money 35 Photos Of Nostalgic '80s Kids Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Old Millennials And Gen X'ers
1.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:
2.The Fisher-Price skates that were nearly impossible to skate in:
3.Fiber optic flower lamps, which you thought were so chic:
4.And this '80s meets Art Deco-style vase that every mom had in their living room:
5.This vinyl E.T. stuffed animal that had the creepy feeling skin, which started to peel after a few years:
6.Those plastic smock and face mask Halloween costumes that would tear and fall apart before you were even done trick-or-treating:
7.Having at least one or two photos that your parents would take of you and your siblings with the family car:
8.The Filmation logo and the little jingle that played with it:
9.And, of course, this Hanna-Barbera logo:
10.Big League Chew with the creepy and gruff-looking baseball player on it that looked like he came straight out of Mad Magazine:
11.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):
12.The "I Can Remember (Bread, Milk, Butter)" cartoon on Sesame Street that looked REALLY '70s, but was a total earworm:
13.Panini sticker album books and the stickers — which you had to place quickly and carefully, 'cause once it touched the paper, it was stuck for life:
14.View Master Reels which you'd always ask for and then only use once:
15.Burger Kings and Wendy's with salad bars inside of them:
16.The fever dream that was Kids Incorporated — which was also like the original Kidz Bop:
17.Nickelodeon's You Can't Do That on Television, which introduced everyone to slime...
18....and Mr. Wizard's World, which was an afternoon staple:
19.This Chuck E. Cheese carpet that you would crawl all over and was probably way, way dirtier than you realized:
20.Rainbow elastic belts and suspenders, which every little kid seemed to have one of at some point:
21.Michael Jackson being the biggest and most popular celebrity in the world...
22....and Madonna being the artist that your parents would say was a "bad influence":
23.Baskin-Robbins baseball helmet sundaes (which came with the tiny helmet bowl you could keep):
24.Beverly Cleary books with this style of illustrated covers:
25.Strawberry Shortcake chewable vitamins that tasted like candy, and which you'd eat a few of behind your parents' backs:
26.Pac-Man being so popular that he even had his own Chef Boyardee canned pasta line:
27.Novelty fast-food glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck:
28.These pitchers, which always left a plasticky taste to any lemonade, punch, or juice you poured out of it:
29.The Fisher-Price cash register, which you would play with at your grandma's house:
30.And the Fisher-Price cassette player, which allowed you to tape yourself singing:
31.Morris the cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:
32.And Orville Redenbacher as the star of all of his popcorn commercials:
33.The Mousercise album, 'cause even Mickey Mouse jumped onto the aerobics craze:
34.Sitting up close to the TV whenever you played Nintendo because the cords weren't long enough:
