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The rubber smell and also the rubbery taste of water you would drink from the hose on hot summer days.
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The powerful rubber tire smell of the bicycle section at Toys “R” Us, which you could smell from an aisle or two away.
3.
The overwhelming (and wonderful) smell of opening a brand-new pack of Pokémon cards. It smelled like the cards, but, like, times a thousand.
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The smell of steamy French fries and plastic on McDonald’s Happy Meal toys.
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The unmistakable strong smell of a brand new Koosh ball.
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The metallic smell of a cup full of Chuck E. Cheese tokens.
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The blended scent of colored pencils, waxy crayons, pastels, and vinyl that came out of one of the junior art sets any time you opened it.
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The smell of Gak…which had an almost slight sour-ish smell.
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The mixture of cherry cough syrup and sugar smell that came off a half-eaten Push Pop.
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The chalky and almost car freshener fruity smell of Bubble Jug.
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The hard-to-describe smell of a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and N64 cartridges…especially after you had warmed it up by playing with them.
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The smell of static that came out of CRT TV sets when you first turned them on.
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The faint, stale smell of old dried flowers and dust that you would get any time you took a whiff of the potpourri bowl your mom had had on the coffee table for as long as you remember.
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The weird smell of hot PVC and slight sweat that your inflatable chair would get if you sat on it too long.
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The neverending cherries that came with the Baby All Gone doll, and had the most delicious and perfect cherry smell.
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The warm air and slightly burnt smell that the overhead projector would make when it was on for a long time.
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The smell of ink and old paper on library book circulation cards.
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The smell of CK One (that it seemed like EVERYONE wore).
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The kinda mildewy and old lemonade smell that the Rubbermaid pitchers would get.
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The sorta parmesan and oregano smell of these chips.
21.
The red dodgeball that smelled rubbery and latexy.
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The addictive plasticky smell of Disney’s VHS shell cases.
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The vanilla frosting in Dunkaroos that had a sweet, perfumy smell.
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The overwhelming smell of popcorn that you would get whenever you walked into a Target.
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The plasticky with a hint of mildew smell that the Pizza Hut character hand puppets would get if you played with them in the bathtub.
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The almost dough-like smell of a fresh canister of Play-Doh.
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The almost edible (expect for black licorice) smell of the Mr. Sketch scented markers.
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The smell of feet and sweat in the Discovery Zone ball pits.
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And finally, the smell of the inside of a Blockbuster — which smelled like a blend of popcorn, dirty carpet, people, and plastic VHS cases.