Which huge crazes do you remember the most?

[MarkWaldorf]

So there's been LOADS of huge crazes over the years - but which do you remember (maybe even being a part of) the most from when you were younger?

I remember Pokemon cards lol...

[NettoSuperstar!]

Bauer Roller boots lol

[Spike]

Pokemon cards, I had a serious obsession with them.
I had all the cards to later be put in the washing machine by my mum, that was the worst day of my life lol

[Locke.]

Same as you, Pokemon cards... cant think of anymore

[DamonJ]

Bayblades
Pokemon Cards
Britney around 2002

[NettoSuperstar!]

Farahs! you 80s lads know what Im talking about...and head bags

[Annie]

OMG! Best thread EVER! Hurrah to Markus!

YoYos when they came back
Pogs
Tazos
Pokemon cards
Shiny Pokemon cards
Tamagotchees (sp)
furbies
micro scooters
Spice girl EVERYTHING - clothes, shoes, dolls, lunch boxes etc
BNBNs (biscuit)
Teletubbies teddies (i was 11 but everyone carried one)
Popper tracksuit bottoms

OMG! My mind has gone blank.. will come back later!

[GhettoSuperstar]

Those "pregnant" alien things...

[Ross]

All these! The cancer ones were official then random ones kept popping up for the stupidest things.

http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/upimg20%5CColours-wrist-band-2719.jpg

[Spike]

Also I don't know what they were called but it was like this plastic wire in different colours which you tied in a certain way to make different patterns and shaped. That was about 3 year ago

[NettoSuperstar!]

lol YoYos the first time round

[Annie]

Originally posted by GhettoSuperstar
Those "pregnant" alien things...

OMG! yeah and if you put their backs together they would get pregnant! haha

[Spike]

Originally posted by GhettoSuperstar
Those "pregnant" alien things...

I remember them, I have still got one somewhere.
They went out then come back in again a few years ago

[Matt]

Originally posted by Spike
Also I don't know what they were called but it was like this plastic wire in different colours which you tied in a certain way to make different patterns and shaped. That was about 3 year ago

Scoobies? :laugh:

http://www.howtomakescoobies.com/imgs/scoobie1.jpg

[GhettoSuperstar]

Originally posted by Annie
Originally posted by GhettoSuperstar
Those "pregnant" alien things...

OMG! yeah and if you put their backs together they would get pregnant! haha

LOL YEAH!
I remember me and my friend kept chucking them at the ceiling and it eventually stuck and wouldn't come off for agesssss. :laugh:

[NettoSuperstar!]

Grolsch bottle tops on your shoes and illumnious socks, one pink, one green haha and leg warmers the first time round! God Im old

[xDramatick]

Pokemon Cards.
Yoyos.
Charity Wristbands.
Amoeba Balls. [i can't remember the other name for them]
Scoobydoos? [Those wire things that you could thread&tie together to make little charms for keys and stuff]

[Annie]

Rounders at school!!

[Annie]

OMG!!

Trainers that LIT up when you walked!!!

Coolest things ever!!!

[Spike]

Originally posted by Matt
Originally posted by Spike
Also I don't know what they were called but it was like this plastic wire in different colours which you tied in a certain way to make different patterns and shaped. That was about 3 year ago

Scoobies? :laugh:

http://www.howtomakescoobies.com/imgs/scoobie1.jpg

Thats it, loved them but was never that good at making them
My friend could make anything with them

[NettoSuperstar!]

loved rounders! ahhh the memories

[pinkmichk]

yoyos
pogs
those bracelets that you hit on wrist and they slap round
those little plastic dummies on bracelets and necklaces
those bracelets think they were called shag bands??
tamagotchis
the trousers with the poppers
gogos(those little 3d plastic things )

[NettoSuperstar!]

Im intrigued about the s**g bands lol slag shag?...ahhh shag

[GhettoSuperstar]

Micro scooters, aka. death scooters.

[pinkmichk]

Originally posted by Annie
OMG!!

Trainers that LIT up when you walked!!!

Coolest things ever!!!
my daughter has some now :bigsmile:
those shoes that had the little key in the base
tiny tears and cabbage patch dolls

[Axiom]

Pokemon trading cards and Pokemon in general! Also those Beyblades or whatever theyw ere called.

[pinkmichk]

Originally posted by bbE
Im intrigued about the s**g bands lol slag s**g?...ahhh s**g

these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12x-Pink-Gummy-Bangles-Shag-Bands-Punk-Goth-Emo-Club_W0QQitemZ320021253749QQihZ011QQcategoryZ1063Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

supposedly the thing with them was you wore a load on your arm then each time you had sex you broke one

[bronaaaa]

Originally posted by Spike
Originally posted by Matt
Originally posted by Spike
Also I don't know what they were called but it was like this plastic wire in different colours which you tied in a certain way to make different patterns and shaped. That was about 3 year ago

Scoobies? :laugh:

http://www.howtomakescoobies.com/imgs/scoobie1.jpg

Thats it, loved them but was never that good at making them
My friend could make anything with them

I LOVED them :love:

[Axiom]

Also those "Stand Up, Speak Up" Racist football bands.

[Annie]

OMG this thread is getting me sooo emotional!

Any kind of jewellery made of bright plastic was cool
Sh*g bands were assume - you would have like 100 up each arm!

Those bands that turned into braclets when you slapped them were cool too

OOoooo those pencils that you would take the led out of and it was attached to a little bit of plastic and you would put it in the bottom and a new one would push to the top!! omg what were these called?

[Annie]

http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/72000190/Images/1/MIXED.jpg

[Annie]

Those pushup pencils also had pushup rubbers

http://www.woodnsplash.co.uk/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/PMT-079STARERASER-T.jpg

[Emzy-!!]

I remember the huge Spice girl craze, when every girl in my school had something with the spice girls on it.
I even had those huge spice girl shoes, and could barely walk in them. LOL

[Annie]

OMG PLATFORM SHOES!!

Where you would have like a trainer!! but it would be on like 3 inches of plastic and rubber to make you huge! god there were actually sooo in.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Platform_trainer_Buffalo_white-blue.jpg

[~Kizwiz~]

It wasnt a crazy like pokamon but when I was a school Tango had adverts on like this....

(the add were later banned)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkrl20_kMRY&feature=related

The crazy was to go around and 'Tango' People

[Emzy-!!]

Originally posted by Annie
OMG PLATFORM SHOES!!

Where you would have like a trainer!! but it would be on like 3 inches of plastic and rubber to make you huge! god there were actually sooo in.


Yep, I remember I had white and Black ones.
And the first time I wore them I went to the dentist to have a filling, and they put me to sleep. and when I woke up I couldn't walk, so we had to get a taxi. LOL

Good times. :hugesmile:

[Annie]

OMG KIZWIZ!!

I was drinking tango while watching that! haha

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by Annie
OMG KIZWIZ!!

I was drinking tango while watching that! haha


hahahahahahahahahahahaha.....thats bizarre

It got seriously banned because people where slapping others on the ears which lead to a few people's ear drums bursting :shocked:

[pinkmichk]

a big thing at our school was the spit balls :bored: (where people would get a biro take the pen bit out chew paper so it was a wet ball put it in the biro and spit it at people)
i remember those platform trainer things i had black ones

[NettoSuperstar!]

them trainers were minging...that reminds me wallabees haha no ****er remembers wot Im on about but you'd piss yerself if u did

[Emzy-!!]

OMG, I remember wallabees, I wore them to school in year 7. LOL

[NettoSuperstar!]

lol **** werent they...I had a pair too but it was the 3rd year in my day lol

[Emzy-!!]

Yep, I seriously don't know what my mum was on, letting me go to school like that.

[Lauren]

Rounders during SAT time.

Shoes that lit up when you walked.

Jelly Sandals.

Those pencil cases with little pop-out sections for your rubber, pencil sharpener, etc.

Pogs.

[pinkmichk]

i remember those jelly shoe things that i wore once into the sea and they sort of shrunk onto my feet :conf2: still wore them again though

[Tom]

Electric dog things

http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/images/robotics/icybie_main.jpg

Cyber pets (I actually want one again :joker:)

http://www.sachsreport.com/return%20of%20tamogotchi%20virtual%20pets%20date%2 0fall%20in%20love%20have%20babies%20good%20clean%2 0fun%20with%20cyber%20pets.jpg

Pogs that you used to get in crisps

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Pog_Collection.jpg/250px-Pog_Collection.jpg

Proyos

http://freespace.virgin.net/h.ruprai/proyo2.gif

[Sam!]

Pokemon cards, Beyblades, them rubber plasticy spikey balls on the plastic rope which got banned, fluffy animal pencilcases.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Tom
Electric dog things

http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/images/robotics/icybie_main.jpg

Cyber pets (I actually want one again :joker:)

http://www.sachsreport.com/return%20of%20tamogotchi%20virtual%20pets%20date%2 0fall%20in%20love%20have%20babies%20good%20clean%2 0fun%20with%20cyber%20pets.jpg

Pogs that you used to get in crisps

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Pog_Collection.jpg/250px-Pog_Collection.jpg

Proyos

http://freespace.virgin.net/h.ruprai/proyo2.gif

Tamegotchis! Or however its spelt

[Tom]

Originally posted by Scampi
Pokemon cards, Beyblades, them rubber plasticy spikey balls on the plastic rope which got banned, fluffy animal pencilcases.

The rubber string thing on mine snapped when I was playing with it and the ball smacked someone in the face :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/ewing6177/yo-yowaterballs.jpg

[Princess]

Pokemon cards
Spice Girls
Furby
Charity braclets
Tamgogi(sp)

[SiaSiaSia]

POKEMON CARDS!

[Magic]

LOL @ Spitballs, but so skanky.

& I hated Pokemon!

[Jen]

Scoobies (I was awesome at them :D)
Bayblades
Pokemon Cards
40/40 ( A gay game my friends and I played ALL THE TIME)
Milllenium Babies... :love:

Sex bracelets (Still wear them LMFAO)

[Magic]

POUND PUPPIES!
LOOOOL

And Trolls! Cant believe nobody has said them yet, they were HUUUUGE!

Also, I remember popper trackys Annie LOL.
And them trousers that zipped in to shorts.

[Annie]

OMG! TROLLS! Good shout Sam!

[:)tom:)]

OMFG!!!!

pokamon cards were just like the best thing ever (our headmaster was the most hated person ever for a while after banning them from the school; ill never forget that asembly:sad:)
scoobiedoos!!!!!!!
yoyo's
errrrrm
i remember bayblades but never got into it.
those springy ball things that wraped around kids and killed a few!!!!

[:)tom:)]

Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by Scampi
Pokemon cards, Beyblades, them rubber plasticy spikey balls on the plastic rope which got banned, fluffy animal pencilcases.

The rubber string thing on mine snapped when I was playing with it and the ball smacked someone in the face :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/ewing6177/yo-yowaterballs.jpg


omg thats what i was talking about!!!! /\ /\ /\ /\

[bronaaaa]

I loved tamagochoies..like everyone used to have them :laugh:

everyone in primray scholl were obbsessed with Heelies and lighthoppers too

[Jen]

Originally posted by :)tom:)
Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by Scampi
Pokemon cards, Beyblades, them rubber plasticy spikey balls on the plastic rope which got banned, fluffy animal pencilcases.

The rubber string thing on mine snapped when I was playing with it and the ball smacked someone in the face :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/ewing6177/yo-yowaterballs.jpg


omg thats what i was talking about!!!! /\ /\ /\ /\

They got banned in my school... LMFAO

[Magic]

Originally posted by Annie
OMG! TROLLS! Good shout Sam!

LOL me and my sister were so sad, we always played them.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by JDIZZEL
Scoobies (I was awesome at them :D)
Bayblades
Pokemon Cards
40/40 ( A gay game my friends and I played ALL THE TIME)
Milllenium Babies... :love:

Sex bracelets (Still wear them LMFAO)

Scoobies!!! I remember them!!

[Magic]

Wacky Races - When the played it again every morning!
Rugrats!

[bronaaaa]

Them wee rubber wrist bands for supporting cancer etc..

[Fom]

Scoobies
Pokemon
Yo - Yo's

Then there was these weird feet things in like year 3...

[Rory]

Pokemon
Spice Girls (they were crazy in America as well!)
Pogs

[Callum]

Jelly Shoes
Saved by the Bell
Looney Tunes
Cootie Catchers
Tamagotchi
Plastic Lunchboxes
Slinkies
Rhymes such as 'IP DIT SKY BLUE NANNY SITTING ON THE LOO...'
Furbies
Goosebumps Books
Light-up trainers

[Jen]

Originally posted by Callum
Jelly Shoes
Saved by the Bell
Looney Tunes
Cootie Catchers
Tamagotchi
Plastic Lunchboxes
Slinkies
Rhymes such as 'IP DIT SKY BLUE NANNY SITTING ON THE LOO...'
Furbies
Goosebumps Books
Light-up trainers

Agree 100% :lovedup:

[Annie]

Ahh goosebump books!

[Magic]

Originally posted by Annie
Ahh goosebump books!

I loved the choice ones, I stole my sisters book, and she was like
"You'll be sorry when you cant sleep anymore" and I got really scared and never read them for ages.

[pinkmichk]

the magazines where you get a part each fortnight or whatever i had that body one where you built a body from the inside out and also a round the world doll one where each one had a different countries special outfit

[NettoSuperstar!]

Look In? anyone? lol

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Look In? anyone? lol


Awwwww Look In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember that Mag..... my brother used to get it and he's always shout at me for nicking it

[NettoSuperstar!]

lol

[supernoodles!]

yo-yo`s (obv not the first time round),pogs,pokemon cards (that was crazzzyyy times,there was a fight at least once a day in the playground over a pokemon card),tamogotchis (had a bit of an obsession with them myself),the spice girls,jelly shoes,bandanna`s lol,baby aliens (creepy gooey alien thing you kept in slime in a little egg shaped container!)

[Nicola]

For me it was

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sweater Shop jumpers (fashionable when I was at school!)
Pogs and Tazos
S**g bands
Nike Air Max trainers
Top of the Pops Magazine (apparently the creators of the Spice Girl nicknames!)
Tamagotchis
Adidas tracksuit bottoms (especially the ones with press-studs)
Yo-yos

[Greg.!]

Pokemon cards

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Lauren
Rounders during SAT time.

Shoes that lit up when you walked.

Jelly Sandals.

Those pencil cases with little pop-out sections for your rubber, pencil sharpener, etc.

Pogs.

I thought I was the only one that remembered them. The soft cushion bit on top. :lovedup:

[MarkWaldorf]

OMG Jelly Sandals! I remember them!!