29 Photos Of Very Nostalgic Things That Will Be Instantly Recognizable To Anyone Over The Age Of 35

    I think all of us collectively can still hear the announcer saying, "This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney's FastPlay..."

    1. Geoffrey Dollars, which was better than getting cash as kid:

    the toys r us cash

    2. Beanie Babies tag protectors that ensured you're investment was extra secure:

    3. Cereal boxes that you'd read the back of every morning:

    4. The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Happy Meal toys that came in a mini VHS box. A MINI VHS BOX!!!

    toys with their mini box set

    5. The option to Super Size the fries and drinks in your combo at McDonald's:

    super size meal

    6. Ashtrays for people sitting in the back of the car that were built-in into the center console. But if no one smoked it just became a place to toss gum and straw wrappers into:

    the ashtray open in the back console

    7. MapQuest maps that were printed out. And 99% of the time you forgot to print out only black and white instead of color:

    printed directions

    8. Poo-Chi robot dogs that everyone got because robot dogs were a trend and nobody could afford the Sony Aibo robot dog:

    robot dogs and their bones

    9. These giant projection TVs that had the most blurry AF resolution:

    large box tv

    10. Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars, which were the perfect after-school treat or dessert:

    strawberry cheesecake bar

    11. The CD section inside Borders Books which had CDs that were always too expensive, but you were still tempted to buy:

    display of CDs

    12. The back-to-school section at Target when it had this clean Y2K aesthetic:

    large prints to direct you to the section

    13. Best Buy TV departments when they sold those giant heavy TVs that weighed, like, 100 pounds:

    14. The coin drop donation game that Taco Bell would have next to the registers:

    coin drop in water

    15. Snapples came in glass bottles and with this design logo:

    16. These plastic loungers that your parents still had from the '80s that were only comfortable for, like, two minutes:

    plastic lounge chair

    17. NOW Thats What I Call Music CDs, which were mostly filled with songs that were about six months old, but were still 🔥 mix CDs:

    mix 1 through 10

    18. Disney Adventures magazine, which always had awesome covers:

    timon and pumba on the cover.

    19. Spice Girls Chupa Chups lollipops, which you mainly bought for the stickers:

    the lollipops with each spice girl on each package

    20. Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:

    model and the dog in an airplane setting

    21. Titanic-mania and all the memorabilia and products they made because of the popularity of the film:

    titanic books

    22. The "Candle in the Wind 1997" single that every family owned a copy of:

    elton john cover

    23. And Princess Diana memorial magazines that moms collected and refused to throw out:

    multiple magazines with her on the cover

    24. This translucent CD boombox that everyone wanted because it was oh-so-Y2K:

    25. The ...For Dummies book series, that you had no idea who was actually buying them:

    the internet for dummies

    26. Movie reviews guide books — which were basically the original Rotten Tomatoes:

    blockbuster movie guide book

    27. The CD-listening kiosks inside of music stores (which were annoying if someone was hogging up the CD you wanted to listen to):

    someone listening to aaliyah

    28. The Disney DVDs that came with FastPlay, which you would press immediately but it never seemed to actually work:

    disney fast play menu

    29. And lastly, turning on your desktop like this and then feeling the warm heat of the computer tower on your leg:

    someone turning on the pc with their toe