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Here's a fad that will stick

Whatever happened to troll dolls and pet rocks? These days it's stickers, the small adhesive-backed decals, that are all the rage among kids. For the sticker connoisseur there is now a quarterly magazine, Stickers!, which premiered this month at newsstands, toy stores, and gift shops.

Stickers come in hundreds of shapes and sizes, are made of everything from paper to metallics, and perform such tricks as glowing in the dark or smelling when scratched.