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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (toys)
In 1974, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was released by TSR. Over the next few years, with the game ...
Battlestar Galactica Toys
In September 1978, ABC and Universal Studios released the TV show Battlestar Galactica. The lavish production was part of ...
Power Lords – The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors
Power Lords - The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors was a toy-line released in 1983 by Revell. Up until 1980, Revell had done well in ...
Little Professor – The Electronic Learning Aid
Little Professor is a backward-functioning calculator released in 1976 by Texas Instruments. Aimed at children between the ages ...
Princess of Power
In 1985, after the success of He-Man and The Masters of the Universe, Mattel tried to create a character that appealed to girls ...
Plasma Ball
The Plasma Ball, also known as a Plasma Globe or a Plasma Lamp, is a glass sphere filled with a mixture of various noble gases ...
Monster Face
Monster Face was a toy set released by Hasbro in 1992. The face is in the style of a large Mr. Potato Head, with numerous parts ...
Aaahh Real Monsters (toys)
Aaahh Real Monsters was a cartoon series launched by Nickelodeon just before Halloween in 1994. The show ran for four seasons, ...
POPULAR BOARD GAMES
The Game Of Life
The Game Of Life, also known simply as 'Life', was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley under the name 'The ...
13 Dead End Drive
13 Dead End Drive is a murder-themed board game released in 1993 by Milton Bradley.
The death of a wealthy old ...
HeroQuest
HeroQuest was an adventure board game released in the UK and Europe in 1989, it was later released in the USA and ...
Mouse Trap – The Family-Fun Board Game
Mouse Trap is a 2 to 4 player game first released in 1963 by Ideal. It also happens to be one of the very first ...
POPULAR TOYS
Star Bird – The Amazing Spaceship With Realistic Engine Sounds
Star Bird was a toy-line produced by Milton Bradley between 1978 and 1981. The toys were developed by Bing McCoy who ...
Armatron
Armatron was a robotic toy made and distributed by TOMY, Tandy and Radio Shack in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It ...
Aerobie Pro
If you had a normal frisbee, you probably looked at those with an Aerobie Pro with envy! Those who owned it as a child ...
M.A.S.K. Toys
M.A.S.K. was an animated TV series that ran for two seasons between 1985 and 1986. The show went on to spawn M.A.S.K. ...
My Buddy Doll – A Real Pal
The My Buddy doll was a line of toys made by Hasbro (and later Playskool) in 1985. It was made with the intention of ...
Rock Lords
Rock Lords toys were a spin-off toy line to the GoBots, released in 1986 after the movie GoBots: Battle of the Rock ...
WWF Hasbro Figures
The early 1990's was a huge transition period for WWF. As things changed inside the ring, the same can be said for a ...
Tin Can Alley – The 1970’s Rifle Shooting Game
Released in 1976, Tin Can Alley was possibly the most American toy ever made. Endorsed by the Rifleman Chuck Connors, ...
Barcode Battler
Barcode Battler II
Barcode Battler is a handheld game console released by Epoch in 1991. The original Barcode ...
My Pet Monster (Toy)
My Pet Monster was a plush doll produced by American Greetings back in 1986 and was one of the few plush dolls geared ...
Ghostbusters Toys
In the 1980's very few movies were more successful than Ghostbusters, so it's no surprise that video games, cartoons ...
Trash Bag Bunch
The Trash Bag Bunch is a line of toys produced and released by Galoob in 1991. Leaning heavily on ‘save the ...
POPULAR GAMES
Screwball Scramble
Screwball Scramble is a obstacle course game in which a player must get a 1cm ball bearing around an obstacle course. ...
Pop-Up Pirate – The Pop-Up Pirate Barrel Game
Pop-Up Pirate is a very popular game that was first released in Japan way back in 1975. Over the years there have been ...
Crossfire
Crossfire is a board game released in 1971 by Milton Bradley. The game is very simple, two players would try to score ...
Crossbows And Catapults
Crossbows and Catapults was first released back in 1983 by Tomy. To play the game you had two sides, originally Vikings ...
Connect 4 – The Vertical Strategy Game
Connect 4 is a two player connection game first released in 1974. It also goes under the names Four Up, Four In A Line, ...
Beware The Spider!
Beware The Spider! was a 2-4 player game released by Ideal in 1980. The object of the game was to release all of the ...
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Everyone remembers Hungry Hungry Hippos, well at least you should do as it's still available in shops today. Produced ...
Buckaroo
Buckaroo is a game of physical skill that was first released in 1970 and is still selling in stores today! When the ...
Kongman – Climb The Mountain Before It’s Too Late!
Kongman was very similar to Screwball Scramble in that you had to get a ball bearing from one end of the course to the ...
Guess Who – The Mystery Face Game
Guess Who? is a two player game that was first manufactured by Milton Bradley in 1979.
Each player must try and ...
FOOD & DRINK
Amazin’ Fruit Gummy Bears
Way back in 1992, after almost a century as the king of American chocolate, Hershey's launched a plan to take over ...
Dweebs Candy – The Cousin Of Nerds
Dweebs candy, usually just called 'Dweebs', were produced by the Willy Wonka candy company in the 1990s. Dweebs looked ...
Ring Pop – The Wearable Candy Rings
The Ring Pop was invented by Frank Richard, a product engineer for Topps, in 1975. Frank wanted to try and create ...
Fruity Yummy Mummy
Fruity Yummy Mummy cereal was released in 1988 and remained on shelves until 1992. It was the last of the General Mills ...
Bonkers Candy – Bonks You Out!
Bonkers Candy was rectangular-shaped candies released by Nabisco in the mid-1980s. Each candy had a tangy filling and ...
Nerds Cereal
Everyone knows what 'Nerds' are, the popular American candy is still available all over the world to this very day. ...
Fruit Brute
Fruit Brute is the fourth cereal released by General Mills as part of the 'Monster Cereal Collection'. It first hit ...
Orbitz Drink – Texturally Enhanced Alternative Beverage
The Orbitz drink was a short-lived soft drink released by The Clearly Food & Beverage Company of Canada in 1997. ...
Koogle
Koogle was a peanut butter spread marketed by Kraft, first released in the USA in 1971. This sweetened peanut butter ...
Discontinued Cereals Of The 1990’s, How Many Do You Remember?
Over the years dozens of cereals have come and gone, a lot of which are still much loved by many of us. Finding ...