79 Photos That Will Take '80s Kids On A Super, Super Nostalgic Trip Down Memory Lane

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1. The Muppet Babies Happy Meal toys that were genuinely the top Happy Meal toys ever made:

a frog connected a skateboard, a carnivore connected a rocking horse, a pig successful a car, and a bluish carnal connected a tricycle

2. That 1 Garfield telephone that you wanted oh-so-bad and thought was truthful chill — but, of course, your parents ne'er bought due to the fact that they didn't privation a novelty telephone conscionable sitting successful the surviving room:

A Garfield phone

3. These rainbow flip flops, which had a nylon toed station strap that would hitch the tegument betwixt your large toed and scale toed raw:

Pair of flip-flops with rainbow straps and soles, placed connected a airy surface

4. And the Fisher-Price skates that were astir intolerable to skate in:

Fisher-Price skates

5. Making foodstuff from frozen Minute Maid ore that came with aluminum tops and bottoms:

Four aged Minute Maid Frozen Concentrated juices adjacent to each other

6. Air popcorn poppers that looked conscionable similar this and made the full location odor similar a movie theater:

Air popcorn popper with a wide yellowish spout

7. Sitting up adjacent to the TV whenever you played Nintendo due to the fact that the cords weren't agelong enough:

Kids playing Nintendo

8. Getting up aboriginal connected Saturday mornings to ticker Pee-wee's Playhouse:

Person posing playfully successful a whimsical country with a blue, smiling seat and vibrant, quirky decor

9. Those oh-so-cool timepiece backpacks that made perfectly nary sense:

A backpack with a quirky timepiece plan connected the front, featuring a zippered pouch and adjustable straps

10. And those cartoon erasers that were chill to cod but didn't bash thing different than smudge and rip your papers isolated erstwhile you tried to usage them:

a miss with stuffed animals, a kid with 2 dogs, and the Ghostbusters logo. They remainder connected a person's hand

11. Teddy carnivore pencil toppers that did thing but marque it hard to constitute and cod particulate and gunk each implicit the fur:

Fuzzy teddy carnivore pencil topper connected a reddish pencil, labeled "Ted D. Bear," against a marble background

12. The fever imagination that was Kids Incorporated — which was besides similar the archetypal Kidz Bop:

Screenshot from "Kids Incorporated"

13. And Out of This World, which was different fever imagination of a TV show:

Cast photograph of Out this world

14. These pitchers, which ever near a plasticky sensation to immoderate lemonade, punch, oregon foodstuff you poured retired of it:

A vintage Tupperware instrumentality with a sealed lid and an attached handle, acceptable against a plain background

15. And this nonstop Pyrex casserole crockery that each '80s ma owned:

Vintage achromatic casserole crockery with wide solid lid and bluish floral pattern

16. Fiber optic angiosperm lamps, which you thought were truthful chic:

A angiosperm lamp

17. The dusty aged vessel of nuts (complete with a dense nutcracker) that you'd spot connected your grandma's java array each clip you went over:

A woody vessel filled with assorted unshelled nuts, including walnuts and almonds, accompanied by a metallic nutcracker connected a table

18. And watching TV astatine your grandma's connected a immense console set:

Vintage woody console TV with knob controls and a VHS subordinate connected top

19. Orville Redenbacher arsenic the prima of each of his popcorn commercials:

Closeup of Orville Redenbacher holding popcorn

20. And Morris the feline from the 9Lives feline nutrient commercials:

Morris the feline successful beforehand of a vessel with his sanction connected it

21. The Fisher-Price cassette player, which allowed you to portion yourself singing 🥴:

Fisher-Price portion recorder

22. Strawberry Shortcake chewable vitamins that tasted similar candy, and which you'd devour a fewer of down your parents' backs:

Strawberry Shortcake vitamins

23. Johnson & Johnson's No More Tangles spray, that did not, successful fact, marque you tangle-free:

Bottle of Johnson's No More Tangles spray with statement featuring parent and child. Background has partially disposable substance and design

24. Big League Chew with the creepy and gruff-looking shot subordinate connected it that looked similar helium came consecutive retired of Mad Magazine:

Big League Chew

25. This Chuck E. Cheese carpet that you would crawl each implicit and was astir apt way, way dirtier than you realized:

Chuck E. Cheese carpet

26. And the creepy Chuck E. Cheese animatronics that looked similar they were acceptable to onslaught you erstwhile you weren't looking:

Characters from the Chuck E. Cheese animatronic set are posing successful beforehand of a film-themed backdrop

27. Wheat germ that your parents made you adhd to your sugary cereal successful bid to marque it healthier:

Two jars of Kretschmer Honey Crunch Wheat Germ with labels showing nutritional accusation and a 59-cent proceedings size terms tag

28. Drinking Sunny Delight due to the fact that it was "healthy":

"Nothing delights you similar Sunny Delight."

29. And eating effect cocktail successful syrup arsenic a snack due to the fact that it was effect and truthful "healthy":

Vintage Del Monte effect cocktail advertisement featuring a tin surrounded by assorted fruits similar pineapple and grapes

30. Playing with either the brownish oregon yellow-roofed Fisher-Price Little People Tudor house:

A artifact location with a store and 2 artifact figures inside, 1 adjacent a car and the different looking retired from a window, acceptable for a nostalgic article

31. And the Kenner's Tree Tots Family Tree House, which cipher could person you wasn't portion of the Fisher-Price's Little People collection:

Toy treehouse with detachable sections, includes miniature figures, furniture, and accessories displayed successful front

32. The infectious My Buddy and Kid Sister jingle that had you singing on each clip they played the commercial:

Screenshot of My Buddy and Kid Sister commercial

33. Cinnamon Toast Crunch having 3 bakers alternatively of conscionable the 1 connected the right:

Three cartoon bakers lasting adjacent to a quality mom

34. The terrifying (in retrospect) McDonald's commercials that featured come-to-life singing Chicken McNuggets:

Six puppet Chicken McNuggets with eyes and rima successful a box

35. Always knowing determination was going to beryllium astatine slightest 1 Hawaiian pizza astatine a day party:

Stock representation of Hawaiian pizza

36. The nightmare substance that was Return to Oz:

©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

37. Having a clump of uncompleted Panini sticker books, due to the fact that you could NEVER get them all:

38. Thinking that adjacent though He-Man and She-Ra were member and sister that they would marque a bully couple:

Two cartoon superheroes, 1 muscular with a reddish cape, the different successful a achromatic and golden outfit with a aureate headpiece, basal confidently

39. And ever wondering what Nanny looked similar connected Muppet Babies, but having a wide representation of what you imagined she looked like:

Cartoon character's legs wearing a pinkish skirt, greenish striped tights, and bluish sneakers with pinkish laces

40. Having astatine slightest 1 oregon 2 photos that your parents would instrumentality of you and your siblings with the household car (usually connected roadtrips):

A household posing adjacent to their car

41. The Woodsy Owl PSAs that reminded you to "Give a hoot! Don't pollute":

An owl mascot with ample eyes and a chapeau stands successful a yard, wearing a costume with leafage details and a belt

42. And the PSAs with McGruff the Crime Dog, who sounded similar helium smoked a battalion and a fractional a day, and had you convinced that you were fundamentally going to beryllium kidnapped astatine immoderate moment:

A vintage country featuring a cartoon canine detective successful a trench overgarment beside a car, with a idiosyncratic successful the inheritance adjacent the unfastened car door

43. PSAs aimed astatine kids to punctual them that they needed to archer their parents to deterioration seatbelts (because basically, radical thought seatbelt laws were authorities overreach and unnecessary):

Animated country with Fred Flintstone talking to a quality astatine the "Flint Fix-Shop." A kid connected a skateboard listens nearby

44. Geodesic jungle gyms that were made of galvanized steel, and not lone were they unsafe to autumn from, but they would besides pain your hands connected precise blistery days:

Silhouettes of children climbing connected a playground dome operation with the prima mounting down them

45. The vinyl E.T. stuffed animals that got icky due to the fact that they began peeling aft a mates of years:

Plush artifact of an extraterrestrial with ample eyes and a circular body, resembling E.T. from the movie, tagged "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial."

46. The apical of Toys "R" Us's shelves being stocked with adjacent much toys (and besides ENTIRE aisles of the store being devoted to conscionable 1 artifact line):

Workers stocking GI-Joe conception of Toys "R" Us

47. Hostess Ding Dongs that came wrapped successful foil:

Foil afloat unfastened connected a Ding Dong

48. And Nestle Quik that came successful metallic tins:

Strawberry Quick spirit tin

49. The Mead Académie Sketch Pad, which made you consciousness similar an artiste anytime you utilized it to sketch something:

Mead Academie Sketch Pad screen displaying hand-drawn representation of a manus holding a pencil, suitable for drafting with assorted media, 50 sheets, 12x9 inches

50. The Rio cheating connected Jerrica with Jem plotline connected Jem and the Holograms that went implicit everyone's heads:

A blonde pistillate and a brown-haired antheral successful stylish 80s attire clasp nether a starry nighttime sky, reminiscent of retro animated romance

51. And Beverly Hills Teens, which besides had a ace catchy taxable song, and featured teens that were expected to beryllium truthful affluent that, successful retrospect, their parents would person to beryllium multi-billionaires:

Animated characters thrust successful a convertible, smiling and waving. Retro manner includes striped leggings and vibrant layers. Toy vending instrumentality is visible

52. General Foods International Coffee, which you thought was the fanciest java ever — thing you'd service with a Viennetta cake, of course:

Person holding a instrumentality of General Foods International Coffees, Suisse Mocha, labeled arsenic a Swiss-style instant java beverage

53. And Grey Poupon that you thought was the tallness of sophistication due to the fact that of the commercials:

Person hands a jar of Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard to another. Text beneath says, "It Even Has Wine."

54. Having to spell ticker classical Disney animated movies successful the theaters during re-releases due to the fact that they wouldn't enactment them connected VHS:

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55. The occasional TV Guide that would travel with cartoons oregon TV characters that you liked connected the screen — which instantly made it a must-read:

ALF, an alien character, wears a robe and lounges connected a bed, holding a diary. TV Guide screen promoting "My Life connected Planet Earth" feature

56. Magazines (which were truly conscionable marketing) that were dedicated to 1 toy, similar Barbie oregon He-Man:

Covers of vintage Barbie magazines featuring a doll with agelong hair. Titles item fashion, slumber parties, and a diagnostic connected Olivia Newton-John

57. US Kids Weekly Reader Magazine, which was ever chock-full of crafts to do:

Child speechmaking a "Kids" mag connected a bed, surrounded by much magazines and a plush toy, creating a nostalgic 80s chamber scene

58. Rose Petal Place and Strawberry Shortcake dolls that you sniffed much than you really played with:

59. The municipality fable astir Cabbage Patch Kids dolls being designed to look similar atomic autumn victims to hole children to judge mutant children calved aft a atomic war:

A radical of assorted Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, each with unsocial outfits and hairstyles, sitting unneurotic successful rows for a nostalgic photo

60. Those vending machines with the precise ample integrative propulsion buttons:

The buttons of an aged '80s vending machine

61. Nancy Regan and her "Just Say No" campaign:

Nancy Regan successful the mediate of a twelve children wearing greenish "Just Say No" T-shirts.

62. Having to stock the 1 schoolroom machine during machine time, due to the fact that having adjacent a azygous instrumentality felt similar a large deal:

Two children interact with an Apple II computer, 1 typing and the different pointing astatine the substance displayed connected the screen, successful a schoolroom setting

63. Sloppy Joes that you ate erstwhile a week during luncheon astatine school:

A Sloppy Joe sandwich with a bun filled with seasoned crushed meat, commonly associated with casual American dining

64. And, which you washed down with a cocoa beverage (which is not an appetizing combo successful retrospect):

A idiosyncratic drinks from a beverage carton successful a cafeteria setting

65. Walking astir each twelvemonth to the Ghostbusters taxable opus and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" during your simple school's Halloween parade:

Children successful Halloween costumes, including a ghoul, witch, and flapper, lined up successful beforehand of a fence, participating successful a festive event

66. Filmation's Ghostbusters cartoon that truly confused kids everyplace wherefore determination were 2 cartoons called Ghostbusters:

Shaggy, Daphne, and Velma thrust successful a vintage car with a shade emblem connected the front, excitedly escaping successful a classical country from Scooby-Doo

67. Watching random aged Hanna-Barbera cartoons, similar Wacky Racers and Captain Caveman, connected Sundays erstwhile determination were nary different cartoons on:

©Hanna-Barbera/Courtesy Everett Collection

68. The Mousercise album, 'cause adjacent Mickey Mouse jumped onto the aerobics craze:

Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, and Goofy doing aerobics connected the screen of Walt Disney Productions' "Mousercise" booklet. Includes illustrated booklet

69. The orangish sherbet propulsion pops that came successful that cardboard tubbing that would get soggy and marque you consciousness similar you were eating a bedewed toilet insubstantial roll:

Hand holding a propulsion popular with colorful polka dot wrapper successful an outdoor setting

70. Scratch-and-sniff stickers that smelled gross connected intent and made you wonderment wherefore they thought immoderate kid would privation it:

71. Sticker medium books that held your astir prized stickers:

Sticker medium screen with playful cartoon characters, including kids, an elephant, a crab, and effect illustrations, designed for sticker collection

72. Hands Across America T-shirts, which each kid owned whether oregon not they participated successful it:

A achromatic Hands Across America T-shirt

73. Trying to beryllium the archetypal to drawback the insubstantial connected Sunday truthful that you could work the funnies:

Young miss engrossed successful speechmaking a comic publication with braided hairsbreadth and a tiny artifact clipped on

74. Beverly Cleary books that came with these covers:

Seven Beverly Cleary books are displayed upright, including titles similar "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" and "Socks," with illustrated covers visible

75. And the Serendipity books that had the astir hippie-dippie covers:

Collection of six nostalgic children's books with whimsical carnal characters and titles similar "Snaffle" and "Leo the Lop."

76. Being delusional and reasoning you could bushed the obstacle people connected Double Dare:

A idiosyncratic successful a helmet runs wrong a ample hamster instrumentality connected a crippled amusement set. A big with a microphone watches. A motion reads "The 1-Ton Human Hamster Wheel."

77. Trying to marque definite the archetypal Care Bear you picked matched your property perfectly:

Collection of vintage Care Bears plush toys, each with unsocial symbols connected their bellies, arranged successful rows

78. Having a postulation of Smurf PVC figures that you person nary recollection of getting:

Assorted Smurf figurines successful assorted poses and costumes are scattered implicit a achromatic surface

79. And lastly, being ace frightened to play anyplace adjacent a fridge aft that "very special" (ie, traumatic) occurrence of Punky Brewster:

Two radical find a kid sitting wrong an open, aged refrigerator connected a snowy street. The country evokes interest and consciousness astir kid safety

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