#1990s Kids

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Video thumbnail — Yikes! Pencils commercial (1993)
Trends 1993–1999

Yikes! Pencils

Pencils that didn't look like wood. Created by Ken Cooper at Empire Berol, Yikes! Pencils hit back-to-school 1993 in neon colors, wild patterns, and clashing dyes that made your standard wooden No. 2 look boring by comparison. They were a lunchbox status symbol and the kind of thing you'd trade or lose and actually care about.