Toys

It was a Toy made by Tonka it had a Launcher that when you slammed the pump down the car was launched away from the force of the Air. ...

Tacky Stretchoids consisted of a set of five (3 good, 2 bad) sticky stretchy warrior toys with plastic heads. They also came with armour that you could clip onto their tacky bodies. I remember one called Thunderbolt and others called ...

In the 70's, my sister and I had a doll with an enormous head and a tiny body called a Talking Head Doll, made by Mattel. You could pull the body away as it was on a draw string and ...

My brother had this incredibly annoying animated digital pet that lived on this egg-shaped LCD screen thing. It demanded to be fed and cried its digital beeps like a real pet! ...

The pretty Tapsie Tap-Dancing Doll from Mattel came complete with a cassette tape of Paula Abdul-esque sounding music. When you set Tapsie Doll down on a hard surface and rocked her back and forth by holding her hands she "tapped" ...

TCR was manufactured by ideal in the late 70's to early 80's. TCR (Total Control Racing) was a slotless track system that gave you more control over your racing cars than ever before. Because there were no slots for the cars ...

Team America Motorbikes were made by Ideal Toys in 1980. They were an updated version of the Evel Knievel Stunt Bike, but with a motocross style rider.The bike had metal spring shocks, and sat in a ramped hub. You turned ...

I bought my daughter a Teddy Beddy Bear when I was still pregnant. He was medium-brown with a blue towel, candy stripe nightshirt and night cap to match.My daughter is now almost 20 and she still has him. Teddy Beddy ...

Teddy Ruxpin, the storytelling bear!Was there ever a more coveted toy when you were a little one? A talking, storytelling bear! He speaks in a clear well-modulated speaking voice, like an adult, safe and comforting. But also a real ALIVE ...

Cowabunga, dude! Who didn't love playing with the turtles in a half shell? Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Donatello were better known as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and later Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles so as not to look like they ...

The Animator 2000 was part of the Etch A Sketch series of must-have toys for kids in the 80s. It debuted in 1988 as a portable drawing interface complete with stylus. Unlike the etch A Sketch, the Animator had the ...

There were some toys called the 'Eggs' and I remember the song from the advert that started like this "We're the eggs, the jolly good eggs, there's six of us all told. I'm the mechanic & I'm the nurse & ...

Playing with Barbie didn't get exciting until her friends, the Heart Family moved in next door. My favourite was the "New Addition" deluxe set that included mom, dad, and tiny baby. Mom wore a fitted lacy dress, but came ...

I had the Littles dolls' house with all the furniture and dolls. It was based on a Victorian house and the dolls had names like Candice and Flossy. Their heads were far bigger than there bodies!The furniture was made out ...

Littlest Pet Shop was a range of toys made by Kenner with adorable little plastic pets and accessories many of which were magnetized so that you could (for example) make a puppy appear to move by pulling him along with ...

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra Princess of Power action figure lines were not in the public eye but kids still watched the programme. So Mattel updated He-Man and moved him away from his barbaric / ...

The Orb was very similar in principal to the Rubik's Cube. The Orb was a grey sphere, slightly bigger than a softball. It had two halves that could be twisted to turn the multiple slots with coloured beads into one ...

The Real Ghostbusters was a toy line (and cartoon series) made by Kenner that was based on the original "Ghostbuster" films. There was another separate and non-related cartoon series around that time by the name of "Filmation's Ghostbusters" which ...

With Sesame Street being such a huge presence in kids' lives even today, it's hardly surprising that there was tons of merchandise as a result. The Sesame Street Playmates were cuddly, soft, brightly coloured versions of the main characters from ...

The Sunshine Family was a series of dolls for girls that were smaller than Barbies. The Sunshine Family consisted of an entire family and there was a weird dollhouse which was divided up into rooms, but had no exterior walls ...

Thing a Ding Dings were a lot like Mr. Potato Head. You made different characters with several different plastic pieces. ...

The Thingmaker was a toy made by Mattel which comprised a hot plate on to which you poured a kind of rubbery goop inside metal molds. The goop would set in the heat and you would end up with rubbery ...

Thumbelina was a small soft bodied newborn doll with vinyl head, arms and legs. She had a string in her back and when you pulled it she wriggled on her back and moved her head. ...

Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats, Ho!This cartoon was ace. Brill. ‘mazin’. And I even had all the figures for it as well.The series was originally made in 1984, and was based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf apparently (I’ve always ...

I would give my eye teeth to have Tilecraft again. It was a box of multi-coloured plastic tiles which you fitted to a special board to make mosaic pictures. They gave you a few to try, or you could make ...

This was a doll that could have a phone chat with you. She had a tiny red phone and you had a larger version with a white button on it. When you pressed this button the doll would say, "Do ...

I had a tinker toy set when I was wee small. Maybe about 6 years old. I remember it fondly, and thought they were just around in the 1980’s because I never saw one afterwards. Then I saw one again ...

Tiny Blessings dolls were only about 2 1/2in tall made by Ban Dai in 1987. There were six little babies named Lee Ann, Sarah, Kris, Christopher, Michael and Katherine.The box read: "Say hello to a little Tiny Blessing. Just the ...

At the time, Tiny Tears dolls were high-tech must-haves for any little girl looking to play Mom. But looking back, it was actually pretty creepy! Palitoy's H2O-seeping creation was so innovative that it won the company a Toy Of The ...

When I was little, around 1970 or maybe a little later I had a doll called Tippy Toes. Tippy Toes walked and rode or pushed a horse or stroller. I don't remember exactly what she came with. I remember she ...

Tippy Tumbles was a battery-operated doll that used to do somersaults and flips. She was so cool for her day (in the 70's). Tippy Tumbles came with a little suitcase which held her batteries and she had short hair. I ...

Tobor was a toy robot that got it's name from "robot" spelled backwards. This little battery-operated black robot would move forward and spin around based on commands from the remote control. The remote was nothing more than a mechanical clicker ...

These were heavily advertised in my childhood and I always wanted a pair. They looked like a pair of binoculars from the future. They looked and worked a lot like Viewmasters and you could play various games on them. ...

Tonka Trucks could be described in one word: indestructible! They were very realistic and could take anything you could do throw at them (literally!). I remember I had a Tonka Truck that I played with in our gravel driveway for ...

After Speak and Spell hit the shops Texas Instruments started a new line called Touch and Tell. You place a picture onto a position sensitive keyboard and then start the game. Touch and Tell asks you random questions and you ...

Normal everyday people and school kids who get dumped in toxic waste.. what happens? Well no they don’t die, they get super powers and become super heroes! Kind of like X-men only with more powers but they look a LOT ...

Classic plastic toy soldiers bring back a lot of memories, especially for boys.Every young boy must have owned a pack of these at some stage of their childhood, many hours were spent playing war games only to lose them in ...

This was a doll with long hair that moved by itself! She would sit down with a white tray over her legs with her own little tea set. You put her teapot in one hand and a plate in the ...

Never has a toy concept caught the imagination of the nations young boys more than TRANSFORMERS! Robots in Disguise!I remember first seeing one in the playground, I hadn’t heard of them at that point, and the way the other boy ...

Super Robot! With detachable jet powered arms that he could launch at enemies! Ker-pow!I vividly remember watching an advert for Tranzor Z the toy when I was a kid. I was probably about 4-5 years old when I watched it. ...

I remember these, I was having a fit of nostalgia and decided to try and find some. These are toys in a bag that dissolves in warm water to reveal the little figure inside. Great fun! ...

They were available in the mid 90s, they were stones that you put into water and they 'magically' turned into jewels that you could make into rings or necklaces. ...

The Tree Tots Treehouse was a toy from the 70's in the shape of a treehouse. It had a popup top and came with 4 people and a dog. There was also a swing, a car, tables and chairs, beds, ...

‘Mr and Mrs TreeTot? Here’s the property I was telling you about. It’s a chance for you to own a unique living space... what’s that? Yes, I know it just looks like a large plastic tree at the moment, but if ...

The Tressy doll was the same size as Barbie, but with the added bonus that her hair grew! You used to press her belly button and pull her hair out the top of her head, then to make it short again when ...

I had one of these - and I wished I'd kept her! Her distinguishing feature was that her hair could grow. All you had to do in order to elongate her lovely locks was push a button on her tummy. ...

Does anyone remember Trick Sticks? They were yellow plastic sticks about 1m long (maybe shorter) with a red ball at either end that served as a weight. Basically you would twirl the Trick Stick around your head like a ...

Anticipation builds. The turbine screams as you continue pumping your heart out. This will be the best jump ever. As you drop the release lever, the TTP motorcycle leaps off the launch ramp toward the makeshift ramp. "Eat your heart ...

Tub Town was a toy town that suction-cupped to the side of your bath tub. It had a little elevator and shower, etc. It looked like a little seaside apartment, I guess. Tub Town came with four figurines and it ...

Tupperware toys were great. They were made of sturdy plastic and sometimes featured simple plastic people. There were many play sets such as a playground, school bus that turned into a school building, and Noah's ark. There ...