Toys

The toy of “Rom the Space Knight” came first, and then the comic book series and cartoon that was even more popular. “ROM! Lord of the Solar star order!”The toy itself was really magical to me – maybe that was ...

Race and Chase? WOW, I had this as a kid and I remember the track being the main star!The black and yellow bits you could use to change direction on a bend as long as you hit the button on ...

Rainbow Brite was created 1983 by Hallmark/Mattel, originally as greetings card decals (in the same way that Strawberry Shortcake was born). When they arrived in toy stores, they seemed to many of us to by the dolls of the future. ...

Rambo was a toy line of the 1980's, manufactured by Coleco based on the animated 80's series 'Rambo and the Forces of Freedom'.The Figures were 6.5" tall and fully articulated & the range included many different assault weapons & vehicles. ...

Batman had his Batmobile, so it's only right that Roland Rat have a Ratmobile. I'm afraid that's where the similarities between the two characters ends, and their modes of transport are radically different too. For a start, Roland Rat's car ...

I never had this toy myself, but a friend brought it into class when we were allowed to bring in toys or games in the last few days before the summer holidays. Raving Bonkers Fighting Robots, made by Marx Toys ...

I remember my brother and i got treated to one of these each, to keep us quiet, during the six-hour drive down to Cornwall for our anual summer holiday. That was until i left the set on the back of ...

Made by Denys Fisher, Revrods exploded onto streets, playgrounds, and kitchen floors in Britain in 1970-1971. Made in Hong Kong for several European countries (as well as U.S.A.) the futuristic designs of the British ones came in four variants - ...

This toy had a car or racer which got loaded into a type of shell, almost like a bullet shell. Then you put this shell into the gun and laid it flat on the floor. You pushed a plastic mechanism ...

The Rigadoon Gang were a range of male and female dolls in various sizes and all with different names.The largest dolls were huge and had a hole in the back of their head so that you could your hand inside ...

Rippa Skippa was a skipping rope which was entirely made out of fluorescent colours. Mine was a pink rope with yellow handles and it was out around the mid to late eighties. The advert went something like "Rippa Skippa high, ...

My younger brother had a Rivit-on in about 1978. It was a construction-making toy. which you could use to make cars, trucks etc by the means of the Riviton tool. The tool was gun-shaped (?!), and onto the end of ...

You end up with the entire collection of 75 Matchbox miniatures (and I've still got the VW golf with the surfboards on the roof after all these years!) but what good were they, really, without their own 70's Sim City ...

After begging extensively, I received a Robie the Robot for Christmas one year. He was AWESOME! He slightly resembled R2-D2 and would go wherever I told him.One day I took Robie Robot apart to see what what made him tick. ...

Robotech toys were based on at least two separate Japanese toys lines ("Macross" and "Climber Genesis Mospeada"). Harmony Gold of the US combined three separate non-related Japanese cartoons into "Robotech" which prominently featured transforming planes: Valkyries/Veritech. The Valkyrie/Veritech would be ...

Robotix was similar to Lego, just more technical and advanced. You could build robots out of a selection of pieces, then wire them to a remote control and compete with them. Robotix also spawned a cartoon of the same name ...

Rock'em Sock'em Robots. This was a two player game. There were two robots in a boxing style ring. Each robot, one red and one yellow, had arms that were controlled by levers on the outside of ring, behind each robot. ...

Rocks & Bugs & Things was a bunch of toys I’d completely forgotten about until a few weeks ago and I was wandering around a car boot sale and I saw one. It immediately bought a flashback!The toys were fairly ...

This toy, and well whole merchandise brand was huge in my life growing up.I had the Roland Rat soft toy, mugs, and even the Roland Rat glasses (!) made by Dolland and Aitchison. Yes, real, working glasses!I always knew him ...

I got my Rolf Harris Paint-Pen Set as a birthday present and I was never allowed to touch it. The set had fat plastic pens in it that contained paint. I was amazed by it - probably more so because ...

You sat on a triangular plastic seat that had two wheels in the back and a set of bike-type handle bars in front that swiveled, and had a place for your feet. Using the laws of physics, you swung the ...

Retro Roller skates were the best! The Red leather strap type with the red leather lace up section across the front. The type you can see roller girl wearing in boogie nights... These were adustable underneath via the loosening of a ...

Rose Petal Place was a series of dolls and books. The dolls lived in a garden and each character had a different flower name, Lily Fair, Rose Petal, Sunny Sunflower, etc. The villian's name was Nastina and she was an ...

The TV series that these dolls came from has always made me want to live on a narrow boat. Life on the canal just seems like it’s fun and relaxing in my head – and all thanks to “Rosie and ...

Consisted of a set of round disks usally 6 to a set. On the outer edge were numbers under a small mark. Around the inner area of the disk were various uneven lines and other shapes each of ...

I remember the Rough Riders, (you can try to stop them) very well, the excitement of opening the pack and putting the batteries in and then the abject disappointment of the fact that they were in fact very easy to ...

The Rub-a-dub Doggy was a plastic toy dog with soft ears. It was made for the bath and its head moved from side to side. Rub-A-Dub Doggy came out in different colours such as including pink, purple, black, light blue ...

The Rubiks Clock was a 2 sided device featuring 18 clock faces. If you turned one of the 4 corner cogs, some clocks would rotate on the front face, but different clocks would rotate on back. The idea was to ...

Cheap, small and liable to keep kids (and big kids) occupied for hours, days, months, on end. It sounds like every parent's dream, doesn't it? Well, in reality, there was nothing more frustrating - or rewarding - in the world ...

Although this was an official Erno Rubik thing, it was a 2 player game, not one of his normal puzzles. It had 20 coloured pieces. 5 totally red ones, 5 totally yellow ones, and 10 pieces that changed colour when ...

The Rubiks Magic was effectively 8 squares held together with criss-crossed fishing wire, allowing it to be folded back on itself AND to one side. When uncomplete, it had 3 unlinked rings on the front, but when completed the rings ...

Rubik's Revenge was the brain-teaser to end all brain-teaser puzzles. As if 9 squares per side wasn't hard enough, Rubik's Revenge had 16 squares on each side which multiplied the complexity enormously.If you couldn't figure it out, you could always ...

Another one from the Rubik's stable. Anyone remember these? Essentially, it was one long piece of plastic, joined by small links. You could then twist it and bend it into lots of other shapes, a snake, a dog, a ball. ...

Rude Ralph was basically a head with an eye that you pulled out and he made some grotesque noises. He had orange hair and was pretty epic. ...