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academy St. Paddys Day Merch carts!!!
Every year the academy crew braves the crazy streets of the New Haven St. Patrick's Day parade, to sell the coolest St, Paddy's merchandise and gear one can buy! So if you see us walking with our pimped out shopping carts, stop by and say hi, and pick up something festive!


In & Out Secret Menu
Anyone that has ever been to California talks about In and Out burger, and just as it is mysteriously so good, it also has a secret menu, someone finally broke it down.
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Bomb Fest 2011 comes back to CT this year with an even bigger lineup than last! Headlining the festival, which is going down at Western Connecticut State University, is Weezer, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa! The two day festival is sure to be a blast and tickets are available from around $90! Talk about a deal. Check it out at www.BombFest.com
The Dean's List's "The Drive In" Mixtape sponsored by academy!!
We have been working with Boston's The Dean List for awhile now, and it's so exciting to see them grow! They are back with their newest mixtape called "The Drive In" and believe me it surely does not disappoint!
Download tape here for FREE!

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50 Worste Band Photos Ever!
Working with many artists we see all different kinds of press photos, this article puts it all into perpective. This article on UGO is amazing check it out!
50 Worste Band Photos ever by UGO


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Odd Future - NYC Performance
Lovin these dudes. Check them out HERE
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Best & Worst Of 2010
CLAIM TO FAME: DJ
WEBSITE: TerryUrban.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Inception
3. Sandra Bullock kissing Scarlett Johansson at VMA's
5. Angry Birds
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Earthquake in Haiti
3. Gary Coleman RIP
4. NY Rangers not making the NHL playoffs
5. Justin Bieber

NAME: Christopher Truth

NAME: Geoff "OnCue" Sarubbi
CLAIM TO FAME: Rapper extraordinaire over some rock shit.
www.twitter.com/mynamecuey
www.facebook.com/mynamecuey
www.mynamecuey.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Releasing Cuey Sings the Blues & Leftovers
2. Kanye's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
3. The invention of Taco Bell's XXL Chalupa
4. Jets making the playoffs second year in a row!
5. Surviving jumping into the subway tracks drunk to get my IPhone
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. The Jets loss to the Pats in Foxborough (FUCK THE PATRIOTS!)
4. When Blake fell off on the content of Freaky Friday
5. Failing Physics

NAME: Nathan S
CLAIM TO FAME: Managing Editor, DJBooth.net & RefinedHype.com
WEBSITE: www.djbooth.net @djbooth | refinedhype.com @refinedhype
TOP 5 BEST THINGS ABOUT RAP IN 2010 -
1. Good Fridays.
2. A recovered Eminem.
3. Waka Flocks parodies (Shawt Bus Shawty, Baracka Flocka Flame)
4. The rise of B.o.B.
5. Getting Kid Cudi wasted.
TOP 5 WORST THINGS ABOUT RAP IN 2010 -
1. Swizz Beatz rhyming on Good Fridays
2. The lost art of entourage members taking a charge (cough Lil Wayne and T.I. cough).
3. Kat Stacks, people slapping Kat Stacks, Kat Stacks slapping people, Kat Stack's heart's refusal to stop beating.
4. Diddy's continued belief in his own musical talent.
5. Getting Kid Cudi wasted.

NAME: CJ Luzi
CLAIM TO FAME: Producing Music
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. MC Hammer's triumphant return
2. Cuey Sings the Blues by OnCue
3. Meeting my gorgeous, redheaded girlfriend, Erika
4. Watching Michael Vick lead my team to victory
5. Seeing the progression of my music & my name, all thanks to God
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. The red line on my macbook screen that won't leave
2. Jersey Shore
3. Brett Favre returning
4. Hearing Dancing With The Stars updates from another dude
5. The doctor saying "Yes CJ, you have mono."

NAME: Stone
CLAIM TO FAME: Owner and CEO of The Couch Sessions
WEBSITE: http://www.thecouchsessions.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Kanye West
3. Going to LA TWICE on some Baller Status
4. Michael Vick returning to form
5. Celebrities following us on Twitter
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. MIA
3. Wack Rappers
4. Wack Rapper Groupies
5. The Redskins

NAME: Mick Boogie
CLAIM TO FAME: Party Rocker / Entrepreneur / All Around Good Guy
WEBSITE: www.MickBoogie.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Outsourced on NBC.
3. Traveling to Asia (twice), South America and Dubai just to play some records and make people dance. How awesome is my job??
4. Pete Rock producing a Kanye/Jay-Z track.
5. Having Academy book me to spin drunken frat parties in New England. Lol.
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Wondering how Liza made it to the final four on The Apprentice.
3. Rappers who figured out how to move from MySpace to Facebook
4. Rappers who figured out how to move from Facebook to Twitter
5. TSA getting even more overzealous at airports but couldn't even get a job at 7-11.

CLAIM TO FAME: DJ / Academy Chef Extraordinaire
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Learning to DJ & DJing some cool events
Wasn't such a bad year, so some quick hitting hate

NAME: The Deans List
CLAIM TO FAME: The Deans List
WEBSITE: www.itsthedeanslist.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Having sexual relations with everyone we have ever wanted to.
2. All moving into an apartment together - Music. every. single. day.
3. Signing to NUE Agency.
4. Went to flight school for 72 hours.
5. Soup time sundays (S.T.S.) at Panera Bread. Soup, Sunday, ladies, and free wifi.
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Mik addicted to cigarettes…again.
2. Being turned down by Donald Trump to invest in us.
3. Being not as fly like a G6.
4. Our old website.
5. Oj Da Juiceman.

CLAIM TO FAME: Director - Music & Talent Programming Strategies at MTV Networks
WEBSITE: MTV.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
4. Knicks Getting Amar'e
5. J Cole mixtape
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. Government website shutdowns
3. The Mets record
5. The continuing recession

NAME: Matican
CLAIM TO FAME: Competitive Wing Eater
WEBSITE: www.spaceghetto.net
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -

NAME: John Gotty™
CLAIM TO FAME: Founder & Editor, The Smoking Section
WEBSITE: www.smokingsection.net
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Kanye rapping again and killing it
2. Nike Trainer 1.2 Mids, hands down one of the best new sneaker models released.
3. Both SXSW & A3C Music Festivals were both blasts.
4. Ronnie Fieg's shoe collaborations with various brands.
5. Danny Brown's The Hybrid
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Poor Yung Berg got robbed again
2. Rap's revolving jail doors saw Gucci, T.I., Wayne and a few other knuckleheads spending more time on government-sponsored vacations than on stages.
3. Some fool hit my truck. It's been repaired but we all know that it official takes the new, untarnished feel off things once they've been damaged.
4. LeBron James and his woeful team really botching "The Decision" presentation and leaving a smear on his future legacy.
5. Death & taxes

NAME: Aaron T
CLAIM TO FAME: Knuckles (Death Threat Frontman), Kitchen Manager, Jetblack Bullseye manager
WEBSITE: myspace.com/jetblackbullseye
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1.Ms.JetBlack
2.Revenge Canada Weekend
3.Mike Flynn joining DT
4.Brooklyn
5.CeeLo Green "The Lady Killer"
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1.Puking blood
2.Drank piss(accidentally)haha
3.Dropping my phone in collard greens
4.Almost moving to L.A.
5.Canceling DT shows

NAME: Pete "J.R." Wasilewski
CLAIM TO FAME: I know Peter @ Academy Printwear
WEBSITE: www.lessthanjake.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. My "Top 5 Best Things of 2010" List
2. Blake and Teo's "Top 5 Best Things of 2010" List (tie)
3. Playing this year's Riot Fest as a member of both Less Than Jake and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
4. Cee Lo Green's "Lady Killer" record
5. Spring Heeled Jack playing 2 show's at Toad's Place.
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Peter's "Top 5 Best Things of 2010" List
2. Justin Beiber and/or Black Veil Brides (tie)
3. Kanye West's and Taylor Swifts performances on the VMA's...embarrassing.
4. Glenn Beck
5. LeBron James's hour-long "where I'm signing" special - should have called it "How to turn heel in 6 words or less"

NAME: Justin Toussaint
CLAIM TO FAME: Web Design @ Academy
WEBSITE: www.academyprintwear.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. purchasing my first car (2005 Accord)
2. turning 21
3. Halo Reach
4. Academy Bus Party
5. Ten Penny Ale
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. still not having enough money for a macbook
2. winter
3. Fall 2010 school semester
4. wisdom teeth pulled
5. drafting Tony Romo, Dallas Clark and Beanie Wells in fantasy

NAME: Jake Blauvelt
CLAIM TO FAME: Boardin'!
WEBSITE: jakeblauvelt.com (starting Jan 1st 2011)
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. La Nina
2. Virgin America Airlines
3. Leo Messi
4. Ping Pong
5. Yoga
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. United Airlines
2. Being hungover
3. Pulled Muscles
4. North Korea
5. U.S economy

NAME: chanes
CLAIM TO FAME: producer
WEBSITE: twitter.com/chchanes
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
2. linking up with house shoes.
3. the luther burger.
4. the phrase "2010, get it in".
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010
2. the remake of a nightmare on elmstreet.
3. blacking out in vegas.
4. the breaking of the fish eye lens.
5. the smoking ban in michigan.

NAME: Blake Kostka
CLAIM TO FAME: Academy Printwear / Putting a landscaping company out of business/ CEO Freaky Friday
WEBSITE: twitter.com/academylife
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1 .McRib and Double Down
2. Finding a gold coin
3. Dropping $100.00 on deep fried hot dogs during our academy NYC tour bus event
4. Sleeping with Betty White
5. Killing a pet pig and eating it the same day. RIP Carnitas. You were tasty though.
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Nicki Minaj’s annoying voices and accents
2. Anything Waka Flocka Flame, OJ Da Juice Man, or P Diddy
3. Leaving our T – Shirt launcher in the trunk of a NYC Cab
4. Head smashed off of a car door on St. Patrick’s Day
5. The next morning after a 4Lokos challenge

NAME: Peter Michael Fertiguena Jr.
CLAIM TO FAME: owner, academy printwear
WEBSITE: www.academyprintwear.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. iphone4/angry birds/face time
2. academy parties and college tour/academy tattoo challenge/Justin's 21st Bday
3. 2011
4. Best album-Wiz Khalifa's :: Kush & Orange Juice
5. Clogging every hotel toilet as soon as we get in the room
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Leaving the old academy office
2. Rapper's that couldn't deliver a pizza & band's that quit their day jobs
3. 2010 Worste Trends- Bro's Icing Bro's/Four Loko/The Shake Weight/ People Dressing Like avatar esp girls
4. Getting stuck & Sleeping in a South Bronx gas station parking lot, after the Less Than Jake Booze Cruise
5. The Milford Oyster Festival

NAME: Steve Teo
CLAIM TO FAME: Design & Photography @ Academy / Death Threat / Bread Man
WEBSITE: TeoAcademy.tumblr.com
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Seeing Sheer Terror @ This Is Hardcore Fest in Philly.
2. Four Loko
3. Academy Party Bus
4. Death Threat Canadian Weekends
5. Finally seeing Henry Rollins in Boston
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. Stomping on a wine glass barefoot
2. The death of Paul The Octopus
3. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon Part 2 (come on man! I was psyched for this and it sucked)
4. The 2 year old Indonesian kid quiting smoking
5. The Milford Oyster Festival (biggest shit show ever)

NAME: Cassidy
CLAIM TO FAME: Electrician / Handy Man / All Around Good Dude / That dude who built the bathroom
WEBSITE: I like them
TOP 5 BEST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. New job
2. Not going to the Milford Oyster Festival
3. Getting a normal sized room (no more closet room)
4. Playing Softball
5. Building my first bathroom
TOP 5 WORST THINGS OF 2010 -
1. No more free Government Checks
2. Not going to the Milford Oyster Festival
3. Going through 2 cars in 2 days
4. The passing of a close family friend
5. Babysitting Melissa's dog Max...
Best Christmas Video ever?
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20 Years of Must Have Gifts
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| 2010: Apple iPad |
2010: Apple iPad
$499 - $699, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Really, were there any other contenders? It's the first of its kind — a slim tablet that lets you seamlessly glide between movies, music, browsing the web, and Street Fighter beat-downs. With Wi-Fi and 3G, everything from racing simulators to magazines are just a touch away. And don't get us started on that gorgeous LED display.
The Weird Part: You can use the iPad to do just about anything, but you're probably going to waste all your time on Angry Birds, which has been purchased over 10 million times on Apple's App Store.
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| 2009: Nook eReader |
2009: Nook eReader (Barnes & Noble)
Starting at $149, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: B&N's e-book has a second screen while Amazon's Kindle has just one; throw in its Wi-Fi and the Nook seems set for a Christmas KO. That said, Beta had a much nicer picture than VHS.
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| iPod Touch |
2007: iTouch (Apple)
iPod Touch 4th Generation, Starting at $275, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: The first touchscreen and Web-enabled iPod went from annual fanboy fantasy to national must-have, largely because it came at a fraction of the iPhone's price tag. Christmas? There's an app for that.
The Weird Part: Apple's profits took a slight hit when they had to deal with a lawsuit filed by an irate mother claiming her child's iTouch burst into flames while in his pocket, igniting his pants and "nylon/spandex underwear."
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| 2006: Playstation 3 |
2006: Playstation 3 (Sony)
PlayStation 3 Slim 160GB, Starting at $300, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Sony's response to Microsoft's Xbox 360 had a North American launch inspiring such anticipation that pre-sale units hit $3,000 on eBay (retail topped out at $599), while mothers and mouth-breathers alike camped out for days to buy one in person.
The Weird Part: Legend has it one man on an advance line at a Walmart discovered there would not be any PS3s left by the time it was his chance to make a purchase. So he did the only logical thing: he treated people ahead of him in line to coffee spiked with laxatives. He got one.
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| 2005: Xbox 360 |
2005: Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
Xbox 360 250GB Starting at $200, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Beating Sony to the punch? Check. Internet connectivity for Halo tournaments stretching from nerds in Taiwan to schoolchildren in Toledo? You got it. Enough supply to meet holiday demand? Not so much. Frenzy ensued.
The Weird Part: Xbox 360 started production a mere sixty-nine days before its launch. Customers lucky or savvy enough to recognize the potential profits of Microsoft's dilemma cashed in, as forty thousand units (or 10 percent of total supply) ended up on eBay within a week.
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| 2004: RoboSapiens |
2004: RoboSapiens (WowWee)
Starting at $24, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: What's a RoboSapien, you ask? Why a remote-control, fourteen-inch-tall humanoid capable of performing sixty-seven preprogrammed actions and movements, including (but by no means limited to) break dancing, farting, and belching, of course!
The Weird Part: Prior to the resurgence of human movement with the success of Dancing with the Stars, humanity faced a sedentary period consisting entirely of RoboSapiens shaking their mechanical groove thangs on YouTube.
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| 2002-2003: Beyblades |
2002-2003: Beyblades (Hasbro)
Starting at $13, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: In a classic demonstration of the power of synergy, Hasbro released these customizable "fighting" spin-tops in Japan simultaneously with a hit cartoon. World domination followed soon thereafter.
The Weird Part: Beyblade competitions quickly became a sensation, with the first one drawing eighteen thousand people. One need only YouTube the highlights of such an event to discover why this attracted more folk than the average heavyweight title fight.
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| 2001: Bratz Dolls |
2001: Bratz Dolls (MGA Entertainment)
Starting at $10, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Ah, Cloe, Jade, Sasha, and Yasmin. They're the original quartet of ten-inch "teenagers distinguished by large heads and skinny bodies." While their June 2001 launch proved disappointing, by Christmas they were well on their way to generating billions.
The Weird Part: If the Bratz remind you of Barbie dolls, you're not the only one. Mattel won a $100 million copyright suit against MGA in 2008 (though it should be noted that Mattel requested $1.8 billion).
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| 2000: Razor Scooters |
2000: Razor Scooters (Razor USA)
Starting at $40, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: This was the year we decided we didn't want to drive... or walk. What to do? Dodge children in the streets! The original Razor also won Toy of the Year for establishing itself as a "classic mode of transportation, like bikes and skateboards."
The Weird Part: Only downside? Any grown man on a scooter looks like a total zero. John Mayer celebrated this in a short film about his songwriting process.
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| 1999: Pokémon |
1999: Pokémon (Nintendo)
Starting at $10, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: With the Japanese cartoon a sensation, kids demanded more, and the video-game series came to rival even the Mario titles in popularity, inspiring South Park to parody the whole phenomenon (you know, the one where Japan wants to brainwash America's children into launching a second attack on Pearl Harbor).
The Weird Part: An eight-second-or-so segment of a TV episode duplicated a strobe-light effect so effectively that it triggered seizures in hundreds of fans, proving right mothers the world over: Cartoons are bad for you.
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| 1998: Furbies |
1998: Furbies (Tiger Electronics)
Starting at $10, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Who wouldn't want a furry robot that can talk and blink its eyes? Indeed, who wouldn't want one so badly that they'd be willing to pay a huge markup? After retailing for $35, Furbies skyrocketed to $100 a pop, not to mention "collector's items" like "tuxedo Furby" and "biker Furby."
The Weird Part: Owners discovered Furbies were strikingly affected by magnets, inspiring a demonic-looking video craze.
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| 1997: Tamagotchi |
1997: Tamagotchi (Bandai)
Starting at $6, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Housed in an egg-shaped computer, these digital pets required feeding and poo-cleaning, but the hard work paid off with the occasionally redeeming happiness monitor. Deeply creepy stuff, but apparently very popular: seventy million Tamagotchis have been sold to date.
The Weird Part: When a Tamagotchi "dies," you can reset it and start again, but owners who truly cared for their pets found that heartless and instead had proper burials at (real) pet cemeteries, complete with gravesites and coffins.
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| 1996: Tickle Me Elmo |
1996: Tickle Me Elmo (Tyco)
Starting at $25, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: "When squeezed, Elmo would chortle. When squeezed three times in a row, Elmo would begin to shake and laugh hysterically." Needless to say, this was something Sesame Street watchers everywhere needed to have. And they needed to have it now.
The Weird Part: Beloved puppeteer Jim Henson may be gone, but surely he'd be moved to know he inspired a toy that would be resold for up to eighty times its $30 list value and trigger at least one stampede of parents so crazed they left a store employee in the hospital.
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| 1995: Beanie Babies |
1995: Beanie Babies (Ty Inc.)
Starting at $7, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: First conquering Chicago and then spreading all over this plush nation, Legs the Frog, Squealer the Pig, Spot the Dog, Flash the Dolphin, Splash the Whale, Chocolate the Moose, Patti the Platypus, and dozens of other $5 bean-bag creatures with pun-tastic names devoured our hearts.
The Weird Part: Recognizing the willingness of Americans to abandon any shred of dignity to get what their children want, an Atlanta radio station dumped eggs and beans on people in exchange for free Beanie Babies.
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| 1993-1994: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers |
1993-1994: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Bandai)
Starting at $6, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: Five racially diverse teenagers with superpowers fought evil aliens for a TV smash, and so came a line of toys featuring the Rangers and their "Zords" — you know, giant robotic dinosaurs they used to combat aforementioned evil aliens. Duh.
The Weird Part: The Power Rangers's catchphrase, "It's Morphin Time!" reportedly outraged authorities in Malaysia, who feared it encouraged children to become morphine addicts.
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| 1992: Barney Talking Doll |
1992: Barney Talking Doll (Playskool)
Starting at $10, ebay.com
The Big Deal: Barney & Friends was aimed at a younger crowd that somehow found it irresistible to watch a man in a dinosaur suit sing some of the most mawkish songs ever. This talking doll brought the tunes all day long. Needless to say, parents were thrilled.
The Weird Part: Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers this show was not. From TV Guide's "Worst 50 Shows of All Time": "...his shows do not assist children... [T]he real danger from Barney is denial: the refusal to recognize the existence of unpleasant realities."
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| 1991: POG |
1991: POG (World POG Federation, Others)
Starting at $1, ebay.com
The Big Deal: It may have the least likely origin of any Christmas-season smash: a milk-cap game played during breaks by Hawaiian dairy workers. A two-person contest involving a flimsy discs and a slammer, POGs gave kids the chance to, well, take their friend's Christmas present supply away in minutes.
The Weird Part: It goes without saying that a game played by Hawaiian dairy workers would threaten educators. They quickly deemed POGs a form of gambling and banned them from schools across the nation.
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| 1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bandai)
Starting at $8, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: The action figures were so popular they got kids to learn about Renaissance painters — or learn their names, at least. Adolescent abnormal reptiles Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo discovered the ancient art of Ninjutsu from a giant talking rat to fight ninjas while eating pizza. Cowabunga, dude.
The Weird Part: The toys made a bundle, but the turtles also cleaned up with 1990s live-action film earning over $200 million — at the time, the highest-grossing indie movie to date.
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| 1989: GameBoy |
1989: GameBoy (Nintendo)
Starting at $6, ebay.com
The Big Deal: The first eight-bit handheld videogame system to utilize cartridges, GameBoy went anywhere and didn't force you to play the same damn game over and over again. Goodbye, couch! Hellooooo... other couch.
The Weird Part: Goodbye, Cold War! And thank you, USSR. A Soviet R&D center employed Alexey Pajitnov when he designed the puzzle game Tetris, which came bundled with the original GameBoy and to this day fills people of a certain age with an overwhelming desire to stack rectangles.
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| 1985: Care Bears |
1985: Care Bears (American Greetings/Kenner)
Starting at $10, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal: The rare successful line of toys inspired by greeting cards — really — these plush teddy bears didn't become a smash until their TV show offered children a glimpse of life in the Kingdom of Caring.
The Weird Part: There are few things weirder than the intro to the Care Bears cartoon. (Note: All viewers should know that the theme song may lodge itself deep in your brain and make you hate yourself for being so darned insufficiently caring. You've been warned.)
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| 1984: The Transformers |
1984: The Transformers (Hasbro)
Starting at $14, Yahoo! Shopping
The Big Deal:Without them, we might never have discovered Megan Fox. Or how to turn plastic robots into cars, planes, tape recorders, insects, and dinosaurs. Transformative, indeed.
The Weird Part: Before this decade's Michael Bay calamities, there was the 1986 animated movie featuring the vocal talents of Orson Welles, who shrewdly died eight months before the movie premiered.
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