Sleeping, walking the dog, and rocking the cradle may sound like a boring list of chores. Still, if you were raised in the nineties, you’d immediately recognize these as tricks you could perform with your Yomega Brain yo-yo. While yo-yo toys have been around forever, a combination of industry innovation and marketing cleverness made them a must-have toy in the 1990s. Built around a centrifugal clutch system, The Yo-Yo with a Brain opened on the downswing for long steady spins with the flick of a wrist. It could also return automatically to the throwers hand once the rotation slowed down.
Founded in 1984, the Yomega yo-yo company was one of the premier manufacturers of yo-yos. Besides the Brain, the company also fashioned the Yomega Fireball, Raider, and Stealth Raider. The Brain’s brightly colored or translucent body weighed about 58 grams and was made of polycarbonate. It featured an automatic clutch mechanism with a low friction plastic bearing. It could be unscrewed to untangle knots or apply lubrication. It was known as a good yo-yo for beginner yo-yo enthusiasts to learn tricks. The Yo-Yo with a Brain was a worldwide best-seller for Yomega. Towards the end of the nineties, a lucrative partnership between Yomega and the HPK Marketing firm sparked the fuse for the yo-yo craze to follow, and the team sold an estimated 30 million yo-yos worldwide.
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A pin relief board was a common site in 1990’s households. Often times, they contained the impression of a smushed face or a hand giving an interesting gesture. Grab one today and feed your creativity through artistic pin expression.
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This iconic toy still maintains a wrestler’s grip on the American imagination more than 44 years after it was first released to the public. Originally developed and produced by the toy company Kenner Products in 1976, Stretch Armstrong was the...
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Do you remember seeing those repetitive rainbow art kit commercials as a kid? The way they painted flawless rainbows on those cards was enough to make you want a kit immediately. It’s never too late to awaken your inner 1990s childhood artist and put a rainbow on all the things!
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The slap bracelet, an innocuous little wrist wrap turned children's toy, was to early '90s kids what fidget spinners are to children of the 2010s. Incredibly simple and idiotically brilliant, the slap bracelet was both a fashion statement and an...
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For '90s kids, Reptar was somewhere in between Godzilla and Looney Tunes. This made him an incredibly cool character on Rugrats, and a popular choice for clothing/bedding options. Grab this plush and snuggle up to your favorite Rugrats dinosaur pal.
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Have you heard about Betty Spaghetty? No? By the end of the '90s, most kids had heard about Betty Spaghetty and were familiar with her bendable doll body and brightly-colored accessories. These dolls are available on the market today with a slightly new look, but still include the bendable characteristics of the original models.
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Toymakers in the 1990s really were all about the portable toy. From the Tamagotchi and portable CD players to handheld electronics like the Game Boy Color, if you couldn’t take it with you, what good was it to a nineties kid? Aimed at a somewhat...
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It's morphin' time! Tommy is ready to fight Puddys and drive some Zords. When trouble arises, you can “flip” on Tommy's Green Ranger mask and commence the theatrical karate. He also comes with a few weapon and armor accessories that your dog will enjoy chewing up, if you don’t lose them first.
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Before Furbies or Nano Kitties came the electronic pet that kicked off one of the biggest trends of the late 1990s. Tamagotchi was the first pocket-sized digital companion: a computerized alien pet that you could raise and care for through birth,...
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Do you miss the days of being peed on by a toy doll? Well, miss them no more! Baby Alive is back and ready to provide all of the biological joys that come with caring for a very hungry and thirsty baby.
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