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Posted in 1950's 1960's 1970's

Slinky

The Slinky was just a coil of metal, but once you put it at the top of the stairs, it…

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Posted in 1960's

Did you have Shark Pack?

I felt that changing the discs to make it do different maneuvers meant you might as well have pushed it…

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Posted in 1960's

Whenever I saw the Barbie Cut ’n Curl commercial as a kid, I always wondered if it really worked as smoothly as it looked on TV.

The idea was great: give Barbie a haircut, style her hair, curl it, and somehow keep the fun going without…

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Posted in 1960's 1970's 1980's

Probably no toy gave me more joy than Hot Wheels.

It was great the first day you got the track, but the fun didn’t stop there. A new car didn’t…

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Posted in 1970's

Who had a Farrah Doll?

The Farrah doll was part of full-blown Farrah Fawcett mania in the late 1970s, when her feathered hair, red swimsuit…

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Posted in 1960's

Mouse Trap Game

I remember wanting Mouse Trap so bad because it looked so cool in the commercial. What kid wouldn’t want their…