Toys

Based on the comic of the same name (produced until 1969), which featured a boy called Dan who was a 'pilot of the future'. The Dan Dare Set was, as you might imagine, a futuristic- looking device which acted as ...

Dancerella was a doll (about 12-16" maybe?) that was dressed up as a ballerina in a leotard with hot-pink tulle tutu. She was produced by Mattel in the 1970s and was a highly popular Christmas gift in the year of ...

Dancing Flowers were basically plastic potted flowers that swayed from side to side in a dancing motion along to the sound of music.I remember my mother would sing along to it and we all wondered why it never withered!After the ...

Awesome smile, and spectacular silver high heels. She is not your typical Barbie doll. Originally released by Kenner in 1977 and discontinued in 1981 Darci came in blonde, brunette or redhead form. When you bought Darci, who was said to ...

I used to have Dawn dolls when I was little. They were around in the early 70's and were a little like Barbie. Dawn Dolls came with either blonde, red, brown and black hair. They had different clothes and accessories ...

I have always had a fondness for tiny things. Tiny things in tiny boxes, dollhouses, action figures, miniatures, etc.I have two younger brothers, and they had action figures (Star Wars, GI Joe) and I wanted to play with them. I ...

I had a few of these in my life when I was about 10 years old. They are the Rolls Royce of toy soldiers! Del Prado is a superb collection of hand-painted 7cm die cast metal figures issued with accompanying ...

Demolition Derbies featured a square plastic playing area with handles on a pivot. The car had a ball bearing in and you had to guide it around the arena knocking (elastic band loaded) flat plastic "cars" up into the air. ...

In the 1970's i really liked Doctor Who and one day my grandmother Rita bought me the Denys fisher talking Dalek, it was a red plastic thing complete with eye stalk and sucker arm and gun, it had about five ...

Derry Daring was Evel Knievel's sister - a real 'cool chick'!I remember she had a fab pink and white outfit with tassles and perfomed stunts on her motorbike and stunt car. There was some kind of mechanism where you turned ...

MB game originally manufactured in 1989. This toy was a little hand held spirograph that had different attachments you could insert to make different shapes. It was very popular amongst the girls during the 1980's and early 90's - before ...

Dinky toys are something of a classic. In fact they are probably the classic classic toy, the definition of a classic. Something we all remember and what other popular toys were modeled on. They are die cast miniature model cars ...

This was a roadway set for Dinky cars that came out c.1977. It included 30ft of cardboard roadway, complete with T-junctions, curves and a mini-roundabout, along with several scale plastic roadsigns and some 'walls' ...

The coolest christmas present I ever got was a Rulon Triceratops Dino Rider. It was battery operated and came with a video and three Rulon Crew.The plot of the TV show revolved around a space fight that went horribly ...

Diver Dan stuck onto the side of the bath. Once the water filled up the bottom of the staircase Diver Dan dived into the bath. A small figure with blonde hair and blue trunks, Diver Dan came complete with a ...

"The Doll You Dress In a Snap". Made in 1979 by Knickerbocker but heavily marketed in the 80s, Dolly Pops were simple, small plastic dolls just an inch or two high.They had no poseable limbs and their clothing came as ...

I used to love Dolly Surprise. She used to have her hair tied back into a pony tail and when you moved her right arm up to the butterfly clip her hair used to grow really long. I remember spending ...

You couldn't fail to be excited as you watched the television advert for Domino Rally which featured several well-groomed children cheering and punching the air with uncontainable excitement as their elaborate Domino Rally set up toppled and rattled over a ...

A classic, an old, super game, which I can only very dimly remember playing, but when I was younger I played it a lot.I still see old men playing it outside Greek Tavernas’ on the holiday show. But haven’t seen ...

Don't Wake Daddy was a board game where you had to get to the kitchen without waking up "daddy". Each turn you would have to push the button next to daddy's bed and if he popped up after you pressed ...

This was a fun card game that we had in our house. We played it constantly on holidays – wet British holidays!The idea of the game was simple, you had to try and collect four cars of the same rank ...

Doodle Dome was made by Tyco in the early 90s and was very similar to Etch-A-Sketch, although the sketches appeared on the dome rather than on a flat surface. As with etch-a-sketch the doodles were created by moving the blue ...

Doxie the Dog was a lovely little toy Dachsund Dog called Doxie. Doxie had a light brown flock material all over him and when you pulled his lead (which was attached) once he would walk and if you pulled it ...

I seem to remember a friend at school bringing in a 'Christopher Lee' Dracula head. When you put money in the slot at the back of the head the eyes lit up red! ...

It took me FOREVER to find a Dream Dancer on the web! Dream Dancer was one of my favourite toys. She would stand on a pedestal and had buttons on the plastic base that would make her twirl, pirouette etc. ...

Dressy Bessy Rag Doll was a squishy doll that helped children learn basic dressing skills. The huge button and poppers on the front were perfect for learning how to button up jackets, and the ribbon in her hair was good ...

Drowsy Baby Doll was a pull string talking baby doll with half shut painted eyes. Drowsy Baby Doll had blonde hair with a pink bow. She also had a pink and white polka dot soft body. ...

Dukes of Hazzard toys were action figures made in various scales of the characters from the television show of the same name. Most notable were Daisy Duke, Bo Duke, and Luke Duke. Can you believe the Boss Hogg figure even ...

Dungeons And Dragons Action Figures were released in the 80s after the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon was aired on television. They were probably the most popular action figures of the 80s. They came in just under 4in and 5in figures ...

Dusty Bin was ACE! You had to flip plastic coins into his flappy lid.It was an up-to-4-players game, and as Dusty rotated and flapped, you each got a turn to flip in a plasti-coin. (I just made that word up! ...

Dusty The Airline Stewardess was around in the late 70's early 80's. She was a 12-inch doll similar to Sindy and she was an airline stewardess.Dusty came with a uniform and hat and had an accessory plane carry case, on ...

By Kenner.This doll had a suitcase that you opened up and it was Dusty's aeroplane inside. She had loads of clothes and I remember her having a Japanese outfit with a parasol. I loved it! 1970's toys where the best! A ...