Kids today are often horrified to learn that in our own childhoods, we had to sit through commercials and could only choose between watching whatever was on the limited amount of channels that were out there.
If you grew up in the '90s, you know that commercials were not that bad. A lot of times, they put you on to some pretty cool stuff.
The toys were particularly amazing. Everything looked like the most fun you can ever have, and it was all a phone call and credit card number away, so close yet so far.
Here are some of the best '90s infomercial toys we were dying to bring home.
1. Marvin's Magic Drawing Board got you in touch with your inner artiste.
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No mess art supplies were the stuff of dreams for '90s parents, so they may have been willing to shell out $19.95. Just glide the little tool across the page and maneuver to make different colors appear. Some people who did get their hands on this one said it wasn't so easy, but that didn't lessen our temptation to buy it back then.
2. Amazing Elastic-Plastic Balloons could make some next-level sticky chemical balloons as long as you roll, stick, and blow!
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The balloons stuck together to make fun designs and were unpoppable. Some variation of them still exists today.
3. Rainbow Art was truly the wildest art set you've ever seen.
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More mess-free art supplies to win over '90s moms. The no-drip sponge painting looked so mesmerizing.
4. BeDazzler upped the game for glitter girls and all lovers of shine.
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The BeDazzler could make any boring item of clothing or accessory a rhinestone masterpiece. If you adore adorning, this one caught your eye for sure.
5. Exerlopers weren't supposed to be a toy, but how could kids not want them?
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Look how bouncy all that jumping looked! Totally worth risking a leg break.
6. Moon Shoes, on the other hand, were totally for kids.
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Kid-powered anti-gravity shoes! The commercial alone made you bouncy.
7. Floam was better than any slime kids can make nowadays.
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This was seriously a sensory dream come true for so many kids. And it had endless potential, as long as you didn't get hair in it.
8. Benda-WHAT? Benda-WHO? Benda-ROO!
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Bendaroos were flexible, fun building tools that also let you decorate things you already have. Again, one of the selling points was that it was mess-free, and gee, '90s parents, we can take a hint...
9. Blo Pens then flies in the face of a mess-free anything.
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This looks like a gross bacterial horror story with post-2020 eyes, but at the time this seemed like the way to go about airbrush art.
10. Fushigi Balls looked like legit magic.
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No wonder it was sweeping the nation, honestly. Our senses are still confused by their mesmerizing movement.
11. Big Mouth Billy Bass wasn't technically a toy, but it was like a '90s household tchotchke-meme.
12. Topsy Tail was one of several hair innovations that the kids who loved to play dress-up had to try.
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Never again will we despair being bored with our hair. Imagine the possibilities if this thing didn't get stuck in your hair?
13. BaByliss Magic Twist looked like the easiest way to make millions of super mini braids in our hair, like the greatest of '90s girls.
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We probably should have been a little more skeptical about using mechanical tools in our hair, honestly.
14. Hairagami was a grippy slap bracelet with a twist, because we refused to learn our hair was not a toy.
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I'd love to see what the TikTok girls could do with a Hairagami, because I'm sure it would put the millennials who ended up cutting this thing out of our hair to shame.
15. Digi Draw would seriously up your art game.
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If you weren't a freehand artist, you could still make something cool with this tracing tool.
16. Better Blocks basically flexed on Legos in their commercial, and we all wanted to try and compare ourselves.
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These bendy blocks were colorful and fun, and you could even get glow-in-the-dark ones.
17. Creepy Crawlers weren't for the weak of heart (or stomach).
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The plastic goop made Creepy Crawlers particularly appealing and horrifying.
18. The Potty Putter was just a hilarious idea.
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Thinking of any member of your family multitasking while pooping, as a child, is high comedy. You knew your mom was not going for it though.
19. The Tiddy Bear was just too obvious not to laugh at.
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That's T-I-D-D-Y! You knew exactly why this is funny, so of course you wanted one. Plus, it would get the seat belt off you as you fought your siblings in the backseat.