What toys and games do you remember from the 60's and 70's? (how, popular)

[missncr]

Originally Posted by NC~Mom

My favorite was the Little People sets...the airport, the garage....Little People look alot different now than they used to. Hot Wheels too...with the orange track...good times.

Oh my gosh, I had forgotten all about the Little People sets. I was never lucky enough to have any but some of my friends had them. They remind me of the Weebles. Which I never had those either.

Someone also mentioned hula hoops. Those were a lot of fun. And the Rock em Sock em Robots, never had them but wished I did back them.

[mr.man]

My big wheel with the spin out lever

[Yeledaf]

Erector Set!!!!

[summers19]

My Benji stuffed animal
Simon
Easy Bake Oven
green slime
Holly Hobbie game
and of course, Barbies!

[williboy]

Daisy BB guns. You had to be careful or you could put your eye out.
The old spider bikes with the banana seats and high-rise handle bars.
Electric football. Definitely Rock'em Sock'em Robots.
Converse "Chuck Taylor" sneakers.
Wilson, Spalding, and Rawlings athletic gear. (No Nike)

[gardener34]

Thingmaker - the original dangerous one.
Pong
rockem sockem robots
battling tops
kerplunk
All of which are manufactured again - but they are of course much smaller and much more cheaply made.
Malibu barbie
Chrissy
Velvet
And being the careful little girl that I was, they are in pristine condition. Still have mine.
Superballs
Frisbee
Lincoln logs
American bricks (like lego, except they came with little moveable windows and doors so you could build houses, they were cool)
Atari

[surfingatwork]

Originally Posted by mr.man

My big wheel with the spin out lever Attachment 14604

Mr man you read my mind! I loved my big wheel. oh and sit and spin. and yes little people. how about weeble wobbles. weebles wobble but they don't fall down! HA!!!! I always wanted an easy bake oven but santa never brought me one. every year i would ask for one but he always "forgot".

[wehotex]

Originally Posted by missncr

I remember the Baby Tender Love doll I had, Skipper and Ken barbie dolls. Crissy and Velvet dolls that you could make their hair short or long by turning the knob that was located on their backs. I remember the Swingy doll. She came with those little cheap records. And she danced (more like a serious vibration lol) and walked. My older brothers had the Major Matt Mason space figurines, and all the other paraphernalia that went with it (which I was so fascinated by). I remember playing with all of their Johnny West and Thunderbolt and Geronimo dolls (I guess you can call them dolls, guys don't be offended lol jk). I was looking at the Thunderbolt horse on ebay, it is going for $150.00. Mom should have kept ahold of all that stuff! I remember the Go To The Head of The Class board game, Camp Granada board game, and I remember Mystery Date board game.

Does anybody remember ka-nockers? i grew up in south texas. these were very popular from 1972 to about 1974, when they were taken off of the market due to accidents where the balls took out ppl's eyes or something like that. they were 2 colored balls (came in all colors), a string attached to each ball, then those strings atttached to a ring that you held in your fingers. the idea was to knock the balls together and if you were really good, get them to do a complete 360 formation many times over. they made lots of noise. you could hear them constantly as you walked through the shopping mall. then suddenly they were outlawed due to safety reasons.

[1eyedjack]

Along with some of what was already been mentioned these were in my sister,brother and my toys at one time or another. Tonka Toys,Cowboy and Indian stuff,G.I.Joes,SillyPutty,Yo-Yos,Operation,Lite-brite,Battle ship,matchboxcars etc.

[1eyedjack]

Originally Posted by wehotex

Does anybody remember ka-nockers? i grew up in south texas. these were very popular from 1972 to about 1974, when they were taken off of the market due to accidents where the balls took out ppl's eyes or something like that. they were 2 colored balls (came in all colors), a string attached to each ball, then those strings atttached to a ring that you held in your fingers. the idea was to knock the balls together and if you were really good, get them to do a complete 360 formation many times over. they made lots of noise. you could hear them constantly as you walked through the shopping mall. then suddenly they were outlawed due to safety reasons.

Ya now that you mention it we had them also. They hurt sometimes too.lol.We never heard of wearing helmets when riding bikes either.