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    40 Pictures Of Forgotten '90s Kids Things That'll Give Millennials A Full-On Nostalgiagasm

    By Brian Galindo,

    5 hours ago

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    1. The Flintstones' lucky egg machine that they would have at the exit of the supermarket or at mom-and-pop pizza parlors:

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    2. TGIF crossover episodes that made no sense but went hard:

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    3. TVs with built-in VCRs that had like 13-inch wide screens and were the coolest thing you could have in your bedroom:

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    4. These sand-filled, glittery, rainbow lizard toys that everyone seemed to own:

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    5. These mechanical pencil sharpeners that would always give you a little bit of anxiety whenever you had to use one in a quiet classroom:

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    6. Those nylon lunch sacks that always smelled like old sandwiches after a few months of use:

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    7. The best snack you could have at recess:

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    8. And what afternoon snacks looked like (or at least what you dreamed to have as afternoon snacks):

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    9. Crest Kid's Sparkle Fun toothpaste that tasted a bit too delicious and was almost tempting to eat:

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    10. Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley playing their The Jeffersons characters in Old Navy commercials:

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    11. The 60-second commercial for Pure Moods that really did take you away and leave you with a sense of bliss:

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    12. The plastic tag protectors you'd get for your Beanie Babies to make sure you kept the tags perfect and not affect the value:

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    13. Skip-It, which was really a torture device for your ankles (especially if you played with it with no socks):

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    14. The dirty green carpet you sat on to read books and magazines at Barnes & Noble:

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    15. And the carpet at Chuck E. Cheese's that was always covered in old gum, dirt, and food bits — that you somehow, always, ended up touching irregardless:

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    16. These glow-in-the-dark blocks that you never saw anyone have IRL:

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    17. And this Rainbow Art set that — thanks to the commercials playing nonstop — you ended up begging your parents to order for you:

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    18. Hair gel from L.A. Looks and Dep (which you would add globs and globs of to make your hair look stiff as a board):

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    19. The rainbow-colored bags that Toys "R" Us used to have:

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    20. And the overwhelming smell of tires whenever you walked through the bicycle aisle at Toys "R" Us:

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    21. The "oh-so-cool for like a week" 3D posters that you could hang on your bedroom wall like artwork:

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    22. No Fear T-shirts, which you thought were badass:

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    23. Suzanne Somers' ThighMaster and the infomercials for it that played all weekend:

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    24. Tissue paper ghosts you'd make at school with Tootsie Pops, pipe cleaners, Sharpies, and the super rough tissues that the school provided year-round:

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    25. Rosie O'Donnell playing different games with the audience in a segment that aired before the guests came out:

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    26. These Disney read-along tapes and books that basically sliced your hand open when you tried to get them out of the packaging:

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    27. Wilson from Home Improvement, and how they always managed to cover his face in every situation:

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    28. And Mimi from The Drew Carey show who was the original Karen:

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    29. All the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:

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    30. Life Savers Holes that were essentially candy Tic Tacs:

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    31. All the Looney Tunes home decor items that they sold at the Warner Bros. Studio Store that you swore one day you would decorate your house with:

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    32. The awesome Disney Happy Meal toys that came in mini-VHS clamshells:

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    33. The cheeseburger or French fries seats you'd always want to sit on whenever you went to McDonald's:

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    34. And the McDonald's drink cups that looked like they had been drawn by colored pencils:

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    35. Spacemaker pencil boxes, which were one of the ultimate accessories you could have at school:

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    36. The Jack in the Box car antenna topper — also, just antenna toppers in general:

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    37. These plastic swords, which would legit hurt someone if you struck them with it:

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    38. Ultra-thin portable CD players that felt like the peak of technology:

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    39. And multi-disc stereo systems with remote controls, which also felt like the peak of technology:

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    40. And lastly, the scrambled adult cable channels that sometimes gave you a small glimpse of things, even though they looked like a Rorschach test:

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    Comments / 3
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    GunFun111
    1h ago
    The adult cable channel was scrambled but when u first changed to it u got about 1 second of clear picture. So u’d just change back and forth to catch glimpses of bewbs lol
    Alfredo
    2h ago
    Irregardless isn't a word Skippy.
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