THE 90S WAS a great decade for kids’ toys that were:

a) useless,
b) annoying,
c) dangerous,
d) cost enough to feed a small country for a year,
or e) all of the above.

Here are some of the more ridiculous toys 90s kids harangued their parents for every birthday/Christmas (and some theories on why they didn’t get them.)

Talkboy/Talkgirl

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Macaulay Culkin has a lot to answer for – after it was used in several crafty ways in Home Alone 2, nearly every child wanted a Talkboy (or the pretty purple Talkgirl).

Now, from the lofty viewpoint of adulthood, it’s easy to see why maybe your parents didn’t want you running around shoving a tape recorder in their faces.

Moon Shoes

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Mini trampolines for your feet. The possibilities of injuring yourself were endless. But see how FUN they look!

Sylvanian Families

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What you were actually supposed to do with Sylvanian Families is still up for debate. Yet still, you yearned for them.

Furby

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Ah of course, the Furby. The reasons for you to be refused a Furby were endless – it ticked three of the boxes above (annoying, expensive, useless).

Raise your hand if you still bullied your parents into buying you one, despite knowing all these things.

Mr Frosty

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Your parents knew that Mr Frosty would ultimately disappoint you, with it basically being a dolled up ice-crusher and all.

Nevertheless, every child could sing along to the ad: “Mr Frosty is such fun, he makes treats for everyone…”

Socker Boppers

Anything that encouraged you to fight with your siblings was a hard no.

Teksta Robotic Puppy

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You’d never seen something so futuristic and cool.

Your parents had never seen something with so much potential to wreck their heads.

Electric kiddie car

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You were never going to get it. Ever. It was too expensive, needed too many batteries and you’d grow out of it far too quickly.

But a kid can dream, right?

Sky Dancers

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SO DANGEROUS.

And there was always the possibility that this would happen:

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