40 More Photos Of Forgotten Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable And Nostalgic To Anyone Over The Age Of 35
1.The Fisher-Price Parking Ramp Service Center play set, which you mainly used to just race the cars down:
2.The Sports Illustrated sneaker phone that made you want to subscribe to the magazine for just that:
3.Keychain photo viewers that you would get as souvenirs and then barely look at after you got back from vacation:
4.And picture souvenir books that you'd get because, like, you just wouldn't take as many photos as you do today while on vacation so it was a good pictures keepsake:
5.Targets with a Food Avenue restaurant instead of Starbucks:
6.Magazines dedicated to just Beanie Babies:
7.The stamps that came with the Columbia House VHS order forms in the mail:
8.All the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:
9.Highlights magazine that you would only exclusively see at your school library, dentist's office, and doctor's office:
10.Hollywood Video rental stores, which you wouldn't tell anyone you or your family went to because people's brand loyalty to Blockbuster was too strong:
11.The Muzzy commercial that played at least a dozen times during weekday cartoons:
12.The lucky eggs machine that you would always get something from if you went to the supermarket with your parents:
13.The SNES power adaptor that not only literally hogged up an entire outlet, but would also get very hot whenever you played with your SNES:
14.The Disney Sing Along Songs VHS tapes that featured so many songs from movies you had never seen:
15.And the bunch of coupons and rebates that came inside of Disney VHS tapes:
16.These poster displays you'd find in the back of the store, and the satisfying "cluck-cluck" sound they would make whenever you'd flip to the next one:
17.Old school vacuums that had one of those bags that filled up with air, gave off a whiff of old dust, and got really warm whenever it was used:
18.These plastic swords, which would legit hurt someone if you struck them with it:
19.Erasable ink pens (that were usually blue ink) that never erased and you'd end up just making a hole in the paper while trying to do so:
20.Hostess Ding Dongs that came wrapped in foil:
21.Kmart stores:
22.And the Kmart employee's uniform being red vests:
23.The "¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!" Taco Bell chihuahua:
24.Old-school arcade change machines that had the giant metal fronts and the big red button:
25.Garfield book markers that you'd get at the Scholastic Book Fair:
26.Wendy the Snapple Lady and her "Hello from Snapple" greeting:
27.The Best of SNL VHS tapes your parents bought but never watched:
28.These ~fancy~ halogen torchiere floor lamps that got so hot you couldn't even touch it:
29.Chuck E. Cheese tokens, that always made you feel like you were carrying around precious gold coins:
30.Old supermarkets that hadn't been remodeled since the '70s and had wood paneling in them:
31.The dancing flower, which actually really entertained you:
32.Phones on the back of headrests on planes:
33.The black and white Lipton Brisk Iced Tea commercials that featured claymation celebs:
34.B. Dalton bookstores, which was always one of your stops at any mall visit:
35.McDonald's gift certificates, which was always a default gift of someone who didn't know what to get you:
36.And McDonald's drive-thru menus when they looked like this and weren't digital:
37.Portable CD players that also played burned MP3 CDs — which led you to skipping, like, 50 songs before getting to one you wanted to hear:
38.Best Buy's huge DVD section — when it took up, like, 50% of the retail space:
39.The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Car, which you had to be careful not to be too rough in because it easily tipped over:
40.And lastly, channel 3, which you had to put your TV on whenever you wanted to watch a movie or play video games:
25 Photos Of Nostalgic Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Anyone Over The Age Of 35Brian Galindo · May 16, 2023
