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plush bendy flowers

original release: 1999

#c:item #d:1999 #d:90s #i saw a few 'vintage' listings on ebay and stuff for russ brand ones and they all said 1999 so im running with that

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duct tape everything

date: 2010s

#c:item #d:10s #this was a fucking Time #c:culture

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the land before time vhs

original release: 1988

#c:item #c:movie #d:1988 #d:80s #had this bitch at my grandmas place!!

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pillsbury doughboy rubber toy

original release: 1971

#c:item #d:1971 #d:70s #this was my dad's growing up i think! since it was in a little cabinet at his moms house when i was growing up #it was STURDY

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kabuto burger king toy

original release: 1999

#c:item #d:1999 #d:90s #so when i was little i wasnt like. super aware of pokemon #i knew the main ones but that was about it #so i guess i picked this up at a thrift store or something and just kept it bc i thought it was cute #i didnt realize it was supposed to be a squirter so i just wore it as a ring sometimes #love this little guy hes probably still around here somewhere

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silly bandz

original release: 2002

#c:item #c:culture #d:2002 #d:00s #2002 was the original japanese design but 2006 was when the americans got ahold of em and it became a craze #so typical for us to find something made for sustainability (fun shapes made ppl less likely to throw away their rubber bands) #and make it a mass produced money grab #silly bandz were so fun tho ngl #i was never one of those ppl with them all up my arms or anything but i had plenty

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portable dvd player

original release: 1998

#c:item #d:1998 #d:90s #first one was made by panasonic ofc #i cant remember what brand i had but it saved my life on a few road trips #id have my little dvd case full of movies #ooh i should make a post for them too #i remember watching the little princess and the secret garden on one of these bc they came as a set and i really REALLY liked them #c:tech

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cd/dvd storage wallet

original release: 90s

#c:item #d:90s #this was SO COOL to me as a kid lmao #once again if i was a teenager when these were popular id have drawn all over mine and put patches and shit #id have one for my portable dvd collection and one for my cds in the car #WAIT #i should still have one for the car wtf #im overflowing with cd cases in there lmao #omg someone just said smth in the tags abt how the sleeves felt and like SOOO true omg #they had that Texture

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kidz bop mcdonald's happy meal cds

original release: 2009

#c:music #c:item #d:2009 #d:00s #i had 2 and 6 #drift away would get stuck in my head SOOO much which was probably weird for my parents bc i was like 8 years old #it was probably also just before i got into taylor swift #waitt what if this was what got me into taylor swift #nahh she was being pushed everywhere back then plus she was tied in with disney channel drama too

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magic sand

original release: 1981

#c:item #d:1981 #d:80s #hehe hydrophobic sand go brrrr

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highlights magazine

original release: 1946

#c:lit #c:item #d:1946 #d:40s #i didnt know it was that old damn! #i liked them around 2005 so theyre the ones i have nostalgia for lmao

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mighty beanz

original release: 2002

#c:item #d:2002 #d:00s #i only had a few but i thought they were so fun lmao

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lg cosmos 2 phone

original release: 2011

#c:item #d:2011 #d:10s #MY FIRST PHONE!! #baby i miss u so #actually i know where mine is still it's upstairs collecting dust #still has 3/4 battery tho last time i checked dgsjdhsjd #so many bad decisions made on that phone.. #i could text SO mf fast on that keyboard #to the point where my thumbs didnt even cramp anymore #my case was plain blue and half the clippy parts broke off so it's super easy to detatch lmao #also we rarely had data so i couldnt use the internet on it #not that it was even worth it bc of how limited it was #i would always play the tetris demo it came with #and take pictures on it even tho they were like 2 pixels #c:tech

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iwako puzzle erasers

original release: 1974

#c:item #d:1974 #d:70s #i never knew what the original brand was or how long theyve been making them! #the website even has a guide for recognizing ripoffs if youve never had an official one #giraffe duck hamster and sunfish were my favorites hehe

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american girl paper dolls

original release: 1990

#c:item #c:lit #d:1990 #d:90s #completely forgot abt these until i read some offhand comment abt paper dolls and i was like HOLY SHIT

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paw print mood necklace

#c:item #d:u #i loved mine even after it got stuck on one color bc thats just the way it goes