Old metal jungle gyms that got super hot in the summer:
The bicycle section inside Toys "R" Us that strongly smelled like rubber:
And the tags you needed to take the register whenever you bought a video game at Toys "R" Us:
The Disney Store's version of Beanie Babies that were called Bean Bag Plush:
The Disney Store plastic shopping bags that looked like this and that you refused to throw away because they were so magical looking:
The ugly brown drive-thru menus at McDonald's:
The sticky McDonald's floors that definitely also had those cheeseburger stools attached to it, too:
And the dirty green carpets inside of Chuck E. Cheese that the kids stepped and crawled all over (and then would go eat pizza without washing their hands ):
These old '80s touch lamps that were so much fun to play with:
Monopoly Junior when it had illustrated kids on the box cover:
Plastic film roll cases that were so satisfying to pop open:
The bottle caps that told you if you won a free soda or not:
Fruit Stripe, aka Zebra Gum, which lost its flavor two seconds after you put a stick into your mouth:
Crest Kid's Sparkle Fun toothpaste, which was so tempting to eat because it was sweet:
Goosebumps bookmarkers that you would get during Scholastic Book Fairs:
found the school burnout
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