Brands that Remind You of Childhood
Which brands remind you the most of your childhood? Your mom may think you're too old to have Nerf gun fights, or spend all day sitting on your bedroom floor playing Sega and eating Chef Boyardee, but that doesn't mean she's right. There are lots of brands and companies from childhood that make 90s kids wax nostalgic, just seeing a logo or coming across part of an old favorite toy when home for the holidays. What brands bring back the carefree air of childhood for you?
Even for those of us who have reluctantly set aside our Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers and traded in our Tamagotchis for seemingly endless hours of Farmville, the mention of these brands - emblems of a more innocent, less technologically sophisticated era - can still bring a smile to our world-weary faces.
Scroll down to vote up your favorite brands that still remind you of childhood, even well into your mature (well, maybe), adult life.- Before it had its own theme park and hundreds of adult nerds making stop-motion YouTube videos.
- Getting a real car in high school was cool, but getting a new pack of Hot Wheels cars was the coolest.
- Buy at Amazon
Monopoly
- Buy at Amazon
Ice Pops
- Buy at Amazon
Kool-Aid
- Buy at Amazon
Slinky
- Buy at Amazon
Pac-man
- Buy at Amazon
Silly Putty
- Buy at Amazon
Toys "R" Us
- Lots of fun until you lost all the foam darts and had to hassle your parents for a replacement pack.
- Responsible for approximately 60% of cheesy Saturday morning cartoon commercials.
- Basically every one of their toys has been turned into a movie franchise now.
- Buy at Amazon
McDonald's
- Their graphics may have improved, but nothing beats the original 3 Sonic the Hedgehogs.
- Buy at Amazon
Big Wheels
- Buy at Amazon
Fruit Roll-Ups
A dessert and an art project all in one! - Buy at Amazon
Milton Bradley
Makers of every board game your sister used to constantly beat you at by cheating. - Buy at Amazon
Jell-O
- Buy at Amazon
Lincoln Logs
- Buy at Amazon
Donkey Kong