Submitted and Written by Rachael G

I never knew what it was when I played it – just a great time outdoors. I recently went to a laser tag arena and quickly remembered playing this as a kid. It was basically some guns and a vest you wore – I mean this was honest to goodness laser tag at home!

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regularg0nz0 sez:

WoW (Worlds of Wonder) Lazer Tag sets were the real epic win. Cool looking pistols, sensors, helmets, caps, and a giant-ass rifle that even hold up today.

Unfortunately, too many stupid kids (aka: ONE!) broke into school buildings to play and pointed the gun at a deputy Sheriff who had a shotgun at the ready…

That was the end of all cool realistic gun-shaped toys in the US.

I can’t stand all the bright orange vaguely gun-shaped pieces of cartoony plastic that have been on the market since.

Submitted and Written by Rachael G

Who didn’t love these? The best part was figuring out how to make them dance and completely collapse. These seem to be pretty hard to find. I found some at a drug store recently but they aren’t very responsive and don’t dance or collapse.

Submitted by Anthony S

Celebrating its 40th anniversary last Monday, the Apollo 11 moon landing is an epic win, and probably the only epic win we’ll ever run that’s not tinged with at least a little bit of irony. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and the other guy — we salute you! (The third guy is Michael Collins, but how many of you could name him off the top of your head?)

For a great interactive history lesson, check out We Choose the Moon.

Conspiracy theorists: please make your case in the comments.

Submitted by Chelsea V

TIME named Fruitopia as one of the Top 10 New Products of 1994. It was Coca-Cola’s way of entering Snapple’s territory, but Fruitopia was far sweeter than any other “fruit juice” on the market. The drink was discontinued in 2001. Coca Cola reintroduced a new drink under the name Fruitopia by Minute Made a couple years ago, but it’s an entirely different beverage. You can still get the original Fruitopia in Canada, though. They’re doin’ it right, up north.

Submitted and Written by David W

Everyone at my school had these as a kid. They were plastic clips in the shape of cartoon characters that kept your shoe laces from coming untied.