Name: Marvel Super Heroes Card Game Manufacturer: Jotastar Year: 1977 Country of origin: UK Category: Toys & Games Tags: Marvel Notes: I used to think these were made by Top Trumps but they were actually made by the UK company Jotastar. It’s a pretty simple…
Name: Garbage Pail Kids Manufacturer: Topps Year: 1985 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: Garbage Pail Kids, Topps, stickers Notes: I’m still a bit in awe of Garbage Pail Kids. These sticker cards were so gross that I’m amazed they were allowed…
Name: Impossiball Manufacturer: Action GT Year: Early 80s Country of origin: UK Category: Toys & Games Tags: Action GT Notes: This was so exciting to me as a child. A ball that moved in an unpredictable way. It was like it was alive. Obviously I…
Name: Burnin’ Key Cars Manufacturer: Kidco, Matchbox Year: 1980 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: Kidco, Matchbox, A-Team Notes: These things were great. You put the key in the back, squeezed it and watched the car absolutely fly. I mean these things…
Name: Action Transfers Manufacturer: Salters Year: 1983 Country of origin: UK Category: Toys & Games Tags: Star Wars, He-Man, Masters of the Universe Notes: Used to love these. Made you feel like a proper artist. You started with a landscape of your favourite 80s property…
Name: Skedoodle Manufacturer: Hasbro Year: 1979 Country of origin: US Category: Toys & Games Tags: Hasbro Notes: The Skedoodle is Hasbro’s answer to the Etch-a-Sketch. The main difference being the curved screen and the joystick controller. An extremely cool looking retro toy and a great…
Name: Tomytronic 3D Manufacturer: Tomy Year: 1983 Country of origin: Japan Category: Toys & Games Tags: Tomy Notes: I still think these Tomytronic 3D games are so cool. The design makes you feel like you’re some kind of a cyborg when you’re playing the game….
Name: Pencil Toppers – Star Wars Manufacturer: Unknown Year: 1983 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: Star Wars Notes: I used to love licensed stationery when I was in school. Sharpeners, erasers, rulers and particularly pencil toppers. These Star Wars ones were…
Name: Show Beam Manufacturer: View-Master Year: 1980 Country of origin: USA Category: Toys & Games Tags: View-Master Notes: I never had one of these but I always loved staying overnight with my friends who did have one. We used to stay up having midnight snacks…
Name: Marbles Category: Toys & Games Notes: One of the classic playground games. We use to play this in the dirt flowerbeds in our primary school. You’d bring in your bag of marbles and make up various rules for basically how much you can hit…