You’ll kick yourself if you’ve thrown any of them out.
Everything just seemed better in the 90s. The music, the films, the clothes. OK, maybe not the clothes, but everything else from the decade tends to fill me with a fuzzy nostalgic warmth, as though my Charmander is evolving for the very first time all over again.
The good news is that all your old stuff from the 90s, that you may or may not have been hoarding in cardboard boxes in the spare room for almost two decades, could now be worth hundreds of pounds on eBay.
Here are some of the items being listed for crazy amounts, but just be sure you have the emotional strength to cope with selling your old Disney films on VHS before you make any rash decisions.
Beauty and the Beast
Even though absolutely nobody has a VHS player these days – remember the agony of having to rewind back the entire film at the end? – they continue to hold value as collector’s items, particularly the 1991 classic Beauty and the Beast.
Most listings in the UK are around the £400 mark, but one did sell for over a thousand dollars in April (£700).
Furby
What even is a Furby? They look like a mad scientist combined a hedgehog, an owl and a rabbit in a laboratory and then turned it blue for some reason.
Despite looking mildly terrifying, Furby was extremely popular for a couple of years in the late 90s, and they are now selling on auction sites for a surprising amount.
One sold in America last year for $400 (£285).
Castlevania
Castlevania Dracula X was a 1995 SNES remake of maybe the greatest titled video game of all time, Castlevania Rondo of Blood. Sealed versions of the game are listed at close to $2000 (£1425) on eBay in America.
Pokémon Cards
Unfortunately no, all your millions of Bellsprout cards are completely worthless. Every single one. You might as well eat those.
If you’re packing a mint condition Charizard hologram in your rubber-banded tower of cards, however, then not only were you the coolest kid on the playground, you are now holding a very valuable collectible. First edition Pokémon cards (released in 1999) are all worth selling but Charizard alone is usually listed for well over £1000.
Pokémon on Nintendo Gameboy
You might notice a trend developing here. Sealed versions of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow are all listed for hundreds of pounds each on eBay. A completely unopened collection of the first five games, including Gold and Silver, is available for the very reasonable price of £4,900.
Why you keep them sealed, instead of spending hundreds of glorious hours wandering around Kanto with an Alakazam and one-hit KO-ing everything in sight with “psychic”, I don’t know.
But they’re worth a lot money at least.
Harry Potter
We all have these books lying around somewhere in our house, but if you have a well-kept first edition copy then you’re in luck.
A mint copy of Prisoner of Azkaban is currently listed at £980.
There are also some extremely rare copies of the book – some 500 copies in existence – with the author’s name printed as “Joanne Rowling” that are said to be worth up to $56,000.
Super Soakers
Super Soakers were everyone’s favourite garden accessory as a kid. There was nothing quite like hiding in the bushes to absolutely drench your fully-clothed Dad as he tried to relax in the sun after work.
Then, obviously, you would have to run for your life. And refill.
The aptly named Super Soaker Monster XL is one of the largest water guns ever sold, and if you’ve got collecting dust in the garage just know that one sold for $500 (£356) in the States.
Power Rangers
Examples of a Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers toy, the “Titanus carrier zord”, are currently listed for loads in the US, with one selling for $270 (£192).
Do I remember what a “carrier zord” is?
Yes. Yes, in fact I do.
It’s a gigantic robot dinosaur thing that the Power Rangers would occasionally ride into battle.
You know, for the big fights. The really big ones.
Now you know.
