Toys

We all wanted to be Lady Lovely Locks, the gorgeous little blonde girl who lived in the forest and was friends with the animals! The Lady LovelyLocks doll came with little creatures you could put in your hair and they ...

The Ladybird toy pram was aimed at toddlers, so it was small. The base was bright yellow plastic and the hood was red with black dots so it looked just like a ladybird. It was very rounded, so the baby ...

My dad bought me one and i took it to school and set it going in storytime. I was told to stand in the corner and face the wall afterwards. It was a pink box with a little plastic record ...

While water pistols were the weapon of choice for kids of the 70s, a decade later things had advanced so much that unreliable jets of water had been replaced by futuristic red laser beams (well, actually, harmless infrared beams). It ...

Learn About Beauty was a make-up kit for kids, which all came in a big rectangular box. I really wanted this set for Christmas in the late-70s, but Santa bought me a Fresh 'N' Fancy Set instead, which i loved, ...

I remember that the Legions of Power figures were some of my favorite toys of the 80s. I still have two of them but no parts from the vehicles anymore.The figures had hard plastic bodies with rubbery limbs and were ...

Lego began life as a private company in Denmark back in the 1940s but since then it has developed into one of the biggest toy brands and thanks to its constant reinvention is still going strong.Lego original began as basic ...

Lights Alive was like a light box but with a black cover full of small holes which each had a tiny LED bulb shaped bit of plastic in it. Lights Alive from Tomy came with a bunch of different tools ...

Lil Miss Magic Jewels was a Mattel doll from the Lil Miss 'n Me series which lasted from 1988 to 1997. She came with a 'magic' wand that would attach little velcro jewels to her dress, crown, and hair.There were ...

Lil' Babies were little plastic babies, each doing a different activity and each with a cloth nappy in either fluorescent pink or green, they also came in some wacky colours such as 'neon pink jelly look'.I don't think they were ...

These were quite literally little loggers. They were small and floated and you could play with in the Bath Tub.Lil Loggers made you feel like you were some kind of giant working in a timber factory with the characters, as ...

Lil' Me Dolls were hard plastic dolls about 4" high. There were four types available: a brunette, a blonde, a red head (with cute freckles) and an african-american dolly. Lil' Me Dolls were the BEST!I still have the entire collection ...

Li'l Miss Makeup was a pretty doll. You could play with her hair, but what was so neat about her was that you could put makeup on her using hot and cold water. There were later versions of this same ...

The ultimate in construction toys for kids. Lincoln (Linkin) Logs were 'logs' of different lengths constructed to fit together to look like your typical log cabin. You could get different kits to make cabins or forts of different sizes. I ...

With a bedtime of around 8pm you're life seemed pretty limited as a kid in the 80s... until Lite Brite came on the scene! Because even with the lights off it meant you could have hours more fun, creating dazzling ...

Did anyone else have a Little Big Man? These were Palitoy's answer to Action Man, but smaller! I had a cowboy with a palimino pony. Little Big Man measured around 8-inches tall and came with either blonde or brown hair. ...

Little Kiddles! I had a jillion of them! I had a two story house with an elevator for them, beautiful in hot pink and aqua plastic. My personal favorite was a bedtime Little Kiddle whose honey-blonde hair fell to her ...

I remember the Christmas I got Little Miss No Name - my brother got her for me along with a Mrs Beasley doll. I was so happy!Little Miss No Name was, and still is, one of my favorite dolls. I ...

Little wooden and plastic dolls that had no legs, just a round post. They fitted into their custom-made cars and chairs.I remember I had the whole family pictured above.The original Little People were introduced by Fisher Price in 1959 and ...

Founded on that age-old truth that all professors, scientists and braniacs are characterised by ruddy cheeks, owlish spectacles and a mighty moustache, the Little Professor weedled its way onto the toy scene in 1976. Obviously, this professor wasn't like the ...

MB Games, 'Feed Me! was the hungry little plant game where you feed a venus fly trap plant with red & black marbles, the winner was the person who didn't make the plant close it's mouth.This game was based on ...

This was perhaps my favourite present ever – in my mind! I wanted one as soon as I saw one! This futuristic flying saucer-like contracption, that you stood on to bounce around on.Pogo Balls – or Lolo balls Springbal, Lolobal, ...

Released by Gabriel, Hubley and Marx the Lone Ranger toys were boxed and carded. You could pick up The Lone Ranger himself as well as Tonto, Butch Cavendish, Danny Reid, Little Bear, Red Sleeve, Tex Dawson, and El Lobo. There ...

Lost and Found were stuffed animals that were supposed to be homeless and sad. They really cried because they needed a home. (You were supposed to feed them a bottle of water and then squeeze their tummies to make the ...

Lottsaleggs were stuffed caterpillars that featured a cartoony face and multi-colored segments. If I remember correctly, they came in three different sizes with the largest one being quite long in length (longer than perhaps many small children who owned them). ...

Back when you were allowed to take lucky mascots into the school exam hall with you, almost every desk sported what can only really be described as 'a whole lotta hair!' And this hair belonged to the good luck charm ...

A Luv Bud was a doll from the 80's that lived inside a flower. When water from the watering can was poured into the pot, the petals would slowly open, and there'd be a doll! I think this concept was ...