For two guys who grew up as actual teen idols in New Kids on the Block, they’ve got a down ... When we were kids, we shared a bedroom, shared clothes, went on the same school bus.

New Kids on the Block had 10,000 mostly female fans screaming ... production animating some of its '90s graphics on t-shirts, posters commercials and fan magazines and set the tone of nostalgia ...

The group of women owned New Kids on the Block bedsheets, CDs, cassette tapes and posters when they were teens, some of which Mallinger held onto, along with her ticket for the 1989 concert.

Editor's note: New Kids on the Block is on tour this summer and coming ... animating some of its '90s graphics on T-shirts, posters commercials and fan magazines and set the tone of nostalgia ...