Sears Wish Books were basically the best thing ever. I think we can all agree that when we would receive them in the middle of summer we would immediately start planning our Christmas lists. Some kids would start marking up the pages even before our parents could see it. They probably didn't love when we would do that, but we got it first!
We have already shown you a few other Wish Books, including 1983 and 1990, but what did Christmas wish lists look like in 1991?
You've got to be excited if it is in the Super Values section!
If you owned a Video Painter you were so lucky, they were the best!
You can also challenge your friends to an epic laser tag battle with the Lazer Pro 9000
But probably be more careful than these kids because he's about to get a laser beam in his eye
Just what ever parent wants: Something to make their kids even louder
In 1991, there was nothing more important than your roller blades and your skateboard
Or your super cool car
Honestly, most of these sweaters could still be worn today and no one would bat an eye
Look! It's the first version of Wikipedia! It cost $11 monthly but you would have access to the Columbia Encyclopedia
This is what was called a compact camcorder in 1991:
Trust me, they just keep getting better...
Do you think it's a little mean that they made a fish tank in Garfield's belly?
Okay, 1991, what are you even doing with this
While you were busy ripping out pages with toys on them, our moms were planning their classy outfits to wear to the company Christmas party
Or a fun date night dress
Or perhaps a nice casual look
You'd try to pick out the coolest snowsuit imaginable
Osh Kosh B'Gosh were basically a requirement
The perfect look for middle school
What an impressive jacket collection
If your parents were really cool they could get some "His 'N Her Leather Blazers"
Do you remember looking through the Wish Book every Christmas?
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Listen, we were all guilty of it, it was just a sign of the times. What are we talking about? Eyebrows. They were perhaps the most intensely groomed feature of our bodies, and yet there was hardly anything to them.Every celebrity in the world seemed to subscribe to these ultra thin brows in the 90s. Well, everyone except Brooke Shields, but she was one of a kind. Everyone else seemed to tweeze their eyebrows until there was only the thinnest of lines. Literally a pencil line would cover them. Luckily the super thin brows have fallen out of style,
Parents these days complain that their kids are glued to smart phones and tablets, but at least those are rechargeable.When we were kids, toy makers expected you to add a huge pack of AAs to your weekly grocery list just to keep the toys in your household running. While lots of toys still use batteries, they didn't eat them up like these 15 toys from our childhood.1. TalkboyHughes EntertainmentThese were a must-have after being featured in Home Alone 2, but they didn't run on your imagination. It took four AAs to power up this handheld recorder, so it