Top 100 Toys From The '70s or Thereabouts

doctorfaustus writes "Found this on Daily Rotation -- it details, with pictures, many of the toys we all wanted from our parents at Christmas a few years ago.... Everything from '160 Exciting Science Projects' to 'Stretch Armstrong,' along with the promises made in the toy's advertising and how often those promises were broken... The story has a British orientation, but I didn't see a single toy I didn't remember from my American youth.... They're all here: Simon, Slime, Magic Rocks, Sonic Ear... Even the Sinclair."

Comments

surely it can't be

[Atrax]

slashdotted already?

umm... duh?

well, perhaps incredibly slow. it's only a matter of time. Happily I spotted Zoids, which I really liked as a young-un.

Optimus Prime

[brett77]

Transformers were among the coolest toys that I recall as a child. I can remember opening a new GO BOT and spending hours trying to figure out how to morph the figure into a plane, boom box, gun, etc. Quality made toys from what I remember, you just don't see this level of craftsmanship in any of the toys today.Transformers were among the coolest toys that I recall as a child. I can remember opening a new "GO BOT" and spending hour's trying to figure out how to morph the figure into a plane, boom box, gun, etc. These were quality toys from what I remember, which undoubtedly have stood the test of time; you just don't see this level of craftsmanship in any of the toys today, period.