If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (2024)

    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:

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    2. Shiny Sandylion stickers:

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (3)

    4. This Hanna-Barbera logo:

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (5)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (6)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (7)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (8)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (9)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (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:

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (12)

    14. Nerds cereal that tasted like pure sugar:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (13)

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

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    17. Chef Boyardee Tic Tac Toe's pasta:

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (18)

    19. The Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog:

    20. Bracelet pens, which dried out super quickly:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (19)

    21. These change purses that fell apart super quickly:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (20)

    22. Animalia, which featured some AMAZING illustrations:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (21)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (22)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (23)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (24)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (25)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (26)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (27)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (28)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (29)

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

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    32. The bitchy Tootsie Roll Pop owl:

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    Tootsie Roll Pop

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (32)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (33)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (34)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (35)

    37. Kitchen glassware...

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (36)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (37)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (38)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (39)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (40)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (41)

    43. The Muzzy commercial that ran all the time:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (42)

    44. Olan Mills photos that looked like this:

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

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (45)

    47. Pencil sharpeners that looked like this:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (46)

    48. Spirograph sets that came in this packaging:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (47)

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

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    50. The Ewoks cartoon series:

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (50)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (51)

    53. Triangle highlighters that looked so futuristic:

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

    55. The pop artsy and catchy Whatchamacallit commercial:

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

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

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    58. Puffy stickers that never stuck right to ANYTHING:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (58)

    59. Herself the Elf books and toys:

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (59)

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

    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (60)

    61. Toothpaste toppers:

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

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    63. Ice Capades that featured your favorite cartoon characters:

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

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

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    If You Were An '80s Kid, Then This Entire List Is Of Forgotten Things From Your Childhood (2024)

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