What kind of lunchbox did you have?
Posted by Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 408 comments
I had one very similar to this from 1989, with Thermos and all. What did you have?
ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit
Rainbow Brite
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
I realize that Rainbow Brite is the cartoon version of Punky Brewster.
Individual-Schemes@reddit
How do you figure? They're nothing alike.
AbsolutelyNot5555@reddit
I had Rainbow Brite too
Individual-Schemes@reddit
DBDIY4U@reddit
This is from Google images but mine was identical.
ImmaDrainOnSociety@reddit
Unadorned square bag with shiny lining and a strap.
Superb-Guitar1513@reddit
Menudo And I wish I had a pic of it… Insane pick by my mom to send me to school in 2nd grade with it while all my friends had GI Joe or He-Man… Ended up as my Grateful Dead/Phish Bootleg case in college as a gag:)
Remote-Car-5305@reddit
Same, and thinking back, I have no idea why I had a Menudo lunch box. I didn't really know any of their songs and pretty sure my parent's didn't know who they were.
Superb-Guitar1513@reddit
Ha! Same here… never a fan, and no way my Mom knew who they were… must’ve been a sale:)
Outrageous-Suspect82@reddit
I had this one
MintChoco484@reddit
Good ol' Pound Puppies
Austin-Tatious1850@reddit
I had this same one as a hand-me-down. I was always embarrassed by it. Honestly I don't know why? I did own a pound puppy. Maybe because I'm a guy and I thought it was girly? Who knows 😅
naanofyourbusinesss@reddit
paper bag. wish I had a cool reusable one! probably would have been cheaper over the years.
TheLastBoat@reddit
1hubbyineverycountry@reddit
This one. And it always smelled like that PB&J sandwich you took on a Friday field trip one time.
DTFChiChis@reddit
Envy!
RoundTheBend6@reddit
You guys had lunch boxes?
Slim_Margins1999@reddit
Not my original pic, but I had this one!
Zerostar39@reddit
I had this one
Slim_Margins1999@reddit
Def remember this 1 too
TacoTornadoes@reddit
Had this one but I think it was blue
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
Same. I had the blue one until some prick on the school bus decided to jump on it.
schindigrosa@reddit
Same! This picture had me questioning my brain thank you for bringing me back to Earth.
IceSmiley@reddit
Omg I had this until the end of elementary school except the box was blue. The thermos really jumpstarted my memory 🐢
RezRising@reddit
SilverAsparagus2985@reddit
Until I just got paper bags with a warm sandwich and that god awful hugs drink. 😩
USAF_Retired2017@reddit
Strawberry Shortcake!!! This is the one I had!
valleysally@reddit
Me and my sister were all in for Strawberry
kg51113@reddit
I had this one at one point as well.
ReinaShae@reddit
I have this one!
Kessalia19@reddit
I had this same one in Kindergarten
LiquidSapphire@reddit
I also had this one!!!
Treadingresin@reddit
Had the same one as a hand me down from my sister one year.
shantron5000@reddit
Melicious_1709@reddit
Containing an apple, generic juice box, and a PB&J with an apple-shaped dent. Five days a week.
nevernudenightcrawlr@reddit
I had this one too! With a PB&J, chips, a chocolate Snack Pack and a Capri Sun!
sator-2D-rotas@reddit
Mine was red plastic. Only memorable content was Hi-C Ecto Cooler. That was frozen when packed and still slushy at lunch. I got good at using my teeth to rip the corner off.
Parabolic_Reflector@reddit
Frozen Hi-C was a requirement for my 5th grade class! It was only that year’s homeroom class for some reason, and we’d all eat them as our morning snack. The teacher would come around and snip the tops for those of use who weren’t as good with teeth.
Nilbog_Frog@reddit
I had the red plastic one too!
IceSmiley@reddit
Omg that's be thee one is most want if I could go back in time
LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit
Yooo Joe!!!!
I had this one, still have it, though the thermos is long gone. Its a first aid kit now.
bigpoppa973@reddit
Me too! Memory unlocked! I forgot all about it.
Drslappybags@reddit
Damn. That's wave one joes. Snake-Eyes is still just a commando in that picture.
SciFi_MuffinMan@reddit
Oh snap I had the same one! Loved that thing.
Capable-Extent-6674@reddit
m0h3k4n@reddit
I had this. I don’t remember any show but that’s the one my mom bought me.
BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit
BubbaArmySayIt@reddit
I had an American Gladiators lunchbox signed by Lazer
Bububabuu@reddit
Mine was where’s Waldo?
Uzelia@reddit
Had this one! Pic found on eBay, I might have to buy it now lol
skeptical_hope@reddit
Man I wanted this one SO BAD
Uzelia@reddit
eBay link: https://ebay.us/m/FDX4A2 $195 bones tho…😬 idk about that price man… ‘bout to become the princess of poverty lol
ReinaShae@reddit
Gasp
drkittymow@reddit
Do it!
Cpmartini1@reddit
Mom just brought my grade school lunchbox to me.
Cpmartini1@reddit
Currently holds my Pog and Magic card collection.
Bropira@reddit
What edition cards are those lol
Cpmartini1@reddit
I know the Ice Age was the first expansion pack. The original Magic have 1994 Wizards of the Coast on it.
Automatic_Beat5808@reddit
A goddamn brown paper bag. Richie Rich with your effing lunchbox.
MareBear209@reddit
The one in the picture and a red PeeWees play house lunchbox too
Wodentoad@reddit
I ate school lunch. However I need to brag about how I keep my honey and lemon tea with me when I have bronchitis:
s
Iittletart@reddit
Pigs in Space.
SufficientOpening218@reddit
Strawberryshortcake, and it was metal!
Ragnocello@reddit
Glittering-Station78@reddit
I still have it somewhere.
HollowVoices@reddit
The Real Ghostbusters. After we retired it from my school lunches, my dad and I used it as a paint and paintbrush holder until I moved out. It got put in storage. 20 years later I dug it out and now it's on display with my other vintage pop culture stuff
Bropira@reddit
STILL use it! These days it carries bloodbowl miniatures or LEGO figures for our TTRPG game.
crunchyturdeater@reddit
Kiss
eastbayted@reddit
davesmissingfingers@reddit
I’m so glad this wasn’t around when I got a lunchbox (girl named Mindy who heard, “Nannoo nannoo” too many times).
ThermionicMho@reddit
Were you 37?
tafbee@reddit
Hey, some of us were old souls in kindergarten.
tafbee@reddit
I had a metal Mork & Mindy one!
BijouWilliams@reddit
I had the sleeping bag
eastern_bird@reddit
Does anyone else remember Shirt Tales
?
Altruistic-Tank4585@reddit
Love it!
ReinaShae@reddit
I have this one! Loved that cartoon
Greedy_Street_891@reddit
Scrolling thru the comments and have seen so many boxes I’ve had or seen. That’s noice.
folksongcat@reddit
Popples. I think I had a new kids on the block one too.
Invidiana@reddit
Mine was also Popples, thermos included.
Ashamed_Response_168@reddit
Loved popples
statix138@reddit
I loved Popples as a kid. I was so excited when I got some Popples shoes and when I wore them to pre-school people told me Popples were for girls. I was crushed.
ReinaShae@reddit
I have a metal one of these!
Thatonegirl_79@reddit
I had this one!
WhatTheCluck802@reddit
Ahhh I had an orange NKOTB lunch box also.
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
Wow! I forgot aaallll about Popples! Definitely had a couple.
sweaterbuckets@reddit
Dino riders, baby
LindsayDuck@reddit
Altruistic-Tank4585@reddit
I have this and got it signed by Joey a couple years ago 😍
Meghistaken@reddit
I have the same one in my home office!
IceSmiley@reddit
🎵Oh oh oh oh oh eating lunch! 🎵
GloomyAsparagus7253@reddit
This one, but the plastic was pink 🩷
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
I also had this one briefly in first grade.
WhatTheCluck802@reddit
I had this exact one!!
Altruistic-Tank4585@reddit
RoseRedVelvet@reddit
Jem! And before that I had a Care Bears one that somehow got lost. I still miss that lunchbox
Ashamed_Response_168@reddit
Omg I watched the jem movie on YouTube recently lol. Loved jem
Lazylightning85@reddit
Truly outrageous
pinkstrawberrycandy@reddit
Cabbage patch kids
Ill-Percentage-3276@reddit
Wow, this just brought back memories.
wmubronco03@reddit
This is still in my mother’s closet. After my little sister stopped taking a lunchbox it was assigned the role of “battery box” and continues that role to this day.
FlurkingSchnit@reddit
Ehhh me too
pixeequeen84@reddit
I remember having this one in kindergarten and first grade.
MamaMoosicorn@reddit
I had one similar!
IOughtaWriteABook@reddit
I had this one but blue
CookieBarfspringer@reddit
Me too
IOughtaWriteABook@reddit
Minnie and Mickey with a 50s vintage car then neon orange NKOTB which was weird because I was into metal. My sister was the boy band fan. I got a mini igloo for middle school and still have it.
PsychologicalSwim388@reddit
Scooby Dooooooooooooooo..........
Brashear99@reddit
He Man
ziggster_@reddit
I honestly don't remember what lunch box that I had when I was a kid, but I can almost be certain that it was He-Man. I had a number of action figures, castle greyskull, etc. I do remember that I had Dukes of Hazard bed sheets however!
Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit
My post as well. I actually still have it.
Thehollowpointninja1@reddit
Hell yeah. Had the exact same one.
burnmycheezits@reddit
The metal one.
Brashear99@reddit
Yep, metal
ElPeroTonteria@reddit
Ya dude… with the little thermos that fit inside
AnxietyFine3119@reddit
Alf, silver hawks, Alf
RemarkablePaper1798@reddit
DTFChiChis@reddit
Came here to say this!!!!
kg51113@reddit
I had this and Strawberry Shortcake in metal.
Business_Curve_7281@reddit
I had this one and also this
twistedevil@reddit
Aww I had this one too. Memories!
Isanyonelistening45@reddit
Same but the rounded red plastic one. Same thermostat tho but red.
TryFine317@reddit
I have these today!
Drslappybags@reddit
We have the one on the right.
RemarkablePaper1798@reddit
oh that is so tempting!
lazyrainydaze@reddit
They’re actually reasonable priced! 20/30 bucks!
Practical-Plenty907@reddit
Hey now! I need this! You lucky duck.
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
A mini Igloo!!! I haven’t seen one of those in a while!
Zeqhanis@reddit
i remember having a metal one from the same manufacturer, but for the life of me, I can't remember what it was.
RemarkablePaper1798@reddit
Yep, that's the metal one. I think it's Aladdin?
Zeqhanis@reddit
I believe so. I think they made the plastic ones later as well.
theluzah@reddit
same here!!!
Anyone-9451@reddit
Omg I had this one too
Common_Juggernaut724@reddit
I definitely had the metal style with the thermos with the cup top. But I don't remember the characters. I feel like it might've been Star Wars
Treadingresin@reddit
Oohhh...I had that one one year!
Basic-Place-4443@reddit
Rusty metal Star Trek, Star Wars, NFL Teams, all sandwiches were wrapped in foil and sat in that box for hours until lunch, and of course, a plastic thermos of milk that mom poorly washed out every day, so if you got orange juice instead of milk, it tasted extra funny.
rharper38@reddit
A Miss Piggy one
Simulacrum90@reddit
Thundercats. I remember mom put spaghettios in the thermos. The orange never came out and I can still remember how it smelled every sip of juice.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
My mom hated lunch boxes because she thought they smelled. Lol
After much begging, I got a random lunch box from a local business that sold all different types of items. It was pale blue with two doll like kids eating luch/having a pick nic.
I remember feeling somewhat disappointed because it wasn't a care bear lunchbox. And it wasn't the right shape.
I took it to school... got on the school bus... and my 2 "best friends" told me my lunchbox was ugly. Other kids joined in...saying it looked old fashioned.
And I never used a lunchbox at school again.
ZabblesMarshmelon@reddit
tuscobred@reddit
This exact one
kg51113@reddit
I don't remember if I had this design but I had a red plastic ALF lunchbox one year.
Parabolic_Reflector@reddit
Yessss! Super stoked this one is already here. I think this ALF lunchbox is the reason I went into radio.
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
I loved Alf! Do you remember the hand puppet from Burger King (I think)?
Drslappybags@reddit
I had one of those hand puppets.
smoresporn0@reddit
He's back, in lunchbox form
Anyone-9451@reddit
I didn’t have the lunch box but I had the stuffed animal (do still call it that if it’s not an animal?!)
IamGilligan@reddit
Still have it stored away
Nikkianne617@reddit
I had a metal strawberry shortcake one 🩷
kg51113@reddit
I had that one too.
SilentJoe27@reddit
I had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
ryhoyarbie@reddit
erinrachelcat@reddit
I had that one! I'm a girl and the boys didn't like that I had a "boy" lunchbox, and told me it wasn't acceptable to them. Whatever. I loved that show.
Least-Task276@reddit
I had this one!
SilentSerel@reddit
Me too.
Due_Addition_587@reddit
I had this one and got some slack from dumb bullies because “girls can’t use that”
Least-Task276@reddit
Same here!
Due_Addition_587@reddit
Like, a) one of the characters is a girl, b) the color is LAVENDER, and c) the ghostbusters are for everyone!
GardenHobbit@reddit
My cousin had this one!
DecoyOocctopus@reddit
I got that in the second grade.
bigfancydelta@reddit
Had that exact one in the 3rd grade! Was the last lunchbox I took to school.
BLOOD__SISTER@reddit
Those thermoses would smell so bad lol
JaketheSnake319@reddit
I had this same one. And I can still taste that thermos
LordZantarXXIII@reddit
Murphy_Dropkick410@reddit
Current me still misses this one, and yes I'd bring it to work now 😅
statix138@reddit
MASK was my jam as a kid.
Gonna_do_this_again@reddit
I've still got the box but not the thermos
ProfessorOfLies@reddit
I have mine still in my office at work. No thermos tho
veepeedeepee@reddit
I would’ve killed for this lunchbox
DecoyOocctopus@reddit
This was my first lunch box, then I had the blue Ghost Busters lunch box.
I still have both somewhere, I should find them and bring it to work... which is school.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Hells yeah!
Skitzafranik@reddit
This one, plus a transformers version
Capable-Extent-6674@reddit
G I Joe
Meghistaken@reddit
I have a New Kids lunch box in my home office. Took it from my husband's Nana's basement
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JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
I hate seeing the modern throwback lunchboxes WITHOUT a matching thermos. The combo of lunchbox & thermos was perfect.
sinenomine83@reddit
vfxninja@reddit
babyBear83@reddit
Tupperware ®️
We had tons of this and I remember going to Tupperware parties. I had bath toys and play kitchen dishes, stencils...
Slobberdawg49211@reddit
A metal one. Star Wars for a while. Happy Days. A few through the years.
TryFine317@reddit
Shirt Tales
ReinaShae@reddit
I have this one!
opskito@reddit
I still have mine. Maybe I should start using it to take my lunch to work? 🤔
I’ll put the back in a reply.
ReinaShae@reddit
Nice! I need to look for this one!
opskito@reddit
Nem-x13@reddit
ReinaShae@reddit
Ooh I need to find this one!
Redringer79@reddit
I didn't think anyone else remembered this! I had the little dolls and they each had the little scent of their flower 🩷
babyBear83@reddit
ReinaShae@reddit
Pocahontas! But currently I have a collection of about 10, including care bears, star trek, popples, smurfs, fraggles, and shirt tales
critic2029@reddit
Pac Man Chipmunks Transformers He-Man Mask
b1gd4ddychubb5@reddit
The Real Ghostbusters
jhani@reddit
Metal Hee Haw one
Spare-Good-5372@reddit
Transformers
bertsbuys@reddit
Parabolic_Reflector@reddit
That Dragon’s Lair one is siiiiick!
bertsbuys@reddit
I dont have the thermos for the dragons lair one anymore, but the Mario one is still with me
Ok_Evening2804@reddit
I had a Hong Kong Phooey lunchbox for my crayons!
Parabolic_Reflector@reddit
1 super guy!
Remarkable_Major7710@reddit
I had an orange Transformers lunch box, big space battle picture on it.
..:yeah the thermos stank after 2 weeks of using it
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
My whole lunchbox smelled like stale bread.
Parabolic_Reflector@reddit
Damp PB&J sandwiches 😂
Over-Reflection1845@reddit
A metal Zorro box from the 60s that belonged to my father. Loved it, but took a lot of flack from then other (asshole) kids.
UArkMom@reddit
I had metal Scooby Doo and plastic (I think) Speed Buggy ones.
Wendy-Windbag@reddit
Kindergarten: Punky Brewster
Wendy-Windbag@reddit
First Grade: Moon Dreamers
Jerkrollatex@reddit
Smurfs.
Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit
Lilith_Christine@reddit
Brown paper bags
Moons_of_Moons@reddit
Return of the muthafukkin Jedi, yo
!
EvenSpoonier@reddit
GoBots
petula_75@reddit
Muppet Babies
GenericDave65@reddit
I had a Mad Balls lunch box
bloodstreamcity@reddit
Me too! I remember the thermos said "Good til the last drip" on it and I had to ask my mom what it meant. She was like, "I think it's just supposed to sound gross."
drkittymow@reddit
I always had a paper bag and I really wanted a She-Ra lunchbox. My spouse recently bought me one and it has a thermos and everything. I take that thing to work with me even if it makes me look like a crazy middle aged woman; I’m so proud of it.
HopelesslyHuman@reddit
Trashbagok@reddit
This setup exactly.
FWIW there is a new Beetlejuice pinball machine that's the absolute tits.
schindigrosa@reddit
Bj machine is so great!
Trashbagok@reddit
I haven't seen one in person yet, and basically the only pinball spot in my state has a grudge against Spooky but damn does it look amazing.
schindigrosa@reddit
Damn I hope that changes for you. My local pinball barcade is just leasing theirs so it'll be gone before too long and we will be on the hunt again!
sarithe@reddit
This was the one I had up through 3rd grade. Then I got a Transformers one for 4th and 5th grade.
Pard22@reddit
Same
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
Yes! Me too.
NotBadSinger514@reddit
I had a paper bag and was jealous of people with lunchboxes and especially thermoses. I always wanted a hot lunch. Never once got one
Dean_Proffitt@reddit
yearoftheblonde@reddit
I had this one too but it came in pink.
AnotherName545@reddit
Mine was the pink one too
Hot-Clock6418@reddit
same 💕
amy5252@reddit
Metal Hannah Barbara characters
Technical-Weekend598@reddit
I had gremlins, my brother had clash of the titans
tafbee@reddit
My first was Mork & Mindy! I still have it!
Lazylightning85@reddit
This one, still have it in storage too.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
TMNT
Br0tha5@reddit
M.A.S.K.
iminthemoodforlug@reddit
The Tick.
thewalruscandyman@reddit
Sad thing is I do not remember in the slightest.
Crazydiamond450@reddit
joecarter93@reddit
Dick Tracy - The 1990 movie, not the original comic
MoneyPresentation610@reddit
A light blue Looney Tunes lunch box.
memberflex@reddit
I’m picking out a Thermos for youuuu…
EducationalAssist739@reddit
GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!!
AngryGingermancer@reddit
Mork & Mindy hand-me-down metal lunch box with the weird beige/brown thermos.
Ilickedthecinnabar@reddit
Low_Roller_Vintage@reddit
Beauty and the Beast
parce85@reddit
Gi Joe!!!
Bajovane@reddit
Mine was OLD. Partridge Family OLD!
🤣
AaronLeeR@reddit
Surprised I haven’t seen this one yet. Also not sure why I had this, I was way more into transformers.
AlienDelarge@reddit
Still have my ALF lunchbox.
SilentSerel@reddit
I had a few, but this was my first one. The other kids said it was "for boys" but I did not care--SilverHawks was my favorite show.
I also had The Real Ghostbusters, Fraggle Rock, and the Lisa Frank with the two unicorns.
superhex12345@reddit
Super Mario Bros
Reyreyseller_3098@reddit
And I had a sick Tiger sticker on it too
Newgeta@reddit
I had Mario and Luigi playing Zelda on mine! still have them on display in my office!
superhex12345@reddit
That's the one!
Negative-Wrap95@reddit
Brown paper bag, and yes I hated it.
Much-Leather3210@reddit
Ghostbusters! Janine was my first crush
Witchwonk@reddit
Shanntuckymuffin@reddit
This one!!
Nousernamesleft81@reddit
I’m pretty sure I had that exact Beetlejuice lunch box. I also had a blue Batman one at some point.
Livid_Language8762@reddit
Such a fine line between metal and plastic. The toys of the era are the same.
JohnBrine@reddit
The TV show about the Duke Boys we don’t talk about anymore.
shyguy1953@reddit
Free lunch kid 🤷♀️
bearlysane@reddit
Gorkymalorki@reddit
I had the same one!
Electrical-Donut-854@reddit
I loved Pee-wee Herman so much.
LeftHandStir@reddit
Batman Returns
Kessalia19@reddit
I had the metal Strawberry Shortcake lunchbox for Kindergarten, then I got a Pound Puppies one.
clutzycook@reddit
I used this one in kindergarten
Kessalia19@reddit
Me too 🍓
clutzycook@reddit
And this one in first grade. It came with a Snoopy thermos
Zehdarian@reddit
I had star wars eps 3 ten years ago
Rasdowers@reddit
That one!
Difficult-Republic57@reddit
He-Man and then the Real Ghostbusters.
RedDirtPreacher@reddit
I was all in on the Dino Riders
harlembornnbred@reddit
I had a lunchbox of the coolest pup around. A pup named scooby. A pup named scooby doo
D34N2@reddit
Oh man, the Beetlejuice cartoon was one of my favorites! That and the Alf cartoon were so unhinged, they were hilarious.
I legit don't remember my lunchbox though. Don't think I cared much one way or the other.
wjruth@reddit
Hulk Hogan was my 1st grade lunch box.
glgbeaver@reddit
Transformers BAYBEE
dadoomombo@reddit
It’s been awhile but I think this was the one. Ham sando, coke, lays.
dadoomombo@reddit
It’s been awhile but I think this was the one. Ham sando, coke, lays.
BossRoss84@reddit
GonnaGoFat@reddit
I had an A team one in grade 1. I remember knowing of the show but never watching it.
The following year I had a real ghostbusters, or Bravestarr one. And those ones were also big like my a-team one but they were florescent plastic.
By grade 4 I just had a plain lunchbox and had it until grade 8 when I switched to paper or insulated bags.
Infamous_Tie5605@reddit
i had that one too! i remember the thermos being very slow
GonnaGoFat@reddit
I thought mine had like a teacup lid and inside it had another lid to actually keep the liquid in it.
LooseAlbatross@reddit
I had the Mr T one
GonnaGoFat@reddit
I’m honestly surprised so many xennials on here have those thin lunch boxes. When I was in school most people had the bigger ones like I posted. But by grade 4 most kids had started to switch to bagging their lunch.
I never really noticed kids using the thin lunch boxes until I had to get one for my son almost 20 years ago.
HighSeasArchivist@reddit
By far the one I used the most.
hiphophed85@reddit
Literally had that one
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
I don't remember.
RineMetal@reddit
knowsnothing316@reddit
Luminaire_Ultima@reddit
Super Mario. Threw it out when I couldn’t get the rancid milk smell out of the Thermos.
greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit
Aware_Policy_9174@reddit
I was gonna say a brown paper bag or school lunch.
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
Same!
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
I totally understand.
michaelHIJINX@reddit
Just_Me_79@reddit
Gremlins! That sucker was metal and coulda done damage LOL
RattusNikkus@reddit
michaelHIJINX@reddit
Thanks... I was trying to remember what that cartoon was called recently! Those toys helped me learn how to untangle string.
anxiousnl@reddit
Ghostbusters. I fucking loved Ghostbusters
qualityskootchtime@reddit
Brown Bag
Old_hubbard_mother@reddit
Da_Fish@reddit
As a kid I have vivid memories of a G.I. Joe lunch box but also a... The Fall Guy lunch box as well
thesmellnextdoor@reddit
I was so proud of my bright green and blue igloo lunchbox that my mom bought me at Costco
.
6thBornSOB@reddit
I think my first was A-team.
wescola@reddit
Free lunch
cjlightf@reddit
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
Robots in disguise!
cjlightf@reddit
Close. “Robots in Disguise!” was Transformers. Voltron was a different transforming robot show… well, human controlled mech suits. Anyway, Voltron was “The Defender(s) of the Universe!”
https://youtu.be/3HgWCp79nzI?feature=shared
harleenquinzel044@reddit
Aladdin but I can’t find the one I had! It was white and had the characters on it and it had a red strap.
DrMcJedi@reddit
Teddy Ruxpin!
SLPNerdLady@reddit
I had this one in 1st grade and a kid in my class kicked it and broke it and his dad bought me a new one (Fluppy Dogs, who I’d never heard of) but this one was special and irreplaceable 😢
AsideLost@reddit
Had the Robocop lunchbox where he gives the ED-209 a right hook
Spudzy11@reddit
I had this exact one, the picture even changed on the box depending on the angle
bigfancydelta@reddit
My first lunch box was Dukes of Hazzard! It wouldn't be considered 'PC' these days, though. I loved the General Lee Charger, and wanted all things Dukes of Hazzard.
just_cows@reddit
Hulk Hogan and TMNT
terriblystupidjoke@reddit
safetydick@reddit
Still have it.
LineImpossible3958@reddit
This bad boy
maggie320@reddit
I had this and I tell ya I was the coolest kid in my first grade class. Well I thought I was.
LooseAlbatross@reddit
Love it. I had the California Raisins sleeping bag
LineImpossible3958@reddit
I was a BIG fan of those Raisins, had a bunch of the figures
WhatTheCluck802@reddit
I had this!!! My first lunchbox I remember having.
drimmie@reddit
He-Man and Thundercats with matching thermos. I still have the He-Man which I used to store my Matchbox cars
That-Jeweler-Girl@reddit
Found a pic of my exact one
JegerLF@reddit
I think I had the thermos longer than the box. I remember drinking chicken noodle soup out of it when I was sick.
theluzah@reddit
El_Legarto@reddit
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom metal lunchbox with orange trim in second grade.
I punched a kid in the chest for taking it from me, only to get sent to the principal’s office as the kid started having an asthma attack.
My mom was mortified; my grandpa said “you kicked ass”.
Sufficient_Two_5753@reddit
I still have it somewhere!
Sufficient_Two_5753@reddit
Also, I don't like how the Etsy listing calls something from the year 1999 "vintage."
MashedPotatoesDick@reddit
LauraPa1mer@reddit
Fraggle Rock
CuteChart9843@reddit
Sonic the hedgehog
Evee862@reddit
If only I still had them. An original Star Wars and then an Empire Strikes Back. Used and abused them and threw them away
EastCoastDizzle@reddit
I still have a photo of me holding this thing up on my first day of kindergarten 😅
MamaMoosicorn@reddit
I had a pink one!
geekgirlwww@reddit
Omg I had that exact same lunchbox for kindergarten in 1990
Leopold_Darkworth@reddit
I had a Fraggle Rock lunchbox that was metal, then I had a plastic Back to the Future lunchbox.
OneRub3234@reddit
jackfaire@reddit
Metal Peanuts Lunch box. I still have the box. The thermos vanished years ago. I use it to hold memories.
_wojo@reddit
Nice all I can hear in my head after seeing that is the French skeleton saying "bee-attle-joose"
Slippery-Pete76@reddit
Somethingisshadysir@reddit
Care Bear Stare!
LlewellynSinclair@reddit
Remember Alf? He’s back! In lunchbox form.
themole316@reddit
I’m sure I had others over the years, but this is the one I remember most.
blue-marmot@reddit
Return of the Jedi
Ok-Piglet1157@reddit
To poor for lunch box
UraniumRocker@reddit
Empire Strikes Back
thisismynewnewacct@reddit
hardwarecheese@reddit
I had red Garfield lunchboxes and I was the one stepping on empty juice boxes filled with air 😅
ErictheStone@reddit
I had the line green Beetlejuice cartoon one
Moliza3891@reddit
Damn, core memory unlocked! How’d I forget about this? I loved this show, too.
bgva@reddit
I wanna say Garfield or Ghostbusters. You would think I'd remember such a thing.
ipainttreesandstuff@reddit
He man
D-rock240@reddit
CertifiedBA@reddit
Rocketeer
WhatTheCluck802@reddit
My first one was California Raisins. It was yellow.
Amy_Macadamia@reddit
dewihafta@reddit
Peanuts.
My mom kept it. I finally threw it out a few years ago when i was back home.
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
I had a plastic shopping bag.
black_flag_4ever@reddit
Crown Royal bag.
LibroBlock@reddit
This M.A.S.K one.
Treadingresin@reddit
I remember going through them quickly. I know I used hand me downs from my sister once or twice before I started getting my own. I needed a new one every year cause I was a pretty destructive kid. It wasn't even intentional just undiagnosed ADHD had me throwing stuff around and not an ounce of care or grace with objects.
Stinkerma@reddit
Brown paper bag.
Weak_Radish966@reddit
Muppets, then Return of the Jedi, then Temple of Doom, then GI Joe.
Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit
I had G.I.Joe too. I kept getting in trouble for losing the thermos part 🤦🏾♂️
Flight_Not_Fancy@reddit
Early 80s. My brother also had a Peanuts one from the 70s that I loved as well
1radgirl@reddit
I'm so jealous! We were too poor for cool lunchboxes. Heck, we were too poor to pack our lunches at all. Nothing but free school lunch for us! 😢
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
We were poor too, but I didn’t get “hot lunch” till I was older. Then it was free or reduced cost.
snn1326j@reddit
Bright yellow She-ra princess of power lunch box, loved that thing.
Significant-Kale-463@reddit
Ducktales!
Jedi_Mind_Chick@reddit (OP)
Wooo oooohhh 🎶
mypolkadotumbrella@reddit
Same!
ezmoney98@reddit
Bravestarr lunch box
Adrasteia-One@reddit
sberniem@reddit
Red plaid metal lunch box w/ a matching thermos. I haven’t thought about that in years.
FineIJoinedReddit@reddit
I literally had that one! <3
PlagueDrWily@reddit
This was my first one; the plastic hinge broke so I got a sturdier Garfield one instead, which later got covered in Super Mario stickers.
Lucky_Louch@reddit
Brown bag lunch but my mom would write me little poems on my napkins every day. wish I saved them...
DoctorAvailable6601@reddit
Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Popeye, He-man, Smurfs and Rainbow Brite.
VenomousVenting@reddit
Ya’ll rich kids. Brown paper bags were the only lunch boxes in my house.
TonicArt@reddit
I had a sweet GI Joe one in second grade that Jennifer A smashed because she thought it belonged to someone else, but then she bought me a sweet Super Mario one which I liked even better🥹
djdecimation@reddit
Boniferous@reddit
Plastic Hello Kitty Domed Top Lunchbox!
I loved my first lunchbox sooo much as a kid and I remember it being so cool cuz it had a domed top. It was plastic tho and the handle and hinges didn't last very long unfortunately. It was replaced with a Strawberry Shortcake metal lunchbox which I also loved but it wasn't the same.
PupLondon@reddit
OMG! Thats the one I had!!
GeeAyeAreElle@reddit
Barbie!
DavePeesThePool@reddit
Pretty sure I had a transformers lunch box. And then at one point I definitely had a silverhawks lunch box.
Significant_Dog412@reddit
Never had one. Not sure if it was an inner city thing, but most kids at my school were on free school dinners.
There was one table where a small handful of kids who had packed lunches sat separately.
IntelligentAd3283@reddit
Yellow care bear one. I can still smell the plastic.
AvocadoToastFailure@reddit
Me too! I wanted the lucky bear, but my grandma wouldn’t buy a “boy color.” Yellow was the compromise.
0215rw@reddit
We used paper lunch bags. 😢
LSTmyLife@reddit
Same
PinSufficient5748@reddit
Tin Strawberry Shortcake 🥰
postitpad@reddit
Knight rider. And it was metal. And a little bit rusty.
Accadius@reddit
Ihad a bart simpson one like that.
grandma_millennial@reddit
Ninja Turtles. And I got made fun of because I was a girl
eggs_erroneous@reddit
M.A.S.K.
DragonsGape@reddit
Dick Tracy
Agreeable_Mouse6000@reddit
SweatyMess808@reddit
Peewee’s playhouse
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
He-Man, the tin one with the dents (inevitably)
DZello@reddit
Transformers
Lord-Curriculum@reddit
The Fall Guy
imhungry4321@reddit
Thomas the Tank Engine then Ninja Turtles
Ok_Construction357@reddit
I loved that cartoon
maje8290@reddit
He-Man
🤘🏼
PvtHudson093@reddit
I remember having a Blue Snoopy and Yellow He-Man lunchboxes.
BartFurglar@reddit
Ewoks!