TOG’L was a construction set produced by Mattel from 1968 through 1970, similar in concept to Lego. Based around a cube-shaped building block called a…
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Pedigree Toys Ltd released this action figure in 1966 in direct competition with Action Man by Palitoy The basic 11″ action figure depicted a British…
There might not be a toy that says “boy” more! Boys love their Tonka Trucks. Love to hold them, love to smash them into other…
Years before Extreme Sports hit the mainstream, there was Atari’s Toobin’, one of the oddest and most dangerous sports to hit the video arcade. The…
When the Great Depression hit the United States in the 1930s, large and expensive toys suddenly went out of fashion. Just the same, kids still…
The British card game Top Trumps was first launched in 1978. Published by a company named Dubreq, there were initially eleven different themed packs selling…
The thing about tic-tac-toe (or “noughts and crosses” as it is more logically known in the UK) is this: Eventually, you match two kids up…
Also known as Zim Zam, Tether Tennis or Swingball, this simplest of concepts was a huge seller in its day. Basically, just a tennis ball…
Once upon a time, small male children played with toy guns. These toys were often made of metal rather than plastic, and were sometimes quite…
Many of the truly classic games and toys of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s are still around today, albeit in a much-altered form. The ‘modernisation’…
Borrowing the famous theme from the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire (1981) for its mode music, Konami’s Track & Field – launched in 1983 – brought…
Toy company Hasbro was impressed with two toy-lines at the Tokyo Toy Show in 1983 – Takara’s Microman and Diaclone – and sought to pick…
“The Trik is in the Trak” Trik-Trak (from Transogram) was beautiful in its simplicity, and an endless variety of layouts were possible, limited only by…
The one with the cheeses . . . or wedges . . . or little pieces of pie. Call them what you will. Trivial Pursuit…
Helena and Martii Kuuskoski of Finland made the earliest commercial Trolls during the 1950s, which were called Fauni Trolls. But the Trolls we all know…
It came as no surprise that Tron hit the arcades at the same time as its 1982 film counterpart. This was the first fusion of…
One of the frustrations of pinball has always been how difficult it is to earn the extra balls necessary to prolong a game. No matter…
Kohner’s game of Trouble was introduced in 1965, and back then, a wooden die came in the box. The players rolled the die and then…
The quest for realism in driving games got a boost in Sega’s 1981 simulator, Turbo. Shifting the action into a new perspective, Turbo put players…
“Left foot . . . red, right hand . . . yellow”. These familiar words echoed through houses throughout the 60s as children of all…