vintage toys

Kerplunk Game: A 1970’s Game Still Alive

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KerPlunk is an intriguing children’s game that many people reading this will have played when they were younger or maybe even as adults with their own children. The original KerPlunk game was actually first released in 1967 by the Ideal Toy Company. It featured a plastic see-through tube, plastic straws or rods in a variety … Read more

Cool Vintage Toys: Kenner’s Stretch Armstrong

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Stretch Armstrong a Cool Toy That Keeps Growing! It may sound wrong on many different levels, but at that time in the 1970’s there was nothing much cooler if you were a child, than having an action figure toy that was essentially a man with big muscles wearing only his briefs and his blonde hair. … Read more

Vintage Mattel’s Yackers

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Vintage Talking Animal Plush: Mattel’s Yackers I grew up in the 1970’s. Back then, there were no cell phones, no computers, no iPods, and no fancy electronic games. The kid’s toys I grew up with were simple but they were fun. Yackers were among these cool toys. In the latter part of the 60’s, Mattel … Read more

Tigeroo. A Cool Vintage Bike Toy

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Vintage Tigeroo Horn Tigeroo had to be on the cool vintage toy list. Tigeroo was not really a toy but a tiger horn for your bike. I had it on my cool green bike (extra points for the banana seat). Was looking cool with the orange and black tiger on the front. When you squeeze … Read more

The New Easy Bake Oven VS The Original Easy Bake Oven

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The new Easy Bake oven: how does It compare to the original Easy Bake Oven models of our youth? When you think of classic, universal toys the Easy Bake oven is one of the first that comes to mind because it has been a much loved part of growing up for decades. You cannot deny … Read more