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BEYBLADES

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You 2000s kids remember those 'Beyblade Battles' don't you. The ultimate craze that took the world by storm. Those spinning tops defined the childhood of every Gen Z kid ever. I am sure you remember those times when you would rush to get home from school, only to go downstairs and battle with every kid of the society. the anticipation after launching the spinner, the bets, the hope that your Beyblade will be the one knocking out the others and standing until the last provided us with a different level of satisfaction. The euphoria of winning the Beyblade Burst; the most difficult match, was uncontrollable. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/db/f4/09dbf4cf2d99ec9b6da5b4d913f7a768.jpg   Those were the days when the only music to a child's ear was the " ka-ching '" of the Beyblade when it was launched into the stadium. Oh! Even the stadiums of those times were what you can call 'jugaadu'. There was that one kid who had an official Beystadium; and when he d...

GEMS PANDAS

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  Chocolate is something you just cannot get enough of. You can eat, drink, think, watch and make chocolate and you still won't be satisfied. When we talk about delightful childhood treats, all of us 2000's kids can agree that those tiny little packets of Cadburys Gems were a pack of sheer joy for every child. There was an incomparable pleasure in picking out your favorite colored gem and tossing them in the mouth like peanuts. The euphoria of gems was doubled by the Cadburys Gems ball which not only contained the blissful confectionary but also unique pandas, each of a different profession. These pandas were a trend in the duration of (2010- 2015). During this period, there used to be a competition among all the kids of a group to have the most unique and large collection of pandas. image taken from: https://cadburypanda.blogspot.com/p/panda-collectors.html  There were many other kinds of pandas including- Egyptian mummy panda, the tennis player panda and the chef panda. Ther...