An unexpected place for a trip down memory lane

I've realized in the last month that the gachapon capsule toy stores are a great place for stirring up nostalgia and transporting me back to my childhood or my early twenties. Some of the machines have the most unexpected items.

In just one visit to a small gachapon store yesterday, I found myself gasping in nostalgia over several items, things I've completely forgotten about. For example, the below capsule machine had a double nostalgia. Teletubbies and mascot watches. I'm too old for Teletubbies to have been part of my childhood, but they were a big part of my nephew and nieces' childhood, and I bought Teletubby themed goods for them back in my early twenties.

Moreover, these types of watches were actually a thing in my childhood. The character face flipped open and the watch was hidden underneath. The one in this photo has a digital clock, which I think was the same back in the day. They also had these retro supermen and batmen;

There are even machines that sell actual miniature retro items, such as the one below with an old phone, a vinyl record, radio, cassette tape, and toaster. These could make fun props for an English lesson describing archaic things! Some children might not even know the names for some of these items! But they are items from my childhood. It is fun to revisit one's childhood every now and then.