Flashback Friday

LizzyTish88

So last night I was watching tv and the movie "The Princess Diaries" was on and I heard the song they play at the end. I looked at the credits because I couldn't tell if it was Britney Spears or not. Turns out it was B*Witched. Does anyone else remember them?? 

So it got me thinking about doing a flashback thread. What were some of your favorite things growing up?? Toys, bands, TV shows?

One of my favorite toys was this beauty:

What is some of your favorite nostalgia? 

jenjen047

OMG yes.

1. Go-Go My Walking Pup (80s version):
note: i essentially ended up with my own real-life Go-Go when i got my dog, Lacey.

2. Baby Alive (also 80s version):

3. Hollywood Hair Barbie:

im sure there are more.....

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OMG I used to love B*witched! They were one of my favorites and I also had that doll lol.

1. I was OBSESSED with Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. They were my all time favorites...and spice girls.

2. Mary-Kate and Ashley movies (the old ones) were some of my favorites too. I loved their sleepover movie and their detective videos lol.

3. I would say one of my favorite toys was Gymnastics barbie! I LOVED her.

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I had this little guy.

I also had one of these.

And this was my favorite computer game... anyone know what it is??

Swazzle

ALL the Barbies. 

I loved my Oh Jenny dollhouse and had every single piece that was made:

My Quints dolls and all of their accessories: 

OH HELL YEA

I never did rescue the Princess in the end:

My Saturday night jam:

Specifically: 

Two of my favorite shows (fun fact: my cats when I was younger were named Chip and Dale):

Edited to fix pictures

LizzyTish88

@SouthernPeach89 I loved the Mary-Kate and Ashley before they got all nasty! 

@CocoBellaF FURBY!! I never had one and wanted one so bad!! All my friends hated their because it would never shut up!

@Swazzle I love Are you Afraid of the Dark! Freaked my out all the time!

My favorite park of Nick was Stick Stickly!

I also loved watching the Disney concerts. I can't find a picture but Five and Step was my favorite one.

Peaseblossom55

@swazzle I remember Are you Afraid of the Dark, the kids I used to babysit for loved it.  I kinda enjoyed it too. 

I don't remember much other than Barbies and I had close to 20 Cabbage Patch Kids too. 

labro

Oh man, so many things! Like @Swazzle I was obsessed with Snick and Are you Afraid of the Dark.

And -

2. I used to love to play with Polly Pockets.

And also these guys!

And who can forget the Bop It!

And of course, Boy Meets World!!

bethsmiles

I was just watching Princess Diaries on Wednesday! I shamelessly love that movie!

Rugrats was my absolute favorite growing up:

@CocoBellaF - I never had a Furby. They always creeped me out!

Dignity100

Beanie Babies


Chocolate the Moose was my fav!

Original My Little Ponies


Lite Bright


I played OUTSIDE a lot as a kid.  I lived on a quiet street so I always was on my bicycle.  I also had a 4-wheeler, so I always rode that thing too.  I was a bit of a tom-boy.  Dolls freaked me out (I saw poltergeist at a very young age and was always afraid they'd come alive and try to kill me in my sleep).

@CocoBellaF - I had that same furby when I lived in the dorms at college - it became the floor mascot for about a month.

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@labro - We still play with that same Bop-It when we are hanging out with our friends and their kids.  I know they have new Bop-Its, but the kids love the original one!!

minskat30

Barbies (had a Whitney Doll)!  Light Bright and My Little Ponies too!!  As for TV, I remember TGIF with Full House being my favorite.  Uncle Jessie...sigh.  Oh and Dirty Dancing...I went through like 4 VHS tapes (yes, you can break a VHS tape if you watch it too much).  I had the posters and all and loved that movie.  

Swazzle

@bethsmiles - I loved Rugrats too! I'm the oldest of my cousins so I was always Angelica. Sigh. 

I also forgot to mention that I was a weird child thanks to my bio dad and my favorite movie at the age of 5 was: 

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@TwoDimes - LOVED Legends of the Hidden Temple.  

GoldenPenguin

This: 

My grandparents had HBO JUST so I could watch Fraggle Rock. Yes, Fraggle Rock was on HBO.

Her:

HER:

The coolest shoes I ever owned:

I wanted to be on this show SO BAD.

I owned this exact thing:

And this:

My very favorite My Little Pony (who was one of many, MANY My Little Ponies):

I could do this all day. 

Swazzle

@TwoDimes - I still have mine too! When I was little, I specifically remember going to work with my mom one day and because I was very spoiled, she brought my Nintendo and my little kid recliner with us so I wasn't bored. I was playing and lost all of my lives and I got SO mad that I threw the controller at the TV and it's a miracle (or really, I had no muscles at the tender age of 7) that the TV didn't shatter. I swear that game is the root of all of my frustrations in life. 

Are we the same age? I loved those shows SO much. Green monkeys fo' lyfe. 

bethsmiles

@Swazzle - A Nightmare on Elm Street would have traumatized me when I was little! My parents made me stop watching Scooby-Doo because it gave me nightmares lol. I love scary movies now though.

ETA: @GoldenPenguin- FRAGGLE ROCK! My grandparents used to record episodes and mail them to me!

Swazzle

@GoldenPenguin - True Story: Double Dare came to Philly and we went and my stepsister got to go up on stage and play and I hated her for-ev-er. I may or may not be over it now. (I'm not.) And ZOMG I have the same ET doll and I LOVED Fraggle Rock except I watched it on the Disney Channel

bethsmiles

Troll Dolls:

GoldenPenguin

Some of you people are INFANTS. 

speakeasy14

I love this whole thread!! I had everything that has been listed so far! 

NSYNC dolls -- still have them, never opened

Puffalump Cow -- I slept with this thing through college.  It is in a glass case now.  No stuffing in the neck and not really white anymore.

Did anyone have this cabbage patch doll? After they were recalled for scalping a little girl my mom wanted to see how dangerous it really was, so we fed it ribbon.  It did not stop until the batteries died.  

 

Swazzle

This is a great thread, @caseface5!!!!!

Peaseblossom55

@GoldenPenguin I had those sneakers too.  I loved them. 

I remember Legends of the Hidden Temple, and I loved Double Dare.  I wanted to be on the show so badly.  I got to see a taping of an episode of Guts when we went to Universal Studios one summer. It was really fun.

labro

@GoldenPenguin I think that's the one My Little Pony I don't have! My parents still have my huge box of My Little Ponies stored in their attic. I've told them they are never ever allowed to get rid of them!

@Swazzle You WOULD be Angelica.

@TwoDimes I always wanted Mall Madness but my parents never bought it for us. I thought it was such a fun game!!

I really miss all those old Nickelodeon game shows too. It was my dream to be on something like Legends of the Hidden Temple or Guts!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/fivezaj/12-nickelodeon-game-shows-you-wanted-to-be-on-a8zp

jenjen047

OMG all of this is amazing.

@dignity100 - i loved my lite brite

@swazzle - how did i not know about Oh Jenny....given that that's my name??

@bethsmiles - LOVED RUGRATS!! especially the Hannukah epsiode.

@everyone - are you afraid of the dark was terrifying. they had one where there were spirits haunting an indoor swimming pool and pulling people underwater. im STILL creeped out by indoor pools as a result.

you can wait the epsiode here......if you dare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRBhMInmk2s

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@jenjen047 that's the episode that still creeps me out!! I remember it vividly!

@Twodimes Cookie Crisp NOMS!

jenjen047

@southernpeach89 - clearly it was a traumatic episode if we still remember it 20-something years later. that shit was not suitable for kids.

GoldenPenguin

I had Rainbow Brite, her horse, AND sheets. 

I also had these Strawberry Shortcake sheets:

This shit was WAY harder than rescuing any princess:

Best. McDonald's Toys. EVER.

My favorite things that NO ONE ELSE ever remembers:

1. Wuzzles - I had Moosel, and he's still somewhere at my parents house.

2. Denver the Last Dinosaur

3. Today's Special

4. Zoobilee Zoo

bethsmiles

@jenjen047 - The Hannukah episode was the best!

labro

@GoldenPenguin I definitely remember Zoobilee Zoo! But the rest of that stuff, yeah clueless.

@jenjent047 That episode STILL haunts me. I'm afraid of pools at night if it isn't lit because that ghost will come drown me.

Swazzle

@GoldenPenguin - I totally remember Zoobilee Zoo!

This was my bedroom: