Toys

Hacky Sacks originated in the USA in the 70's as a ball game with one rule - keep the ball off the ground (keepy-uppy to you and me). The small leather beanbag was used instead of a football and soon ...

I had a Havoc Action Girl and boy did I love her! She spent so much time in the water the elastic that held her legs on rotted and her legs fell off! But that didn't stop me playing with ...

He-Man action figures were quite heavy as they were made of a rubbery plastic and some had a spring-loaded action. This action would enable He-Man or Skeletor to be able to throw a punch.Accessories with the actual He-Man action figure ...

Heart-to-Heart Bear was a very cuddly plush teddy bear. From the looks of him, he was your normal every day bear... until you hugged him! He had a pink heart on his chest and when you hugged him you could ...

Now who hasn't seen Hello Kitty!!? she was originally Miss Kitty, and made by Japanese company Sanrio... but that was the 70's. Hello Kitty is now American owned (still Sanrio though) and a multi-billion dollar phenomenon.Hello Kitty is a simple ...

This toy is my earliest childhood memory! Herself the Elf had blonde punk rock hair, and a wand with a bell. She had a blue dress that was a micro in faux suede and the bottom was shaped like the ...

Hit Stix were a pair of drumsticks that were hooked up to a little speaker. When you mimicked playing the drums either in the air or by hitting ANYTHING they would make drum sounds. These drove my mother nuts! Hit ...

Holly Hobbie was a rag doll that was dressed like a prairie girl from the early 20th century. She usually wore a blue bonnet and a matching dress, and wore her brown hair in two braids. She seemed to be ...

Hollywood dolls were crazy! Their clothes(swimsuits, sandals, huge sunglasses and medalions!) were moulded on to them, They were scented and had bright coloured hair that changed tint in hot or cold water.The original six Hollywoods were called Polly, Molly, Holly, ...

I remember seeing the Honda Kick N Go in a magazine and wanting it for Christmas. My dad had a Honda Gold Wing and I wanted to be like him. He had to special order it from the Honda ...

The Hoomdorm was an air powered toy produced by Tomy between 1981 and 1984. It was a cross between a spider, kangaroo, car and alien vehicle (if that makes any sense). A hand pump was supplied and was attached to ...

Hot Looks were awesome bendable cloth-bodied and vinyl-headed dolls dressed in the coolest fashions of the 80s. I loved their clothes and hair. Each doll was a model from a different country. They had names like Stacey.Hot Looks were made ...

Hotwheels were the best racing cars you could get your hands on when I was younger. Or that’s what I thought at the time. I’m sure if I had to asses different die cast cars these days I would find ...

Long before there was a film called it, kids were only interested in two things - the fast and the furious! So, when a new toy car came onto the scene and somehow managed to combine both of these things ...

Hugga Bunch toys were plush stuffed toys of cute-looking characters from the TV show "The Hugga Bunch" (1985). In the TV show, the Hugga Bunch characters came out of a little girl's bedroom mirror from HuggaLand.At the time it scared ...

Huggy the Bear was a cute brown bear by Chad Valley which could cling onto your arm. ...

Does anyone remember the toy called Hugo? It was brilliant! It was like Girl's World but it was a bald man's head (I know this sounds weird but it's true) and you had to stick hair and beards and moustaches ...

Few toys could have you grinning like an idiot and laughing hysterically every time you played with it. But the Hula Hoop (or Hoola Hoop) was most definitely one of them. It had generations wiggling their hips, and many other ...