I was about 6 when I opened my Angel Tree present and received the AUTHENTIC Crayola 256 Box Set (I knew how much it cost, something like $25) and not 1, not 2, not even 5, but 10 whole coloring books all for just me! My parents swear they thought I had won the lottery!

These are still around! Last Christmas I bought one for my husband and one for my daughter (and one for myself).

my favorite snack

And wherever they're all at, I guarantee most of them still work

Your in my house and I dont like it

My dad still had his until he passed away in 2014, and then I used it until I moved last year. It's now in a box in the garage until I finish bringing stuff in and find a place for it (it's very slow going since limited mobility and health issues caused me to have to move, so the actual moving in of things is happening at a snail's pace). I think dad bought his when I started first grade, so 1980-ish. 43 years later and it still works!

My dad still has one just like this.

Yep! I have that EXACT model! Works just fine!

Not just Americans

I had one for over a decade...

My first one was one of those that had the metal numbers that physically ticked over each minute

I sure did

I probably still have it

I still got my radio clock...different look 😋

I still have one, vintage and working.

I still have one.

I still have one ☝️

I upgraded to that model from one with the flip numbers.

These things will wake you up. Those phone one's won't.

My parents had this exact one… they were my alarm clock bcuz I slept on the top bunk lol

I have the Sony Dream Machine, my alarm is the radio

I had several of these.

My grandpa still has one of those.

I had one

Memories

We had one on my husband's side of the bed.

My husband still has one. And it works.

That is a true statement

I had this one.

Along with dust in the speaker grooves.

I did!!!

And Australians.

I still have one...

We still have ours! Will it ever die??

Still have mine & I'm not even American 😀 ( UK )

Many Australian country motels had them in each room too. Some still have them and they don't work

I'm of the 0.9%. Never used an alarm clock. My internal alarm always awakened me at the right time..

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I had a RCA that you could program two different alarms.

Still do.

...and in motels/hotels too...

Some legends still say they exist in Motel 6's across the states to this day...

Still have it

I had one with a phone built in

Then the square, pretty ones came in...I had one of the first. Someone stole it when I was moving. (Whoever you are, I will walk though time and FIND you.)

I am fairly certain that many different brands used the same insides and just made their own casing.

Kind of off topic: but the next time you stay at a hotel & they have a beside alarm clock - set the alarm for like 2:15 am & turn the volume up really loud! Makes for a fun treat for the next guest who stays there [ & they prolly will not notice bc everyone uses their phone as alarms, not the hotel clock ]

My boomer parents def had this exact model. May they soon rest in hell. JK, no such thing as magic

I had one from the 90's that died 2 years ago. I f*****g HATE my Amazon Echo Dot.

I still have one almost exactly like this. Bought it at a thrift store years ago for $3. Still works just fine.

Still have one in the kitchen.

It was in motels, too.

Yup, sure did. Worked great for the time period.

I am the 93.1%!

My parents still do