Toys

255 Computer Command was a programmable replica 1980 Corvette and was one of the coolest toys ever made (alongside Big Trak). Under the hood was a control panel with a series of buttons that let you program the movements, sounds ...

2XL (2-XL) was an educational tape-playing toy robot first produced in the late 70s by Mego. The very first version of 2XL used 8-track tapes but by the early 90's, the new version of 2XL (made by Tiger Electronics) ran ...

With Mattel's "A Bad Case Of Worms" you got a small plastic briefcase and opened it up to a pair of sticky rubbery worms. They were available in different colours. My mate had a green set. They looked more like ...

While the boys were busy scraping their knees and dreaming of becoming the fifth member of the A-Team, just where were the little girls of the 80s? In the kitchen, that's where (where they belong, some might argue!). But this ...

A.G bear was a small toy bear that had a battery pack in his back. A.G was grey and had a little red shirt on with the words "A.G Bear" written on it. When you talked to A.G Bear he ...

ABC Blocks were extremely hard and thick plastic blocks made by the likes of Mattel, although it was possible to get lots of different versions of the same thing. ABC Blocks were really good for whopping someone up side the ...

Action Jack figures were cheap and cheerful plastic-jointed three-inch high action toys with loads of accessories. I had a lot of Action Jack characters and used them to drive my Lego vehicles. When you bought them they came fresh in ...

Action Man was a multi-jointed action figure who came with a whole range of cool weapons, vehicles and other accessories. The basic figure, first released in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy was officially a licensed version of Hasbro's American G.I ...

Does anyone remember the Aerobie flying disc toy? I had one years ago and it promised to fly for hundreds of metres but mine sadly did not, and it soon found the bin after that! Aerobies were considered to be ...

The Air Blaster was a dune buggy-type car incorporating a clear plastic air tank. You plugged in to it a pipe from a small hand pump to fill it with air, once full of air you gave it a small ...

The Air Jammer Cycle Slammer was a bike that was powered by air pressure. You used a stirrup type air pump fixed to the rear of the bike to build up air pressure, and when you got it up to ...

I had an Air Jammer Road Rammer when I was nine. Made by Tomy (who also released the Air Jammer Cycle Slammer around the same time) and manufactured in Singapore and Japan in 1980, it came with a little bicycle ...

Air Raiders was a series by Hasbro (the makers behind G.I Joe) that debuted in 1987. They comprised air-powered ships that included two-inch tall figures; either Air Raiders or Tyrants of Wind. The ships also shot little air missiles. There ...

This was produced by Airfix around the mid-70's and was a flying model of the glider that was actually built by the POW's in Colditz Castle in WWII. It was brilliant and actually flew quite well. The wingspan was about ...

Following the success of the ALF TV series, the ALF soft toy was created. The soft toy of ALF was a slightly more attractive and cuddly version of what was in actual fact quite an ugly Alien Life Form. The ...

Alphie was a pre-school talking robot from Playskool. Alphie the Learning Robot came with reversible overlay game cards to give different games when placed on Alphie's chest.Gameboards for Alphie included Alphie Explores Mars, Space Pirates, Robot Land and Rhyming star ...

At 7in high, the Amanda Jane doll was always small enough to take anywhere you wanted, but also big enough to dress up and play with. I'm 53 now, but can still remember my Amanda Jane doll - I preferred ...

One of the earliest handheld computer games Amaze-A-Tron was a maze game for 1 or 2 players made by Coleco in the 1970s.Amaze-A-Tron had a grid of 25 squares arranged 5 x 5 and the computer would select a random ...

Amazing Ally was similar to a normal American girl doll, but electronic. She had plastic chips that could be plugged into her to make her talk (about things like her interests, bedtime, good morning talk, etc.) She was blonde and wore a ...

Anna was a fully jointed horse rider and Happytime her "thoroughbred" horse. You could put them in every riding position possible. There was also a male version called Peter and Sundancer, who was a Palamino horse. All different sorts of ...

I remember having a doll called Apple Jack, he was a large doll with plastic face and hands then a soft body, he had red curly hair and freckles. I took him everywhere with me and he smelled of Apples. ...

April Showers was a cute blonde, blue-eyed baby doll with her own bath and shower attachment. I think she giggled and splashed her arms as she had a shower. I really wanted one of these when I was about six, ...

Armatron was a robotic arm toy manufactured by Tandy and distributed by Radio Shack in the late 70s. The robotic arm was a bit like the sort of thing you see on a vehicle production line. Except smaller. And a ...

Army Ants were small plastic figures, roughly two inches tall, of cartoony ants in a military motif. There were two factions: the Orange Army and the Blue Army. Produced by Hasbro in 1987, Army Ants were released on blister cards ...

Army GEAR was a neat and short-lived toy line produced by Galoob in 1988 that combined the ideas of a small playset with military toys. Each play set consisted of an actual army item (such as an M-16, compass, or ...

Aunt Lucy was Paddington Bear's Aunt from deepest, darkest Peru. She was Paddington's only known relative from South America, other than an unnamed uncle who Paddington always said gave him his hat. Aunt Lucy ended up living in the Home ...

There has probably never been a cuter pig portrayed in film, book or anywhere than “Babe” TM. When it came out in the cinema, Babe was a phenomenon, it was massively popular, people cried en masse at the end, there ...

Does anyone remember going to the grocery store and buying little, candy-sized bags that had babies in them with cloth diapers and a whole list of the other collectibles in the series? ...

Baby Alive was a realistic baby doll originally made by Kenner in 1973. Kenner also made successful toys such as the Easy-Bake Oven and Spirograph. The Baby Alive doll came in just her sunsuit and hair ribbon and had a ...

Baby All Gone was a baby doll made by Kenner in 1992 after the success of Baby Alive. Baby All Gone came with a can of 'baby formula', a baby bottle, a jar of cherries and a spoon. You could ...

Baby Born is still one of the most popular baby dolls around. There are a variety of different dolls but they all have one thing in common - they are all quite realistic babies.Baby Born dolls are made by Zapf ...

Baby Brother Tender Love was from the Tender love dolls line made by Mattel. He was made in the 70's and came with a cute two-piece outfit and a bottle. Baby Brother doll was different from other male dolls of the ...

Baby Bubbles : Baby Bubbles was a bubble blowing baby from 1989 made by Ideal Toy Co. Measuring around 16-inches Baby Bubbles was made of vinyl and cloth. She came with her bottle that you filled with soapy water ...

An amazing thing I thought - a real walking doll! I think Baby Come Back may have been the first of her kind, (certainly mine) and loads of things similar have been on market since. If she bumped into a ...

Baby Cut and Grow was a cute doll from the 80's which had a hole in the top of her head and a hatch in her back. She came with yarn "hair" inserts in different colors. You pulled her hair ...

I had a Baby Feels So Real! She was a baby doll that was filled with some type of gel, so that when you held her she felt heavy, like a real baby. I think she weighed about 2 pounds. ...

I had a Baby Go Bye Bye when I was a little girl. I LOVED her! I was a tomboy and never really played with dolls but I still have her to this day. She's a tattered mess and the ...

Baby Grows Up Doll was made by Mattel in the 70's. She would grow in the legs about two inches when you pulled her string. She came with two outfits. She had a pink outfit with a bonnet when she ...

I was about 3 or 4 when Baby Heather came out and I had gotten her for Christmas and when we opened the box, her head was at the bottom! It took my parents four attempts to get the stupid ...

Baby Kickie was a doll, made by Mattel in 1987 that was a bit like Tiny Tears to look at except that she had flippers on her feet. You would put Baby Kickie in to a pool or bath tub ...

This possibly has to be one of the freakiest dolls ever produced by Temco, or indeed any other manufacturer. Not only did the doll look scarily similar to the horror character, Chucky, with her red bunches and permanent crazed smile, ...

Baby Lou was created by Zapf creations in the early 90s, I remember seeing the adverts around 1993. She was the kind of baby doll every little girl dreamed of. large, blonde and beautiful, though you could buy Baby Lou ...

Baby Luv 'N Care was an awsome doll! She took two D type batteries and she would become "ill". Her arms would rise up and down and her cheeks would light up beet red so you had to take her ...

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She was a doll from the 70s, with blonde hair and a pink summer dress and had a heart-shaped button that when you pressed it made her say, "I love you, Mummy." ...

You know the recent Evian water advert with the hipster babies all roller skating around (it gained over 4 million hits on the internet)? Well, you may be surprised to know that they're not the first toddlers to get their ...

Baby Surprise was the baby that came with a cloth pouch that you put in the water so that the cloth would dissolve. Enclosed was the baby's 'papers' and its name, which you would mail into the company so that ...

Baby Talk was a doll that blinked her eyes while talking. She said lots of things like "I love you Mommy", "Turn me over", "I like to be picked up", "Feed me".She also said "I love you Mommy, I'm sleepy, ...

Baby Wurble was an early 80s electronic bear made by Cuddle Wit. They're now considered collectors items as they particularly rare. They were available in both light brown and dark brown. Baby Wurble was light-sensitive so it would come alive ...

Of all the puzzles in the World, Baffleball (also known as 'Frustration Ball' in the US) made by Remco in 1969 had to be the most fiendish. Basically Baffleball was a transparent perspex ball inside which there were eight cups. ...