#Fads

Trolls (The Original Ones)

A Danish woodcutter carved one for his daughter, and within five years they were on every school desk in Britain.

Tamagotchi

An egg-shaped keyring with three buttons and an alien creature that demanded feeding every few hours, forever.

Sunny Delight

A drink marketed with extraordinary aggression that briefly became the third best-selling soft drink in Britain, then collapsed.

Pogs

You stacked them, slammed them, and kept whichever landed face up. Then every school in Britain banned them.

Loom Bands

A plastic loom and bags of coloured elastic bands that produced bracelets, and then covered every floor in Britain.

The Fidget Spinner

A bearing in a plastic frame that spun. Every child in Britain had one by May 2017 and none by September.