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   611Kwel said, 5 months ago

   So glad the beanie baby craze is over. Odd how ordinary plush can turn soccer moms into fanatical collectors.

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   wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

   It is curious (and frightening) to see what generations of television has produced. A compliant and docile consumer market.

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   Jaws2z said, 5 months ago

   I miss the Beanie Baby’s…almost as much as I miss the Cabbage Patch dolls & Pet Rocks !!! Not !!

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   Zankou said, 5 months ago

   What about those Trolls? You know with the hair.

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   LibrarianInTraining said, 5 months ago

   Ooooh! I remember trolls!!

   How many of you guys got your slap bracelets and gigapets taken away by teachers?

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   cdward said, 5 months ago

   I’m way too old for slap bracelets and gigapets. But Trolls were around back in the 60s (made a revival later, I think).

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   JTRaine said, 5 months ago

   what’s even more messed up is seeing little girls of today play with the same toys I played with 25 years ago….My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Carebears, Cabbage Patch Kids……to name a few.

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   Doug Dean said, 5 months ago

   …and don’t forget Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…

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   quiptrip said, 5 months ago

   Usually I love this comic strip, but I take strong exception to the casual blasphemy here.

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    yyyguy said, 5 months ago

    i have a pet rock. it sort of followed me home from school one day, so i kept it.

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    dicatduke said, 5 months ago

    I had a pet rock…..still have it! My son did the teenage mutant ninja turtles. I used to know all of them by name, color as well as the weapon they used! (I must watch waaaayyy too much TV)

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    kfaatz925 said, 5 months ago

    JTRaine - I don’t know, I think it’s a little encouraging that kids today have some of the same toys we did. Of course, my students have to explain Wii and Webkins to me, so I guess I’m feeling old! ;)

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    kirbey said, 5 months ago

    Love the Mom’s look in the last panel … and Lemmings are really cute…

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    Josh said, 5 months ago

    My little brother found what was left of my TMNT collection from when I was a kid, and he loves them as much as I did

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    SaintRCat said, 5 months ago

    It’s hard not to forget TMNT when it’s still on GoComics. Granted, this version is like watching Rocky and Bullwinkle…

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    ninmas said, 5 months ago

    hey guys, don’t forget polly, BLEAH!

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    Tigger said, 5 months ago

    The Beanie Baby Craze has faded I find new ones now and then and buythme for my edls Sis as she collects them.Last fall, I purchased her ‘Righty’ before his date of Birth, November 4 2008, and I mailed him to her to arrive before November 4, 2008. A True collector’s Dream.

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    JTRaine said, 5 months ago

    kfaatz925; true enough, I feel less old seeing them playing with the same toys I did.

    That said, I have a Wii LOL (and no kids for an excuse to own one!)

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 5 months ago

    Amazing how stuff comes and goes, isn’t it? Yess Trolls made a revival in the late 80s early 90s when I was just a kid, and my best friend was Troll CRAZY!

    I’m surprised Scooby Doo is still popular after all these years, though he has gone through some changes.

    And even though Transformers and GI Joe are total news to my Nephew, I remember my kid brother having them ALL over the house! (Seems like this stuff revives every 20 years or so. The 60s stuff revived in the 80s, the seventies stuff revived in the 90s, the 80s stuff revived in the current age.)

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 5 months ago

    JTRaine, you forgot about Rainbow Brite.