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Cabbage Patch Kids
When your kids sit down to prepare their birthday or Christmas wish lists, please…give them some elbow room and be patient. List-making was a tricky business for us too, remember—for …….continure reading
Toy Stories
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Cap Guns
In a pinch, kids can turn just about anything into a gun—a stick, a banana, a finger—but it always helped if the thing actually made an exploding noise. That was …….continure reading
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Electric Football
Ever since enterprising toymakers hit on the gimmick of combining electricity and sports, many a fan has whiled his rainy-day hours away over miniaturized electric versions of his favorite outdoor …….continure reading
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Etch-a-Sketch
It’s a nice feeling to finish an Etch-A-Sketch picture you’re semi-proud of. “It actually looks like a tree this time!” you tell yourself. But then that brainy cousin of yours …….continure reading
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Creepy Crawlers
Before flowers from the neighbor’s yard and boxes of melty chocolate, little boys were known to give Creepy Crawlers to the girls they had crushes on. Oh, don’t wrinkle your …….continure reading
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Battle Beasts
“Fire burns Wood! Wood floats on Water! Water puts out Fire!” Battle Beasts finally gave us the answer to a question that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time: …….continure reading
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Lazer Tag
If you were a kid in 1986, you probably remember the hype. For months before Worlds of Wonder finally released Lazer Tag, the company built up suspense to unbelievable levels …….continure reading
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Mattel Electronics Football
For the true football-crazed kid, there were only three things wrong with the world: 1) The NFL season only lasted five months of the year, 2) You couldn’t play football …….continure reading