32 of the Most Popular Toys From the Last 145 Years

[Svnla]

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/10/see-the-most-popular-toys-of-the-1880s/?viewall=true


Agree? Disagree? What would you want to add onto the list?

 

[jjsbasmt]

I would want to add the Cap Gun (Pistol or Rifle). I'm in my 60's and remember that it seems everyone I knew as a kid had one (me too - had several).

 

[Colt45]

Go Go Hamster, 2000s Photo: Andy Brown

what is this i dont even

 

[QueBert]

This is written under the Lego space dude

Lego’s use of precision injection molding, instead of metal stamping or wood cutting, marked a turning point in the toy industry. Its products were lighter, safer, and less expensive than comparable toys.

WHAT are these comparable toys they're talking about that cost more than Legos? Legos are expensive as shit.

 

[WelshBloke]

This is written under the Lego space dude

Lego’s use of precision injection molding, instead of metal stamping or wood cutting, marked a turning point in the toy industry. Its products were lighter, safer, and less expensive than comparable toys.

WHAT are these comparable toys they're talking about that cost more than Legos? Legos are expensive as shit.

Firstly Lego doesn't have an s at the end.

Secondly plain Lego wasn't expensive really, the modern licenced stuff is (star wars Lego or harry potter Lego for example).

 

[StrangerGuy]

Dildos must be the 1st.

 

[Doppel]

I would want to add the Cap Gun (Pistol or Rifle). I'm in my 60's and remember that it seems everyone I knew as a kid had one (me too - had several).

Win. Any boy had a cap gun or guns and if he didn't he was a little bitch. Sling shot should be on there, too ;0

 

[zanemoseley]

Barbie and GI Joe aren't even on the list?? Auto-fail.

 

[zanemoseley]

Also they got the Gameboy but not the Atari which kinda started console gaming.

 

[stargazr]

Freakin' clackers, a great way to beat your forearm black & blue.

 

[zanemoseley]

Also what about Hot Wheels cars, they were huge. Even silly putty and Care Bears were pretty huge but not sure if they'd make the top 32 of all time.

 

[microAmp]

Barbie and GI Joe aren't even on the list?? Auto-fail.

Agreed. I was surprised to see He-Man and no G.I. Joe.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Some pretty good ones on the list, but I was surprised not to see:

1. Garbage Pail Kids

2. My Little Pony

3. Any kind of corked pop gun

4. Any kind of model train (e.g., thomas the train)

5. Match Box Cars

 

[Anubis]

i see no Nerf items. that stuff was massivily popular in the 90s and even today

 

[waggy]

Firstly Lego doesn't have an s at the end.

Secondly plain Lego wasn't expensive really, the modern licenced stuff is (star wars Lego or harry potter Lego for example).

yeah you can buy 1000 or 2000 tubs cheap. that's what we did.

BUT they are still more expensive then the other brands.

 

[lxskllr]

A bunch of questionable entries. I have a green marble like the one on the right. I found it on a job rebuilding a reservoir. They were getting fill from somewhere near DC, and it was filled with old trash. I got a couple bottles, and some decorative brass from that job. I'd have loved to have scavenged where that fill was coming from.

 

[tboo]

Are those Ben Wa balls?

 

[Phoenix86]

:sneaky:

 

[Scotteq]

:sneaky:

Clackers - you bang them together using an up and down motion from your hand. Like the perpetual motion toy with the hanging balls. If you did it hard and well enough, you could bounce them at the top of the arc, as well as the bottom.

Very hard plastic - hurt like hell if you hit yourself (or your kid sister... ), and they could shatter...

 

[purbeast0]

ones i would add.

- super soaker water guns (specifically the 50)
- nintendo
- ball in a cup/paddle ball on a string
- remote controlled cars

 

[SlitheryDee]

They missed my favorite one.

 

[KidNiki1]

interesting list.

i agree cap guns should be on there. hell, even I and the other girls in my neighborhood had them.

i also always loved this: http://www.amazon.com/Toysmith-Class...rds=gyro+wheel

 

[spacejamz]

Big Wheel
Tinker Toys
Speak and Spell
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots
Shogun Warriors
Sit 'n Spin

 

[balloonshark]

No Lincoln logs?

 

[madoka]

This is written under the Lego space dude

Lego’s use of precision injection molding, instead of metal stamping or wood cutting, marked a turning point in the toy industry. Its products were lighter, safer, and less expensive than comparable toys.

WHAT are these comparable toys they're talking about that cost more than Legos? Legos are expensive as shit.

They are referring to comparable toys at the time of Lego's introduction. Those toys were made of wood or metal so they were more expensive than plastic.