Fads - Page 3

Constantine · #21 08-15-2008, 06:06 AM

Holy **** beanie babies, another memory I've tried to keep caged deep in my subconscious. I remember when McDonald's sales skyrocketed when they did mini beanies.

Easily-Amused · #22 08-15-2008, 11:57 AM

I loved Beanie Babies! I still collect stuffies ^_^

Malificus · #23 08-15-2008, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Envy

Pokemon, well... I bought Diamond a few months ago, but I'm no Pokemon fan anymore. I bought Diamond for the game it is, not because it's Pokemon. I feel really bad for the obsession I got back then. Not so much the games, but the cards. I have so many of them, and I can not even imagine how much of my parents' money went down the drain for those.

IT'S NOT A FAD IF IT'S STILL POPULAR 10 YEARS AFTERWARDS |:

And how do you buy a pokemon game for the game it is, but not because it's pokemon? You'd buy it because pokemon games are fun, and Diamond is a pokemon game.

srsly.

Envy · #24 08-15-2008, 12:02 PM

I still believe it's a fad. I don't see too many other people my age playing Pokemon. Most of them make fun of it. It's not "cool" to like Pokemon anymore. I learned that back in middle school. I got made fun of.

Constantine · #25 08-15-2008, 12:03 PM

I'm pretty sure it can be called a fad.

fad - definition of fad by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

It's obvious that Pokemon does not have the massive popularity it used to. That does not mean it's not popular, but it's "fad" phase it over.

Malificus · #26 08-15-2008, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Constantine

I'm pretty sure it can be called a fad.

fad - definition of fad by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

It's obvious that Pokemon does not have the massive popularity it used to. That does not mean it's not popular, but it's "fad" phase it over.

And yet by may 2007Pokemon Diamond alone sold more units than any other game that year, and Pokemon Pearl was 4th. It just irks me to see a franchise that's still very popular after a decade called a fad alongside other things that made it for like, a year or two if that?

Constantine · #27 08-15-2008, 12:26 PM

Well, that sucks, because it was still a FAD.

I'm not calling it bad (I own it for DS and several of the GBA games) but it was a fad for some time, meaning that basically everyone was into it. A fad grabs hold of society at large but Pokemon has returned to being simply a great video game. When it was a fad, the TV dominated the ratings, trading cards sold by the truckload, and anything with the Pokemon stamp turned into gold.

That's why it was a fad and isn't anymore.

Malificus · #28 08-15-2008, 12:38 PM

Damn kids what with ur "making sense" |: ya bastid

Also, I never touched them, but furbies should be in this thread.

ComicFitz · #29 08-15-2008, 12:38 PM

I loved Garbage Pail Kids
I hated Parachute Pants
And the worst fad ever: A tattoo on the small of a girls back, I don't mind tatoos, it's just that half the girls here seem to have them and it's been going on for over 10 years

Constantine · #30 08-15-2008, 01:00 PM

I remember hearing about people beating each other over Furbies.

Also, POWER RANGERS. When Christmas came around and the Zords went on sale, people went berserk.

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