Cool Things From The Past (29 pics)

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The coin drop donation game that Taco Bell would have next to the registers:

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Geoffrey Dollars, which was better than getting cash as kid:

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Beanie Babies tag protectors that ensured you're investment was extra secure:

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Cereal boxes that you'd read the back of every morning:

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The Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Happy Meal toys that came in a mini VHS box. A MINI VHS BOX!!!

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The option to Super Size the fries and drinks in your combo at McDonald's:

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Ashtrays for people sitting in the back of the car that were built-in into the center console. But if no one smoked it just became a place to toss gum and straw wrappers into:

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MapQuest maps that were printed out. And 99% of the time you forgot to print out only black and white instead of color:

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Poo-Chi robot dogs that everyone got because robot dogs were a trend and nobody could afford the Sony Aibo robot dog:

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These giant projection TVs that had the most blurry AF resolution:

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Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars, which were the perfect after-school treat or dessert:

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The CD section inside Borders Books which had CDs that were always too expensive, but you were still tempted to buy:

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The back-to-school section at Target when it had this clean Y2K aesthetic:

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Best Buy TV departments when they sold those giant heavy TVs that weighed, like, 100 pounds:

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Snapples came in glass bottles and with this design logo:

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These plastic loungers that your parents still had from the '80s that were only comfortable for, like, two minutes:

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NOW Thats What I Call Music CDs, which were mostly filled with songs that were about six months old, but were still mix CDs:

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Disney Adventures magazine, which always had awesome covers:

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Spice Girls Chupa Chups lollipops, which you mainly bought for the stickers:

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Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:

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Titanic-mania and all the memorabilia and products they made because of the popularity of the film:

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The "Candle in the Wind 1997" single that every family owned a copy of:

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And Princess Diana memorial magazines that moms collected and refused to throw out:

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This translucent CD boombox that everyone wanted because it was oh-so-Y2K:

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The ...For Dummies book series, that you had no idea who was actually buying them:

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The CD-listening kiosks inside of music stores (which were annoying if someone was hogging up the CD you wanted to listen to):

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The Disney DVDs that came with FastPlay, which you would press immediately but it never seemed to actually work:

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