ads that really made you believe milk would turn you into a model:

    A post for anyone who ever wanted a giant Swatch watch hanging in their bedroom as a kid.

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    1. Garfield pencil huggers that were actually really impractical:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (2)

    2. Shiny Sandylion stickers:

    3. And Mrs. Grossman's stickers, which always had a cute minimal design:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (3)

    4. This Hanna-Barbera logo:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (4)

    Hanna-Barbera

    5. Serendipity books, which had oh-so-'70s-looking covers:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (5)

    6. Bruce Coville books with their very late-'80s-looking covers:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (6)

    7. Garbage Pail Kids cards, which came wrapped in waxy packaging:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (7)

    8. Puffy fabric paints that you would use to decorate T-shirts:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (8)

    9. Play tents that would easily fall apart if you moved wrong:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (9)

    10. This exact casserole dish that every '80s mom owned:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (10)

    11. The F.H.E. logo that appeared before a whole bunch of your favorite VHS tapes:

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    12. Wildlife Treasury and the box that you always pinched your fingers on:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (11)

    13. The ALF puppets you could get at Burger King:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (12)

    14. Nerds cereal that tasted like pure sugar:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (13)

    15. The "Right to Say No!" commercial that played all the time during cartoons:

    View this video on YouTube

    17. Chef Boyardee Tic Tac Toe's pasta:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (17)

    18. Tupperware sippy cups that gave a little bit of a plastic flavor to anything you drank out of them:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (18)

    19. The Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog:

    20. Bracelet pens, which dried out super quickly:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (19)

    21. These change purses that fell apart super quickly:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (20)

    22. Animalia, which featured some AMAZING illustrations:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (21)

    23. These McDonald's glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (22)

    24. And McDonald's disposable cups that looked like this:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (23)

    25. The Fraggle Rock Happy Meal toys that were all sorts of amazing:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (24)

    26. Pictionary Junior, which you really never ended up playing right:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (25)

    27. The oh-so-cool Fisher-Price Little People Zoo play set:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (26)

    28. Nickelodeon's Noozles cartoon series (which was an afternoon staple):

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (27)

    Viacom

    29. Wacky Winders kite spool that tried to make kite spools cool:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (28)

    30. Jerry O'Connell as a kid with superpowers on My Secret Identity:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (29)

    31. The Munsters Today, which was a very random reboot of the original The Munsters TV series from the '60s:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (30)

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    32. The bitchy Tootsie Roll Pop owl:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (31)

    Tootsie Roll Pop

    33. The bendable hand keychain that would start falling apart within a month:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (32)

    34. These weird flashes that you would need to put on the camera:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (33)

    35. And real cameras that were made just for kids:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (34)

    36. Halogen pendant lights that looked so chic but got so hot that you could cook a pizza under them:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (35)

    37. Kitchen glassware...

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (36)

    38. ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (37)

    39. Chuck E. Cheese, when he looked like this:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (38)

    40. General Foods International Coffee, which you thought was the fanciest coffee ever:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (39)

    41. Novelty telephones in the shape of high-heeled pumps, which you also thought were fancy:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (40)

    42. The utterly delightful Ralph S. Mouse adaptations that aired on ABC Weekend Specials:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (41)

    43. The Muzzy commercial that ran all the time:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (42)

    44. Olan Mills photos that looked like this:

    45. Pencil grips that supposedly made it easier to write:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (44)

    46. Giggles cookies, which had faces that creeped you out a little:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (45)

    47. Pencil sharpeners that looked like this:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (46)

    48. Spirograph sets that came in this packaging:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (47)

    49. Morris the Cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (48)

    50. The Ewoks cartoon series:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (49)

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    51. Cassette tape storage drawers, which were so much fun to organize:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (50)

    52. Metal lunch boxes that would also start rusting kinda quick:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (51)

    53. Triangle highlighters that looked so futuristic:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (52)

    54. Stores that looked so futuristic 'cause they had a Memphis Group design aesthetic:

    55. The pop artsy and catchy Whatchamacallit commercial:

    View this video on YouTube

    56. Sports bloopers VHS tapes that — for some reason — every family owned:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (56)

    57. The Nerf Air Hockey table set, which was never like a real air hockey table:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (57)

    58. Puffy stickers that never stuck right to ANYTHING:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (58)

    59. Herself the Elf books and toys:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (59)

    60. Giant Swatch Watches wall clocks, which were design goals:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (60)

    61. Toothpaste toppers:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (61)

    62. Metal 3D pin art toys, which always smelled like a bag of nickels:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (62)

    63. Ice Capades that featured your favorite cartoon characters:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (63)

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    64. The Fisher-Price McDonald's Drive-Thru play set, which was just something you NEEDED:

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (64)

    65. And finally, the "But I'm Drinking Milk" milk ads that really made you believe milk would turn you into a model:

    View this video on YouTube

    ...and ceramic containers that came in that country (?) goose design: (2024)
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