Obligatory Toast posted:

I owned the pop-up clubhouse. Got it for Christmas one year. That thing was the poo poo, but not nearly as cool as the mermaid storybook Polly Pocket set.

Cromulent posted:

I've seen this pop up in 90s threads before, but I've always found it strange because I still use Winamp, as do several of my friends. Are we really just that behind the times? What's the de-facto non-Itunes media player these days?

Twat McTwatterson posted:

Hahaha, wow. What the gently caress was the name of his series? It was an even more mature Fear Street, basically. There was also another series by a woman that took place in college, in haunted dorms or something. Like Roommate nightmares or something.

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

I remember reading this one summer and thinking it was hilarious, because a lot of the characters and stories were ridiculously funny. Every time we had a substitute teacher, I wanted her to look like Mrs. Gorf. That's right bitchiz, I'm talking about Sideways stories from Wayside School.

I remember the 29th (I think?) floor freaked me out. The lost floor where people who got lost would be stuck in class forever? or something? And I remember the Erics, whose names (Eric Ovens, Eric Fry, and Eric Bacon) were hilarious to age 8 me. Great book.

madlilnerd posted:

hahahah, yeah. They were too rough for my delicate overly Christian sensibilities. See, I was a massive Christian until I was 13. Being a Christian wasn't just okay in the 90s, it was cool. We had Christian rock and I even had a tshirt that said "Never underestimate the power of the PRAYstation" and it had the Playstation buttons but the + was replaced with a crucifix

HateTheInternet posted:

ACTUALLY, it was the 19th floor.

I loved the Wayside series, and it really was incredibly surreal and smartly written. My favorite kid was Todd, who always seemed completely at peace with the fact that he got sent home early on the kindergarten bus every single day.

Coffee And Pie posted:

My brother-in-law just posted a picture on Facebook of a mall directory from the 90s, which brought back a lot of memories. I think one thing from the 90s that doesn't really happen anymore is the whole idea of a "mall culture," kids don't really hang out at the mall in this day and age. Then again we have a tiny, lovely-rear end mall, so that just might be my area.

Buh posted:

I do remember being afraid of the other game in the series: Midnight Rescue!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCrEB73Mgrs
Oh god what if robots appear out of nowhere in the middle of the night what if that

Son Conan posted:

The talk about Animorphs earlier (which I sadly never got into, despite the awesome covers) reminded me of this series (which I absolutely LOVED):



Each book was a collection of mini-mysteries, with Mr. Boddy always being killed in the last story (only to explain how he survived in the introduction of the next book). Most of the mysteries dealt with which one of the guests managed to get away with Boddy's latest treasure (all while trying to kill each other), usually through process of elimination, such as deducing each character by what weapon they have or their own unique personality quirks (Col. Mustard always challenged people to duels, Mrs. Peacock was extremely prim & proper, etc.). Heck, one of my favorite things to do was to get out our family's CLUE game and act out each story to aid in figuring the mystery out.

I can still remember how bummed I was when they stopped producing them (there were 18 books total, and I still have them on my bookshelf).

FetalDave posted:

Pogs. You were only cool if you had an awesome slammer though.

Rahonavis posted:

E: Who were only outdone in terms of action figure spinoff lines created by people who had to have been on drugs by the truly bizarre "Jurassic Park" Chaos Effect.

OldMemes posted:

I remember reading that these were planned to tie-in with a Jurassic Park TV Show that never got made. After the show was scrapped, they just released them anyway.

The TV show would probably have been insanely awful.

Rahonavis posted:

Anyone else remember that one time Garth Brooks wanted to write some songs in a different genre and so he created a fictional dead alternative musician, like you do, and recorded all the songs in-character as him, and even planned on making a biographical film before the project bombed spectacularly?

DrBouvenstein posted:

From 1997 - 2001, every senior class awards ceremony, or "banquet", or whatever you call it, ended with a slide show or PowerPoint presentation filled with pictures of the graduating seniors (a mix of candid shots, yearbook photos, and kid/baby photos) set to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Greenday.

Every. Single. One.

redmercer posted:

I don't remember all that well, but I'm pretty sure you could also add Vitamin C's "Graduation Song" to that. I'm pretty sure that's why Canon in D gives me hives.

DEMAG posted:

Before silly bandz there were Slap braclets.

Son Conan posted:

I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only person who remembered this.

To contribute:


Slayers

Before I discovered the Discworld series, this was my definition of "comedic fantasy." Heck, the second season's opening theme is still one of my favorites.

omgwtfitszee posted:

I seem to remember back in the '90s (or very early 2000) when the Rugrats or other Nickelodeon cartoons had a deal where if you went out and got this pair of cheapo 3D glasses from the packaging of some food item (I'm thinking Doritos or some sort of snack food), you could watch Rugrats/other Nick cartoon episode in 3D. I seem to remember it being a HUGE deal, too. Anyone else remember this?

Inzombiac posted:

Legend of Kyrandia

Was the best adventure game outside of LucasArts because it didn't give a poo poo if you won, you could die all over the place and you could beat the game ina matter of minutes if you knew what you were doing.

magic pantaloons posted:

coop52 posted:

That reminds me of a show I used to watch called Kidsongs. I kind of feel sorry for making my parents sit through this crap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXpwFNLOAU

magic pantaloons posted:

My eyes hurt from looking through Magic Eye photos on the internet.

magic pantaloons posted:

Star Castles. I had the one on the left.

edit: All this talk reminded me of that Art Magic magazine that use to buy every week as a kid. It had a magic eye on the back of the cover. I cite it as one of my influences on studying a fine arts degree.

Tewratomeh posted:

This song. This loving song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrCkB9zzEo

Try and sing along, without looking the lyrics up.

WebDog posted:

I always wonder how women didn't spend their childhood in fear from glassy eyes boring into their souls from the top shelf. And how did you not get bored of these? Batman had grappling action and rockets. At best Barbie could get her face chewed off by the new dog and was utterly ruined. Batman on the other hand gained battlescars.

madlilnerd posted:

I hated big dolls and baby dolls (CREEPY), but boy did I love my Barbies. From what I remember I spent most of my time making them gently caress and argue though. They were always fighting.

Aceofblue posted:

Sky Dancers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETCLxxA8G_0

My friend and I would get into so much trouble letting these off into their fancy foyer with a 20ft ceiling.

JediTalentAgent posted:

I swear, MTV was the BEST from about 1990-1996. They had the right mix of content and quality. I keep trying to figure out what killed MTV for me, and know there seemed to be a big shift in the MTV stuff around 1996-97 with Spice Girls and Puff Daddy, then Britney and the rest. Then we get Woodstock '99 and it's official: The good times are over.

Rahonavis posted:

If this is real, then this is amazing.

Brick Frog posted:

Late in the afternoon, when only about half an hour of class remained, my third grade teacher Mrs. Juran would read this aloud for our class. I thought it was going to suck. "just look at that cheesy cover art. An alien with green skin and red eyes? What is this, the 50's?" I was so wrong. This book made me realize why grown-ups were always going on and on about books and reading. I loved that book, and apparently it was the first installment of a series of books. I never read any of the other ones.

bean_shadow posted:

I loved Bruce Coville's books! I liked his magic shop books, like "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher". And "Jennifer Murdley's Toad".

Non Serviam posted:

As for pure 90's CGI, I give you Stephen King's The Langoliers. It's the final scene, so SPOILER ALERT!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd7ALKWFEsc

Saint Seafoam posted:

This poo poo was so popular growing up and if you didn't have one on your backpack in elementary school, you were a loser. They were big, bulky keychains that had dinosaur dioramas on the inside that moved when you opened it. Of course being a kid and playing in the sandbox it inevitably got full of sand and jammed the machinery so it didn't work anymore, but god forbid you get rid of it.

Whispering Machines posted:

OMG that Littlest Pet Shop stuff brings back so many memories. I think I had every single one you posted! Awww. I loved those things.