Toys

Gabbigale was a talking doll from the early 1970s made by Kenner. She was quite big at around 18-inches tall and with a true 70s basin haircut, her original outfit was a red polka dot blouse covered by a blue ...

Gak was probably Nickelodeon and Mattel's most popular compound - the idea having been taken from the Nicklodeon show Double Dare. The original edition of Gak was manufactured in 1992, and then re-issued in 1994 for the Nickelodeon Deluxe Gift ...

The Garbage Pail Kids Cheap Toys were a set of 10 small plastic figures based on characters from the Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards of the same name. They were on sale in newsagents in the mid to late 80s ...

Germs were plastic toy things that were supposed to be germs. Each one was a fake disease and had names that were really fun to pronounce. They came in huge test tubes and had trading cards. ...

There were several members of the Get Along Gang "family". There was Montgomery Moose (seemed like the leader), Zipper Cat (the fun-loving sports guy), Portia Porcupine (the timid damsel in distress), Dotty Dog (cheerleader type, giggly), Woolma Lamb (motherly, ...

With the return of Mr Motivator on UK television, surely it's only a matter of time before Get In Shape Girl is back on the scene, Well, for the sake of future generations, let's hope so! It doesn't take a ...

The Ghostbusters action figures included all the figures from the movies, including Slimer, Marshmallow Man and numerous others. All the Ghostbusters came with their backpacks ready for action - there was also the car (a white hearse if I remember ...

G.I Joe dolls have been produced by Hasbro since the early 1960s. They were created after the licensing agent, Stan Weston cottoned on to the commercial success of Barbie. The first line of G.I Joes had a figure for each ...

Giggles was a cute teen doll that giggled when you pulled the cord or pushed the button at back. She had light golden-brown hair and a permanent smile. She was around in the early 70's and my best friend had ...

Ginny dolls were made of very hard plastic and were popular in the late 1940s and 50s. Created by the founder of the Vogue Doll Company, Ginny came in a number of different outfits and hairstyles, although she always had ...

I remember the Girl Talk Phone. I had one when I was little. A friend of mine gave it to me and I loved it so much. It was pink with big yellow and blue buttons and I also remember ...

I still have my Girl's World, boxed from the 80s. It came in a stripy box and you could practice making hairstyles and putting make up on the model. It came with shampoo, conditioner, pink rollers, a brush and comb ...

The fantastic Give-A-Show Projector! I had forgotton all about this!We used to sit like good children while mum and dad would show us the slides on our living room wall. We had lots of different types of slides. The Give-A-Show ...

Gizmos were flat plastic discs filled with liquid crystal made by Wham'o. If you pressed the back, the colour would change through all different shades of the rainbow. Similar products have been made since,like Touchstones, but this was the first ...

No doubt my best friend and I would be playing with our Glamour Gals dolls long into the night! Usually after an evening filled with pizza rolls and watching Solid Gold. Lisa had the cruise ship- so we could re-enact ...

Glo Bugs were little figures about 3 inches high made from plastic or rubber. you held them to the light for 30 seconds then they glowed in the dark. They were lovely little characters and there were quite a few ...

These GLOWORMS had a strange allure to me as a child. From the adverts to the dolls themselves. I never had one, but I had a friend who did and I was fascinated by it.I loved all things that glowed ...

Originally made by Hasbro-Bradley, then just 'Hasbro', then Playskool(they're all joined anyway!), these little lovelies were made from 1984 onwards. To start with there were just 6 of them, basically made to cash-in on the sucess of the Playskool 'Gloworm'(green ...

Basically Glow Glow Pals were rip-offs of Glo Friends. There was a turtle, a snail and a butterfly I remember. They were small plastic, glow in the dark toys like the Glo Friends but they weren't as pretty.Glow Glow Pal's ...

Gloworm was a cuddly toy Glow Worm made by Hasbro's Playskool that would light up when squeezed. There were a whole range of different shapes, sizes and colours of Gloworm and apparently some of the smaller ones did not light ...

GoBots were small robots (usually in the neighborhood of 3 inches) that changed into vehicles. Initially marketed in Japan as "Machine Robots," they were later spread to other countries under the "GoBot" moniker. They featured die-cast parts as ...

Go Go My Walkin' Pup from Furreal Friends was white and approximately 12 inches long. The pup came when you called her and she had a realistic movement. I remember my Go Go My Walking Pup having really soft fur ...

This “Toy Godzilla” was a vital part of my childhood – in fact the advert just made me want one SO much. There were two children playing at the beach, building sandcastles and suddenly one of them brings out a ...

Pronouced "Go- Ing", Going balls are now sold as Zoom Balls either as a toy or as an exercise aid. To work the Going/Zoom Balls each person holds two handles to zoom the ball backwards and forwards. It was also ...

I got a Golliwog when I was a small girl and took it every where with me. It was a stuffed black doll-come-teddy.The Golliwog was a character created by Florence Kate Upton in the late-19th Century, inspired by a blackface ...

Gonga was a cuddly monkey with a wooden plaque on a string round its neck with "Gonga Loves You" on it. Gonga came in various sizes and colours. Gonga was made by Russ Berrie & Co and had a fluffy ...

To be honest, i don't really remember this, but my mum said that when I was a little girl I owned a gonk. I wouldn't leave home without it, and my mum had to prise it from my arms when ...

Gotcha was the poor man's paintball. Gotcha guns came in either orange/yellow and grey or maroon and grey, and they fired small paint pellets from black disks which had to be boiled in water before you could play.Sadly, they rarely ...

I LOVED the gremlins. They were cute, fluffy little amimals - I had a gremlin bear that never left my side. In the film the little cute one had a song that he hummed, I can still hum that tune ...

Gripidee Gravidee (sometimes called Grippity Gravity) was an imaginative toy made by TOMY of Japan that was showcased by its ability to travel up walls and upside down! Gripidee Gravidees used a plastic track that had two great features: gear ...

Released in the late 80s the Grow With Me Doll was a doll with extendable legs. If you pushed a button on the doll it would grow to around 3 feet. The Grow With Me Doll came wearing a pink ...

Grubby was the companion of Teddy Ruxpin and in the words of Teddy Ruxpin himself "there's nothing like I good friend". The talking Grubby plush toy worked in a similar way to the Teddy Ruxpin toy in that it needed ...

Gumby was a toy line that was based around the American stop-motion animated television show of the same name created by Art Clokey of which there were a staggering 233 episodes. The titular character was made from a green clump ...

I loved the Gummi Bears. The toys were based on a cartoon on the Disney Channel. The Gummi Bears lived behind a waterfall, and were almost like a secret organization. They had to fight the evil trolls, in every episode ...