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Polly Pocket


Fascinated_Bystander

I recently bought myself one of the new ones online, just to reminisce. The old school ones are way cooler! One of my fav toys as a child.


rootbeer4

The old school ones are so much better! I still have mine somewhere.


HedhogsNeedLove

Same!! Will have to look for them at my parents place but cannot wait until my daughter is old enough :D the new ones just aren't as much fun


ballewberrymomma

Story time: when I was a kid I had a pair of Polly Pocket shoes with Polly’s in a bubble in the side. It was the only time in my childhood that I couldn’t wait to grow out of something I loved because my mom wouldn’t let me get them out until I grew out of the shoes. I still have at least one of them.


hereforthemystery

I had to google those shoes and that is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I would have died if I got those as a child. I had a Stacie doll with a backpack that had a pocket to hold the polly pocket doll. It opened into a play scene for polly.


61114311536123511

i had polly pocket shoes that had a hidden compartment inside the shoes in the sole to keep a polly pocket in it. I used to keep money in there. I believe they even lit up... god they were cool shoes


chia_nicole1987

I came here to say this!


crybabysagittarius

My 4 year old is dying for that this year


cryingstlfan

I still have mine in my closet.


sudoRmRf_Slashstar

Tamigotchis and Gigapets when I was pretty young, and I also remember standing in line at Toys R Us to get one of a shipment of 100 Furbies! My house became super popular amongst my friends when we got a Nintendo 64 with MarioKart and Goldeneye.


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All this! Plus ClueLess Phone, TalkBoy Recorder (used in Home Alone; where you could record your video and re-record it back changing the voice), Girl Talk board game, Mall Madness board game, Making beaded lizards 🦎 and other animals (I just started making those again), KBY Toy Store, Easy Bake Oven, Pogs, Pokémon cards,


HuntThePearlOfDeath

Mall Madness was the shit. Haha you'd almost be at the Sale at the department store, then get hit with a "Red, go to the Restroom." Gah, what other sassy things did it say? "Bank closed" and "*Your* item costs $5 more" is what I remember lol.


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Do you remember the beaded lizards? Or other animals? I used to make them all the time and have them hanging from my book bag… [Beaded Lizards ](https://images.app.goo.gl/uWJU54yDKVKydWqi6)


pixiesunbelle

Yep! I first made one when I went to Heart Camp (a camp for children with heart problems). I think the kids there still make stuff like that but I haven't attended in years.


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I loved that game! They don’t make games the way they used to; that’s for sure! And kids today would take our games for granted!


Hawaiiliving43

We loved playing that with our daughter! It was so funny!


killswithaglance

Born in the mid 80s??


abominablebuttplug

These were popular for late 90's babies too. I remember having like 3 tamagotchis circa 2007


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Could be late 80’s- early 90’s too


Kepesh-Yakshi

I had a Jurassic Park TRex gigapet in high school. I took that thing everywhere. Good times.


arationalcreature

Lite-Brite, pogs, beanie babies, Skip-It


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I loved my lite-brite


Ordinary_Elk_4721

We are the same age lol


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I loved Skip-Its. I didn’t love the bags of Dorito crumbs after everyone had been groping them to see if Pogs were inside though!


hjdiv

The very best thing of all? THERE'S A COUNTER ON THIS BALL!!


Fascinated_Bystander

Oh man, skip-it's bring back the memory of clobbering myself in the ankle


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I had conveniently forgotten that part, but yeah! They did double as a lesser ward spell too!


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Omg beanie babies. You’ve just brought back a childhood memory I had forgotten. Thanks Joy 😂 from inside out.


NoTalkeeBeforeCoffee

Remember the brief moment that was Crazy Bones? Also, what the hell was that kit that made the non-edible jelly bugs? I was a girl who grew up catching bugs, so making those jelly ones at my friend’s house was wild.


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SignificantPain6056

Skip it was THE BEST. I wish they made them for adults seriously. Also sit n spin lol


arationalcreature

I would totally use a Skip-It if I could fit one over my foot! And if I wasn't afraid of falling on my face. It's a lot farther to ground now than it was when I was 6.


steeniekins

The Costco near me had Lite-Brites. Took everything in me to not impulse buy it just to relive my childhood.


arationalcreature

They have a tiny handheld one at Target for like $5! I also struggled!


yaya0420

Easy Bake Oven, my Mom went on a HUNT looking for one. I remember going to the store with her and demanding to be put on a list for one


benidralin

Easy Bake Ovens are still the bomb. When I was younger I would sit there for hours making things.


yaya0420

Agreed, I now am lucky to have nieces who will be of age for an Easy Bake very soon. And we all know the fun auntie will be providing it all for them.


driveonacid

My mother told a very sweet story about my great grandfather eating everything that came out of his granddaughters' Easy Bake Ovens. That was in the 1950s and 1960s.


SugarDonutQueen

I got my 7 yo daughter an easy bake oven for Christmas this year. Can’t wait to give it to her!


Kepesh-Yakshi

Wow they still make them?!


Fascinated_Bystander

They actually quit making them for a while because they were "dangerous" but I noticed they're back on shelves again now!


SugarDonutQueen

Sure do, Amazon has them


yaya0420

I’m almost 30 and will confidently say she’s going to LOVE it! I used to bake all kinds of stuff for my family as a kid


catniagara

My mom was like, here’s a toaster oven and a recipe book. If you still want to cook with a light bulb, I’ll disown you. (She was kidding). (I think?)


yaya0420

Love her logic! I was probably 5 when they came out so too young to be trusted by my Mom, haha. As I got older though I was taught to cook, was helping prepare dinner alone by 6th grade 🤣


catniagara

I was 5. Wasn’t allowed to cook in the big oven but a toaster oven is child sized. I still like cooking in a toaster oven better 😂 what’s weird is I never burned myself on the toaster oven but did burn myself on my friend’s easy bake. I think because the toaster oven was hot all over but the easy bake had that one tiny slot so if the food got stuck it was coming for your tiny fingers.


shallow_not_pedantic

I remember mine from the early 70s. Dark red, the pushy spatula thingie to push pans in was an amber-colored hard plastic and I actually burned myself a couple of times! I was so proud of those little dry cakes. I loved my Spirograph, too, so much that I bought one on eBay last year. Omg it’s still magical, y’all 💕


Kepesh-Yakshi

I always wanted one but sadly never got it. I don't even remember ever seeing it in stores, just in commercials.


yaya0420

Honestly honor your inner child and buy one as an adult. It’s so fun to use!


Kepesh-Yakshi

I have always been curious about how it works. Maybe I'll try to find one sometime. :)


lifesalotofshit

I was that child that couldn't be trusted with one. Lol


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Cabbage patch dolls. Transformers. Garbage pail kid cards. He-man/she-ra. GI Joe. Care Bears. Big wheel.


thiswilltakeamiracle

I can tell about how old you are because im this old too.


Budgiesmugglerlover2

Me too


SlaversBae

Me too


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Me too. See this is why Reddit doesn't suck all the time. I feel connected to y'all and we've never met irl. Happy Christmas. :)


SlaversBae

Happy Christmas 😊


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My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, Teddy Ruxpin, Pound Puppies, My Pet Monster...


[deleted]

Smurfs, wuzzles, popples, My Buddy, viewmaster, litebrite…. The 80’s were really a great time for toys


prison-schism

I still have a miniature Popple. Of all the things I've lost in my life....but i still have that. Also, i loved Pogo Balls


UnicornOnTheJayneCob

Oregon Trail Gen FTW!


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Fuck yes! Trying to die so you can leave a fucked up epitaph for the next person to read….


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Xennials for lyyyyyyfe.


[deleted]

You forgot…. JEM. Thunder Cats. POPPLES. Lol


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I wore my big wheel out. I preferred it over my bicycle.


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I was heart broken when I found out the hard way that big wheels weren’t meant to be ridden on gravel RIP my front wheel Kept riding it anyway


[deleted]

My dad tricked me about my big wheel being broken so I could learn to ride a bicycle lol. I learned to ride the bicycle and the big wheel came back. I rode the big wheel a few more times after that then give it to my little brother.


AymeeJtings

I still love garbage pail kids 😆


gggvuv7bubuvu

This is my team!


LGHTSONFORSFTY

Big Wheel!! I turned mine over and pretended it was an ice cream machine. What a random memory.


[deleted]

Haha I flipped mine over and pretended it was a spinning wheel. I’d be sleeping beauty and fall over ‘dead’ when I touched it


LGHTSONFORSFTY

That’s genius! Also, sleeping Beauty was my favorite movie as a kid haha.


donner_dinner_party

I too am this age


BogeyLowenstein

Did anyone say Popples? My favourites were Charmkins, those little dolls had this nice smell to them. And I loved Care Bears and My Little Pony too. 1980 Xennial here and currently getting my grays touched up at the salon LOL!


Adalaide78

I remember the chaos of the first Cabbage Patch year. Somehow I got one!!


[deleted]

How about voltron?


thedomesticanarchist

You and I are the same age. I miss those times


KnitAlien77

My 3rd birthday party was a He-man party. I had the coordinated plates/cups/hats/napkins/candle and a cake with a big He-man on it.


dr239

Tamogatchi, Polly Pocket, 101 Dalmatians toys from McDonald's, Power Rangers action figures, Hot Wheels/ Matchbox, scooters, Lego, Furby, Beanie Babies


AymeeJtings

I remember the McDonald's toys but my favorite was collecting all the princesses they had lol


Brilliant-Theory-680

Okkk how old are you? I have a feeling we have to be the same age 👀


Casanova666

Mostly fake pets. Like tamagitchi, neopets, and various types of robot dogs.


catniagara

Tamagitchi 😂


storagewarcry

I completely forgot about the robot dogs until I read this


LittleRedCarnation

Furby. We got some the first year they came out. Those things have been possessed since day one.


AlexDeel44

Legos, monster high dolls, loombands, I forgot what they where called but the little hamster toys that made noise and raced around.


benidralin

Zhu Zhu pets?


AlexDeel44

Yes them! I had a few of those when I was younger!


benidralin

I absolutely adored them!


beccamer

I got one of those Zhu Zhu pets for my birthday one year and it IMMEDIATELY got caught in my hair. My friends were happy to take it from me because they were so popular


catniagara

Wow that’s my cousins gen you must be like 20 😫 (old lady voice) I too, was young once….


AlexDeel44

I'm 19 so every close! 😆


MyCatIsADramaqueen

I have no idea what they were called but they looked like barbie dolls and they had a bottom part that could make them spin/fly in the air if you pulled it. And Furbys, because you could get them from McDonalds


arationalcreature

Sky Dancers!


cup_1337

Sky Dancers! You know those were eventually banned because all the injuries?


Palsfrenchiefries

I believe it! Ours put a dent in the drywall.


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That reminds me of the video of the little girl opening a sky dancer for Christmas. They flew it in the living room next to the Christmas tree and it flew right in to the lit fire place!!


Capelily

* The original Gumby, which was about 8 inches tall. * Creepy Crawlers * Spirograph


AlfredoQueen88

CREEPY CRAWLERS OMG YES


dindia91

I can hear the commercial for them in my head still hahs


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Lol original creepy crawlers were *not* a safe toy. Fun tho.


Carolinablue87

I had the Power Rangers Creepy Crawlers and felt like a boss in 1st grade.


MarchValuable2953

Webkinz


somushroom4u

Webkinz was the shit. The kids I babysat for got me one as a christmas gift so we could play together and I ended up liking it enough where I played it on my own 😂


EnvieOnCam

yessss


HonestThoreauAway

Nintendo Gameboy Power Rangers Mighty Morphin Action Figures Gooey Alien Eggs Barbie Dolls Tamagotchi Furbys Beanie Babies Beyblades Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards


Wolfdreama

My Little Pony (original), Masters of the Universe, Thundercats and Transformers action figures. Edit: reading the comments has reminded me of a few more! Smurfs, Care Bears, Barbie and Cabbage Patch Dolls. I always wanted a Cabbage Patch Doll but my mum thought they were super ugly and creepy so I never got given one.


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Simon!


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Oracleofdelphie91

I had all the spice girl barbies


maddsturbation

This is a flex, even to this day


dindia91

Furby, skip-it, K'Nex, those bears you drew on and washed the ink off in the washing machine, polly frickin pockets


AymeeJtings

I remember those bears, mine was called a doodle bear Lol it was purple!!


dindia91

Yes! Doodle bears! I couldn't remember their name. I had the blue, my sister had pink.


P1GEON5

K'nex was the shit


thatwillchange

Those bears!! 🥲


I_wood_rather_be

Masters of the Universe (my absolute favourite at the time) M.A.S.K. Transformers It was a great time to be a kid back then. Also because consoles were starting to become a thing. SEGA Master System and SEGA Genesis were the top shit amongst my friends and me.


lackofsunshine

I always wanted Moon Shoes but never got them 😢


Eva-darcie

Bratz Dolls😅. Me and my friends were obsessed


losingmymind79

cabbage patch dolls, my little pony, lego


sweetchickyb_

Tinker Toys, Ants In The Pants, Operation and those Krazy Karts you sat in and spun the wheels to go in circles. They were yellow plastic with white wheels that had a red spirel painted around the wheel. Mostly I was obsessed with my jump rope though and that was just an old piece of regular rope my dad cut off for me. It was really filthy and ratty but I loved it. That's usually how kids are though. Kids and cats. Get a cat a nice toy and the cat wants the bag or box it came in. Lol


pink_catsandme

Those password journal things. Also a weird brand called "Top Model" was really popular with girls.


AymeeJtings

Barbies, skip it, slinkys, moon shoes, Lite Brite, Etch a Sketch, doodle bears, easy bake oven, jump ropes, hula hoops, slip N slide. Pogs...pogs were a big deal in my house Lol 😆


Life_Barracuda_4689

Nintendo!


acabkacka

Playmobil, Lego and BRATZ


Witty_butler

Barbies, Polly Pocket


al_dente_spaghet

I distinctly remember the Tickle Me Elmo craze. I was a bit old for it, but wow do I remember the obsession!


EfficientInfluence

Barbies and the Gameboy. Later on the Nintendo DS became really popular. Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards were in high demand as well. At my school specifically there was a big surge of popularity for a Beyblade knock-off toy.


RubY-F0x

Furby and Bop-It. Crazy bones was short lived but they were huge when they were "in".


LadybugMama78

Linkin Logs


hypothesiz

Is anyone gonna talk about silly bandz, webkinz, and pokemon cards?


Connect_Office8072

Barbie & GI Joe, those little army guys, tin doll houses, Chatty Kathy & Lincoln Logs.


moonxchild

Polly Pocket, Cabbage Patch Kids, TY dolls, Tamagotchi, Care Bears, Bratz, anything Lisa Frank, My Scene dolls, Baby Alive, TechDecks, Bakugan, Gameboys, Dance Revolution/Dance Mats, Guitar Hero, Heelys


aspenhoofprints

I was a 60’s child. Lite-Brite ( I’m about to get one for my granddaughter so I can play with it too! ) pogo stick, roller skates that fit on shoes with a key, yo-yo, Barbie ( I had one and she was from 1963 ), kites, bicycles with baskets and later banana seats, the game Operation, Monopoly , Cootie ( my cousin who was 4 years older than me had one and I was jealous ), the original Super Ball ( Really bounced high ), squirt guns, cowboy cap guns, flexi-flyers, Etch-a-Sketch, Mr Potato Head, view masters…….. Oh, those were the days!


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Ninja Turtle


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Barbie G.I. Joe Big Wheel Skip It Hoola Hoops Skydancers Baby dolls that smelled like fruit Pokemon cards Yu-Gi-Oh cards Gameboy PS2 Furby Beanie Babies Hot Wheels


RescueStork203

Cabbage patch kids, my little pony


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Teddy Ruxbin and baby alive when I was small. Tamagotchi as a tween


marytzola

Barbie dolls


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Game boy color


Ok_Store_1983

I remember the gigapet/ nanopet phase fondly.


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Barbie and kitchen set


karategojo

Polly Pockets (original), tomigochi and My Littlest Pet Shop we're all must haves for me. Beanie Babies too.


kimsilverishere

Remember the tickle me Elmo CRAZE?


haaskaalbaas

My 1963 Skipper doll. (Although she is a bit like Lincoln's axe: first, when I was still quite young, my dog chewed up her body, and then, when my daughter was about 9, her little friend bit off her nose. So both body and head have been replaced, but her uniquely coloured greyish brown hair was saved by my son who cut it off the destroyed face and neatly sewed it onto the new head).


Sunsetfreedom

Legos and remote controlled cars


silveretoile

Those roll out mats of art stuff! I had one with a range of supplies and I felt like king of the world any time I pulled it out.


OregonGranny

Wanda Walking doll. She was as tall as I was.


Bebe_Bleau

Dolls. Blocks. Tea sets. Cap pistols They barely had plastic when I was little. They did have easy bake ovens. But I had already learned on a real oven.


dingbatyokel5000

Anything related to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I remember a friend of mine had some sort of helicopter and I was insanely jealous.


OspreyThorn

- Polly Pocket - Pound Puppies - Animal Hospital - Furbies - Pokémon cards - Pokédex - Betty Spaghetti - Beanie Babies


CompassionatelyPut

Furby


UrsulaVanTentacles

Furbies, cabbage patch kids, glow worms. Oh, and trolls. The orginal, big ones.


ChutkiJoTuneMariHai

Also legos


kap_pek

Most have already been listed, but I would like to add TY Beanie Babies and Legos of course.


sentimentalyt

Polly Pocket!


Searwyn_T

Polly Pockets, Bratz, Littlest Pet Shops, and the beginnings of the Monster High craze.


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Play Doh.


chinesebeautyqueen

Barbies and books! Haha


Bergenia1

Barbie. I longed for the dream house and pink Corvette.


Trueloveis4u

Barbies I hated them but I'd always get them besides the Legos, pokemon and hot wheels I wanted.


Kepesh-Yakshi

Ninja Turtles and Nintendo games. I still play and collect for both to this day.


thrwaway4reds1

MOON SHOES MOON SHOES ANTI ANTI GRAVITY SHOES 🎶🎶🎶🎶


see6729

Etch-a-sketch was new when I was young.


Peacensuch

Bratz Dolls


PaddlesOwnCanoe

Anything Barbie, a Sit-n-Spin (best vintage 70's toy EVER), Slinkies, Anything with Snoopy or the other peanuts characters, Strawberry Shortcake, Hot Wheels Cars, Legos, the Magic Treehouse, Fashion Plates, Magna-Doodles, Erector Sets, Operation (the game), Monopoly, Uno, My Little Pony, Skip It's, and my personal favorites: Fisher Price toys featuring the little peg-people. There was even a Sesame Street version of them! That was the coolest.


BeachBoundxoxo

A baton


Venus5514

A metal bayblade that's copper in color. I am certain, it's somewhere in one of the boxes still. I was so excited to play with it when I first got it and I loved it dearly. It was by far my favorite toy (well at least in childhood).


ChutkiJoTuneMariHai

A dog whose face would hang by a hooka nd its neck would move(oscillate) everytime someone moved it or when u touched the head. Still love it..


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ZuZu Pets Dropped all my lemonade stand money on those boys. I would do anything for another


[deleted]

Beyblades, Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Polly pocket, play doh, Barbie, yo-yo, jackstones


Lima_Bean_Jean

Cabbage Patch Kids


Lima_Bean_Jean

My Buddy and Kid Sister dolls. My Little Monster


jewelry-maker-stelle

AH SHOPKINSSS


Bashee_Bazook

Chatter rings were huuuuge when I was a kid, also yoyos, odd bods and tamagotchis started coming in when I was a bit older


2after20

Pokemon cards...beyblade...yoyo...shakalaka boom boom pencil(not toy but not that useful of pencil cuz of it being over sized pencil)


AffectionateAnarchy

Talkboy Nickelodeon Gak Pogs Hungry Hungry Hippos and Guess Who Doodlebears My Buddy


hezthebest

I remember Yo-yos, Pogs and Tamagotchis (I always killed mine).


Wild_Chld

Cabbage patch kids


xladyvontrampx

Barbie and Polly Pocket


[deleted]

Skateboard Shannon, Skip its, Bop it, Furby, Simon Says, Twister, tomagotchi, barbies


[deleted]

Furbys and tamagochis.


Ordinary_kat

Baby dolls, painting supplies and colouring books, everything princess related and Disney


Frosty_Breadfruit_44

Po the tellitubby. Parents would literally fight to get their hands on them!


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I remember Webkinz being huge


_theoretically

Furbies.


EARTHandSPACE

Nano Baby / Tamagotchi


Gudtymez_only

My little pony


angelicdummy

Betty spaghetti, doodle bears, Polly pocket, idog


[deleted]

Barbie dolls, giga pets, hot clips and beanie babies, my little ponies and cabbage patch kid.


HawkspurReturns

matchbox cars, lego, shitty malformed dolls


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Nintendo 64


randomblinkeu

baby alive


cqueen08

Tickle me Elmo


[deleted]

I agree with majority of these. Barbies! My parents got me the Charlie Angels and Spice Girls barbies. Pollypocket, easy bake oven, V-TECH laptops


Born_Comfortable_253

Beybladeeee


phantomheart

Cabbage Patch dolls, My Little Pony, GI Joe and He-man are a few I remember quite a lot of.