9 things from your childhood that should be worth thousands of dollars

If people are going to try and sell their old iPods on eBay for thousands of dollars then we should be able to get a payload from VHS' with 'Cheez TV' re-runs, right?

Source: Pinterest, doublehaunt.com

File this under “news that doesn’t make any fucking sense in 2016” because there are some people on the internet trying to sell old school iPods on eBay for a tidy sum.

“How much is a quote unquote, tidy sum?”, you say.

Well, these every day heroes have listed their Apple products anywhere between $999 and $19,999. I. Know. Right?!?

Still cheaper than a house deposit in Sydney though. (eBay) Source: Mikey Nicholson

While we should be congratulating these entrepreneurs for seeing life and grabbing it by the short and curlies, it has to be said, there are far more important things from your childhood that should be worth thousands of dollars.

A pristine collection of Tazos or Oddbodz:Image

While these were almost probably banned at some point at your school due to dodgy trading schemes and big kid bullies, if you were lucky enough to keep yours long enough you might have just hit the jackpot.

Merlin’s “FREE TH REFUGEE” sign: Image

Who could forget Merlin's eviction from the Big Brother house in 2004? Turns out, 12 years later, we're still talking about freeing the refugees... but not so much Big Brother. Them's the breaks. 

A chance to go on A*mazing again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqBVfNLrJkY

Trigger alert: if you grew up in the '90s you're going to feel a whole of nostalgia and need to yell out "THE CAR BOOT.... NO BEHIND THE CACTUS.... GODDAMN IT'S IN THE SECOND PENGUIN!" Getting to go on A*mazing in 2016 would be like finding Willy Wonka's golden ticket, tbh.

Old VHS recordings of Cheez TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9gHZI1_UXI

Thankfully YouTube and a Facebook resurgence from the boys means you might not have to fork out too much dosch to get your eyes around some before school entertainment, but if you had a VHS with the good stuff, there'd have to be a museum out there keen for these exquisite artefacts.

The ability to remember the entire Round the Twist opening theme song:Image

Let's be real, asking people which family is the best (read: real) Twist family cast is how you separate you friends from your enemies. And knowing the lyrics to this bad boy anthem should be worth its weight in gold.

A jar of tears from when Cosima DeVito withdrew from Australian Idol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOscIQ7QLH4

We are all that man covering his mouth and gasping at the statement Cosima is reading out. Not only was that a day we all learned what a nodule was, we also lost our innocence. The tears we shed... priceless.

Kevin ’07 t-shirts:Image

Remember back to a simpler time when people actually liked Kevin Rudd. These days it's hard to even keep up with who the current Prime Minister is let alone source a slogan tee from a bygone era. Hold on to these if you've got one because you never know when he'll make a comeback and your bank account smile.

A packet of McCain potato smiles: Image

Maybe you're one of those lucky people who have that second fridge in the garage and at the bottom of the frozen icy pits of Siberia there is a bag of these discontinued bad boys that you flog for thousands, or, I don't know, just eat them?

An EC doll: Image

Lift Off! was iconic and probably the reason why Aussie '90s kids are the way they are. With that being said, these dolls would be a priceless addition to any child's bedroom as a means to instil fear and obedience.

 

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