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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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Transformers Toys (Generation One)
Transformers was undoubtedly one of the most popular cartoons of the 1980's. The show lasted for 4 seasons, starting in ...
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 ...
Boglins
During the 1980's horror movies such as Critters and Gremlins were hug! Mattel decided to capitalize on this by ...
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 ...
Little Professor – The Electronic Learning Aid
Little Professor is a backward-functioning calculator released in 1976 by Texas Instruments. Aimed at children between ...
Domino Rally
Domino Rally was the brainchild of 16 year old Jason Carroll, and originally called 'Domino Track'. It was manufactured ...
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, ...
Rubik’s Clock
The Rubik's Clock is a mechanical puzzle that was invented and patented by Christopher Wiggs and Christopher Taylor. ...
He-Man Toys (The New Adventures Of He-Man)
In 1989 a new line of He-Man toys were released just one year after the original toy series 'He-Man and the Masters of ...
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 ...
POPULAR GAMES
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 ...
Crossbows And Catapults
Crossbows and Catapults was first released back in 1983 by Tomy. To play the game you had two sides, originally Vikings ...
Buckaroo
Buckaroo is a game of physical skill that was first released in 1970 and is still selling in stores today! When 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 ...
Crossfire
Crossfire is a board game released in 1971 by Milton Bradley. The game is very simple, two players would try to score ...
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 ...
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, ...
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Everyone remembers Hungry Hungry Hippos, well at least you should do as it's still available in shops today. Produced ...
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 ...
Screwball Scramble
Screwball Scramble is a obstacle course game in which a player must get a 1cm ball bearing around an obstacle course. ...
FOOD & DRINK
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fruit Brute
Fruit Brute is the fourth cereal released by General Mills as part of the 'Monster Cereal Collection'. It first hit ...
Koogle
Koogle was a peanut butter spread marketed by Kraft, first released in the USA in 1971. This sweetened peanut butter ...
Nerds Cereal
Everyone knows what 'Nerds' are, the popular American candy is still available all over the world to this very day. ...