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90s Toys And Games No One Remembers

Recently, I rounded up some obscure things from the '90s that most people don't remember, like OK Soda. In the comments, members of the BuzzFeed Community reminisced about the '90s toys and games that also seem to have been lost to time. Here are 25 of their top responses: "Pogs were huge in Hawaii in the early '90s, I don't know about the mainland. (The name comes from Passion Orange Guava juice.)" —battery126 "The Real Talkin' Bubba talking plush? LOL, no one I know remembers." —oliviasmith1028 "OMG, I totally forgot about water babies. I had one for the longest time, but it was always naked because I didn't have any doll clothes that fit it." —reader65 "I once got sent to HR for hitting our CEO in the back with a Gak hand. It messed up his suit jacket. Worth it." —aahamom "I worked for Mattel in the '90s when we were pitching Gak to customers. We had 50-gallon drums of each color, and we had some awesome Gak fights!!!" —angryflower767 "I had a Thingmaker for Creepy Crawlies and also for other shapes, but I don't remember what it was called. One of the most dangerous kids' toys ever! I can't count how many times I got burned using it, but I didn't care because it was so cool! We had the creepy crawlies that had a very creepy texture. And we had another one that made cars or something; you used two plastic sheets and then somehow stuck them together. There were wheels, axles, and weights, and the cars worked. I loved blending the Plasti-Goop colors." —nyc4ever "Shortly after Creepy Crawlers got big, they came out with Incredible Edibles, Creepy Crawlers that you could bake and eat. God knows what chemicals we ingested after eating those." —Anonymous, 68, Orange County, CA "Another Nickelodeon toy: Floam. What even was the purpose of it?" —Anonymous, 41, United States "I got my friend Mall Madness for her birthday last year (an original one from eBay, not the remake), and that might have been the best birthday party I've ever attended, LOL." —caelesto "We would get all the Disney collectibles from the Happy Meals after every movie release. Toy Story 2 was so huge that we went to the drive-thru and flat out asked to buy all 20 collectibles and skip the weeks-long wait — and we were allowed to! And we still have them!" —saltyspice75 "Please, please tell me anyone remembers Henry, the matching game by Tiger Toys. Anyway, the commercial was hilarious, and I still have my Henry, which still works almost 30 years later. I love playing Henry now." —oliviasmith1028 And here's the commercial: "I'll take your water babies and raise you a Baby Alive." —adrianw440bbeae3 "Puppy Surprise! There was a mother dog, and she had a Velcro pouch tummy. When you opened it up, she 'gave birth' to her puppies. It was kind of like a grab bag because, obviously, you didn't know when you purchased it how many puppies it was gonna have inside. I only got three, and I was pissed. I wanted five!" —Anonymous, 37, CT "Dreamphone." —Anonymous, 39, Columbus, Ohio "Quints! They were little dolls that came in a set of five, and their little diapers had a number on the bum. All of their accessories came numbered from one to five. You could even get a high chair and a stroller!" —Anonymous, 41, California "Lisa Frank Password Diary — a pink and purple password-protected diary with sparkly stickers and pre-loaded 'Lisa Frank' messages. Glitched a LOT!" —Anonymous, 57, Arizona "Nightmare!!! I played it so much that I have the whole intro memorized. I showed it to my partner the other day. He didn't get how amazing it was. I still own it, but no one ever wants to play. Alas!" —potatopeel "I had the Wayne's World game that came with a video. I still enjoy playing board games. It's cheesy, old-school family fun." —b1gm4m4 "The game Ask Zandar. I remember in the commercial, the wizard goes, 'You will get a phone call about this,' and the phone rang. That legit happened to my friend and me once, and we still laugh about it." —ogsassytaco "Pretty Pretty Princess." —Anonymous, 39, Columbus, Ohio "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? was a TV game show so popular, it spawned several video games that were (and I know how cheesy this sounds) fun AND educational! I still remember beating 'Where in Time is Carmen San Diego?' It was one of my great childhood achievements — she was hella smart!" —Anonymous, 35, New Jersey "Our teacher let us play The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary if we were one of the first ones done with our work, so I rushed through all my assignments and nearly failed math that year." —ksquirkyteacher "I had a few Bouncin' Babies, but I've rarely seen them mentioned anywhere." —shytruck932 "Nickelodeon Flash Screen." —Anonymous "Talkboy/Talkgirl." —Anonymous, 38, Los Angeles And finally: "Oh God, I had the Mystery Mansion game, but we only ever played it a few times because it was so involved. I think it got junked a few years ago with all our other board games from when we were kids, because my parents didn't know what to do with it all." —riverbutwhichone Are there any other nostalgic toys and games you miss from your childhood? What made them so great? Let us know in the comments!