Toys

Mattel is responsible for producing some of the best examples of the Jack-in-the-box since 1945.A Jack-in-the-box is a children’s toy that consists of a brightly coloured box within which sits a clown or other figure. The box features a crank ...

Jacko Monkey was a gorgeous monkey that was made by Chad Valley I think. It was easily one of my favourite toys in the early 70's and I still have two of them!Jacko Monkey had plastic hands and feet and ...

Jam Ball was a game that consisted of 2 suction cups with small blue handles and a bright orange ball a bit larger than a grapefruit. To catch the ball you had to put your finger over a hole on ...

This toy was one of the most popular 1960's '007' toy and was a favourite for many small boys. The case could be set to booby trap and explode (fire a cap) if opened by anyone other than a secret ...

So many iconic images spring to mind when you think of James Bond, and his underwater car (or Submersible Lotus Esprit to true fans) is one of them. In fact, when DoYouRemember fans were polled in 2008 to find their ...

Jammie Pie was a range of small soft dolls made by Playskool in the 80s. Each doll had a polka-dot outfit and had the Jammie Pie logo printed on the sole of their foot.Apparently they are now extremely hard to ...

My Jelly Belly Doll I named "Jelly Belly". She is blue with a white collar that has a red ribbon on it. She has a single tuft of dark brown hair, brown eyes and freckles (she looks just like I ...

Jem and the Holograms were a band who looked quite punky but weren't at all! They came with a tape to play along, and they had electric guitars and fluorescent hair. Their rival band were The Misfits, and they also ...

Jenga was officially released in 1984 as a standardized game, but it’s been in the collective psyche since way back in the day. It's one of the most simple games there is – it involves wooden bricks, and wooden bricks only. ...

Christmas 1979: I was DESPERATE for a Fisher Price Jenny Doll, oblivious to the fact that she resembled Chucky in drag. Sadly, I got the male version - Mikey - instead.Jenny was part of the "My Friend" series from Fisher ...

Jenny My Best School Friend was a small doll with bobbed hair, dressed in a school uniform with a hat. She was advertised on TV in the 70's. ...

Jill was a fashion doll produced by Vogue in the late 50s, early 60s after the success of their previous doll, Ginny. Sales for the Jill Doll started to dwindle following the release of the more popular Barbie doll but ...

Jimmy Jet was a portable cockpit toy released by Deluxe Reading Corporation in the early 60s that was based on a fighter plane. When you powered up Jimmy Jet the screen on the cockpit would light up showing a silhouette ...

Johnny Astro was one of those toys you (I) "really wanted". The TV advert was cool and I wanted to be that space commander.A vari-directional fan propelled the lunar vehicle (balloon) into the depths of space and the closest you ...

I got this as a present from my grandad. It was a hunting rifle, with working bolt action and telescopic sights. It came with plastic bullets which were spring loaded, when you fired one it left the cartridge behind which ...

There comes a point in every little boy's life when he decides, in the style of John Rambo, he wants (read has to have) a toy gun. And there comes a point in every parent's life when they have to ...

I was six years old back in 1987 when I was very ill with measles, I was lying on the sofa in a dark room when my mood suddenly lifted. I was presented with a huge box, I ripped it ...