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15 Toys That Were An Essential Part Of Every '90s Kid's Christmas List

By Matt |

It wasn't a toy, but circling everything you wanted when this bad boy came in the mail was part of the experience.

Whether you were a guy or a girl, everyone wanted a Power Wheels jeep.

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Can I just get, like, a garbage bag full of POGS?

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Toys R Us was every kid's dream, especially if you liked Nintendo.

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An Easy-Bake Oven, for all the delicious treats.

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Christmas albums. All the Christmas albums.

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Now you can play your favorite Nintendo games anywhere, AND IN COLOR!

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Didn't want any of these? Pretty sure we've got you covered with the rest of the list...

The virtual pet that was almost as good as getting a puppy (almost).

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A Skip-It, which you couldn't really use until the snow thawed.

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Sing it with me: "CROSS FI-RE"

The Talking Family doll house was better than our actual family, let's get real here.

Creepy Crawlers had us saying "we need to cook" long before Breaking Bad was ever a thing.

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Pound Puppies were lots of fun (but seriously, where's that puppy I wanted, mom?!)

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Moon shoes, because we didn't know any better.

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And finally, anything and everything related to Space Jam.

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What gift did you want more than anything in the 90s?

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25 Disturbing Garbage Pail Kids That Still Gross Us Out Decades Later

By Zachary
Long before fidget spinners were banned from playgrounds across America, teachers struggled to control the spread of the giddily disgusting Garbage Pail Kids cards.While we tried to get our grubby little hands on every single set of these trading cards, looking back we wonder how we could stomach the nasty designs. Here are 25 cards that still make our stomachs churn:1. Slain WayneToppsWhile boogers were the bread and butter of garbage pail kids, the cards weren't afraid to stray into very adult territory. This scene of a death by execution was definitely one of their most questionable images.

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11 Surprising Facts About 'Small Soldiers,' The Movie That Put The "Action" In Action Figures

By Zachary
There were some truly strange movies to be found in the "Children's" section of your local Blockbuster in the '90s, but Small Soldiers was definitely unique.The action film about a batch of killer toys was marketed as family-friendly, but many parents were surprised by the movie's more violent scenes. The reason for that mixed message is one of our 11 surprising facts about the movie.1. It wasn't meant to be a children's movieDante on the set of the movie.CineplexThe film's director, Joe Dante, had already pushed the envelope for dark, family-friendly comedies with Gremlins. But he had