55 Things That 80s Kids Havent Thought About In Over 25 Years

1.

Reruns of Paddington — the stop-motion series they would show on PBS:

2.

Panini sticker album books and the stickers — which you had to place quickly and carefully, ’cause once it touched the paper, it was stuck for life:

3.

These Chuck E. Cheese hats that you would wear at every birthday party you attended there:

4.

My Pet Monster, which was cute for a monster (well, except for its nose, which hurt like hell if you accidentally hit yourself with it):

5.

Cabbage Patch Kids–themed cardboard puzzles, which always smelled like wet paper bags:

6.

And Cabbage Patch Kids beauty products, which actually smelled good:

7.

Potato Head Kids, which tried to ride the Muppet Babies/Flintstone Kids’ “make everything into kids” trend:

9.

The random Wizard of Oz book Disney published as part of their read-along series:

10.

This Hanna-Barbera logo:

11.

James and the Giant Peach with this soothing, minimalist cover:

12.

The Cynthia Blair books that all had foods in the titles:

14.

This exact Pyrex casserole dish that every ’80s mom owned:

15.

And this Crock-Pot with flowers that every mom owned:

16.

The Fisher-Price skates that were nearly impossible to skate in:

18.

And the top of Toys “R” Us’s shelves being stocked with even more toys (and also ENTIRE sections of the store being devoted to just one toy line):

19.

Those plastic smock and face mask Halloween costumes that would tear and fall apart before you were even done trick-or-treating:

20.

Fireball Island, which was the most excitingly designed board game ever:

21.

That one Garfield sitting down stuffed animal that every kid owned or at least wanted:

22.

Batman cereal, which tasted a lot like Cap’n Crunch:

24.

The Disney Channel Magazine:

25.

The delightful What Do Smurfs Do All Day? book that was part of the Dr. Seuss series:

26.

Smurf Chef Boyardee pasta, which, of course, tasted like regular Chef Boyardee:

27.

These McDonald’s glasses that randomly appeared in your family’s kitchen and were faded as heck:

28.

And the Mac Tonight Happy Meal toys that randomly appeared in your toy chest:

29.

TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes, which was hosted by Dick Clark and Ed McMahon:

30.

The Fisher-Price cash register…

31.

…and the Fisher-Price record player, which you would play with at your grandma’s house:

32.

Trapper Keepers, which were the ultimate folder you could own:

33.

Nickelodeon’s Mr. Wizard’s World, which was an afternoon staple:

34.

The We Are the World cover that featured a group photo of all the celebs who sang on the title track:

35.

The “Little Professor” calculator:

36.

These weird flashes that you would need to put on the camera:

37.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch having three bakers instead of just the one on the right:

38.

The traumatizing Webster episode where he accidentally burned down his family’s apartment:

40.

Shrinky Dinks, which you always had to make sure you let cool down enough after taking them out of the oven, or else you could really burn yourself:

41.

Morris the cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:

42.

General Foods International Coffee, which you thought was the fanciest coffee ever:

44.

Toy china tea sets that were made out of real porcelain:

45.

Snow and ski gloves that were always a blend of garish colors:

46.

Pencil sharpeners that looked like this:

47.

And Mr. Coffee makers that looked like this:

48.

Being able to get character-themed picture refills for your Lite-Brite:

49.

Large floppy disks that were actually floppy and that you could not touch the center hole of:

50.

Baskin-Robbins baseball helmet sundaes (which came with the tiny helmet bowl you could keep):

51.

The Back to the Future Part II futuristic sunglasses you could get at Pizza Hut:

52.

Scratch-and-sniff stickers that smelled gross on purpose and made you wonder why they thought any kid would want it:

53.

Madballs, which seriously hurt if you got hit by one:

54.

The cube that Evie used to talk to her dad, Troy, on Out of This World: