A year-by-year trip through the toys, action figures, dolls, games, electronic pets and Christmas-list chaos that ruled the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
The grid is driven by its own Toys-category query, ordered newest first. The featured article is excluded so nothing repeats.
From Dr. Dreadful Food Lab and Creepy Crawlers to Nickelodeon slime, Magic Potty Baby, science kits, sticker machines, bead kits,…
Open the Box →From Mall Madness and Dream Phone to Guess Who?, Don’t Wake Daddy, Grape Escape, Mouse Trap, Crossfire, Bop It, Jenga,…
Open the Box →From Barbie and Polly Pocket to Sky Dancers, American Girl, Littlest Pet Shop, Puppy Surprise, Beanie Babies, Tickle Me Elmo,…
Open the Box →From Game Boy and Tiger LCD games to Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Pokémon link cables, Rumble Paks, rental cases, and chunky…
Open the Box →From Tamagotchi and Giga Pets to Furby, Bop It, Talkboy, Yak Bak, Tiger handheld games, Password Journal, and electronic diaries,…
Open the Box →From Beanie Babies and Pokémon cards to Pogs, Crazy Bones, trading card binders, Happy Meal toys, and sealed action figures,…
Open the Box →From TMNT and Power Rangers to Toy Biz Marvel, Kenner Batman, Jurassic Park dinosaurs, Spawn, Star Wars, and WWF Hasbro…
Open the Box →The 80s toy aisle was not just He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Barbie, Nintendo, and Cabbage Patch Kids. Beneath the blockbuster…
Open the Box →The 80s toy box did not stop at the bedroom door. It spilled into driveways, backyards, sidewalks, cul-de-sacs, patios, pools,…
Open the Box →The 80s toy aisle was full of action figures, dolls, electronic gadgets, and video games, but board games still had…
Open the Box →The 80s toy box did not just fill up with action figures, dolls, plush pets, board games, and electronic gadgets.…
Open the Box →The 80s toy box did not just get louder — it started blinking, beeping, talking, remembering patterns, firing invisible beams,…
Open the Box →Fresh toy rewinds, forgotten products, Christmas-list chaos and the plastic memories that still take up too much room in your head.