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Robot Dogs Are Coming Back And We're Having Serious Flashbacks

By Sandra
Do you remember the AIBO, a robot dog Sony first started selling in 1999? How about Poo-Chi, manufactered by Sega Toys that was released in 2000 and discontinued in 2002? Hitting the toy market in the late 90s, robot dogs were all the rage. Everyone thought them to be top-end technology and they were certainly on many kid's wishlists for Christmas. MashableThe Poo-Chi was one of the best virtual pets that everyone really wanted. OdysseyThe AIBO was able to develop from a newborn puppy to an adult with a personality that was shaped by the interaction of their owners and

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Second Songs From One-Hit-Wonders That Prove They Really Only Had One Song In Them

By Tanya
Getting a hit song is not easy. There are millions of people out there in the world who hope to become the next singing sensation. Obviously not everyone can succeed, but when they do it's quite the big moment. There is a moment of relief that likely accompanies the release of a hit song, followed by the immediate dread of trying to follow it up. No artist goes into the recording studio expecting to be a one-hit-wonder, but unfortunately it happens a lot. Because they had already recorded the album in full, their less successful songs just sit there, with

90s

Homestar Runner Videos Are The Only High School Reunion We Actually Want

By Sandra
Teen Girl Squad! Cheerleader, So-and-So, What's Her Face, The UGLY ONE!!! If you spent your teenage years behind your computer monitor, you remember these Flash shorts like they were yesterday. From Strong Bad Emails, to Marzipan's Answering Machine, Homestar Runner had us laughing time and time again. Let's relive the glory days with some of the best videos from Home Star Runner. Strong Bad's emails were amazing! Especially when the Cheat was having light switch raves. "Let's get ready to look SO GOOD!" Teen Girl Squad was a work of genius. Strong Bad draws a dragon and then we get

90s

20 Pages From The 1991 Wish Book That Will Make You Feel Like A Kid Again

By Tanya
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? Wish Book WebYou've got to be excited if it is in the Super

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13 Pictures That Will Remind You Just How Crazy The '90s Rave Scene Was

By Tanya
There was no better place to wear JNCO jeans or florescent-colored visors than a rave in the 90s. If you were a teen at the time, chances are you went to at least one of these all night dance parties while sporting some sort of glow stick. DJMAGLooking back, maybe you'd regret some of your fashion choices but I am sure you had fun at the time! Do any of these images ring any bells for you? There's a lot of VERY 90s specific things in this image, I don't even know how to focus on it allDJMAGLook at any

90s

Nintendo's Gamebooks Used To Be The Hardest Thing We Had To Deal With, And We Miss That

By Zachary
If you were like me, you can probably thank your childhood spent playing video games for your strong reading skills today.I learned me grammar skills from games too.Know Your MemeNot only did we have to learn to read to master the games we played, but we also honed our skills on countless copies of Nintendo Power, that great monthly supply of tips, tricks and walkthroughs. But there were also a few great book series based on video games, including the Worlds of Power books.Pictured: how to write a book report in third grade and still have fun.

90s

9 Facts About "The Witches" That Might Turn You Into A Mouse

By Meg
In 1983, Roald Dahl released his dark fairytale, The Witches. The book was relatively popular, but it wasn't until Jim Henson and director Niclas Roeg brought it to the big screen in 1990 that people truly appreciated how terrifying and dark it was. AmazonThe movie featured Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch, whose plan is to turn all children into mice. A young boy overhears the witches discussing the plan at a convention, and they test out the formula on him first. The boy must fight against the witches with some help from the hotel manager, played by Rowan
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