Chicago Coin’s Demolition Derby was configured for one or two players – with a steering wheel, accelerator pedal and two-position gear shift lever (forward and reverse)…
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This maze arcade game was developed by Namco in 1981 and released in 1982, licensed and distributed by Atari. The player controlled Dig Dug to…
In 1931, British toymaker Frank Hornby – already a household name with his pre-war invention ‘Mechanics Made Easy’ sets (later and more commonly known as…
Angel Babies Annie Baby Alive Baby Sweet Dreams Baby Tenderlove Baby That-A-Way – had a switch on her back and when you switched her on…
Knickerbocker introduced Dolly Pops in the late 70s. There were blonde and a brunette dolls, three inches tall, with very long hair and, in their…
Through the 1960’s, toy company Schaper had a number of games to their credit: Don’t Break the Ice, Don’t Spill the Beans, Ants in the Pants,…
‘Don’t Spill The Beans’ was popular during the late 60s and came from a games company called Schaper. The game was all about filling the…
The video game Donkey Kong was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and is owned by Nintendo. It follows the adventures of the eponymous gorilla and a…
In the near future, with half the world ravaged by a nuclear war and violence ruling the streets in America, Marian is kidnapped by a violent street…
In 1959, Revell, a California-based manufacturer specialising in plastic scale models, introduced the Dr Seuss Zoo – a unique series of model kits inspired by…
The Easy-Bake oven was introduced in 1963. Powered by a 60-watt bulb, the oven came with a couple of different mixes and cake pan options.…
There are toys that every kid can understand – trucks, toy guns – and then there are the Erector sets of the world. Some young…
When toy collectors think ‘farm toys’, they think Ertl. Since the mid-1940s, the Ertl Toy company has established itself as the finest farm-toy maker in…
The closest most people got to Pop Art in the 60s was the Etch-A-Sketch – a popular device that enabled you to make disposable black and white…
Ideal Toys, the major manufacturer of Evel Knievel toys, got their start in the Knievel business in 1972 when they released the first Evel Knievel…
Introduced into arcades in 1978, Atari’s Fire Truck was a two-player, two-steering wheel cabinet designed for cooperative gameplay as two drivers worked as a team…
Some people believe your imagination is at its strongest when you are a child. Good evidence for this theory is provided by the enduring popularity…
Toys were much simpler in the old days. Forget Playstations, Robosapiens and Lego Mindstorms . . . In the early 70s, all kids wanted for…
After two years on the air, Henry Winkler’s Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli was the hottest star on Happy Days (the hottest show in the land)…
The Frisbee is probably the most popular ‘Fad’ of all time. First produced in the late 1950s after inventor Walter Frederick Morrison conceived the idea while…