For almost everyone, childhood is the best time to be remembered as a fabulous and magical time. Growing up, we perceive the world as familiar and we are less and less surprised at some things, but we still have pleasant memories, and we can always return to them.
Some things from our past did not go out of sale, but changed. Therefore, if you want to experience nostalgia, hold in your hands the thing with which we played in childhood - this can be done!
10. Tamagotchi
This entertaining toy for children was invented by Japanese engineers of Bandai, and their samples appeared on the shelves in 1996.
The word "tamagotchi" in translation means "friend-egg." The rebirth of the toy with virtual pets also happened in Japan.
Now you can find interesting models of reduced size with a color display and new features. Now you can not be afraid that the pet will die while you sleep or go about your business - Tamagotchi can be paused.
Such a toy is sold only in Japanese stores so far, but it can be ordered - for example, on the Aliexpress trading platform.
9. Multi-color pen
Such pens are now easy to find in the store, but no one has been using them for a long time. Remember how cool it was to replace several pens in different colors: blue, green, red, purple, etc.? But of course there were problems with her: she jammed, the core did not want to write ...
Over time, everything improves, and now you can find a pen not only with a basic set of colors, but with a 16 millionth one - it's a Cronzy pen!
It looks very elegant and compact. The pen has a special sensor with which you can instantly scan any color you want - the pen is simply applied, for example, to the green grass, and then a button is pressed, and you write in green!
8. Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle game played not only by children, but also by adults. The toy was developed in 1984 by Alexei Leonidovich Pazhitnov.
The whole of Moscow played tetris, and later the toy became popular in Poland and Bulgaria. It is difficult to imagine a person who at least once did not try to play Tetris (maybe, with the exception of Africa, India and other similar countries.)
Tetris sold different colors: blue, gray, black, etc. They came to school with him, spent time with him, took him on the road ... In general, the puzzle toy occupied people of all ages, and still play it - only now on androids.
7. VHS tapes
It’s difficult for us to imagine how people could do without the Internet before, because in one click we can turn on any movie or clip we like.
Previously, people eagerly awaited their favorite movie to record it on a videotape through a VCR or rented movies to watch a movie on the weekend.
Interestingly, before putting the cassette in, it was necessary to rewind it to the beginning and turn it in on time, in case of delay it was necessary to pay a fine.
Now video tapes are even being collected, and the VHS effect of an old shabby film is popular among young people. It is created using Photoshop for your photos.
6. Dandy
The children's favorite toy of the 90s was the Dandy game console. It went on sale in 1992. Children who grow up on computers will not understand this.
Probably, everyone had such parents who cursed for a long game, since the telescope on the TV sat down from it. And the children, while their parents are not at home, came from school and played in tanks, races, Mario, Buttods, Contra, Double Dragon, etc.
Children could not tear themselves away from the game! Happened, and adults played a couple with their children.
5. Chips
Previously, round chips were popular among children: they were played in school, in the yard, at home. The Pokémon cartoon was on TV, and so many children bought chips with their favorite characters. They were sold individually or in packages.
Carrying a large wad of chips was a great pride! In order to get your favorite chip from your friend - you had to play a game with him. The children beat them on some surface, and the one with the chips turned upside down took them for himself.
But the chips for the game were not necessarily with the "Pokemon", they could be with Barbie, and with the image of animals and much more.
4. Spring rainbow
Slinky spring, which means “meandering”, is a popular toy that came to us from the USA. It included all the colors of the rainbow, was invented in 1943 by Richard James - a marine engineer.
All children wanted this toy, and it was just worth its weight in gold! She could be thrown from one hand to another, thereby calming her nerves and listening to the pleasant crack of rings.
The diameter of the rings allowed you to wear a magical rainbow toy on your wrist. Often, she got confused, and if she was wrongly untangled, she lost her properties. In Russia, the toy was called "Rainbow".
3. Chewing gum Love is
People who were born in the 90s probably remember this wonderful taste of chewing gum and liners for which they were bought ...
With anticipation, everyone unfolded the label, threw the chewing gum into his mouth, and while enjoying its taste, read what is written in the Love is insert. Sometimes quotes were repeated, but what a joy it was when some kind of insert came across for the first time!
Many had a whole collection of these inserts, sometimes children started notebooks and stuck them into them. The quotes were varied and always interesting, for example: “Love is when someone cooks great pasta.”
2. Profiles
Almost every girl had school profiles. They could be created independently or bought with ready-made questions; one girl could have several.
The questionnaire included questions that buddies and classmates (boys and girls) had to answer. Typically, the questionnaire was written in multi-colored pens: gel or ball shiny, ordinary (as you liked), and often the pages were decorated with stickers or drawings.
On the last page, sometimes there was a glued envelope, which was called "for secrets", they wrote one secret on the sheet and placed in an envelope. Many children were confused by the question at the end of the questionnaire: "How do you feel about me?" After all, if someone was not in a very friendly relationship, nobody wanted to write “badly”.
1. Landline phone
Children of our time may not understand why a telephone is needed in the house, when you can call from your mobile to anywhere in the world!
The children did so, but only from a landline phone (home) - sometimes they called unfamiliar numbers from the directory to frolic, and they were very scared if they got on the line where the electronic voice spoke and strange beeps sounded ...
It's hard to imagine, but once there were no mobiles, and people made an appointment in advance. No one could call and ask: "Where are you?" I had to come to the meeting on time and wait for him if he was late.
Now almost no one has landlines (and nobody wants to pay extra money for a communication service), except for state institutions.