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80s toy I can’t remember name of

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Namechange44000 · 14/02/2023 07:36

I don’t know why I’m obsessing about this but the fact I can’t find it mentioned anywhere and I remember it, is driving me mad.

I think it doesn’t help that I don’t have all the right words to describe on google.

Here goes!

It was something glow in the dark. At the time I didn’t have a glow friend and I think these were cheaper.

I think it was somehow related to glow worm or glow friends and had a picture printed on it just in black so the picture would silhouette with the glow in the dark. It was a variety thing so you could collect others with different prints on. I don’t know if it was a blind pack or you chose the picture. I had 2 but I don’t remember the pictures.

The object was like a fat baby bel cheese (I know 😆) that glowed in dark and it had a weight of some kind inside that would wobble when you held it or shook it around.

Did anyone else have these or am I going insane?

Id estimate around 1983 - 1986 as we moved in 86 and I had them at our old house.

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 14/02/2023 07:38

Glow worm

Glow Bug

userxx · 14/02/2023 07:40

Glow worm. You had to press its body to make it glow.

Windyspringmorning · 14/02/2023 07:41

Snugglebumms?

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userxx · 14/02/2023 07:41

www.simplyeighties.com/glo-worm-toy.php

WouldJudasLeaveIt · 14/02/2023 07:42

A glow worm isn't babybel shaped 🤔
I cant think of any toy that matches the description

Howtohideasausage · 14/02/2023 07:43

These?

80s toy I can’t remember name of
Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 07:43

A wiggly giggly

Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 07:44

You have to type 80s wiggly giggly to see pics

liveforsummer · 14/02/2023 07:46

Howtohideasausage · 14/02/2023 07:43

These?

Oh I loved these - I'm sure there was one of those caterpillars in every home that contained dc. Very nostalgic. What were they called?

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Namechange44000 · 14/02/2023 08:30

Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 07:44

You have to type 80s wiggly giggly to see pics

Do you know I think this is it! I don’t see my design yet but that’s definitely the right shape and some do glow in the dark! Thank you Thank you. I can sleep easy now 🤣

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Munches · 14/02/2023 08:31

Not a clue… my memory was shot to pot after the birth of my second child but yeah I am following with interest.

Someone will remember op, I am sure

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Namechange44000 · 14/02/2023 08:35

My memory has been jogged by the photos of the glow in dark wiggly gigglys. It’s definitely those 😃

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WouldJudasLeaveIt · 14/02/2023 08:37

Yay, well done Ponder ☝🏼

Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 08:47

The ultimate was that you could roll it from your wrist along to your shoulder around the back of your neck and down to your other wrist 🤣. I think there was a tv advert .
I tried SO HARD for years to master that trick, unsuccessfully

Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 08:52

like this, as I remember mine 🥰

80s toy I can’t remember name of
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Namechange44000 · 14/02/2023 11:10

Ponderoveryonder · 14/02/2023 08:52

like this, as I remember mine 🥰

Yes and with another picture on the back. Think I had a ghost and something like Dracula on mine. I remember dropping it on my face when I’d play with it in bed at night. I’m so glad I know what it was and I wasn’t imagining it 😆 Also it really does look a bit like a babybell doesn’t it 🙂

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