20 Discontinued Vintage Products

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Some discontinued vintage products were well-liked by a lot of people but were less popular and were taken off the shelves. Others were taken off for a good reason and thankfully haven’t come around again.

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Pound Puppies

Pound Puppies are technically still available but have never regained the same fame they had back in the day. As formerly discontinued vintage products, this toy line just faded out eventually.

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Butterfinger BBs 

It’s tough to say why these tasty little treats went away. Some say it was because the chocolate melted too quickly from bag to hand to mouth.

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McDonald’s Fried Apple Pie

Some would claim the reason for this change is because it was too hot and burned people’s mouths. The truth is that a baked apple pie is marginally healthier than the fried version.

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Hershey’s Kissables

The cost of making these candies is why this product was discontinued. Plus, making it with cheaper materials changed the taste, which was the death knell.

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Nintendo Gameboy 

There’s no explanation needed as to why the Gameboy was discontinued. Technology simply moves too fast for any one product to last that long.

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Jell-O-1-2-3

Plenty of people still remember this treat, but it fell from grace since it was a more complicated version of a simple treat. Sometimes all it takes to discontinue something is a slight dip in popularity.

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Hostess Choco-Bliss

When it came out, Choco-Bliss felt like it was going to last for a while since it was a great snack. But as things change, everything has to evolve or prove that it has staying power, and this didn’t.

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Skip-It

It’s a hunk of plastic attached to a cord that goes around your ankle. It was fun at the time, but the Skip-It couldn’t contend with the toys that kept upping the game.

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McDonald’s Onion Nuggets

It feels kind of self-explanatory why these fried treats were phased out eventually. Frying anything is bound to make it a little better, but McDonald’s has had a few misses, like this one.

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VW Type-2

Lower fuel economy and the inability to pass a test at the DEQ spelled the end for this vehicle. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s a thing of the past now unless a person knows how to make it work.

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Hit Clips

This was kind of like an iPod before the iPod. It was a severely underpowered version of what would come later, but it was good while it lasted.

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Squeezit

Sometimes a product doesn’t need colorful characters to sell itself. Once Squeezits were turned into characters, sales dropped so dramatically that they kind of just disappeared.

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Poo-Chis

Seriously, if it’s technology it’s going to fade out eventually. Once these were sold in McDonald’s Happy Meals, it was a sure thing that they were on the way out.

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Clackers

A lot of kids manage to hurt themselves and others with these since the temptation to misuse them is horrible. But on top of that, they’re very simple, and it’s a little too easy to get bored.

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Erector Sets

With sharp edges and metal pieces, it’s amazing that more kids back in the 50s didn’t experience serious harm from this toy. Thankfully, the toy set was discontinued because the sales dipped, not due to accidents.

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Pizzarias 

Snacks are just as fluid as technology sometimes. These were good chips since they were typically full of flavor. But in a changing market, things tend to go out as soon as they come in.

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Oral-B Brush-Ups

There are a few reasons why the brush-ups were discontinued. One of the most obvious is that teeth wipes are a lot easier to use and easier to get rid of.

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Blackberry Phones

Oh, technology. It moves faster than a lot of people can imagine and it’s tough to keep up with. But at one time, a lot of people wanted a Blackberry since they were cool and much better than the big gray brick cell phones.

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Jumbo Nerds

There’s a reason why regular Nerds are still around and Jumbo Nerds are not. You just don’t mess with a classic.

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Jolt Cola

When talking about discontinued vintage products, this is one that a lot of Gen-Xers will recall with a snort of laughter. Honestly, if not for this stuff and a literal ocean of coffee, a lot of us might not have graduated high school, let alone college.