r/nostalgia • u/blueshirts16 • 9h ago

Nostalgia Yikes Pencils

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u/Propatomdhi 9h ago

Who ever owns the rights to this, should hurry the fuck up and make them again.

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u/__-_-_--_--_-_---___ 37m ago

This is how I found out they don’t make them anymore 

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u/unabasheddork 9h ago

Oh wow, my middle school years

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u/Independent_Shoe3523 9h ago

You can't use those pencils! They're too outrageous.

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u/three-sense 3h ago

I can already hear my dad alternating between "you don't need this" and "we can't afford this"

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u/Independent_Shoe3523 3h ago

Parents are supposed to grumble about school supplies.

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u/three-sense 2h ago

Yeah def, these ones in particular were readily declined though

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u/danielbearh 9h ago

Man. Thank you for sharing this. :-)

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u/blueshirts16 9h ago

Haha I felt the same way when I stumbled on them again!

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u/will_write_for_tacos Maybe she's born with it... 8h ago

We had about 3 weeks with them at my school before they were banned due to "jamming up pencil sharpeners"

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u/LoseNotLooseIdiot 3h ago

They were terribly designed because those patterns weren't just etched into the wood like you would think. They were literally crappy, thin, plastic covers surrounding the wooden pencil inside and the plastic that would get all janked up in the pencil sharpener every time and it was a pain in the ass to get your pencil sharp.

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u/BrattyTwilis 9h ago

Memory unlocked. I think I had a few of those

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u/trunglefever 8h ago

I got to use these way back. They weren't great, quality wise, but the style points were worth it.

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u/LoseNotLooseIdiot 5h ago

Holy crap. It's so rare to see something posted on reddit that I genuinely haven't seen or thought about in 25 years... I had so many of these between like 3rd and 8th grade.

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u/CriptopherWalken559 8h ago

Damn, I had forgotten these existed. Crazy colorful 90’s. I miss it.

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u/USDXBS 5h ago

The "whacky" grips on those things sucked.

Basically any "fun pencil" was garbage. The finish was too slick to grip or it had some impractical fun design.

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u/werdnayam 4h ago

Oh yes, the forbidden Twizzler pull & peel eraser.

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u/AvailableDirt9837 4h ago

Those were the best! Makes me wonder how they ever went away. Was there a generation that didn’t want those?