Products that you miss - Page 8

LuaBlanca · #1 08-11-2003, 07:09 PM

Fashion Plates were the greatest toy EVER!

Cover Girl used to carry the best blush color... it was just pink enough, it looked very natural and barely sun-kissed... and then one day it WENT AWAY and I was so MAD! Now that "Jane" make-up company makes a color very similar to it (Blushing Petal) but it's NOT the same. Grr.

One time my mom bought this orange flavored juice-type stuff called "Tampico" instead of the usual brand of whatever we drank. It was pretty good, but it was a while ago and I don't even know if they make it anymore. But then again I haven't really looked.

I know they still make them, but I used to love those kool-aid esque drinks in those plastic, single-serve, barrel shaped bottles. They had the foil lids that you either had to pierce or peel off but either way it was difficult. Those were fun.

SparkliiQTMTSU · #2 08-11-2003, 07:59 PM

OMG yes the pudding pops need to come back those were so the best ever!

Nichole

AXJules · #3 08-11-2003, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by AOII_LB93
Stuff I miss:

*Speaking of Bill Cosby, does anyone else remember the show "Picture Pages" where he had this little pen thing that made a noise everytime he drew? That was the coolest pen EVER!

OMG was that the name?????? I have been bugging my mom about that for YEARS, she thinks I'm crazy!! She ordered the pen for me and it never came

to this day I still bug her about it.

Also on Nickelodeon....Sweet Pickles I think was the name...there were all these flashcards that came in a green box, they were on all the time.......

And who can forget Hey Dude???

AXJules · #4 08-11-2003, 08:05 PM

Oh yeah, this pear scented shower gel from Limited Too...I bought it in like 7th grade and they stopped making it a few months later, here I am almost 10 years later and I still haven't found anything that smells like it

EtaPhiZTA · #5 08-11-2003, 08:19 PM

Marathon candy bars - they were the best!!!!!

adduncan · #6 08-14-2003, 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by LuaBlanca
One time my mom bought this orange flavored juice-type stuff called "Tampico" instead of the usual brand of whatever we drank. It was pretty good, but it was a while ago and I don't even know if they make it anymore. But then again I haven't really looked.

Tampico is still around
If you're anywhere in the southwest, you can find it in the grocery stores.

WHO MENTIONED LITE BRITE??? I lived for mine. Looking back I can see now why I'm glued to a computer screen doing graphics now!

Adrienne
(edited d/t fatigue)

DWAlphaGam · #7 08-14-2003, 03:04 PM

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Originally posted by AOII_LB93
*Speaking of Bill Cosby, does anyone else remember the show "Picture Pages" where he had this little pen thing that made a noise everytime he drew? That was the coolest pen EVER!

"Picture pages, picture pages, time to get your pens and your pencils!"

Surprisingly enough, there's an official website for that, too (and a link to play the theme song): http://www.picturepages.com/default.asp

JennRN · #8 08-14-2003, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
What were those stuff animals that folded into pillows called? Popples?

Yes, you're right, those are Popples. Those things are freaky.

I miss Whataburger-all you TX people know about that-but they don't have it up here in NC. I miss taquitos at 2:30 am!!

Lite Brites, Garbage Pail Kids, and Pudding pops kicked ass!!

JennRN · #9 08-14-2003, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by ktsnake
Flowby -- that vacuum attachment that cuts hair. I'd never use one but I do miss the infomercials for it.

Actually at the last hospital that I did my internship at, my nurse had-AND USED-a flowbie to cut her hair. It didn't look that bad though-but I'd never let one within 100 yards of my head.

DWAlphaGam · #10 08-14-2003, 03:17 PM

The Discovery Channel ran the most amusing show about infomercials a few weeks ago. They showed all of the ones already mentioned in this thread: Flowbee, Pocket Fisherman, etc. I'm sure they'll show it again soon, so watch out for it.

juniorgrrl · #11 08-14-2003, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by JennRN
Yes, you're right, those are Popples. Those things are freaky.

I miss Whataburger-all you TX people know about that-but they don't have it up here in NC. I miss taquitos at 2:30 am!!

Lite Brites, Garbage Pail Kids, and Pudding pops kicked ass!!

You can still get lite brites. I bought one at Wal-Mart about 2 years ago.

My mom would never let me have one as a kid, because she thought I'd eat the pegs, so I bought it for myself. And, yes, I put the pegs in my mouth just to spite her!

Then I gave it to Goodwill when I got tired of it. (and yes, i washed the pegs first)

Sister Havana · #12 08-11-2004, 02:50 PM

Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue.

Carnation Breakfast Bars (I still get a hankering for these every so often!)

Cranicot (same idea as Cranapple, only with apricot nectar and cranberry juice. I only found this at one store in Indiana so I wonder if it was just a test-market product. But it rocked)

Taco Bell Fiesta Tacos and Fiesta Soft Tacos, the tiny ones that cost something like 50 cents.

I loved Glamour Gals and Dazzle Dolls too, back in the day. They were the perfect size for my dollhouse!

adpiucf · #13 08-11-2004, 03:57 PM

Campbell's Fat-Free Baked Ramen Noodles. I lived off them freshman year in college, and I can't find them anywhere anymore.

IowaStatePhiPsi · #14 08-11-2004, 04:53 PM

Crystal Pepsi and Orbitz.

CSUSigEp · #15 08-11-2004, 05:23 PM

Koosh balls, and push pops.

I remember in the 3rd grade me and my friend were playing with a koosh ball in a classroom after school with the rest of the afterschool bunch and he threw it through the glass window but it was funny cuz it didnt make a sound and only made a mousehole shaped hole. It was the weirdest thing cuz nobody else in the classroom (including the teacher) even noticed anything was wrong!