1980's
Rubik's Cube
Erno Rubik was looking for a innovative method of teaching his students about 3D objects and came up with what would be called Rubik's Cube. He patented this clever cube and made millions in the early 80's. There were 43 quintillion combinations of solving the cube, which prompted many books on how to solve the cube. The world record for solving the cube is 16.5 seconds! A later version of the cube was released called "Rubik's Revenge" which had four rows of four squares instead of three on the standard cube. 100 million cubes have been sold worldwide and are even now somewhat popular in certain places in the world.
Boom Boxes
This oversized radio was popular with the youth of the early and mid-eighties because they played music so loud, you could hear them from a 100 yards away. They eventually came with dual cassette and CD players and used 8 "D" cell batteries to power the big speakers. Some had a special Bass Boost button that would make the boom boxes even louder and more annoying to most who could hear them. This fad is still popular with some young people because the new boom boxes come with MP3 players.
Video Arcades
There are many arcades now, but during the 80s, they were the "in" place to hangout.
Wrestling
Although it has made a comeback in recent years, nothing even compares with the classic years of the WWF, and the NWA.
Neon
Pretty self explanatory. Socks, Shirts, Hair accessories, bracelets, shoe laces, store signs etc.
Break Dancing
Remember the parachute pants and cardboard boxes that dancers would gyrate themselves on? Break dancing seems so different from all other kinds of dancing that the first question people ask when they see it is: "Where did these kids learn to dance like that?" In 1969, when James Brown was getting down with his big hit "Get on the Good Foot" the Hustle was the big dance style of the day. When he preformed his hit, he did the kind of dance you'd expect James Brown to do. High Energy. This eventually, evolved into break dancing.
Friendship Bracelets
Friendship bracelets came in bright colors, vibrant woven patterns, beautiful glass beadwork and NFL football team names and colors.
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Cabbage Patch Dolls were the doll craze of the 80s, and one of THE fads of the decade. Take this stroll down memory lane with the Cabbage Patch Kids and see what they've been up to lately.
Smurfs
Blue elflike creatures, dwelling happily in the forest. Creatures with names like Jokey, Greedy, and Brainy Smurf. The went through adventures, sought advice from Papa Smurf and found themselves captivated by the perky Smurfette, the only female in the clan. During Smurf Mania, they out sold Star Wars, Garfield, Snoopy, Annie and Mickey Mouse.
Koosh Balls
During the 1988 Christmas season, the Koosh ball was the hottest toy on the shelves. The Koosh ball was a rubber ball filled with a jelly-like plasma and its outside consisted of hundreds of rubber spikes making it look like a soft and flexible porcupine that did not hurt to hold or squeeze. When someone squeezed the object, the plasma caused it to squirm around in his hand while the spikes provided something to grip in one's hand.
Baby on Board" Signs
Remember when we were supposed to avoid hitting the cars with the "Baby on Board" signs on them? It's open season on them now.
Hacky-Sack
Coordinated enough to kick a beanbag but too wimpy to be a jock? Hacky-Sack was your sport.
Trivial Pursuit
Want to seem as cleaver as Cliff Claven? Memorize a card set and then play a set or two against your friends. Both of them. We were all playing Trivial Pursuit in the early-Awesome80s.
Vans Tennis Shoes
The shoes of choice for skateboarders everywhere. Pull on tennis shoes - no laces.
Lace fingerless gloves
ala Madonna.
Tetherball
A tetherball is similar to a volleyball and is tied to a ten-foot, vertical pole by a slender rope. Two players, who each get half of the area surrounding the pole, try to hit the tetherball ball repeatedly in one direction so that the rope wraps completely around the pole.
Miami Vice Fashion
popularized by Don Johnson on the hit tv show.
Where's the Beef
A slogan from a Wendy’s commercial for showing that other restaurants didn’t quite use as much meat on their
hamburgers. Starred an old lady named Clara Peller, who kept asking that question.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A hit cartoon about a bunch of hip turtles who loved eating pizza and could also fight well. People bought lots of related dolls, stickers, lunchboxes, etc.
Big Hair with lots of Hairspray
Not only were the women sporting their hair like this, so were the 80's rock stars. Big hair was definantly in and so was Aqua Net hairspray to keep the hair up all day.
Goatee Beards
Goatee beards really joined the mainstream, and no longer just for bikers, wrestlers, and Satan.
PSYCHE!!
This word was used very often during the 80's. It was used as another way to tell someone you were just kidding or pulling their leg about something. For example:
Larry: Hey Bob, who did you buy that ice cream for?
Bob: I bought it for you.
Larry: Really??
Bob: PSYCHE!! ...I bought it for me!
He-Man
If you were a young boy growing up in the 80's then you know all about this craze. Mattel's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was everywhere. Not only was it a popular cartoon but it was also on lunch boxes, t-shirts, school folders and many other places.
Rainbow Brite
If you were a young girl growing up in the 80's then you know all about this craze. Almost every little girl had a rainbow brite doll and watched the cartoon that went along with it.
Strawberry Shortcake
A popular 80's cartoon character. Every little girl that grew up in the 80's not only owned the doll, but also had either a Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox or blanket or even clothing with this character imprented on it.
Hyper-Color Shirts
These were shirts that changed color with temperature change.
Care Bears
Colorful, adorable, furry friends with a caring mission. These cute bears taught us how to care. Every bear came with a bright colored tummy picture that told who they were and what their special area of caring was.
Garbage Pail Kids
Garbage Pail Kids were like Cabbage Patch Kids only much more gross and the cards came with a stick of gum.... they even had their own movie.
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Sex God
Woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo 
8-) 8-)
Thank you MrFC 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Ah, Rubik's revenge...... I still have the scars :shock: .... Rubik's Snake was cool though, I still have mine
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
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8-) 8-) Thank you MrFC 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Ah, Rubik's revenge...... I still have the scars :shock: .... Rubik's Snake was cool though, I still have mine
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
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Moving on a bit - early 90's here - does anyone my age or with children my age remember the attraction to those "Fairy Step" shoes?? You know, the ones with the key that you turned to show you jewels and stuff??
OMG i remember desperately wanting a pair of those,they looked soooo magical in the adverts!!!!
Clare,xxx
The main thing i remember about the late eighties is the whole rave music scene. Was a totally bizarre time , i think that was my 'swinging sixties' . Nothing like being in a marquee in the middle of a forest at 5am dancing like zebedee up to your ankles in shit.... ahhhhhh them were the days ....
Sex God
Do any of the females remember ra-ra- skirts ? Or floral skirts with a petty coat showing.? I didn't buy a ra-ra skirt, but I did have the skirt with the petty coat showing.............why I now think, would anyone want to have a skirt to short, over a petty coat... 
:roll: :roll:
:roll: :roll: Sex God
My little pony :bounce: - I haed a purple one
Action men used to shag my Sindy.... no wonder I grew up warped :shock:
Yes, they are still popular among small boys
Jelly shoes - uncomfortable as fuck
Shell suits..... now, shell suits..... I have story about a man in shell suit . He offered me money (lots of money) for sex...... I said no...... no money in all the world would have made me shag a man in a shell suit :shock: :shock: :shock:
Ra ra skirts are back in fashion 8-) 8-) 8-) . I might wear one to the NW munch 8-) 8-) 8-) . I should have saved the ones I had in the 80s, they would look very hip and trendy now - not sure about petty coats though :? . I still have a pair of 80s jeans with zips up the sides of the legs, trouble is, they're too tight now
Action men used to shag my Sindy.... no wonder I grew up warped :shock:
Yes, they are still popular among small boys
Jelly shoes - uncomfortable as fuck
Shell suits..... now, shell suits..... I have story about a man in shell suit
. He offered me money (lots of money) for sex...... I said no...... no money in all the world would have made me shag a man in a shell suit :shock: :shock: :shock: Ra ra skirts are back in fashion 8-) 8-) 8-) . I might wear one to the NW munch 8-) 8-) 8-) . I should have saved the ones I had in the 80s, they would look very hip and trendy now - not sure about petty coats though :? . I still have a pair of 80s jeans with zips up the sides of the legs, trouble is, they're too tight now
I remember my eldest having a collection of Trolls in the 80s! I reckon they were to remind her of her absent dad (first hubby). I centainly could see the resemblance anyway.
And what era were Pathfinder shoes? They had a compass in the heel - supposedly so you could find your way home - albeit by hopping on one foot.
And what era were Pathfinder shoes? They had a compass in the heel - supposedly so you could find your way home - albeit by hopping on one foot.
Orgasminator
I always remember coming back from school late 70's / early 80's with the frozen ice lollies called 'Jubblies'.
Triangular in shape & requiring a PhD in mechanical engineering to get the damn things out of their wrappings to suck upon :cry:
By the time I arrived home it was always melted.
One bright spark brought a pair of scissors into school one day / walking back home that night was bliss (it might have been pissing down with rain but we didnt care) we sucked on those frozen flavoured lollies for all we worth, toothache & frozen jaws hence prevailed.
Triangular in shape & requiring a PhD in mechanical engineering to get the damn things out of their wrappings to suck upon :cry:
By the time I arrived home it was always melted.
One bright spark brought a pair of scissors into school one day / walking back home that night was bliss (it might have been pissing down with rain but we didnt care) we sucked on those frozen flavoured lollies for all we worth, toothache & frozen jaws hence prevailed.
I remember ra ra skirts, roller boots and trick sticks. I also remember the really bleached jeans. Coming from an impoverished family, I tried to bleach my own. I boiled them in bleach, and cried my eyes out when they rot, they were my first and only pair of jeans! :violin:
Ah well, you live and learn!
Ah well, you live and learn!
Orgasminator
This has made me feel all nostalgic... Love the 80's
Ra ra skirts ... I had one, a multicoloured one , which I thought was fab along with the leg warmers - thinking I was one of the kids from fame.... my only defense is that I was v young.
Ra ra skirts ... I had one, a multicoloured one , which I thought was fab along with the leg warmers - thinking I was one of the kids from fame.... my only defense is that I was v young.
Sex God
More smurf talk hehehehehehe
And this was way before Notts :-D
And this was way before Notts :-D
Sex God
Quote by bluexxx
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
OH
MY
GOD
A fucking care bear collection??????
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Sex God
Quote by bluexxx
Woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Thank you MrFC 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Ah, Rubik's revenge...... I still have the scars :shock: .... Rubik's Snake was cool though, I still have mine
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
You'll be telling us next you don't like hugs!! :shock: :giggle:
Quote by Angel Chat
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
OH
MY
GOD
A fucking care bear collection??????
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Sex God
Quote by Angel Chat
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
OH
MY
GOD
A fucking care bear collection??????
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Care Bear stickers were a really competitive thing ..... and cute, so very cute
Sex God
Quote by Calista
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
OH
MY
GOD
A fucking care bear collection??????
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And then later she admits to owning a My Little Pony! WTF?! How did you have such a scary reputation in those days Blue??
Quote by Angel Chat
I also had a Care Bear and I even had a Care Bear sticker album..... OK, I'm embarrassed now, some things you just shouldn't share
OH
MY
GOD
A fucking care bear collection??????
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And then later she admits to owning a My Little Pony! WTF?! How did you have such a scary reputation in those days Blue??
It's like finding out the monster in the cupboard is actually a fluffy bunny!
Sex God
Awww come on, you have to admit that My Little Ponies were just so adorable???
Sex God
Quote by bluexxx
Awww come on, you have to admit that My Little Ponies were just so adorable???
Hahaha! Have you taken on Sassy's fluffy role?! :giggle:
Sex God
I am very adaptable. Fluffy and adorable soft toy collector one minute. Kick ass killer the next.
Some call it multiple personality disorder, but I think that's just harsh
Some call it multiple personality disorder, but I think that's just harsh
Sex God
Quote by Clare and Steve
Does anyone else remember the flourescent clothes.
I remember going to my primary school disco in a black and pink polka dot skirt,bright pink t shirt(matching blak braces) and little black shoes with matching pink bow!!!!
Oh and shellsuits,highly flammable fashion :shock:
Clare,xxx
i thought shell suits where just for scousers
