AnirudhaMore Fun Than a Pillow Fight!
Ever wanted to hit your friend or cousin without getting in trouble? Hitting each other was actually fun for the first time. The company which made it possible was Big Time Toys which launched Spocker Bopper in the late ’90s and sold over 5 million units in the U.S alone. Sorry, if you really want one after reading this as Socker Boppers are no longer in the market but you might get lucky if you search online.
When Memories Had Its Limit
Before DSLRs and in-built camera phones, disposable camera was there to capture all your memories from your trip, vacation, graduation ceremony, and wedding. Yes, the camera had its usage limitation. For one, ‘ no burst mode’, you had to wait for the next click. No option of zooming the lens as you had to adjust the distance manually for the perfect click. After exhausting the maximum limit of the photos which was around 20 or 30, you had to wait for a couple of days for your film to get developed into memories.
Just Can’t Get Enough
There is no comparison between the shows we used to watch and shows kids watch today. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network were the morning dose for us. It doesn’t matter what time you put on the T.V you can watch any show for hours. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network made our childhood so colorful and memorable that switching on the TV will never be the same. What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you read or hear the word Nickelodeon, the theme song, right?
We Had Five Famous Turtles
Only the kids of ’90s remember the famous five turtles. Yes, you heard it right, Five famous turtles. One from the story of the famous race between a rabbit and a turtle(winner) and other four from the show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I bet that you can still name all four by just looking at their peculiar eye masks. No matter what happens, turtles always win.
It Was All About The Sound
A Snap!! that’s all it took to realize that somebody in the classroom is wearing a Slap Bracelets. It had a very distinctive sound which made it fun to wear it again and again. The creator of Slap Bracelets, Stuart Anders grossed around $8 million in 1990 as reported by The New York Times.
That’s All The Space We Need
Imagine saving your favorite song on a Floppy Disc of size 1.44 megabytes. Today, this may seem very little space but back then it was hard to imagine needing more space than that. Alan Shugart invented the floppy disc in 1967. The first floppy disc driver used an 8-inch disk which later was reduced to the size of the 5.25-inch disk. Sure, floppy discs are not in use anymore but you can still see the image while saving a file on your laptop or desktop.