For a little girl, it’s a guarantee that her brother tried to break into her diary. If it was hidden, he would find it, and…
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Designed by Roy Selwyn-Smith and manufactured by Britains Ltd, this range of 1:32 scale plastic figures first appeared in March 1958 as a range of…
In 1985, Japanese company Epoch had the smart idea of combining dolls houses with tiny, adorable animals. The toy line was called “Pleasant Friends of…
Patents for similar table games date back as early as the 1890s in Spain. However, the origins of Table Football (aka “Foosball”) date to 1921,…
Pinball was originally developed as a small game that could fit on a tabletop, but its size soon changed as its popularity grew. By the…
Already hugely popular in Japan, Bandai’s Tamagotchis – or “virtual pets” – were all the rage in the US in 1997. Attached to a keychain,…
Barbie, Barbie, Barbie. If you’re a doll and your name doesn’t begin with a B, life just isn’t a walk in the park, no matter…
Into a world of Pong clones rolled a pair of tanks, firing artillery shells that rocked the arcade game world. Atari’s Tank – produced under…
This 1984 arcade hit from Bally Midway was unique in every way – featuring everything from a realistic beer tap control to a Budweiser tie-in,…
At some point, anyone who had a stuffed animal wished that it could talk. Kids look upon these toys as friends and companions, so it’s only…
Many popular TV shows of the 1950s and 1960s spawned board games linked (sometimes rather tenuously) to the show itself. The trend continued into the 70s…
Placing unsuspecting gamers right in the heart of a terrifying storm, Atari’s Tempest put a whole new perspective on video games. With dazzling QuadraScan™ colour…
Tetris was invented in 1984 by Alexey Pazhitnov, a researcher at the Computer Centre of the USSR Academy of scientists in Moscow and programmed with…
Mattel debuted the first Thingmaker sets in 1964 with Creepy Crawlers (a variety of bugs, snakes, bats and other gruesome members of the animal kingdom)…
In the winter of 1996, parents across America trampled each other on Black Friday and scoured stores in vain for the hottest Christmas toy of…
Tiddlywinks originated in England during the late 1800s. The name comes from “tiddly wink” which is English slang for an unlicensed pub. Tiddlywinks became popular…
The star of 1982’s Time Pilot was a time-hopping military jet. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who would go on to create Gyruss, Final Fight and…
It’s always tough for parents and kids to settle on the age-old dispute of which toy to buy. Inevitably, the kids are going to want…
Tiny Tears was (and indeed still is) a realistic 12″ baby doll that cried tears and wet itself when given a drink of water. Small…
Tobor (“robot” spelt backwards) was a toy robot produced by Schaper Toys in 1978 to take advantage of the burgeoning science fiction craze. The toy…