Best Toys Of The 80's

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Oct 25, 2011 2:49pm
An article on the local news website ranks the top 5 toys of the 80's

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/22850039/detail.html

1. Gameboy (No picture needed)

2. Care Bears

3. Transformers

4. Action Figures

5. Rubik's Cube

I can agree with the Gameboy at #1 but not so sure about Rubik's Cube being down at #5, what were the favorite toys in your house during the 80's?
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Oct 25, 2011 2:51pm
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Oct 25, 2011 2:51pm
password;944915 wrote:An article on the local news website ranks the top 5 toys of the 80's

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/22850039/detail.html

1. Gameboy (No picture needed)

2. Care Bears

3. Transformers

4. Action Figures

5. Rubik's Cube

I can agree with the Gameboy at #1 but not so sure about Rubik's Cube being down at #5, what were the favorite toys in your house during the 80's?
GI Joe and transformers. I was only allowed to have one transformer (they were expensive) and my cousin had a bunch, so I was always jealous!
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Oct 25, 2011 2:52pm
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Oct 25, 2011 2:53pm
My favorite toy was BACK IN MY DAY WE PLAYED OUTSIDE AND HAD FRIENDS AND DIDN'T NEED A TOY OTHER THAN A HULA HOOP AND A STICK.

/baby boomer'd
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Oct 25, 2011 2:59pm
GI Joes FTW. Care bears can GTFO.
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Oct 25, 2011 3:43pm
Toys of the 80's...LOL. Might as well play with rocks.

Toys of the 90's were way better. Talkboy for example:

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Oct 25, 2011 3:50pm
SMH. Talkboy blew. Xmen action figures though were awesome as were the Power Ranger robots.
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Oct 25, 2011 3:53pm
Gameboy? how about just straight up nintendo?
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Oct 25, 2011 3:53pm
nerf ruled the 90s at my house. had the american gladiators arena in my basement.
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Oct 25, 2011 4:11pm
Commander of Awesome;944989 wrote:Power Ranger
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Oct 25, 2011 4:14pm
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Oct 25, 2011 5:48pm
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Oct 25, 2011 6:54pm
THE4RINGZ;945136 wrote:
Stretch Armstrong was a large, gel-filled action figure first introduced in 1976 by Kenner.

gtfo
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Oct 25, 2011 7:39pm
dlazz;945206 wrote:Stretch Armstrong was a large, gel-filled action figure first introduced in 1976 by Kenner.

gtfo
Stretch was not fond of the heat and met quite a catastrophic end in the 80's.
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Oct 25, 2011 7:43pm
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Oct 25, 2011 7:45pm




I had to buy everyone of these and many more for my kids.
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Oct 25, 2011 7:47pm
garbage pail kids
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Oct 25, 2011 7:49pm
Star Wars action figures
those rattling M-16 and UZIs where you pulled back a little lever and pulled the trigger to make the noise - then came Laser Tag
Matchbox cars/Hot Wheels
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Oct 25, 2011 7:50pm
Skyhook79;945252 wrote:



I had to buy everyone of these and many more for my kids.
I had those as well. Awesome.
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Oct 25, 2011 7:51pm
dlazz;945206 wrote:Stretch Armstrong was a large, gel-filled action figure first introduced in 1976 by Kenner.

gtfo






Stacy the adult sex doll was a large, Gel-filled adult action figure first introduced in 2010 by shilikang of Japan.
You make the choice, Stretch Armstrong or Stacy the doll?
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Oct 25, 2011 7:53pm
ytownfootball;945244 wrote:Stretch was not fond of the heat and met quite a catastrophic end in the 80's.


My kid had a Stretch Armstrong and he was born in 1989 so they survived into the 90's.
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Oct 25, 2011 7:58pm
Probably my moms Bartles and James, my dad's cigarettes or my brothers porn collection.
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Oct 25, 2011 8:04pm
THE4RINGZ;945268 wrote:My kid had a Stretch Armstrong and he was born in 1989 so they survived into the 90's.
That's true no doubt, our little hero had himself a little "accident".
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Oct 25, 2011 8:31pm
It was probably the 70's but my Evil Keneval wind up motorcycle with action figure and my tonka trucks were awesome.