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In 2006, WeGo released the Kite Tube, which was a combination of a tube you pull behind a boat in a lake and a kite. The idea was that you put a child unit on it, pulled the Kite Tube behind your boat like you normally would, and the tube would take off several feet into the air like a kite, with the munchkin on it. Nothing is worse than a toy that says “bite my [behind].” In 1998, the Teletubbies were a big deal, so it would make sense that toys were made of the strange, monstrous characters. One such character was Po, the red one and thus presumably the leader, was a female… Teletubby.

Introduce your kids to these classic 80s toys, or buy a bunch of these retro 90s toys for Christmas this year. In a world of viral videos and online games, these old favorites will never go out of style! Bet you didn’t know this original song was written by the legend himself, Rod Stewart? Prepare to tell people Maggie May is his second best song now. This jingle’s been floating through the decades for a long time, but it sounded particularly great in the 90s. https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/be-safe-strawberry-shortcake-care-bears-creator-unveils-stay-at-home-bear/article_ce886acc-e0d2-5750-80f9-9aec46e8623b.html While other handheld consoles were available, the Game Boy totally dominated the market when it was released in 1989. People couldn’t get enough of games like Tetris, Prince of Persia, and Super Mario Land.This is the original version of Chili’s famous jingle, which would later on in 2002 be performed by N’Sync. Because, that’s a thing boy band’s do: sing catchy 90s commercial jingles. The 1990s were a bit of a wild time for toys. That generation of kids was a test group for any kind of crazy idea that came into the heads of toy company executives. While anyone could have seen the trouble that Lawn Darts would bring, not every toy was so obviously dangerous. Some toys required the right imagination or a penchant for the sort of danger that only a child would appreciate. We’re going to fondly examine some of the most dangerous 1990s toys so that we can collectively wonder: what were we thinking?

Rosenfeld, L. (2015, July 10). A Brief History of the Etch a Sketch: Why We’re Still Fascinated By the Toy After 55 Years. Retrieved from, This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Jarts are lawn darts, which means they’re like regular darts but much bigger and much heavier. In 1987, they came under fire for their design. David Snow campaigned against Jarts, and a commission began investigating the toy. What they found was strange.https://www.theringer.com/2017/3/27/16038420/tamagotchi-collectors-bandai-digital-pets-9b946143c747 The design was simple. You would sit on this platform a few inches from the ground and grab onto the handles. Beneath that platform were four wheels that swivelled for easy turning as you propelled yourself across the floor using your legs. According to a 2000 recall notice from the CPSC, "The hard plastic Sky Dancers dolls can fly rapidly in unpredictable directions, and can hit and injure both children and adults." MeTV. (2015, December 3). 10 Totally Awesome Christmas Toys We Had to Have in the 1980s. Retrieved from, You could play all kinds of great games by scrambling across the gym floor at school or in the street at home. The latter was not a good idea, though.

When buying partner items like this one, your contract of sale will be with our Range Plus Partner instead of The Range. How could something like this be dangerous? It’s soft, after all. On one side is a knot of hard plastic that connects to a soft-ish, fluid-filled ball with an elastic cord that could stretch several feet. That doesn’t sound too bad, right? Except it was. In fact, every part of this toy was a little hazardous. The Rubik’s Cube was invented in 1974 by a college professor named Erno Rubik. Funny enough, it took him a month to solve his own puzzle, and even today, only 1 in 7 people have managed to complete it. Vailshery, L. (2021, January 22). Global Unit Sales of Nintendo 64 As of September 2020, By Region. Retrieved from, For one thing, people would play pogs for keeps, and that would start fights. Many schools had to put a ban on pogs to stop fighting from happening over pogs. Nobody wants to lose their precious National Geographic pogs.New models of these toys are on the market today, but they’re made from soft materials that don’t stand up in the water! Wham-O’s Slip N’ Slides Yeah, that can’t end badly