This was basically Sesame Street’s Elmo with an electronic computer chip housed in its stomach that would produce a “giggle” when it was tickled. It was the must have toy of 1996 creating quite the shopping frenzy.
After the first series of the successful show a full line of toys were released in 8” figures, representing each of the Rangers and four of the Aliens. Each was fully-pose-able, but lacked the kung fu action. It wasn’t long before a line of Karate Action Rangers were introduced that could bust a few kung fu moves of their own.
With 20 million to collect, it is no wonder Beanie Babies spawned a fad.
One of the most popular toys of the decade provided about an hour of entertainment until its batteries were forcefully removed because of its repetitive noises. What even is a Furby?
The only thing more awesome than the cards? The games.
You could actually draw flowers and smiley faces and hearts all over their fabric skin and it came off in the washing machine. It was like a modern day miracle.
So different to roller skates, Roller blades or Inline skates were the new mode of getting around in the 90s. If you could stay upright they were guaranteed to make you look cool.
These weird little fellas really didn’t seem to have much of a purpose but were kinda cute in a kinda creepy way.
This little guy was an electronic key chain that doubled as a pet you had to take care of. You could virtually feed your pet, clean up virtual poo and take it for virtual walks - real responsibility.
It's hard to top something that could bring you the gift of music, even if that gift skipped a lot.
Nintendo Game boy revolutionised playing computer games - you could carry it around. This was pretty grouse for kids in the 90s.
Sony’s Playstation 2 was the highest selling game console of all time.
Considered by many who grew up in the 90s as the holy grail of childhood entertainment. The sleek black box will remain a fond cornerstone of the memories of childhood in the good old 1990s.