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Toys

Lazer Tag
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Lazer Tag

Mickey

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

Etch-a-Sketch
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Etch-a-Sketch

Mickey

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

Battle Beasts
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Battle Beasts

Mickey

“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

Cap Guns
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Cap Guns

Mickey

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

Green Machine
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: The Green Machine

Mickey

Not to slight the Big Wheel, because really…how can you, but skid-outs on the Wheel were nothing like the ones you could pull off on the Green Machine. Slightly bigger and …….continure reading

ColecoVision
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: ColecoVision

Mickey

ColecoVision was the Cadillac of home video games back in 1982; a system so powerful, you’d make friends with the biggest jerk on the block just to be near it. …….continure reading

Rock'em Sock'em Robots
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots

Mickey

The 1960’s were heady times for technology. While superpowers raced to put a man on the moon, scientists and amateur theorists dreamed of how technology would make the world of …….continure reading

View-Master
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: View-Master

Mickey

If you took any pride at all in your toy chest—and we hope you did—it surely contained a View-Master. When the action figure war simulation wound down and you needed …….continure reading

Electric Football
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Electric Football

Mickey

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

Shrinky Dinks
Toy Stories

Toy Stories: Shrinky Dinks

Mickey

Gather ye ‘round, gather ye ‘round! Shoulder yourself in amongst the crowd that’s growing around the oven and take a gander through that glass…magic baked goods are transforming before your …….continure reading

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