Sea Monkeys are amazing.

I missed out on a lot of fads as a child, being either too old or not nearly spoilt enough.
I was too old for a Tickle Me Elmo, and Furbies scared the shit out of me. (srsly, with the creepy little eyes furbish, inability to turn them off, and exorbitant price) And I totally missed the curve on the whole yo-yo thing...

I was, unfortunately for my parents, one of those horribly bratty children who coveted everything they saw on TV and was a bitch to buy presents for. I always felt like the world was against me because I never seemed to get any of the awesome toys of my generation.

I have, of course, matured and learnt to let most of my childhood toy related greivences go.

but I still wish I had had me some Sea Monkies.



I mean, they were fucking magic!
You add like three sachets of stuff to the cute little tank and PRESTO! you had Sea Monkeys!
I was totally amazed as a child by the way they just seemed to grow out of nowhere.
Never having them myself, I also fully believed they looked like little Monkeys.

And the range of accessories they had for sea monkeys was awe inspiring. I never knew anyone who had more than the basic tank, but they had submarines and wristwatches and themed tanks and everything. How could you not fall in love with them?


My wonder and amazement about Sea Monkeys remained untainted until i began working at a pet store. My manager told me one day that Sea Monkeys were just brine shrimp (that bitch!) ruining my childlike love of them forever. Needless to say I felt totally ripped off that they weren't magical monkeys of the sea, living in little colonies together like the cartoons on the box showed me.