12 Novelty Phones That Will Actually Make You Miss Having A Landline
Before we all abandoned our landlines for smartphones, the cornerstone of your room was whatever awesome novelty phone you had sitting on your desk. No matter what your style was, there was pretty much something for everyone. Even if some of them were kinda weird...
Every Disney fan wanted a Mickey Mouse phone
Or if you were more of a Warner Bros. fan, Bugs had you covered
Who wouldn't want Kermit the Frog screening your calls?
Who you gonna call? Whoever you want!
Okay, this R2-D2 one is still pretty rad
It starts getting weird from here...
M&Ms had an insane amount of merchandise, and of course there was a phone
Of course there were all those hilarious phones shaped like shoes
There was a huge fascination with seeing the insides of things
What was with the phones shaped like food?
Or lips for that matter
Um...what?
Okay seriously, what the hell is this?
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