[Travelinglady]

What Were We Thinking? See the Wackiest Fads Over the Past 30 Years - news - att.net

[Gus1234U]

past 30 yrs ?? who's that young ?
some of those 'fads' are still cool ("cool")
how 'bout bell bottoms ? tie die ?? paisley-shaped glasses ??? hahahahaha

[Travelinglady]

Yeah, we sure remember before thirty years ago, but I thought this article would get the topic of fads started. Some of them have been mentioned in other threads such as pet rocks and hula hoops. Anybody remember Wishnik Troll dolls--little ugly trolls with long hair that could be combed? And fishnet hose? And go-go boots? They were popular during my middle school to high school years.

[Nammu]

I already mentioned two of my favorites, mood rings and lava lamps. My sister had gogo boots but I preferred cowboy boots. Saddle shoes were a thing too, I had those.

[Travelinglady]

Yes, saddle shoes. A friend of mine bought some recently! Mine were a variation of the theme--tan and brown.

[katydid777]

Elephant ears pants, Barbie dolls where the knees were movable, slinky, silly puddy, Farah Faucet hair I was older then but it was a fad. Disco skating, also older then. Microwave ovens

[Nammu]

Poodle skirts, I was too young but my sisters had them.

[Skeezyks]

Nehru jackets...

Hot pants, halter tops (or if you didn’t have one on pulling your T-shirt bottom through the neck and wrap around he bra, pull down to tighten—I’m in public, I can’t check my memory on that, LOL), short shorts, I dream of Genie pony tail on top.

Hot stuff...

[Nammu]

Ha ha, I love my short shorts as the nair ads did say! Hot pants in hot pink too. Oh yeah I remember my first halter top I was only allowed to wear it at the lake.

Remember the one peice pant suits? What a pain when you had to go the bathroom!

Oh man, I do remember. I had the shorts version. We called them coolocks

[emgreen]

*Super Balls (Do they still make them?)
*Playing "Cats Cradle" with a piece of yard tied in a circle.
*Devil's Night. The night before Halloween, when kids would go out & create havoc (ringing doorbells, soaping windows, etc.)
*Creepy Crawlers...A red hot iron filled with plastic goop; it created rubber bugs.

[katydid777]

Beggers night, the night after Halloween, going out as beggers and getting the rest of the candy. and the hard ball knockers, I won't call them what they were called, bc it would be offensive to ppl.

[katydid777]

Originally Posted by katydid777

Elephant ears pants, Barbie dolls where the knees were movable, slinky, silly puddy, Farah Faucet hair I was older then but it was a fad. Disco skating, also older then. Microwave ovens

Sorry, I meant Easy bake ovens.

[Hairball]

My sister had a creepy crawler maker and I had an incredible edible maker, gosh they were so gross tasting....lol. We also had this little machine that held a bottle of coke and dispensed it into little cups. I still have two furbys but they stopped talking a long time ago, guess they just got old...lol

As far as clothes go it was popular for us girls to wear bodysuits that snapped at the crotch and dickies that turned everything into a turtleneck. Plus it was cool if you were a girl scout and had a sash full of badges.

Anyone remember gidget? or topo gigio?

[Nammu]

Originally Posted by emgreen

*Super Balls (Do they still make them?)
*Playing "Cats Cradle" with a piece of yard tied in a circle.
*Devil's Night. The night before Halloween, when kids would go out & create havoc (ringing doorbells, soaping windows, etc.)
*Creepy Crawlers...A red hot iron filled with plastic goop; it created rubber bugs.

I remember all these except the Devils night. I had one of the creepy crawly makers. Burned my fingers more than once.

[Gus1234U]

Silly putty and troll dolls were a couple of my favorites....



did you make clothes for your troll dolls ??

I liked silly putty—we used to bite it with the very front teeth and it would snap.

Play Doh! Remember the smell?

Crissy doll with adjustable hair length (dial on her back, adjustable hair portion came out of the top of her head)

Lite Bright (colored pegs lit up on a board)

[Nammu]

My cousins had trolls, I wasn't much into em. I liked the much more expensive horse recreations. My favorite was a Friesian, I was caught between horses and sci fi. Star Trek was a fad that became a cult. My dad did model cars and I did model space ships like the Enterprise and romulin ships.

[Gus1234U]

anyone old enough to remember a doll called "Chatty Cathy" ?? you pulled a string in her back and she said things..... O.O (how misogynistic is that ?)