20 things each "cool child" growing in the 1980s belonging to

Think you were cool without these? Not even.


What did a cool child look like in the 1980s? If you imagined Ferris Bueller, or Jennifer Beals wearing an oversized sweatshirt inFlash dance, You hit the nail on the head. But it was not always about how they were acting - although Ferris implies a lot the charm of the devil-may-care that each teenager wished to own - but rather have the rights accessories.

Is your perm big enough? Your clothes enough neon? Your parachute pants always smoked your last dealer of the Breakdance? Everyone could be cool in the 80's, but you had to know where to shop. Fashionable toys, here are 20 things all children whose future was so brilliant that they had to wear nuances not to possess.

1
Music player

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When the Sony Walkman became available at the beginning of the 80s it wasscience fiction. We could listen to our musicall over? Even go out in the street? And that did not it need to transport one of these bulky boots? Obi-Wan Kenobi himself could not have imagined a future of this magic.

2
Only members of the jackets

Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
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The brilliance of the only membership of the members is that she promised exclusivity in reality, it did not give anything like this. When a cool child wearing a single jacket, they presented themselves as part of an elite clique of social insiders. But, really, the jacket meant that their mother knew where the shopping center store. However, it did not mean that we did not want to wake up with one under our Christmas tree.

3
Air jordans

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Before it is a champion of the NBA, Michael Jordan was the name of this wildly popular sneakers that each child loving basketball had (or dreamed of possessing). Launched in 1984, after Jordan won a gold medal at the Olympic Games, Jordan signed a $ 5 million 5-year contract with Nike who led to one of the most emblematic footwear. And sought after in the history of shoes.

4
Merlin

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A Handheld Parker Brothers Brothers game that looked like a red mobile phone, Merlin was designed by a NASA scientist who apparently thought, "Fly on the moon is goodbut which worldreally The needs are a more delicate way to play Tic Tac toe. "

5
Pumius with garbage children

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He combined the ringard attraction of the baseball card collecting with the desire to be the hugest person in your social circle. If you could not find the humor at Adam Bomb, the kid with a cloud of mushrooms exploding in his head or Boyd dough, a saucepan of Pillsbury Doughboy whose body produces cupcakes, you were probably not cool Gamin of your peer group.

6
Trapper Keeper

trapper keeper

A child of the 80s would have gone to school with a bindée that withoutThis binder faithful to three rings ($ 6) with the flap at the front. Satisfyingriiip When you opened the Velcro, you wanted to say that your belongings were completely secure with prying eyes.

7
Rubik's Cube

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Little managed to solve it, but every child in the 80s was obsessed with this cube-shaped puzzle. We have worn them everywhere, from our homes to school and back, torsion and returning hope to finally find the right combination of colors. It was such a phenomenon that he engendered his own short show show,Rubik, the incredible cube, about a ritual cube speaking and flying and its crime resolution point. And if you are finally looking to crack the code,It's the secret turn to solve the rubik cube quickly.

8
Fishermen's price cassette player

fisher price cassette player

It was not just a way to play your favorite cassette songs - you can also save with it! Sometimes it meant that the recording of our favorite radio songs - it was the sharing of the torrent of its time and even capturing your own voice that covers the hits. These players were so loved by the children of the 80s that a genius has even converted his former fisherman's priceIn a Bluetooth speaker.

9
Atari 2600

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It was likeHave an arcade in your own living room. Of course, the graphics were horrible, but no one worried. Everything lucky enough to have his own Atari 2600 was the most popular person in his neighborhood, with friends and friends who would be friends who oriented outside his door so that the chance to playPong,Invaders of space,To burst, WhereTrap!

10
Scratch & Sniff Stickers

scratch and sniff sticker

The sticker technology in the 80s had their moment Apollo 11 with Scratch-and-sniff. These stickers did not come up with delicious illustrations, but scratch them with a nail release a perfume that was ... well, at least close to what the drawing represented. Is there something more mind-blowing to a child (at least one child of the 80s) than to scratch a sticker that it is "reasons of grape" or "the power of melon Then smell of something that is vaguely in the same odorous balloon balloon of genuine fruit?

11
Gifle bracelets

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Your mother may have been with gently with jewelry, but the 80's child wanted something with a little more gravitas. These bracelets may not have been the most attractive accessories, but they have more than composed of theatrical. After all, as the name involved, a slap bracelet could only be put bySlap against your wrist, which has just looked (and rang) so cool. Wear a slap bracelet makes every child feel like a superhero of the future.

12
Spirograph

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It was just a bouquet of plastic circles with holes, but this manufacturing aid in a misleading way could transform anyone into an instant artist. Hasbro has charged it as "a geometric drawing toy that produces mathematical roulette curves", but it does not start explaining why these things were so addictive. With some color pencils, you could create drawings that have a hypnotism downright and convinct briefly that you may have a future as a year of your generation.

13
Big league chew

Winneconne, WI - 4 March 2016: A package of big league chew bubble gum - Image

Gum with the consistency and tabac tabac - it was shredded and came to a large Chew Pouch-Big League aluminum leaf felt in one way or another more important than the simple gum of Bubble. "You are in the big leagues when you are in the big league chews," theAdvertisements reminded us. We would certainly agree ... If we could only move our jaws with all this gum deposited there.

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A sample

'80s gifts

Created by a Swiss watchmaking in the early 80s, these colorful and tubular timeshairs have become essential for any children's 80s who wanted to stand out. Not only do they look cool, but they were also super affordable for a pretext for a budget. Even today,You can retrieve basic models as low as $ 50.

15
Teddy ruxpin

teddy ruxpin doll

Believe it or not, there was a moment when this speaking Teddy Bear was not considered horrible. Children really covetedThe Teddy Ruxpin doll ($ 62) When he was introduced for the first time in the mid-80s. The bear was not just talking (thanks to cassettes that you put in his back) but also flashed and turned his head. So you know, the material of nightmares. Today's children especiallyFind Teddy CreepyAnd we share their mistrust to talk about animatronic dolls. But, if you always remember one of them, it's a great news because they are among the27 silly silly things worth of tons of money today.

16
Leggings

winter accessories

Thanks to movies likeFastening andFlash danceThe children of the 80s decided that they could not live another moment if their calves were not protected with tiny sweaters. It does not matter that the legs have been used for a long time by dancers, to keep theirLegs hot muscles and prevent cramps. In the 80s, the leggings of the leg suddenly become a base basis, even among people who could hardly slow down the dance at a road song.

17
Balloon lolo

lolo ball

A crossing between a pogo stick and a trampoline, the Lolo ball allowed a person to bounce around any room like a professional gymnast. Or at least that's whatadswe had believed. In reality, it was not quite so easy to be graceful by jumping on a lolo bullet. But that did not prevent millions of lolo enthusiasts from trying anyway.

18
Jelly shoes

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Faithful to their name, they made your feet looked like they had been submerged to Jello. What ... Well, apparently was something that cool children wanted in the 80s. To go ahead and throw them away if you still have a pair because they are one of23 dated fashion trends that will never come back into style.

19
Cabbage cabbage doll

Cabbage Patch Dolls

Honestly, we thought that these collection dolls looked more like elderly men wrinkled than babies. But enough children have been charmed for adoptable toys - yes, they have come seriously with adoption papers - becomethe Accessory of the unmissable children of the decade. They ended up on the cover ofNewsweek In 1983, and by the end of this year, nearly three million children's cabbages were "adopted". Hey, what can we say? They were cool then!

20
Slogan t-shirts

If your shirt said "Choosing Life" (as worn by Wham membersIn their videosOr "Frankie says relax" (some good advice from the Frankie group go to Hollywood), Slogan Tees was everywhere during the 80s, especially in the children of the hip in the know. And for more than the decade the decade of the last century, check these20 photos only children who grew up in the 1980s will understand.

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Tags: 1980s / aging / Nostalgia
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