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i need a list of some toys you might find in a 1970s toy store

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Nov 19 '09, 11:28

that is to say, nothing that would be easily identifiable as being associated with the 80s or later, like a rubik's cube or cabbage patch kids.

it shouldn't be electronic, but it would be better if it was somehow associated with motion.

what i have so far:

slinky
jack-in-the-box
hula hoop
soap bubbles
jacks
toy soldiers

what else?

thx

Responses:

playmobil -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:54
lots of board games came out in the 70s (and before) -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:53 1
- oh and the "Home Version" of any game show of the time -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:54
Stretch Armstrong, Micronauts -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 11:50 1
- Fisher Price Adventure People -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 11:53
Evel Knievel Super Stunt Cycle and the Big Jim Sports Camper -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:49
those clacker things that girls would make a ton a of noise with -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:43 1
- mouths are of every decade. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:43
was there a brand name for punching bags? the inflatable ones with sand-weighted bases and various face designs. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:42
Magic 8 Ball, Shrinky Dinks -- (link) - Max Nov 19, 11:40
HOT WHEELS ... OMG - how could I forget these? with the orange track!!! -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 11:38 2
- what about those cars that you crash? Crash em up Derby? -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:39 1
  - Hot wheels were all about the track and setting them up so the cars would go the farthest ... construction sites were PERFECT for forts and hot wheels -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 11:40
atari. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:37 2
- was that 70s? i would say Pong! -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:39 1
  - '77, I think. my dad had one before I was born, at any rate. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:41
Weebles, Inchworm, that gel-filled fingertrap thing -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:36 5
- And the Little People plane set! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 11:51
- Weebles!!!! (reminds me also - that Fisher Price farmhouse everyone had.) -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:37 3
  - Yeah, weebles is really good for this too -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:38 1
    - Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down! -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:38
  - I had the pirate island set. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 11:38
silly putty {nm} - Banzai! Nov 19, 11:36
Late 70s, Star Wars action figures, ships and other toys. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 11:36
crockanow -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:34 1
- I wouldn't know what this is without cbc radio 3. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:38
Those Electronic vibrating Football field games. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:34 3
- And that first electronic football game, that was just little red blips. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 11:37 1
  - i rocked that game. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:38
- oooh...the hockey games. not bubble hockey like at an arcade, but the tabletop version. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 11:34
simon, lawn darts. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:33
glow in the dark Tops -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:32
speak & spell might just slide in under the wire. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:32
lincoln logs -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 19, 11:31
Instant Insanity -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:31
and lego. there's always lego. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:31
Sit n Spin, Rock Em Sock Em Robots, Green Machine, Big Wheel -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 11:31 1
- RESER is great also -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:32
monopoly, dolls, gi joe, Bionic Man, electric race tracks, Simon (but again, electric), -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:31 6
- "Is that Steve Austin's *boss*?" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:33
- stretch armstrong, lemon twist! -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:31 4
  - colouring books, pencil crayons, Mousetrap, twister, (games tho) -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:33 3
    - oooh, mousetrap fits in great -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:34 2
      - Lite Brite! -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 11:36 1
        
        professor plum, in the observatory, with the lite brite! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:37
etch-a-sketch. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:30
hand buzzer, maybe? (also, i need things that are more on the toy end rather than on the game end) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:30
Lawn darts. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 11:30
Duncan Yo Yos and those "Clackers" things were real big -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 11:30 2
- yes, yo yo. that's perfect -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:31 1
  - *fist pump -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 11:32
airfix models or Fleishmann trains -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:30
Hungry Hungry Hippos -- nm - Dude.Vermin Nov 19, 11:30
Train set. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:30
Trouble, battleship, malibu barbie, stratego, life, SST racers, Big Wheel. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:29 1
- sit-n-spin, Baby Alive, powdered superballs, Stretch Armstrong. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:30
barrel of monkeys -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:29
pet rock -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:29

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