Toy Stories: POGs
by In the 1990s, people began to realize that the word “collectible” need not be limited to things like comic books and movie posters. Anything that …
Tag: Toy Stories
Toy Stories: Lincoln Logs
Kids love building stuff. A casual visit to your local toy store will prove this, revealing shelves of time-tested construction toys like Legos, Erector sets, and Tinker Toys. …
Toy Stories: The Six Million Dollar Man
If there was ever a television series that demanded a toy line for its merchandise, it was The Six Million Dollar Man. This classic series chronicling …
Toy Stories: 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 …
Toy Stories: 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 …
Toy Stories: Sea Monkeys
There have been plenty of toys that allowed children to put their natural creative energies to work. Legos, Erector sets, and countless other similar items let kids …
Toy Stories: Mystery Date
by Oh, the anticipation! Any minute, that door was going to open, and your destiny would take its form. Would it be the hunky bowler, that …
Toy Stories: 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 …
Toy Stories: Mattel Electronics Football
For a lot of people, their first experience with any kind of video game football was the classic Mattel Electronics Football.
Toy Stories: 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 …
