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Eighties Flashback: The Best Toys of the Decade
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Lite Brite
Lite Brite allowed kids to create magical, glowing images by inserting plastic pegs into a black sheet of paper affixed to a screen. Its infamous jingle Lite-Brite, Lite-Brite, turn on the magical shining light dominated Saturday morning cartoons and will still get stuck in your head twenty years later.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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My First Sony
Everyone I knew had a My First Sony and practiced their version of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” on it daily (including myself).
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Operation
Operation is a battery-operated game where players use tweezers to remove plastic ailments from the patient’s body. When the tweezers touch the metal edge of the opening, the buzzer sounds, the patient’s nose lights up, and you lose your turn.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Cabbage Patch Doll
Every little girl had one of these smushed-faced dolls that grew from a head of cabbage.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Pound Puppies
During the heyday of Pound Puppy mania, these plush pups generated over $300 million in sales.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Gumby
I have no clue what exactly Gumby was supposed to be, but this green claymation figure and his sidekick Pokey, the talking pony, dominated in the eighties.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Koosh Ball
This rubber-stringed ball was named for the “koosh” sound it makes when it falls. In 1988 it was one of the hottest Christmas toys on Santa’s list.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Pick-Up Sticks
Pick-Up Sticks is a game of mental skill and hand-eye coordination where you have to remove a stick from a pile without disturbing the remaining ones. The winner is the person who picks up the most sticks. (Riveting, I assure you.)
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Rubik’s Cube
Developed in the seventies, popularized in the eighties, and still selling like hotcakes today, Rubik’s Cube is one of the greatest puzzles ever made.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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SheRa and HeMan
SheRa, the Princess of Power, and her twin brother HeMan, the Master of the Universe, were the greatest super heroes (and most purchased Halloween costumes) of the eighties.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Spirograph
A spirograph is a set of plastic shapes that you insert a pen into and move around on a sheet of paper. You end up with an intricate geometric drawing. For some reason this offered kids hours of entertainment.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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Teddy Ruxpin
I’m not sure why kids weren’t petrified of this creepy animatronic talking bear, but I have distinct memories of huddling around a Teddy Ruxpin in preschool and listening to him tell his bizarre teddy stories.
As a kid I rocked crimped hair and pegged pants. Yup, you guessed it, I was born in 1980s. In the eighties, toys were simple. They were USB-plug-free, and offered endless hours of wholesome amusement. If you listened to George Michael and Debbie Gibson, odds are you owned at least one of these trinkets.
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