Short Lived Crazes

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  • Pogs - getting to buy a circle piece of cardboard or metal with a sticker on it



    Sticky hands - they were a quarter in the machines after the checkout - so fun
  • This thread reminds me of the coin operated card machines......There was hockey/baseball cards and then you had Marvel/DC.



    Those things were awesome, you'd fire a quarter or something in there and you get a friggen card.
  • Anyone mention micro machines yet? I don't know how much of a "craze" they were but there were definitely a group of kids really into them in my classes that I remember.



    I just miss those commercials haha
  • Originally posted by: Paul

    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!



    ha.
  • Originally posted by: Paul



    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!



    I'd venture to guess that those were nonexistent in the first place.

     
  • Ska Punk
  • Originally posted by: MuNKeY



    Mad balls, Battle Beasts, M.U.S.C.L.E. and green slime.

    Beat me to it.



  • Originally posted by: the tall guy



    Trapper Keepers.

    Oh yeah. I had a sick Trapper. Used that thing until it fell apart.



  • Originally posted by: Paul

    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!





    Couldn't think of a more-passive aggressive generalization if I wanted to.

    There are always those who don't follow these things. You just notice it more once you become a grumpy old man.
  • Originally posted by: behemos

     
    Originally posted by: Paul



    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!







    Couldn't think of a more-passive aggressive generalization if I wanted to. There are always those who don't follow these things. You just notice it more once you become a grumpy old man.

  • Originally posted by: Tulpa




    Originally posted by: Trj22487



    Yo-Yo craze of 1998...I was very caught up like every other boy I knew...amazing how something decades old became a huge craze again

    There was another one in the mid-80s. I remember Duncan Yo-yos were pretty heavily advertised and more than a few kids picked them up, myself included. I think I had about a dozen at one time.



    I wonder if I can still walk the dog.  



     



    Yep I'm not old enough to have lived through that one but I definitely have a VHS that covers tips and tricks on NES games and one of the trailers at the start is for a Tommy Smothers VHS for Yo-Yos from the late 80s craze, the footage was absurd


  • Amiibo.
  • Originally posted by: Redneck_RN

    Anyone mention micro machines yet? I don't know how much of a "craze" they were but there were definitely a group of kids really into them in my classes that I remember.



    I just miss those commercials haha



    I remember the guy that rambled on like 90mph when he talked on those commercials lol!
  • Micromachines were a fad?



    Played with those for years. My little brothers age kids did as well





    yoyos werent a short lived fad either. Those yomega x-xbrain yoyos were the shit in the mid to late 90s. Everyone had them.
  • Originally posted by: rockyyaknow



    That piece of shit Virtual Boy died out pretty fast.





    I thought we were friends, man.
  • Originally posted by: Silent Hill



    Going back to middle school era, we would all have Five Star binders and use White-Out pens to decorate. Also loved Yikes pencils.






    I used to love Yikes pencils. Anyone remember Trapper keepers? They got banned at my school because they didn't fit in the lockers and had too many "secret" compartments for hiding girly mags and other contraband.



     
  • Originally posted by: Boosted52405



     dial-up internet (boob pics would take a long time to load   ),

    LOL. I had this as my ringtone for a while until every time my phone went off, people started looking around wondering who still used dialup in 2010s...



    I personally recorded it from our old dial up service.
  • "Homies" terrible latino stereotype toys
  • Originally posted by: MrWunderful



    "Homies" terrible latino stereotype toys





    Haha looking back those were so totally inappropriate, why didn't they go all the way and label them something racist XD
  • Originally posted by: Paul

    Originally posted by: behemos

     
    Originally posted by: Paul



    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!







    Couldn't think of a more-passive aggressive generalization if I wanted to. There are always those who don't follow these things. You just notice it more once you become a grumpy old man.
  • Originally posted by: Quaze

     
    Originally posted by: rockyyaknow



    That piece of shit Virtual Boy died out pretty fast.





    I thought we were friends, man.



    Haha sorry Jordan sometimes I just got to say what's on my mind.

     
  • I remember when digivices were big. When I was in the fifth grade, I had Daisuke's D-3 and used to wear it on my belt whenever we had to walk outside for P.E., which proved a mistake, since all the extra steps would cause my Digimon to engage in battle with wild Digimon—which they would lose to.
  • pogo ball
  • Originally posted by: behemos

     
    Originally posted by: Paul



    being respectful.



    Listening to your parents.



    those all seemed like short lived crazes considering the shit I see everyday nowadays!







    Couldn't think of a more-passive aggressive generalization if I wanted to. There are always those who don't follow these things. You just notice it more once you become a grumpy old man.
  • In all seriousness, every generation revolts from their parents a bit. I don't think respect is down the crapper... yet. But those who instill positive values in their kids will (hopefully) pass it down to their grandkids. Then again, the world gets more effed up every generation. Positive change and yet we have a one step forward, two steps back system.
  • Pop Vinyl minifigs. Someday I'll walk into a Gamestop and they'll be no more...
  • Originally posted by: Memblers



    pogo ball



    And let us not forget these:





     
  • Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust



    Pop Vinyl minifigs. Someday I'll walk into a Gamestop and they'll be no more...



    These ones are gonna be a big one for this later. There are people right now looking at garages full of these things. I wonder if a "Stadium Events of Funko Pops" will emerge. If and when it does, I'll bet it's like Animal from the Muppets or something. Less then 10 known to make it to market in the gift shop at Universal Studios and never made it anywhere else due to being pulled over a manufacturing defect. 20 grand a "pop".

     
  • Hitclips. Dumbest fucking idea ever. Let's put 20 seconds of a song onto a mini jukebox toy, and charge what the full CD would cost.
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