30+ People Share The Things That Give Them Nostalgia In These Blast From The Past Pictures From Decades Gone By

If you lived through the golden years of the 90s, you'll feel all the nostalgia when you see these retro items and toys.

Kylene

• Published in Nostalgia
• November 18, 2021

If one thing is certain, it's that time keeps moving around us even when we wish it would stop. Regardless of the chaos in our own lives, seasons continue to change and years go by at the same pace for everyone.

As decades pass by, the trends and novelties from our lives fade in and out of existence. Things from our childhood that once excited us beyond belief have all but left our memories after they stopped being relevant in our everyday lives.

Every now and then a company or brand will bring back a retro version of one of their products and customers usually go wild to try and get their hands on it. There's something about those things from our past that can blast us right back into a moment in time.

People in the BoredPanda community shared pictures of the things that give them nostalgia and we are revelling in all the retro vibes. If you were around for the rise and fall of the Tamagotchi, the danger of vintage playgrounds, or the premiere of Dawson's Creek, you might feel a bit nostalgic after reading this article.

Keep scrolling to see all of the things that leave people feeling nostalgic and see if any of your favorite items made the list!

1. The Vertibird helicopter toy

2. This computer game

3. Learning about life in the Sims

4. The sound of this game

5. Miniature Album Covers

6. The struggle to keep these alive was real

7. Video games for Windows

8. The PBS show Cyberchase

9. Opening Pokemon cards

10. Playing Pogs

11. Going out for recess to play this dangerous game

12. Rotary landlines

13. The Muppet Show

14. Denim Binders

15. Mattel's 33'' Space1999 Eagle

16. This Catz game

17. This whole picture is a 90s vibe

18. Partying at giant festivals like Woodstock

19. Epic BMX bikes

20. The sliding beads made the best sound

21. Bagpuss

22. Cassettes and cassette players in cars

23. Telephone booths

24. Chinese jump rope

25. Original logos and intro sounds

26. The best time in class was when this beast rolled in

27. The Ren And Stimpy Show

28. Sega?! The hours spent with this console...

29. The comics in Dubble Bubble

30. Watching Dawson's Creek

31. The best toy in some people's collection

32. Super Mario 64, of course!

33. Big wheels ripping around

34. Why does Play-doh look so appetizing?

35. Hefty typewriters

36. These were basically a currency

37. Troll dolls

38. A prehistoric time

39. Renting videos in person

40. Speccy 128+2a - This thing was high-tech at the time

41. Vintage playground equipment

42. The smell of Cabbage Patch dolls

43. Everyone's favorite little dragon

44. The (fun) dangers of darts

45. Schoolhouse Rock

46. Ninja Turtles skateboard

47. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

48. He's the fastest hedgehog in history

49. This hilarious little robot

50. Animal nuggets and smile fries

51. Virtual Reality From The 90s

52. Beanie Baby collections

53. Arcadegames

54. The origin story of art students

55. Rope swings in the yard

56. R.L. Stine's Goosebumps keeping you up at night

57. Photo booth photos

58. Being able to hear this picture

59. These classic 1970's Breyer Horses

60. This is giving flashbacks

61. This Canadian made TV show

62. An incredible coming of age series

63. Making shadow animals on the overhead projector

64. Lego racers

65. Computer games for girls

66. These drugstore products

These things may be gone from our lives but not from our hearts and memories!

Maybe it was a board game, a kind of food, perfume, or toy, but some things from our childhood helped shape our memories. Years later we still have strong associations when we see a picture of those things or smell something that can quickly remind us of our distant past.

Every one of these things caused us to feel that familiar sensation of nostalgia for things that are gone from our lives but not our hearts!

Kylene