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1. The first item we removed from the time capsule was a very influential album picturing the artist reclined in a white suit and featuring the songs "P.Y.T." and "Billie Jean."
2. Another fad item removed from the time capsule was the bane of many peoples' existence during the 1980s. It was a puzzle requiring the user to match the colors of 54 separate pieces into all six sides of a cube.
3. This late 1980s and early 1990s fad item from the time capsule was eventually taken off the market because the metal edges of this colorful, yet violent jewelry, proved to be sharp enough to draw blood.
4. The 1980s saw the birth of the music video. To represent that, I placed a cassette tape of the song first played on MTV in 1981.
5. This fad we pulled out of the time capsule features stuffed animals, a TV series, and three movies originally based on greeting card characters. Some of the heroes of the series had names like Tenderheart, Grumpy, Cheer, Birthday, and Bedtime.
6. This entertainment console series, developed in the 1970s, was the staple for kids in the early 1980s ... at least until Nintendo released its first major console.
7. Next out of the 1980s time capsule was a packet of these collector cards, designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids. Their disgusting characters features the likes of "Adam Bomb" and "Dead Ted."
8. The next set of items we removed from the time capsule was a set of Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses wrapped in military dog tags ... an obvious tribute to which 1986 Tony Scott movie?
9. This 1980s fad item was a hollowed out Mexican clay pot, shaped like an animal and covered with a paste-like spread containing seeds of Salvia hispanica. The original design was shaped like a ram.
10. This colorful watch brand with plastic straps started in Switzerland in 1982-1983. American kids would sometime wear multiple watches at the same time.
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