Top 50 Greatest Toys of all time

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 rest of the top 10 was rounded off with Rubik’s Cube, Star Wars toys, Barbie, Matchbox Cars and playing cards.

Other recognisable names in the top 50 included Ker-Plunk!, Frisbee, Play-Doh, Atari and My Little Pony.

However, popular toys absent from the top 50 list included games such as Etch A Sketch, Dungeons and Dragons, Pokémon cards and Cluedo.

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).

1. Lego
2. Monopoly
3. Action Man
4. Scalextric
5. Subbuteo
6. Rubik’s Cube
7. Star Wars toys
8. Barbie
9. Matchbox Cars
10. Playing cards
11. Ker-Plunk!
12. Playmobil
13. M.A.S.K. toys
14. Atari
15. Frisbee
16. Trivial Pursuit
17. Play-Doh
18. Super Soaker
19. Yo-Yo
20. Sylvanian Families
21. Transformers
22. Tiny Tears
23. Operation
24. Mouse Trap
25. Monster in My Pocket
26. My Little Pony
27. Simon
28. Sindy
29. Airfix
30. Boglins
31. Cards Against Humanity
32. Cascade
33. Furby
34. Mastermind
35. Roller Skates
36. Starbird
37. Thunderbirds
38. A La Carte Kitchen
39. Big Yellow Teapot
40. Crossfire
41. Girls World
42. Guess Who?
43. Hot Wheels
44. Meccano
45. Scrabble
46. Slinky
47. Spirograph
48. Top Trumps
49. Twister
50. Yahtzee