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80s/90s kids - a nostalgia thread about forgotten things

iswasdoes

iswasdoes

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Nov 13, 2017
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I'm making a few threads tonight and I don't care and I've had some wine and I don't care so:

whaddaya remember from the golden era that isn't really a thing anymore?

Ill start: Meatloaf. The musician not the food. Did he get cancelled or something cos for a few years he was my main musical influence (I went on to become a lover of folk and hip hop so - not sure where that netted out)
 
PopsMaellard

PopsMaellard

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
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Skateboarding.

I just bought a new setup a few days ago actually, even though the last time I skated I was probably around 14.
 
neon/drifter

neon/drifter

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no idea about meatloaf but 3D Doritos, I miss them so much.

Malls actually being a cool place to hang out, that's another one.

Radio Shack actually being really cool.

Circuit City though... That was my temple.

Oh and while we're on retailers, Toys R' Us.

I also miss exploring my city on foot. Running through peoples backyards, not raising any eyebrows.

It was a good childhood.
 
The Albatross

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Two toys I'll throw out there:

Top Spinners or something similar to that. Spin Fighters...? They were tops with edges that you'd torque up in a little machine and then drop into a battle arena, the one that got knocked out lost. I had forgotten about these for about 25 years until my nephew wanted this very similar toy for Christmas, which was the same concept except it had like a ratchet gun for firing them and all of the tops had anime characters and a story behind them.

Another one was like ... Ninja Warriors or something. Basically these plastic ninja figurines that clicked into this spinning pedestal and you put the pedastal on a table and battled a friend. The ninja figures had these like ... Spring loaded plates on their chests, and free flailing arms and legs and the goal was to hit the plate of your opponent which would cause the ninja to spring off of the pedastal.

Pretty sick toys. Forgotten
 
Carn

Carn

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Oct 27, 2017
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I want to play a game in 10 minutes so time to start the tape!

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Lulu

Lulu

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People on the internet and social media literialy bombard you with 90s nostalgia on a daily basis, so nothing really. I actually wish people would shut the fuck about it more often
 
Pyccko

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The Albatross said:
Another one was like ... Ninja Warriors or something. Basically these plastic ninja figurines that clicked into this spinning pedestal and you put the pedastal on a table and battled a friend. The ninja figures had these like ... Spring loaded plates on their chests, and free flailing arms and legs and the goal was to hit the plate of your opponent which would cause the ninja to spring off of the pedastal.
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Yooo, I still have those. Many good times were had with those suckers. I mained the tiger-striped ninja
 
BarryFishFinger

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Oct 27, 2017
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Tab Clear. It's coke, but it's clear! Living in the future now lads!

Porn in the woods. Who put it there? Thank God they did because we didn't have the Googles to go searching for grot. It was wood filth or the lingerie section of the Kay's catalogue.
 
Ryuelli

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Sophia said:
I... uh... um... I remember this from my childhood and yet I don't have a single clue what this show is about. Nor do I remember any episodes.
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A dog who day dreams about being the main character from classic stories. I'm a teacher and I occasionally show my kids episodes of it if we have indoor recess due to rain, it's a pretty neat way to introduce young kids to the classics.



 
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iswasdoes

iswasdoes

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BarryFishFinger said:
Tab Clear. It's coke, but it's clear! Living in the future now lads!

Porn in the woods. Who put it there? Thank God they did because we didn't have the Googles to go searching for grot. It was wood filth or the lingerie section of the Kay's catalogue.
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my MAN!

loved tab clear. I think it was actually the road test for Diet Coke? Something like that anyway, will research.

And that was me depositing all the porn - you're welcome
 
Ouroboros

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I just bought a gameboy color and a few games on eBay. Going to mod the screen with a new IPS panel and play the hell out of Pokemon pinball and some other classics
 
DiipuSurotu

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Lulu said:
People on the internet and social media literialy bombard you with 90s nostalgia on a daily basis, so nothing really. I actually wish people would shut the fuck about it more often
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NSA

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I miss games coming with super detailed instruction manuals full of lore and other game tidbits.

When I was a kid, I'd love the car ride home reading all about the game. As an adult, it was great bathroom material.

But either way, it enhanced my game enjoyment. A PDF on the disc sucks.
 
PopsMaellard

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iswasdoes said:
me and my stoner mates used to hang out on the minramp in the village - they could skate and I couldn't.

I'll never forget the time they dared me to drop in and I did and was lucky to make it out alive
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Yeah the day I quit was when I absolutely bodied myself on the 4th or 5th drop in I tried on the larger bowl at my local park.

Hurts a lot more now that I'm 24 (I know that's a ridiculous thing to say still lmao) but I'm enjoying it a lot more.
 
PCfromNYC

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There used to be a news show aimed at kids called Not Just News that no one seems to remember outside of me and a bunch of people who uploaded clips to YouTube.
 
Android Sophia

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Ryuelli said:
A dog who day dreams about being the main character from classic stories. I'm a teacher and I occasionally show my kids episodes of it if we have indoor recess due to rain, it's a pretty neat way to introduce young kids to the classics.



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My god... I've watched these episodes. And I completely forgot about them. Wow.
 
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iswasdoes

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NSA said:
I miss games coming with super detailed instruction manuals full of lore and other game tidbits.

When I was a kid, I'd love the car ride home reading all about the game. As an adult, it was great bathroom material.

But either way, it enhanced my game enjoyment. A PDF on the disc sucks.
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this is a wonderful point and completely agree about the car ride home

for me it was the train ride from london back to the home town, studying the precious new manual. I have vivid memories of genesis games (decap attach and jingle strike specifically) of doing exactly that

Edit: Decap attack. Jungle Strike. But I think we can all agree that Jingle Strike is a rhythm game you would all buy.
 
naib

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Googling now it was apparently toys based on a manga. I had no idea what manga was at that age/time.

I did have the ring though. Didn't take me long to realize the thickest always won. At least in the waist or wherever you snapped them in.
 
Rad Bandolar

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Oct 25, 2017
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I wasn't a '90s kid. I was a young adult trying to make my way in an indifferent world, much like my peers on Melrose Place, so here's some shit for you:
  • Scamming Columbia House records. So many free CDs.
  • Marlboro Menthol Lights. I miss smoking. I miss collecting Marlboro points to get crap from Marlboro's catalog. It's a disgusting and deadly habit, and smoking's bad for you too, but I miss it.
  • Poor network security practices. If you had just a bit of computer and networking knowledge, you might as well have been a wizard
  • Being a webmaster. Coding HTML in notepad. Making money as an individual designing websites. If you knew a little bit of HTML, you could make a lot of money designing basic-ass websites for people and businesses.
  • Picking up girls by doing a halfway decent Beavis & Butthead impression
  • Picking up girls by doing a poor, but earnest, Eddie Vedder impression
  • RASSM
  • Lighting cigarettes with a zippo in one movement.
  • Beating Edelbrock dorks with a well-tuned Holly carb
  • Getting an HIV test
  • Royal Milk Tea / Georgia & Boss Coffees
  • Being in peak physical fitness
  • Gaspanic 16
  • Getting HIV tested
Many more things.
 
Rodan

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Nov 3, 2017
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Those PC Gamer demo disks with the coconut monkey.
Ford Aerostars.
Lee Pipes jeans.
Hey Dude on Nickelodeon.
Trading pogs on the playground for Warheads candy.
Riding my bike up to the store to buy a $6 booster pack of Gen1 Pokemon cards.
 
NSA

NSA

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naib said:
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Googling now it was apparently toys based on a manga. I had no idea what manga was at that age/time.

I did have the ring though. Didn't take me long to realize the thickest always won. At least in the waist or wherever you snapped them in.
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Aren't these M.U.S.C.L.E. men or something?! Or am I misremembering?

I raise you.. ARMY ANTS

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Ryuelli

Ryuelli

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Oct 26, 2017
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naib said:
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Googling now it was apparently toys based on a manga. I had no idea what manga was at that age/time.

I did have the ring though. Didn't take me long to realize the thickest always won. At least in the waist or wherever you snapped them in.
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This reminded me of these:

 
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iswasdoes

iswasdoes

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Rad Bandolar said:
I wasn't a '90s kid. I was a young adult trying to make my way in an indifferent world, much like my peers on Melrose Place, so here's some shit for you:
  • Scamming Columbia House records. So many free CDs.
  • Marlboro Menthol Lights. I miss smoking. I miss collecting Marlboro points to get crap from Marlboro's catalog. It's a disgusting and deadly habit, and smoking's bad for you too, but I miss it.
  • Poor network security practices. If you had just a bit of computer and networking knowledge, you might as well have been a wizard
  • Being a webmaster. Coding HTML in notepad. Making money as an individual designing websites. If you knew a little bit of HTML, you could make a lot of money designing basic-ass websites for people and businesses.
  • Picking up girls by doing a halfway decent Beavis & Butthead impression
  • Picking up girls by doing a poor, but earnest, Eddie Vedder impression
  • RASSM
  • Lighting cigarettes with a zippo in one movement.
  • Beating Edelbrock dorks with a well-tuned Holly carb
  • Getting an HIV test
  • Royal Milk Tea / Georgia & Boss Coffees
  • Being in peak physical fitness
  • Gaspanic 16
  • Getting HIV tested
Many more things.
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menthols - yes

zippo - I would do the trick where you pinch it to flip open the lid, then flick it to light it with your other hand

picking up girls - I'm sorry I don't know what you're talking about
 
naib

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iswasdoes said:
zippo - I would do the trick where you pinch it to flip open the lid, then flick it to light it with your other hand
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you ever do the trick where you flip lid off against you pants in down direction and do flint wheel in upward direction?
that was my pimp move

Def remember the pinch open move. that was slick

edit: ppl are still dorks about zippos :lol


I can smell it from here
 
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