Fads when you were growing up...

[mmj_uk]

A spin-off of the embarrassing clothing thread.

What fads do you remember when you were growing up?

Does anyone remember those things that would straighten out like a ruler but when you hit them against your wrist they turned into a bracelet, or did I just imagine it?

 

[chroniclard]

Slap bands, still a thing now.

Yo-Yo's
Trainers/boots with massive tongues on
Spokey Dokeys
Glow socks
Global Hypercolour t-shirts
Football stickers
Conkers

 

[roccles]

Coke, Fanta, 7up etc Yo-Yos and wearing your watch over a sweat band are there first that spring to mind.

 

[potatolord]

Rubik's cubes.

 

[Maundie]

Sweat bands, Coke\7 up yo-yos and break dancing were large when I was at school, oh and I remember watching Rocky on one of the 3 TV channels we had at the time and then for the next 3 or so months everyone at school happened to have a squash ball in their hands.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

We had all sorts of course, but this just reminded me of thoe alien egg things. There was always a rumour that if you put two types together, they could make a baby one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263485575075

 

[IronSpider]

Cap Rockets and reels of caps. Pepe key rings.

 

[DanTheMan]

- Pogs
- Cap guns
- Those little bangers that you throw on the floor and they go bang
- Pokemon cards

 

[Mason-]

In primary school, Beyblade + Yu-Gi-Oh cards, vans skate shoes.

Don't really remember any fads that are sticking out for me at secondary school I'm sure I'll remember some. Chav culture was a thing then but I tended to give all that a wide berth.

 

[R.P.L]

Chav culture was a thing then but I tended to give all that a wide berth.

This made me think of record bags. I had one, so I guess I was part of chav culture if that's the kind of thing you meant

 

[soundb0y]

We had all sorts of course, but this just reminded me of thoe alien egg things. There was always a rumour that if you put two types together, they could make a baby one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263485575075

Getting frustrated even thinking about those things now ha. The amount of time I tried stupid stuff like that with toys based on ridiculous rumours.

The Internet will save a lot of frustration but remove a lot of wonder at the same time I guess.

 

[Digital X]

Yo-yo's, I was over the moon to finally got a "spinner" it was bright orange. I think they were called spinners at least.

Tucking your shoe laces (tied loosely) under your shoe tongue, but I still do that now, looks good.

Tucking trousers into your socks, very guility of that one lol.

Pogs were another, I had hundreds of them.

 

[Blue160]

Coke spinners/yo-yos stick in my mind. Mainly because I managed to break someone’s window with one when I was about 12 (accidentally) and the police showed up at my house.... To say my dad was unimpressed would be a major understatement.

 

[Raz]

T-shirts that changed colour when it got hot

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Branded Trainers!

 

[chroniclard]

Branded Trainers!

Isn't that literally all trainers?

 

[Worthy]

Oh there have been loads, but the one that sticks out in my mind is Tamagotchi. I think it's the first craze I can remember where they were sold out absolutely everywhere. Couldn't get hold of them for toffee.

 

[bainbridge]

Beer bottle stoppers on shoes.
Red bum jeans (and green bum)

 

[jsmoke]

Yo-yos.
Caterpillar boots.
Doc Marten's
Flat top hair cuts
Mullets.

 

[Zefan]

Oh there have been loads, but the one that sticks out in my mind is Tamagotchi. I think it's the first craze I can remember where they were sold out absolutely everywhere. Couldn't get hold of them for toffee.

Oh man, yes.

Yoyos, pogs, pokemon cards. What a time to be alive.