Toys You Loved as a Kid
Don't you sometimes wish you could be a kid again (if you could skip that whole puberty thing, that is)? We can't roll back time, but we can take you on a walk down memory lane with this awesome list of toys that once rocked your world. You'll want to buy them all for yourself—uh, we mean your kids—all over again!
- Sit 'n Spin: Gettin' dizzy was never so much fun.
- Mr. Potato Head: Of course you always had to get "creative" and put his eyeballs where his mouth went.
- Lite Brite: Why was it there were never enough pegs to create that masterpiece you had in mind.
- Troll Dolls: Those guys had some serious hair!
- Star Wars Toys: Especially the Millennium Falcon.
- Smurfs: Awesome toys and even more awesome cartoon.
- Cabbage Patch Kids: Who could resist a doll with "Xavier Roberts" scrawled across its butt?
- Garbage Pail Kids Cards: Cabbage Patch's evil twin.
- Operation: The Bread Basket was always a killer to remove. Buzz!
- Etch a Sketch: A nice alternative to writing on the walls.
- Stickers and sticker books: To trade with your all your BFFs.
- Snoopy Sno Cone Machine: A guaranteed sugar high.
- Transformers: The first time around.
- Video Games and Video Game Wrist Watches: Your faves being PacMac, Q*Bert and Frogger.
- Speak and Spell: So much fun you had no idea you were learning something.
- Easybake Oven: Baking brownies with a light bulb? Sign us up.
- Weeble Wobble Playhouse: "Weebles Wobble, but they don't fall down!"
- Playdoh Fuzzy Pumper Barbershop: Warm up for giving your kids a haircut 25 years later.
- Barbie, Ken and Skipper: And their rockin' pink convertible.
- Rubik's Cube: Of course you "won" by ripping off all the stickers and sticking them back on.
- Monchhichi: "Monchi-chi, Monchichi, oh so soft and cuddl-y...I love you, Monchichi!"
- Hungry Hungry Hippos: If only you could still have fun racing to see who could scarf down the most chow.
- My Little Pony: These little guys were more popular than Barbie at one point during the 80s! We kid you not.
- Care Bears: Saving the world one "Stare" at a time.
- Strawberry Shortcake Dolls: Seriously smell-icious.
- She-ra and He-Man action figures: The Princess of Power and her Master of the Universe brother. Talk about a power couple.
- Pound Puppies: Lovable. Huggable.
- My Buddy: Made it cool for boys to have dolls.
- G.I. Joe Figures: The Real American Hero, aka, Barbie for boys.
- Magic Eight Ball:: Did you love this as a kid? As I see it, yes.
- Big Wheel: Your first set of wheels.
- Rainbow Brite: Wasn't it fun to escape to Rainbowland?
- Anything Hello Kitty: Truth be told, you still love anything Hello Kitty.
- Connect Four: The ten-year-old's ultimate strategy game.
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