#Tactile

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Video thumbnail — Stretchable sticky hand
Toys 1990–2005 peak

Sticky Hands

A stretchy rubber hand dangling from a string that you slapped against whatever surface was closest — a table edge, a sibling, a locker. Sticky Hands lasted about three weeks before they accumulated every piece of lint and hair in a three-foot radius and stopped sticking to anything.

Video thumbnail — Stretch Armstrong 1993 Commercial
Toys 1993–1997

Stretch Armstrong

A gel-filled rubber superhero who stretched to grotesque lengths and slowly oozed back to shape — a sensory toy for kids who liked to push things to their limit. The 1990s revival of a 1976 classic, Stretch Armstrong became a staple of toy boxes and a messy, satisfying favorite.