29 Photos Of Very Nostalgic Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Anyone Over The Age Of 35

1.Geoffrey Dollars, which was better than getting cash as kid:

the toys r us cash

2.Beanie Babies tag protectors that ensured you're investment was extra secure:

amazon.com

3.Cereal boxes that you'd read the back of every morning:

rice krispies box
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4.The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Happy Meal toys that came in a mini VHS box. A MINI VHS BOX!!!

toys with their mini box set

5.The option to Super Size the fries and drinks in your combo at McDonald's:

super size meal
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6.Ashtrays for people sitting in the back of the car that were built-in into the center console. But if no one smoked it just became a place to toss gum and straw wrappers into:

the ashtray open in the back console
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7.MapQuest maps that were printed out. And 99% of the time you forgot to print out only black and white instead of color:

printed directions

8.Poo-Chi robot dogs that everyone got because robot dogs were a trend and nobody could afford the Sony Aibo robot dog:

robot dogs and their bones
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9.These giant projection TVs that had the most blurry AF resolution:

large box tv

10.Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars, which were the perfect after-school treat or dessert:

strawberry cheesecake bar

11.The CD section inside Borders Books which had CDs that were always too expensive, but you were still tempted to buy:

display of CDs
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12.The back-to-school section at Target when it had this clean Y2K aesthetic:

large prints to direct you to the section
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13.Best Buy TV departments when they sold those giant heavy TVs that weighed, like, 100 pounds:

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14.The coin drop donation game that Taco Bell would have next to the registers:

coin drop in water
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15.Snapples came in glass bottles and with this design logo:

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16.These plastic loungers that your parents still had from the '80s that were only comfortable for, like, two minutes:

plastic lounge chair

17.NOW Thats What I Call Music CDs, which were mostly filled with songs that were about six months old, but were still 🔥 mix CDs:

mix 1 through 10

18.Disney Adventures magazine, which always had awesome covers:

timon and pumba on the cover.

19.Spice Girls Chupa Chups lollipops, which you mainly bought for the stickers:

the lollipops with each spice girl on each package

20.Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:

model and the dog in an airplane setting
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21.Titanic-mania and all the memorabilia and products they made because of the popularity of the film:

titanic books
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22.The "Candle in the Wind 1997" single that every family owned a copy of:

elton john cover
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23.And Princess Diana memorial magazines that moms collected and refused to throw out:

multiple magazines with her on the cover

24.This translucent CD boombox that everyone wanted because it was oh-so-Y2K:

ebay.com

25.The ...For Dummies book series, that you had no idea who was actually buying them:

the internet for dummies

26.Movie reviews guide books — which were basically the original Rotten Tomatoes:

blockbuster movie guide book

27.The CD-listening kiosks inside of music stores (which were annoying if someone was hogging up the CD you wanted to listen to):

someone listening to aaliyah
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28.The Disney DVDs that came with FastPlay, which you would press immediately but it never seemed to actually work:

disney fast play menu
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29.And lastly, turning on your desktop like this and then feeling the warm heat of the computer tower on your leg:

someone turning on the pc with their toe