Fads: what were they and where are they now?


Fads: what were they and where are they now?

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thupercoach wrote:
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Beyblades were only a flash in the pan at my school. A couple of months of popularity.


Good god, I argue with a teenager.

I'm actually in my mid 20's.
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afromanGT wrote:
Beyblades were only a flash in the pan at my school. A couple of months of popularity.



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11.mvfc.11 wrote:
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Are onesies a fad now? ](*,)
yep. I'm getting a giraffe one :)


I just had a tiger one delivered. My fiance got a dinosaur one. We look like retards. :lol:
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11.mvfc.11 wrote:
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Are onesies a fad now? ](*,)
yep. I'm getting a giraffe one :)

I seriously don't get the fascination with them. Apart from the Pikachu ones. They're awesome.
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batfink wrote:
biggest fad for me was when the pinball machine fell to space invaders


Don't you knock Space Invaders!!!

You'll make an enemy for life! :lol:
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biggest fad for me was when the pinball machine fell to space invaders
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afromanGT wrote:
Beyblades were only a flash in the pan at my school. A couple of months of popularity.


Good god, I argue with a teenager.
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jlm8695 wrote:
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Techdecks, razor scooters.

I don't remember pogs but everyone had Tazos.


This was the biggest thing to hit my school surprisingly.

Yeah, they were big for about 2-3 years at my school.
Benjo wrote:
Anyone remember Tazos as well? Had tons of Simpsons ones. And those Dragon Ball Z discs that came in chips packets? They were awesome.

But obviously the biggest craze of them all were pogs.

THEY'RE THE SAME THING.
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Are onesies a fad now? ](*,)
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Eastern Glory wrote:
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Forums aren't that slow yet, Joffa.


I'm guessing you we're really into Dungeons and Dragons...,

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This explains soooooo much :lol:

Really?
What does playing one of the most popular board games in the world as a kid explain exactly?
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chillbilly wrote:
Techdecks, razor scooters.

I don't remember pogs but everyone had Tazos.


This was the biggest thing to hit my school surprisingly.
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Techdecks, razor scooters.

I don't remember pogs but everyone had Tazos.
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Beyblades, Yu-Gi Oh cards (Still have my deck, ended up playing my brother recently :lol:), Digimon handheld devices (still remember being upset when I forgot to feed mine and he died :() were massive back in the day.

Anyone remember Tazos as well? Had tons of Simpsons ones. And those Dragon Ball Z discs that came in chips packets? They were awesome.

But obviously the biggest craze of them all were pogs.


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[quote=afromanGT]Beyblades were only a flash in the pan at my school. A couple of months of popularity.[/quote

they were so much fun. No one knew the rules of any of the card games anyway.
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afromanGT wrote:
No love for Power Rangers or TMNT yet?

Kimberly =p~
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No love for Power Rangers or TMNT yet?
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433 wrote:
Yu-Gi-Ho and Bayblades :cool:

Edited by 433: 2/7/2013 06:12:47 PM

Yes! Spent hours and hours on these.
And Crazy bones before them.
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notorganic wrote:
Joffa wrote:
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Forums aren't that slow yet, Joffa.


I'm guessing you we're really into Dungeons and Dragons...,

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This explains soooooo much :lol:
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Beyblades were only a flash in the pan at my school. A couple of months of popularity.
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Yu-Gi-Ho and Bayblades :cool:

Edited by 433: 2/7/2013 06:12:47 PM
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afromanGT wrote:
macktheknife wrote:
My year 6 principal had to ban Pokemon cards iirc, because of too many people stealing and scamming people with them. The guy was a drama queen about it as well (I think he was a little suss tbh) by calling a whole school assembly and giving some speech about how executioners had to wear a black hat or some shit, he had a black hankie over his head during it. Was fucking weird.

Our school banned anything tradeable or popular at some point. First it was Tazos/Pogs, then it was Pokemon cards, then Tamagotchi/digimon.

Then crazy bones, then beyblades, then marbles because everyone carving tracks in the sandstone in the playground.
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Scanlens footy cards

:cool:
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chillbilly wrote:
Crazy bones were massive at my primary school until they got banned.


Around 2000 the pokemon and digimon battle tamagotchi things were also pretty big.


Fuck yes!
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macktheknife wrote:
My year 6 principal had to ban Pokemon cards iirc, because of too many people stealing and scamming people with them. The guy was a drama queen about it as well (I think he was a little suss tbh) by calling a whole school assembly and giving some speech about how executioners had to wear a black hat or some shit, he had a black hankie over his head during it. Was fucking weird.

Our school banned anything tradeable or popular at some point. First it was Tazos/Pogs, then it was Pokemon cards, then Tamagotchi/digimon.
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It all started with the Simpsons trading card for me, the ones with the bubble gum that took two hours to get into a gum like state and tasted like strawberry flavoured cardboard.

then B'Ball cards. USA Dream team <3

I was pretty apt with a yo-yo, I could walk the dog, do a cat's cradle, Eiffel Tower, around the world and a few others.

Got into the yo-ho Diablo and fire sticks, but that's what you did where I grew up.

after that I found girls. Haven't needed a fad to fill in my days since.

though I am partial to the World cup Sticker sets, I don't consider that a Fad though.
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NRL Tazos were huge up here.
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NBA cards, USA 94 cards, NFL cards (go Jerry Rice!), turtles (so glad they're back), terminator and voltron. Oh and do they still make matchbox cars? Hotwheels were always so second-rate.
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Oh man the curvy brims
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I thought this thread was going to be about the candy cigarettes that used to be called Fags :lol:

In primary school we had (in roughly chronological order) marbles, nba cards, pogs/tazos, oddbodz and baseball caps with the brim curved as much as possible.
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Crazy bones were massive at my primary school until they got banned.


Around 2000 the pokemon and digimon battle tamagotchi things were also pretty big.

Edited by chillbilly: 2/7/2013 01:01:38 PM
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