In 2014, executives from 100 British toy companies were invited to cast their votes on the games which they thought had most shaped the industry and childhoods over the last 50 years
All of the executives were asked to reveal their top three toys of all time, with the only condition being that they weren’t allowed to vote for their own toys.
Lego was crowned the greatest toy of all time, with all but a few voters putting it in the number one spot. Iconic board game Monopoly came second, with Action Man in third, slot-car racing game Scalextric in fourth and football toy Subbuteo in fifth.
The top 50 also included a few surprises such as Cards Against Humanity (a risqué party game involving playing cards popular with university students which launched in 2011 after it was successfully funded on Kickstarter).
Almost Better Than The Real Thing From 1968 to 1982, studio-based musicians in the employ of Pickwick Records in Britain mimicked everyone from The Sex Pistols to Roxy…
Punk Rock: Its Day Will Come If you thought Jefferson Airplane was a weird name, let some of these drop off your tongue. Talking Heads. Tuff…
Other recognisable names in the top 50 included Ker-Plunk!, Frisbee, Play-Doh, Atari and My Little Pony.
