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100 Popular Toys From the 80s
Topic Started: Jun 23 2017, 09:59:54 AM (10 Views)
victorgrant
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1. Poochie
poochie
Not everything that came in pink and was made by Mattel was such a success.
Although not as big as Barbie, for a time, Poochie was top of the world; the rose-eared poodle had her own duvet covers, slumber party set and even a movie. Don’t stare into those dead eyes though…
2. Gobots
go bots
Sometimes, it’s better to come second than first. That’s certainly the case with the awkward Gobots, which beat Transformers on to the shelves in the mid-80s, only to be driven over by Optimus Prime once kids had realised which of the two competing toy lines was worth coveting.
The disappointment of a parent coming home and handing you a Gobot instead of an Autobot is something I cannot fully express 30 years later, nor do I wish to revisit that anguish.
3. Keypers
keypers
(Picture: Tonka)
‘Keypers, Keypers… what’s inside those Keypers?’
That theme tune still chills me to the bone 30 years later. Well done to maker Tonka for cashing in on little girls’ predilection for having secrets.
4. Wuzzles
wuzzles plastic
(Picture: Hasbro)
Looking back now, it sounds horrific, the kind of thing that got Jeff Goldblum into trouble in The Fly.
The Wuzzles were a frightening mutant mixed breed of two different animals. One was a crossover between a bee and a lion, another of a rabbit and a hippo. These horrible animal experiments were rightly shut down.
5. Boglins
boglins
Just before boys realised that girls were there to be fancied instead of tormented, they spent all day with their Boglins, gruesome creatures that came in a cage and were in no way a rip-off of Gremlins.
6. ALF
alf
There was no getting away from this Alien Life Form in the late 80s – he was everywhere.
And he was awful. The Fonzie of extraterrestrial puppet beings, ALF was the opposite of cool. But if you really loved him, you could buy a talking doll version that, presumably, bored you to sleep.
7. My Pet Monster
my pet monster
He looked like a distant relative of a packet of Monster Munch, but that didn’t stop this furry guy from having his own animated show and live-action movie.
8. Spirograph

While Spirograph was created in the mid-1960s and is still going in some shape or form (geddit?) today, it hit peak protractor back in the 80s, when being good at maths was really, really cool.
9. Popples
popples2
Like Care Bears without the cloying neediness, Popples just wanted a hug from time to time.
And they were cuddly little critters, with their pom-pom tails that no child ever used as a weapon to bash another. And they were tidy too; you could fold them back into their pouch. How did they breathe in there?
10. M.A.S.K.

Now-defunct toy company Kenner (it was closed by parent company Hasbro 15 years ago) was famous for its Star Wars toys, but its M.A.S.K. figures were a match for anything a galaxy far, far away could spawn.
If you were fortunate enough to have Bruce Sato’s rig Rhino, congratulations – some of us had to settle for Brad Turner’s tiny little helicopter.


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