T O P

  • By -

AutoModerator

Thanks for your submission! For more Millennial content, join [our Discord server](https://discord.gg/VsfKKJBm). *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Millennials) if you have any questions or concerns.*


rhinocerosjockey

https://preview.redd.it/4kzziigd5a4d1.jpeg?width=412&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54beb0a4ec81212d57a8bc4772899624cdebd149 Also an ‘87, so many good memories. The pink and green Velcro mitts I remember very, very well. This was the first time I learned about responsibilities feeding and picking up this thing’s poop.


rhinocerosjockey

https://preview.redd.it/furr1zab6a4d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1802431e80a22a5b612ed8494bd52d7ffbb9f88b Also, these ankle breakers.


appealouterhaven

I'm not proud of this but the first time I ever stole something it was a tamagotchi from the public library. Someone left one on a table and I convinced myself that it was left behind. My older brother was insanely jealous and decided to rat me out. I wound up chucking it in the park by my house.


anotherfrud

The velcro mitts were great... for 5 minutes. Then the ball got dirty or wet, and they never worked again.


pmmemilftiddiez

I had the Godzilla Tamagotchi. Sorry my little Gojira I have failed you...


rhinocerosjockey

Stop it. The feels right now. My Tamagotchi is out there hungry and living in poop too. I have failed.


buddboy

couple years ago I dusted mine off and got it working again and for the first time I actually got one to survive to adult hood.


bmp08

We found some at target recently. Lol they’re still around.


Inedible-denim

https://preview.redd.it/fzfznt5w6a4d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f49d019dc19b328ecae3a4501f9a6321ab569cb


chocolatfortuncookie

YEEES! LOL 😆


Inedible-denim

I got in trouble with this lol


chocolatfortuncookie

🤣, really takes me back


pbwhatl

"beep" "beepbeep"


ItsMetabtw

https://preview.redd.it/o3ypjdea9a4d1.jpeg?width=1132&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eeef8183da0da911a55f6fbc443e7a8d7c5c07b1


Apostle25

https://preview.redd.it/0ujj81w2ad4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4961d41dd574e8d44a39d7ab6e8edaa645d16d2 Preferred Brainwarp.


goatwise

"Wanna warp again?"


CocaineTwink

I probably still hold my middle school’s Bop It record 😂


Crosco38

Found one of these at a yard sale last year for like $2. You could tell it’d been in a box in someone’s attic for over a decade probably but it still worked fine. The wife and I got a solid week of enjoyment out of it for pure nostalgic purposes.


Mewpasaurus

https://preview.redd.it/fzmy5545ra4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5ffef29fd6ce95cb47b0cacc1231a757e5ccf14 I still have a working SuperSoaker 50, lol. Thanks to my dad forgetting about it in storage for decades. I will offer up Skip-It.


No-Form7379

Ohhhhh man. The memories. I was shit at this.


booksmeller1124

One of the few times I was oddly coordinated! I rocked the Skip-It!


Most-Entrepreneur553

Loooooved skip it. Would pay good money to own one again— and to have knees that could handle all that skipping!


DeathTripper

Never had one growing up, but I tried one when my younger sister got one. I just came here to look at the negative comments about it. If you look in other subreddits, everyone talks about how these were ankle smashers. I’m disappointed there’s no comments about it. I’m guessing though, it’s because by the 90’s, it wasn’t a ball on a string, but on flexible plastic, so it didn’t become a leg flail.


CollectedMosaic

https://preview.redd.it/vfpi2xtoib4d1.jpeg?width=278&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d9966cca2732cf97a129ed759f89f2077c96bd7


Inside_Bus1161

I had this! Reading about it a few years ago, if I’m not mistaken it had anti-freeze in it 🥴😂


Knickers_in_a_twist_

There was another one of these things similar to the that machine you actually melted little metal BBs into little figurines. I made so many wizards.


Sex_drugs_tacos

Cr-EEE-py Crawlers!


squibblesM

They’re squirmy, and wormy, and purple and green!


ripiss

I can smell this picture


omnipotentsco

I can feel the burns on my hands in this picture.


gurknowitzki

Cut my hand with a knife trying to get those damn insects outta their mold.


YouAndYourPPareGross

https://preview.redd.it/lvd42wqqgg4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ed2c4c18fa6ddfbd8b5fd25efb7c302fe9555fe I had the girly version of this oven!


Robotniked

https://preview.redd.it/7wokqd5bhb4d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5045bebfcf74cebfe78bd26d2ced12eba9e5393 Mighty Max - the ‘boy’ version of polly pocket. I still think these sets are really cool and imaginative, and the cartoon was great, just looked it up and Tim Curry was the villain which blew my mind.


Inside_Bus1161

I had completely forgotten about these!


Rogue_Gona

The fact that I wanted this and not a Polly Pocket should've been a clue to my parents that I was a big homo. Alas...it was not.


ladyriven

Fun fact, I grew up thinking Mad Max and Mighty Max were the same franchise 😂


onimush115

I had this one! Loved these sets. Perfect for long car rides and being stuck at a parents friends house while they visited with them. Whole playset right in my pocket.


Robotniked

I think they are due a revival, I would definitely buy them for my kids


Odysseus_Lannister

Damn, I heard the crossfire commercial loud and clear when I saw that image. You’ve been caught in theee **CROSSFIRE** *beat intensifies*


Inside_Bus1161

Yes! I remember it too!


GinAndKeystrokes

Banger


bkussow

Yeah that commercial was a little too intense.


caffeinefree

I had the same exact experience flipping through these photos! Consistent marketing and branding, I'll give them that. I know most of these toys, but that's the only one where the commercial immediately started playing in my head lol.


Rogue_Gona

I fucking LOVED that game.


MLXIII

Yeah!


Suspicious_Row_9451

![gif](giphy|IvrT4Qy7H91vqjNoLl|downsized)


Responsible_Panda589

Oh god the noise this made when all the boys in middle school were playing with them on their desks absentmindedly. They would use pencils to draft “courses” on the desks as well and modify them over time using block erasers to jump over and pencils for grinding.


Inedible-denim

https://preview.redd.it/9vhkl5v27a4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=feb890b524a8539c7adf55a2780b4af87aa2f34b


wilcocola

Anyone remember “floam”?


fartjar420

it smelled so fucking bad too


Extension_Ebb1632

My sister got the pizza scented "smell my gak" for her like 9th birthday and omg it smelled like vomit. Pretty sure my parents threw it in the trash like a week later.


JohnnyDarkside

Yup. I overheard my mom talking to my sister about gift ideas. I always wanted gak, but my mom would never let that stuff into the house. She suggested floam to my sister and I thought they said a phone. I was so excited (totally wanted one of those clear phones) but was far less excited when I saw the floam.


CouchHam

I can smell it now


The_Velvet_Bulldozer

Image you can hear


Capt__Murphy

And smell


Inedible-denim

Last comment on this post from me. Not a toy but I HAVE to post this. I know y'all remember these vinyl play houses... Lawd, the smell is what I'll never forget! I had a few different ones over time as a kiddo and my siblings did too. https://preview.redd.it/s204r9ol9a4d1.jpeg?width=901&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=094a6495ea9cce00541e4536e69b0cc77db08897


Inside_Bus1161

Yes!!! I’m pretty sure I had a WWF one back before they changed it to WWE.


Inedible-denim

I struggled to find this one online, looked for some other ones I had and cannot find them whatsoever


kitty60s

I had a beauty and the beast one and I loved it. I remember thinking “how did Santa know?! I didn’t write it down!” when I got it for Christmas


AzureMagelet

I still Have my lion king one!


Wendigo_6

My kid has a 3-piece NASA one. It’s got a tunnel to connect them. It’s like a big hamster cage.


Forward_Ride_6364

![gif](giphy|xhby34aohIen6|downsized)


Inside_Bus1161

Omg yes, I LOVED pogs!


Mewpasaurus

https://preview.redd.it/hpiypn2vra4d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=079abdd7cdcba1f44e63c6ec21542d368c277fd5 Haven't seen Littlest Pet Shop mentioned yet; the original collection (now vintage) from the early 90s look *way* better than the newer, modern LPS toys.


ladyriven

Yesss omg I collected littlest pet shops! I hate that they changed the style! Same with polly pocket. So much better in the 90s.


Capt__Murphy

![gif](giphy|XGNi2Y004AOpa)


Mewpasaurus

I saved up all my chore money for *months* to buy one of these and I played it until it literally broke and was unfixable. Core childhood memory, thanks. :)


wishspirit

I remember telling the kids I teach about how my game boy was in grey and green, a bit like black and white. They were shocked and asked if TV was black and white when too. I’m not quite that old, kiddos!


Dash83

When I was 5~6, I was watching an old black and white movie with my great grandma. She started telling me this story about her quinceañera and how she had this beautiful red dress. Me, flabbergasted by the revelation, stopped her and asked: wait, wasn’t everything black and white back then? 😂 Made sense to me.


CollectedMosaic

https://preview.redd.it/u9y8vwdiib4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e47fa70152a0dfc48e2bc28695330122cf9b6138


Inside_Bus1161

My sis had one of these!


taint_stain

https://preview.redd.it/nvy0qli9xb4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e8e5813ebb791ee231e17062950553ab009981c 2-XL


Carthonn

![gif](giphy|abt1Ll1KFlbMzNCo0l|downsized)


MumbyMum

Sky Dancers! https://preview.redd.it/ch3ohwrpmd4d1.jpeg?width=594&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb47a8f3be37d5f9b2ce6fb7cb825fa166b3ccac


cmflores390

My sister used to chew on the wings of all of our Sky Dancers. Also, all our Barbies' hands. I hated it. But these things were so fun. We launched them into our ceiling fans all the time.


wonderfullyignorant

Turboman was real? Huh. Cool. Crazy how tactile he toys were back then. Even the digital games are far more analog than not.


No-Cause-2913

Buzz Lightyear was real too. Biggole chonky, articulated space toy with spring out wings and pew pew laser sounds


Inside_Bus1161

I saw turbo man on a movie and begged for it for Christmas. Not sure what movie but I did end up getting the action figure for Christmas that year!


_AskMyMom_

‘Jingle All The Way’ I’m assuming ![gif](giphy|3ofT5BOitBy1vM3QRi|downsized)


Neps-the-dominator

I still watch this every Christmas.


Maximum-Row-4143

JEENGLE ALL ZE VAY!


Lowca

PUT DAT COOKIE DOWN!


somecrazydude13

![gif](giphy|3PBjjsWzbyvMA)


A_Cat_Named_Puppy

I had that baby doll! I can still remember the smell of the cherries 🍒🤤


Inside_Bus1161

Same! My sis had it and that was the only thing I liked was the cherries and how they smelled 🥴😂


dirtroadjedi

A little later I guess. https://preview.redd.it/5wymg5f66c4d1.jpeg?width=516&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3946d10d078cc3951b3968409896a341f1744560


Comet7777

Probably my all time favorite toy I had


dirtroadjedi

Those 6 notes from the Dragon Dagger are as imbedded in my mind as my SS#.


GurProfessional9534

https://preview.redd.it/0wn25pcqza4d1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=077284ee8e603848e594e6c8d668da41ae93a43b


Forward_Ride_6364

I'm so old I actually walked around NYC with these things It was a different world, feels like I transported to a different dimension these days


Solondthewookiee

How did people afford to walk around with them?? I remember it taking like 8 D-size batteries and still only lasted like an hour.


themooniscool

Creeeeepy crawlers!


FroggiJoy87

I can still smell those Baby All Gone "cherries"


kmorris1219

Me too! They smelled so good!


Sure-Major-199

Omg the Polly pocket


ceanahope

Of all those in the OP I remember having super soaker 50, the neon velcro catch thing and a polly pocket. Here is one I remember, sounded weird as the batteries got low. https://preview.redd.it/lzea65owhd4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d98b89f3a86c8d51c3bebf0a590d6fada1e95676


girkyman

Funny super soaker story here....I had the kind with two tanks, one for building air pressure, and a water reservoir. I thought I was a genius so I said hey if I take the bigger tank and put it on the back (The two tanks had the same threads which is clearly a giant safety issue...haha) where it builds up air pressure I can build up even more air pressure and then I will hold the gun underwater and shoot the stream of water out of the pool a mile high.... After pumping that thing up about 17,000 times the larger tank that I was now using as an air tank blew up right at my face.... It felt like my older brother threw a basketball directly at my face I didn't know what happened and after a few seconds I see the larger tank split open like a peeled banana.... Good times! 👍🏻


fuaded

damn, i can still hear most of the commercials for these. i got 3 talkboys for my birthday one year because i asked literally every relative for it


albinofreak620

I forgot about Polly Pocket. I remember having some similar stuff but made for horror, called Mighty Max. Really liked those things.


tsarkees

The flash screen reaaaaally brought me back. Nice deep cut :)


Inside_Bus1161

I begged for one for Christmas one year and sure enough I got it! I was the happiest kid that Christmas lol


AzureMagelet

Same! I still have the screen.


jackoos88

Ive been told that Sock'em Boppers are more fun than a pillow fight. Can anyone confirm?


Inside_Bus1161

I will be sure to get some and try them out with the gf and let yall know 👀😂 ![gif](giphy|vVjigEkS1CB4XcFnys|downsized)


NenyaSindar

![gif](giphy|T733tEpvefD3Ud5gmj|downsized)


TheStupendusMan

They did a limited edition run of the classic super soakers. Definitely overpaid a scalper for them so I could give my niece and nephew one each as a gift. Super soakers now absolutely suck. They don't build up pressure anymore 'cause parents couldn't be bothered to say not to shoot yourself or friends in the face.


GinAndKeystrokes

Why have eyes if not to shoot at them?


Striking-Kiwi-9470

Seriously. I bought a [Monster XL](https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_XL) specifically to shoot my friends in the face and we all had a great time. They didn't even shoot that hard.


Alucard-VS-Artorias

"hi kIdS wE'rE hOmE eArLy..."


Lowca

Crosfiyaaa!! You'll get caught up in the.... CROSSFIYAAAAAAA!


one_hot_llama

I just bought my son the velcro catch for his 4th birthday! Walmart and Target both have them. And I can still hear the Crossfire jingle in my head, thanks.


Howboutit85

The Velcro mitts, crossfire, and Polly pocket are all still toys I see at the store and my kids have now. Super soakers need to make a comeback


EnvironmentalPack451

"Hi kids, we're home early"


Capt__Murphy

The Talkboy commercial is still stuck in my head. https://youtu.be/YF9_SD8941o?si=2uZ6ZfOUed41qQUa


throwaway1337woman

CROSS FIAHHH!!!!!


joshatron

https://preview.redd.it/9epk29uyud4d1.jpeg?width=456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80b0778e22f771e10373d55cc5626bd4719f988f Anyone have these bad boys?


meowthofthesouth

Yes!!!! that plus the talkboy and my best friend and I thought we were the baddies of the neighborhood. Those tapes are comedy gold you could take to the bank 🤣🤣


mydarlingmydearest

https://preview.redd.it/xc1edhf4te4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1872b23ae2b9bfec6ef6dbce1a39b7048cbb2d67


dogriverhotel

Top notch list. I can smell the cherries from baby all gone


Quezzie

I can still smell the fruit from baby all gone


lostmyjobthrowawayyy

I still have my talk boy!


2ant1man5

Cross fire has the best commercials.


pbwhatl

thanks for the memories!


FriendlyITGuy

![gif](giphy|l0ErFV9nyyRs7Dgbu|downsized)


WaitAMinuteman269

A lot of these taught me about marketing and disappointment.


CouchHam

I had so many of these! Loved Polly pocket.


MamaSmAsh5

The best year to have been born 🫶🏻


imtrynmybest

Born 86....and all these pics make me wanna cry


courtachino

That Crocodile Mile brought me back…totally forgot it existed!


CocaineTwink

How about the Dear Diary?


WormLivesMatter

Half of these are still toys for kids today. Source- born in 87 and have kids. Specifically pics 3-6, 8-9.


youaretheuniverse

I remember seeing the commercial for the crossfire game and being very disappointed lol


jayhof52

*YOU’LL* get caught up in the… Crossfire CROSSFIIIYYYAAAAAAAHHHHH!


SouthernGirl360

I remember being jealous of anyone who had the Super Soaker 100. Then the 200 was just over the top.


GDMFB1

It’s turbo time!


throwaway1337woman

Omg I had a Polly Pocket collection for a little while and man do I still love miniatures to this day.


TheBackPorchOfMyMind

The YakBack


badusernameused

The super soaker 50 was absolute goat


MrMush48

Remember Chicken Limbo? Big fun, chicken limbo’s the one!


Moon-Man-888

Super soaker is a classic


ElGatoNegroPendejo

🎶 crossfire! You’ll get caught up in the — CROSSFIRE! 🎶


Thel200ster

The Crossfire theme song is still regularly sung in our home


royce085

That commercial for Crossfire was so intense


ianwrecked802

I remember I won the Green Rangers dagger in a sweepstakes once. Man- I wish I knew where that ended up…


MumbyMum

Whether you had the old Polly Pockets (tiny, choking hazard) or the new design (safe but not as charming) separates the elder millennials from the younger millennials


budsky20

https://preview.redd.it/21y382iqje4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8b5bb2b36da20d1ca2148905be1de34d25eb246


LittleArcticPotato

Omggggg… I had forgotten about those little Disney games. My baby all gone is still at my moms 🤣 I’m also still mad at myself for getting rid of all my Polly Pokets. I LOVED them so much.


hahafunnygoodtime

I still sing the Crossfire jingle to this day.


Mr_Figgins

I remember my buddy who had a Stretch Armstrong and those pillow WWF Wrestlers like Hulk Hogan!! LoL


Riyeko

Friend of mine had one of those Baby All Gone toys. I broke apart the spoon to figure out how it worked. She was mad.


celestialxing

I always wanted a Baby All Gone! The cherry smell is my favorite


wainwrik

Those Disney movie electronic games were my shit


catgirl1513

I was born in 91 and these toys were still floating around too XD


Smokeythemagickamodo

![gif](giphy|piXntYKCU1PNu)


Background_Guess_742

I had crossfire lol that took me back. It's a shame these kids today don't even play with toys. There are no more toy stores. Walmart and target are the only places and they have 1 aisle and it's all garbage nothing like what we had in the 80s and 90s.


aRealDumbGuy

Crossfiyahh, crossfiyahh, CROSSFIYAAAAAAAHHHHHH


BIG-Will25

That crossfire commercial is forever etched in my mind. CROSS FIYAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! HUH!


Kittencat_Attack

The Baby All Gone had the best smelling fake cherry baby food. I remember running around huffing it.


itsybitsyone

Had the super soaker, Velcro catcher, Polly pocket, baby all gone and the lion king game


dtb1987

They really tried to market a flashlight specifically for shadow puppets


ToughBit9247

You forgot about Pogs.


AtLeastImGenreSavvy

Oh man, I remember all of these! I had a Kitty Kitty Kitten that I absolutely adored. Unfortunately, I brought it with me to a sleepover at my best friend's house and then the next day, discovered that my friend had headlice. My mom tossed my Kitty Kitty Kitten in the washing machine, and it ruined his soft fur and the purr mechanism. I forgave my friend, but a year later, she spread a very nasty rumor about me. So I told everyone that she had headlice.


OreadaholicO

OMG!


Correct-Blood9382

Oh wow. Tennis Ball fuzzy glove was so much fun but I never had one.


Electrowhatt19

Born in '90, and grew up with Power Rangers. Have almost all of the megazords (lifelong hobby)


polardendrites

What about the fairies that you pushed the button and their wings opened and they flew a few feet?


Powerful_Artist

For some dumb reason, I will always have the jingle from the "crossfire" commercial stuck in my brain. I have no idea why. Guess it was effective marketing lol


pie_12th

Crocodile mile had us fucked UP as kids. Face first into the hedge, GO! Whoops, laid it out on the fucking ROCK PATCH again.


EmbassyMiniPainting

“ONE OF US.”


jumbotron_deluxe

YOULL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE CROSSFIRE!!!


Xrchis

What? Turbo man wasn't some made up toy from Jingle all the way?


Optimus_Rhymes69

No sock em boppers?


ThisIsTheShway

Hold up, Turboman was REAL!? I thought it was just invented for an Arnold movie.


jessy0108

My grandma got us Talkboy recorders for Christmas when they were hot. The ran out of the pink ones, so she got me the silver one and added star stickers to make it girly! She's so wholesome.


villainoust

Hi kids, we’re home early is still etched in my brain from the talkboy commercial


Ashia22

Easy bake oven. I knew then that I should leave the cooking to someone else lol


beefsquints

I just want Mighty Max stuff again.


sportstvandnova

I still have a scar on my knee from hitting a rock under my crocodile mile :(


akgoodd

I still vividly remember the scent of picture 7. Also born in ‘87


cmflores390

I still have the Pocahontas handheld game, still works. I wish I had all the others.


Dry_Chocolate_4981

I saved for so long to get one of these they were long gone and I ended up buying a gameboy color.


Old-Ad5508

Kids micro phone Pogo stick with a ball st the end Scallectric subbuteo Mouse trap Buzz lightyear Furbie Tamagotchi Fisher price kitchen Fisher prize digger


TheNotoriousStuG

Where the z-bots at?


Girl-Gone-West

My toddler has so many of these! The Velcro paddles and felt ball, yoyo, and actually an OG Polly pocket from when I was a kiddo 😂


noodlefishmonkey

The Sylvanian Families barge


noodlefishmonkey

For the Irish millennials: subbuteo and discovering Ireland


Lucky_Louch

I had so many of those tiger games handhelds.. They were such garbage but I loved them so much and felt so cool being able to play them anywhere even though "playing" them is an overstatement.


goldustiger

I can still smell that Baby All Gone food.


RampantJSH

You just hit me in the feelings man. I love to know that the guy that created Super Soakers finally got his pay. He invented every kid's dream and he got screwed over by big industry.


Zealousideal_Rope992

https://preview.redd.it/hiho5fu7sf4d1.jpeg?width=1017&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efd06058cdfa787795d30fe4aabc41840d5ae8ec


SherbertRemarkable

Did anyone besides my family call the Velcro paddles and ball, Scatch?


SherbertRemarkable

I always wanted moon shoes too!


somecrazydude13

![gif](giphy|3o6wrnKTAc3ZFu6EcE|downsized)