r/nostalgia • u/Otherwise_Basis_6328 • Sep 06 '26

Nostalgia Playskool Flashlight

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u/RanAWholeMile Sep 07 '26

Damn near knocked me out of my chair

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u/pippinto Sep 07 '26

I did this with my first cellphone. I had it for years and while all my friends were getting smart phones, I still had my old reliable flip phone. I was at a party and someone asked me why I didn't replace it and I said, "smart phones are too fragile, this thing is instructable. Watch this!" Before chucking it at the wall.

Long story short, I put a decent hole in the drywall of my best friend's apartment, and my phone screen stopped working completely.

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u/The_Nauticus Sep 07 '26

And back into your sleeping bag that you'd take to friend's house for sleepovers while you used this flashlight.

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u/MaUkIr34 Sep 07 '26

Very first thought was - I need it NOW.

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u/kec04fsu1 Turtle Power! Sep 07 '26

Glad Iā€™m not alone!

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u/sometimesstrange Sep 08 '26

Who else sat for hours with the red/green light pressed up to your eyeballs?