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35 Photos Of Nostalgic '80s Kids Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Old Millennials And Gen X'ers

Put on your comfy walking shoes and do your Mousercise stretches, 'cause we're taking a walk down memory lane.

1. That one Garfield telephone that you wanted oh-so-bad and thought was so cool — but, of course, your parents never bought because they didn't want a novelty phone just sitting in the living room:

A Garfield phone

2. The Fisher-Price skates that were nearly impossible to skate in:

Fisher-Price skates

3. Fiber optic flower lamps, which you thought were so chic:

A flower lamp

4. And this '80s meets Art Deco-style vase that every mom had in their living room:

A pink vase

5. This vinyl E.T. stuffed animal that had the creepy feeling skin, which started to peel after a few years:

An E.T. plushie

6. Those plastic smock and face mask Halloween costumes that would tear and fall apart before you were even done trick-or-treating:

Three Shirt Tales Halloween costumes

7. Having at least one or two photos that your parents would take of you and your siblings with the family car:

A family posing next to their car

8. The Filmation logo and the little jingle that played with it:

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9. And, of course, this Hanna-Barbera logo:

A star going through spirals

10. Big League Chew with the creepy and gruff-looking baseball player on it that looked like he came straight out of Mad Magazine:

Big League Chew

11. Toys "R" Us's shelves being stocked with even more toys (and also ENTIRE large sections of the store being devoted to just one toy line):

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

12. The "I Can Remember (Bread, Milk, Butter)" cartoon on Sesame Street that looked REALLY '70s, but was a total earworm:

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13. Panini sticker album books and the stickers — which you had to place quickly and carefully, 'cause once it touched the paper, it was stuck for life:

A Roger Rabbit Panini book

14. View Master Reels which you'd always ask for and then only use once:

View Master Reels

15. Burger Kings and Wendy's with salad bars inside of them:

People at a salad bar

16. The fever dream that was Kids Incorporated — which was also like the original Kidz Bop:

Screenshot from "Kids Incorporated"

17. Nickelodeon's You Can't Do That on Television, which introduced everyone to slime...

Kids covered in slime

18. ...and Mr. Wizard's World, which was an afternoon staple:

Mr. Wizard holding piece of glass and point at a square on it with a little girl looking too

19. This Chuck E. Cheese carpet that you would crawl all over and was probably way, way dirtier than you realized:

Chuck E. Cheese carpet

20. Rainbow elastic belts and suspenders, which every little kid seemed to have one of at some point:

A rainbow belt

21. Michael Jackson being the biggest and most popular celebrity in the world...

Closeup of Michael Jackson

22. ...and Madonna being the artist that your parents would say was a "bad influence":

Closeup of Madonna

23. Baskin-Robbins baseball helmet sundaes (which came with the tiny helmet bowl you could keep):

A Sundae inside Dodgers helmet bowl

24. Beverly Cleary books with this style of illustrated covers:

A Beverly Cleary book

25. Strawberry Shortcake chewable vitamins that tasted like candy, and which you'd eat a few of behind your parents' backs:

Strawberry Shortcake vitamins

26. Pac-Man being so popular that he even had his own Chef Boyardee canned pasta line:

Pac-Man Chef Boyardee

27. Novelty fast-food glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck:

28. These pitchers, which always left a plasticky taste to any lemonade, punch, or juice you poured out of it:

A plastic jug

29. The Fisher-Price cash register, which you would play with at your grandma's house:

A yellow, brown, and orange toy register

30. And the Fisher-Price cassette player, which allowed you to tape yourself singing:

Fisher-Price tape recorder

31. Morris the cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:

Morris the cat in front of a bowl with his name on it

32. And Orville Redenbacher as the star of all of his popcorn commercials:

Closeup of Orville Redenbacher holding popcorn

33. The Mousercise album, 'cause even Mickey Mouse jumped onto the aerobics craze:

The "Mousercise" album

34. Sitting up close to the TV whenever you played Nintendo because the cords weren't long enough:

Kids playing Nintendo

35. And lastly, the "This is your brain on drugs" and the "I learned it from watching you!" PSAs that ran 24/7, thanks to Nancy Reagan:

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