Submitted by A Trammel

Who doesn’t love a scented marker? These were always a treat when your teacher would bust out Mr. Sketch for art time! Much better than the Design Markers that some of us ended up with later on. Those were NOT to be used in an enclosed space for an extended period. Bad, bad things would happen. Just sayin’.

Here’s a handy color/scent chart in case you’ve forgotten the awesome:

Photo via artstuff

Submitted by M Monderer

Remember Wooly Willy, one of the saviors of long car trips with family?

There was also one for the girls, Hair-Do Harriet:

Photo via familytravelgear

You could make her a pretty spectacular beehive! Not quite Amy Winehouse huge, more like Flo from “Alice” huge. Ah, memories. Between these, Mad Libs, and Walkmans, peace could be kept until at least the first rest stop.

Submitted by D Gentry

If you can’t get yourself a real race car, slot cars are the next best thing. Not to mention there’s less chance of serious injury.

You can trick out the tracks just about any way you want, from straightaway to this:

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But for serious drag-racing competition, the straightaway is the way to go:

Zoom!

Submitted by J Kuhn

The regular View Master provided hours of awesome, but there was also a talking View Master that had all the pop culture fun:

Photo via musicstack

How cool is a “Thriller” Talking View Master? We don’t know if the coolness can even be charted.

The View Master people were able to get established movie stars to pitch for them:

That’s Henry Fonda, along with a VERY young Jodie Foster.

Submitted by A Homeniuk

BZZZT! BZZZT! is all some of us ever heard while playing this game. The patient didn’t make it most of the time, needless to say.

These folks have the right idea-a big old bottle of Crown Royal, an Operation game, and a video camera: