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Hello! I would like help identifying this toy from the 70's. It was a plastic owl, maybe 12 inches high, purple in color. It emitted light from it's eyes which you projected on the wall or ceiling as I remember. But I dont remember the purpose or the name of this toy. I just remember my sisters and I having a great time messing around with it. Anyone know what this was?

Comic Strip light desk tracing toy? This is similar to the toys by Lakeside, Emenee, and Cox, but this one I remember didn't use licensed characters; it used generic, cartoony western characters and backgrounds. I had the western kit, but I'm sure there must have been others. I don't remember who made it. The light desk was much smaller than any of the above toys. Anyone remember this?

Dev, I think I had the same owl toy. Didn't it have yellow plastic rings around its eyes? Maybe I'm thinking of a different toy but I think you put a card in it's neck and it would light up a ghost image or whatever on the card that would glow in the dark? It must have been part or a game or something. I remember the eyes lighting up though. Aarrrgh, what was this thing? Was it a game called Who's Hoo or something?

Trying to remember the name of this toy. It was an oval-shaped clear plastic thing that was sort of a flat see-through case and it had blue and white sand in it. You just sort of manipulated it in your hands to make different sand pictures inside the oval. Maybe something by Ohio Art?

Im trying to remember the name of these toys i used to love I thought they were nemed Kittles but i guess not. They were tiny people with round heads with either plastic hair of a hat on them and the body was like a plastic cylender that fit into the furnature you bot it or say the car or hourse or wat ever it was sitting in or on. I had the complete house with toilet and all that they fit into.....hope someone remebers the name of these things lol

Holy smokes I should have checked my spelling lol

Hello. There was a toy that looked like a section of the ground and grass. It was all in plastic. It came with 3 worms or caterpillars. It had a spout on top that when you turned it, the elevator in the middle would rise and one of the worms would pop up out of a little door. I am trying to find that toy. Please advise.

For Bev - your toy was the Magic Window by Wham-O and was my favorite, too! I googled it and came up with a few fun pictures to "take me back"

Bev have you looked at Fisher Price Little People yet?

Does anyone know about a teddy bear, red-ish color, terry cloth fabric, and he cried when you fed him & had a rubber face... I called him "cry teddy" but I cannot locate info on him anywhere!!! I know he was given to me 1975-1980 but I have no other info.. HELP!!!

Does anyone remember those cool blue sand things; they were a thin (0.25in or so) oval (oval was maybe 8in x 12in) when you moved them around the sand would move around inside and create cool "sand art" scenes. I know that you can buy art-quality things like this, but I don't know what they are called

Trying desperately to find the name of a toy dog I had as a kid. It was a plastic dog.. I believe it was a pull toy. It had a leash with a plastic dog bone at the end. When you squeezed the bone it would make the dog's mouth close. It had plastic biscuits with ridges that you would put in the mouth and the dog would "eat" them. I have done several searched with no luck! Anyone remember this!?

Does anyone remember two pirate figures from the 70's? One had a wooden leg which had a treasure map hidden inside. One or both had a button in their side which would move their sword arm. Any clues? Also, when i was a kid i inherited some toys i can't recall the name of. There was a white translucent space age character made of hard plastic but with a soft head. He had a nemesis which was a different colour. i remember some of their limbs were interchangeable. They were advertised on tv. Sorry to be so vague!

The plastic owl was called Screech and was made by Parker Brothers. You can see the tv advert by typing "70's toy commercials" in youtube - it was uploaded by someone called bolt70. The ad is near the end. i had this as well but had totally forgotten about it!

Does anyone rememember a toy football game from the early 70s where the field was a giant roll out plastic mat? The players were red and yellow plastic and stood about 4 or 5 " tall, the runner was on a wind up base and the defense was on metal dollys. The name of this game has been driving me crazy !! Can anyone help ?

Can you help? I remember having a portable doll house/room that would close up so that you could take it with you. It had all the furniture attatched inside (ie. bed, dresser/vanity etc) I think it generally had 2 rooms main room and sleeping. I used it with barbie but I don't believe it was intended for her. The height of the sides when open was only 3-4" and very compact. It had stickers for the details like the bedspread. Can you help with the name?

Hiya Connie, Kris, the blue-and-white sand toy you are writing of is called "Magic Window" and is described on this very site: http://www.inthe70s.com/toys/magicwindow0.shtml

Thank you JAW you are completely right!! Little people thats what they were. I googled it and low and behold there they were

when i was small (mid 80's), i had an old "fashion plate" type toy (a garage sale find even then) that i CANNOT remember the name of. I believe it was from the 70's. it was a doll body & a plate that closed over it. the plate had the shape of the doll body cut out, and you could lay scraps of fabric over the dolls body & close the plate to make her new outfits. i remember spending hours with bits of material making different "clothes". i want to say it was a barbie, but i could be off there. it was not the actual "fashion plates" toys that you color... you just use fabric scraps. i think my daughter would love it & i am sad i don't still have it somewhere. anyone know what it's called? my google-fu is failing me.

I am looking so see if anybody remembers the name of a stuff monkey with a yellow belly and a banana for a thumb. I have most of my stuff toys from when I was a kid but I am missing this one toy and I would like to find it. If you can help it would be wonderful.

Nankie, I believe the doll was called the "Chic a Boo". I don't know about the yellow belly (there were several different versions of the doll), but it you could pop his banana in his mouth, or his thumb, or also a toe. Do a search online for "chic a boo" and see what you come up with!

Does anyone remember a doll that use to have copper wire through her hair that allowed you to style it any way you wanted? I remember the commercials use to say "mess up her hair, fix up her hair." What's the name of that doll?

Tiffany, I think the toy you had was the "Flip & Fold Fashions", had one as a kid, my daughter loves it now!

When I was a kid, my aunt had a really neat toy that had 2 long ropes with handles on both ends, one person would pull their ropes a part and send a football shaped ball with the ropes running through it flying towards the other person. Make any sense? I would love to know what this toy was called and get one if I can.

2 things-NANKIE,i dont know the name of that monkey but i had 2 of them with a banana and vinal sneakers yellow tummy red suspenders. i recently bought one in the cracker barrel store(connected to the restaurant). its real cute. 2ND does any one remember a toy called "has anyone seen my rex?" or just "REX"? he was about 4 ft tall styrofoam dinosaur you put together on a frame bone by bone. my brother had one and i chewed it up(i had a thing about liking the feel of biting down on styrofoam)unfortunately i ate rex bone by bone (which was a daily mystery for my poor brother who wondered why every day another bone was missing)imagine his suprise when he walked in on me-bone in hand-foaming at the mouth! i wish i could find one to repay him with.

Does anyone remember this? It was a game consisting of a plastic barn with swinging doors on each of 4 sides and a open chimney at the top. You would set up plastic animals outside of each of the doors, then each player on their turn would drop a ball into the chimney. The ball would then randomly come out one of the 4 doors and roll over the plastic farm animals. Whomever's animal(s) were the last ones standing was the winner. I know I got this as a gift in 1975, but can't remember what it was called.

Binary: Your pirate was part of a series called the Fighting Furies, and was named Captain Peg Leg. other in the series were Hook (bald save for a pony-tail)The Ghost of Captain Kidd, and Captain Patch. Photos of them are at the Toyhead Classics site.

We had a light-up building toy in the 70's. It had a black plastic base, and clear straight or curved rods about 6" long that you could connect together. You inserted the rods into holes in the base and turned the light on for an almost fiber optic effect. There was also a color wheel you could turn to make your creation shift colors. Sound familiar, anyone?

You can also find the monkey w/ the banana in Vermont Country Store's catalogue. As for REX, my bro had one. When he didn't want it anymore, I gave it to my 5th grade teacher. He set it up, and had all my classmates sign it. My 5th grade teacher STILL teaches and STILL uses it-30 years later. Anybody remember the plastic box (approx. 8"x8" square) you placed a drop or 3 of water in and then tried to maneuver it through a maze? I think they were called Quicksilver or Slicksilver, not sure. Thanks!

man I hope someone can help...I am making myself nuts...okay here is the toy...they were animals, chipmunk, a squirrel, and rabbit maybe,they were about as tall as little people..but they were made of vinyl and their heads were larger than their bodies. They were out around the same time the weebles were...I thought it was the tiny tot treehouse...but it's not...though i think these animals had a tree house as well. I also believe their heads were hollow, you could "squish" them...their faces kind of looked like beatrix potter characters...fingers are crossed, thanks.

Hi, Thanks for the help. Im looking for the Name/Toy of a flying type ship from the early 70s. There were a "fleet" of different ships that could be flown on wires from person to person. The specific one I remember was red, with a canopy that would open, with wheels that would decend or withdrawl. The ship was only about 6 to 8 inches from tip to tail. If you can help, please let me know mrmiles42@hotmail.com Thanks!

Does anyone remember a doll house that was in the shape of a tree. You pushed down on the top and the top popped up and there were little rooms inside. There were people and an elevator that moved the people up inside the tree if you wanted. Would like to find one if I could. Thanks.

Help! I'm looking for an old toy from the late 70's early 80's...It was a white plush Rabbit named Jack. He has 3 outfits..a jogging suit (Green shorts & yellow & white stripped tank top) and a silver racing outfit/suit and I Tshirt that said JACK. (I think...) ANYWAYS,I tell my daughter about Jack every Christmas (Theres a long story behind it) and I would LOVE to find one for her (EVEN A PHOTO!) If ANYONE knows how I can find Jack PLEASE let me know! Thanks!

Did anyone ever have a large green plastic train, it didnt come on a track, it had removable carriages,about three or four. The carriages opened up and there was a stove and loads of things to do inside. It was quite a chunky toy i could imagine fisher price making it but i cant find it, can anybody help, it must of been brought out in the 70s.I loved playing with this toy.

Does anyone remember Baby matchbox dolls called Baby Pernios? They were so cute collectable, beenie babies all different colours outfits and came in a matchbox sized boxes. I am fro Cornwall so maybe just a crazy Cornish Fad!!

I have these Super Cool Pirate dolls over my Parents house. They came with a Fold out vinyl Pirate ship. I think they were the "Original" Pirates of the Caribbean.I've been gooling my fingers off but can't find a single trace of them. One pirate has brown hair with a mustache a peg leg with a map in it, the other is cooler, with an Asian look, purple velvet vest, bald with a scalp lock,(a kind of ponytail)and a tatoo on his chest. he has a button that moves his arm for his sword. Can anyone help me with this? It was was around the "Big Jim" with his Camper era.

Kristi I found that tree- google "magic klorofil tree"- but it's only in France now. very strange b/c i had it as a kid too!

Kristi- also look on e-bay at Kenner Family tree house there are a bunch of them!!

There was a pattern-drawing device that had two big flat plastic plates of odd shapes with grooves in, and a stylus and a pen-holding device with three fat short pens in (blue, red, black). It could draw the most amazing mind-bending patterns as you traced the stylus round the groove. I thought it was an early spirograph but it's NOT as that has much smaller cogs and you draw with the pen directly (and no search on spirograph has ever brought it up) - so it must have been called something else. This was the late 70s! Hope someone else can remember it.

Lily: Was the dog you mentioned this one? Digger the Dog--Digger, he goes with you when you explore--just pull on his leash, he'll go with you anywhere, he's your dog for sure

I remember a toy that was a yellow ball with several handles/spikes/udders--one of which was red or orange. I think the object was to toss it into the sky and catch it by the red udder? Does anyone know the name of this toy?

Hi, I'm looking to identify a tiny 2 inch rubber doll that came with a ladybug car, some other hard plastic figurines (a tree with eyes?) and a game board that had a road through a magical landscape drawn on it. It came in a yellow square box and there were 4 different sets of them.

Hey, back around 1973 or so I had this plant growing type toy that was basically plastic petri dishes with clear gel in them. It came with seeds, I think like watermelon or beans or something. I remember thinking it was really cool but the gel kind of dried up shortly after the seeds sprouted. I guess it was some sort of educational toy. Does anyone remember this or what it was called??

Yes, John I remember that sooo well. I myself have been searching for it on the internet. No one I know remembers it. I loved it. If you come across the name, please let me know.

Lily, your dog was "My Good Puppy"...when you squeeze his bone he "chew" and eat his bones (one yellow, one red, and one white) that he came with...if you lifted his bone and leash he'd sit, and if you squeezed his bone quickly he'd "bark" a little squeaky noise...I LOVED him...he's still in my mom's attic!

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Does anyone remember a toy that had rotating mirrors inside a half-dome shaped top with a hard paper screen, I believe. A light from the base was directed at the rotating mirrors and it reflected a colorful design onto the inner side of the paper screen. I believe the controls were levels that controlled the mirrors and colors. It was an amazing toy that came out in 1969 or 1970 and I've never been able to find anything about it. If anyone can help me, please write to rybergadams@hotmail.com. Thank you.

I can't stop thinking about a dollhouse I had in the mid-70's. It was an A-frame lake house. There were two girl dolls, about 4 inches tall, and the cabin had cots, a firepit, a kitchen unit and a motor boat.

Cool site. I'm looking for a black plastic space ship, single cockpit, red clear canopy, you held it on the bottom like the handle of a gun, and it shot out a clear red plastic missile from the nose. It may have been from the early eighties. It may have had the word "hawk" in its name. similar shape to Battlestar Galactica Viper.

i have a magic roundabout doll, florence made intirely from plastic, cant seem to find one anywhere to get more info...can anyone help?

Does anyone remember this plastic circle you put over your ankle and attached to the circle was a rubber cord with a LEMON? I think the lemon had these tiny beans in it that made it whiz. It was like a hula hoop for the ankle. What was it called?

The lemon toy is called "lemon twist" and i used to play with that thing all the time lol

Does anyone remember a toy where you bought a scene (like underwater or space) printed on paper and it came with a sheet of things to put onto the scene? They weren't like stickers--you had to rub the back of them to affix them. What was this thing called? Many hours of fun were had with this.

Colorforms was my favorite thing to play with when I was a kid. I had a snoopy set and it was so much fun. Does anyone else remember these?

Lemon Twist!

In the 70's I had a toy. I THINK it was called "Klutz"? It was a purple furry creature with a wooden nose, and it's eyes were hidden under it's fur. You attached it to the ceiling. Everyday I would pull it down and it would "Sproing" and bounce up and down and sideways, and make cool high pitched "Sproing" noises. It smelled really awesome, like wood, and clean fur, and nice toy smells. (LOL)

Mandy, this sounds like the dolls rooms I had as a child, I only had the 2 one was a bedroom which the bed folded out when you opended the case and the other was the living area amd I remember the front door had a battery operated door bell. Did you have any luck finding out the name/brand??

I am trying to remember the name of a toy I had in the early 70s (no later than 1976). It was a stock car (about a foot long, maybe?) that came with air tools and you take it apart and put it back together.

Richard RE: JUNE 1 question. Did the "tool" spin plastic rivets that melted and held the car together? The plastic was blue, and the detailed parts of the car were printed panels that snapped in...I came here looking for it and your inquiry matched a little...

Looking for an electronic toy/game/puzzle. Globelike, maybe 8" diameter. White base with a clear blue lid that lifted to reveal the white keys and red lights.

Ken: No it didn't. It had actual nuts and bolts. I believe it was red with lots of sponsor decals. It also had hand tools as well.

Does anyone remember a toy from the early 70's-it was a box-like plastic container with the decal of a body of a griaffe on both sides. You'd stick what I think were cubes into one end and eventually the giraffe's "neck' made of cubes would emerge from the other side. My sisters and I all remember this and could never come up with the name.

I remember a toy. It was a game with a big game board. You contructed a haunted house on the board. There was a scary plastic witch figure with a broom at the top of a staircase (and another you could see in a window). And if you did something wrong, the witch would sweep (with a broom) a big silver ball bearing down the staircase and the bearing would knock your game pieces off the board. And you'd lose. Was it called "Which Witch"?

I had this little 6 wheeled car that you could ride in and it was made of plastic. I can't remember if you peddled it or you had to be pushed in it, but I think it was called a Crazy Cart or something of that nature. It was orange or a yellowish orange color if I'm not mistaken. Does anyone else remember this toy or have a picture of it? It's driving me nuts that nobody knows what I'm talking about..I know it existed somewhere...lol

I believe that the monkey doll may have been called ZIPPY.

Does anywone remember a game from the 70's that consisted of a big plastic sheet that you laid out on the table...it had streets and houses on it and it came with a crayon that you would drawn a line around the streets and a battery operated dog would follow the crayon line? At least that is how I remember it!!

Okay, going crazy trying to remember the name of this toy. It was almost like a "magnadoodle", but it was a mans face and you would use a fake pen and you could move these stringy magnets and give the guy hair, moustache, eye brows... help!

In the 70's I had a toy dog consisting of a plastic head and tubular bendable legs with plastic feet that I believe were green ? T-Bone was the name or Tee-Bone. I loved that dog ... anyone know it ? PLEASE email me SAKOTU@aol.com

i had a semi transparent red atlas rocket,that you would fill up partway with water.and using a small hand pump would launch the thing pretty high.any info on ot would be appreciated.

Kim--I had that doll, too! I think it might have been "Quick Curl Barbie"? I am often reminded of her whenever I have a bad hair day-lol

Looking for the name of a series of toy trucks that steered when you tilted them to the side. They were the size of Tonka (maybe made by Tonka) but had unique almost unrealistic shapes, with tall cab areas. Mine was a red metal firetruck with plastic white ladders on each side. The axles were held in a loose slot, so that when the vehicle was leaned to the left the two left wheels moved closer together, and the right wheels moved apart.

Looking for the name of a set of small foam rubber airplanes that you could launch with a slingshot type device. These would have been made in the mid 70's.

Roy do you mean the Flying glider? I know the gift times shop site have something that look alike what you search for....

Binary, the space age characters you are talking about are called Micronauts.

Looking for the name of this toy... was a similar concept of the Big Wheel, you could ride on it but this one was like a big circle and you could seat in the middle, in each side have two big circles and each one have a handle so instead of your feet you move turning the circles....

Jessy, I'm not sure. I don't know where the gift times shop site is.

I remember a toy I received at christmas that was a soft plastic cylinder filled with water and some sunken tresure tyupe items..It had a submersible in it and when you squeezed it a certain way the sub would go down and you would try to grab the items and bring them up

Tanya - may 31 That description sounds about right! I still have had no luck in trying to find out the makers/distributor of this product. It is driving me insane!

Hey bob, I remeber that was called "wooly Willy" And nic, I am also trying to remember that dog/crayon line toy. I was VERY young when I played with it, and was hoping it wasn't just a fgment of my imagination, like Snuffleupagus.

VAN - ANIMAL HOSPITAL - 1970's This was a blue van featuring one brown dog, two orange cats, and possibly one bird. The tools were not very technical in nature, actually quite unrealistic considering the size of the animals (3 - 5 inches). A bandage, a needle and a stethoscope come to mind. This toy was popular in the early to mid 1970's. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

I am looking for the name of a toy, probably late 60's, early 70's. It had a screen and records. You put on the record and a song with pictures would appear on the screen. One of the songs was about rose colored spectacles. Any info would be greatly appreciates. Is starting to drive me crazy. Thanks.

When I was young, my grandmother had a wonderful toy at her house my sisters and I loved to play with. It was a plastic post office, complete with handheld truck and little colored plastic "envelopes". You would load the envelopes in the back of the mailtruck, back the truck into a special slot on the building and the letters would "magically" unload into a mailbox. Does anyone remember something like this? I almost want to say it was a Fisher Price type of playset, but I've never seen it anywhere else.

I'm looking for a toy, it was in the 70s. It had a triceratops head, and a spiky shell. It also had 6 or 8 legs, and it walked. It came with a flashlight that you could shine into a rectangle (sensor maybe?) on it's neck, it would stop walking and it's eyes and mouth would light up if I recall correctly. I've looked all over the internet trying to find it, and I can never seem to find any info on it. I think there were action figures that were in the set, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated!

Mazinga-i had that too i belive it was called space hawk, had a trigger on the handle you coud make lasers kinda lioght up and shoot lol

Ken I have been dyng to find out what that white plastoc blue pastic dome toy was. Vic- they were called presto-magix and you can still find them on ebay.

I think it had the look of a circus tent of mirrors that you put on a record that had little pictures and they would move.Does any one remember that toy?

I am looking for a toy for my husband who was born is 1977. When he was a small child he had a ride on toy that was orange and had six wheels. That is all I know and I would love any bit of information anyone could provide. Thank you!

I'm looking for the name of a toy, I think I remember my mother referring to it as "moon buggies" . It consisted of a hard plastic track with these little cars that had a tinted blue window in front to conceal the battery. On top of the "buggy" was a "V" that was parallel to the top of the car. The cars would pass through these see-through clear plastic domes. On the top of each dome there was wheel you could turn that would lower a "bolt", for lack of a better word, that would either catch on the V part of the car or let it pass. It is difficult to describe. Does anyone know this toy?

I'm looking for a toy that my brother used to play with. It was a clear plastic man that when you pumped a ball on his hand it would show blook pumping through his veins. It showed his heart and lungs too I think. It's driving me nuts.

help me out if you can….I don’t remember what it was called but I’ll describe it……it was a warm furry….ahhh worm I think,…..I think it had eyes. It was flat (like a piece of rug) measuring about 3X9”. When you “pet” it, it would curl upwards like an inch-worm. They came in a variety of colors

Please help me....Around 1969-or 70 there was a remote control type car. Instead of a remote control it had a flashlight and the car would follow the flash light beam of light. The commercials showed a red car going under a table in a "dark kithcen" I never owned it but wanted it sooo bad . Mom said it was too expensive. I held it in my hand at the toy store. ANYWAY does anyone know this toy?

Shuler-Perez -- do you mean the Spin-Out 360?

I just got back from a garage sale... I bought a teddy bear for my son, (who's five) because I remember having one just like it when I was little. He has a red heart on his chest, and when you squeeze his paw, the heart lights up and he records a few seconds of audio and then plays it back to you. There is ONE tag on the bear, but it doesn't give a name or anything, just materials it was made out of. I'm pretty sure the bear I had when I was a kid was already 'old', and secondhand (from my aunt I think), and I was born in the early eighties, which leads me to believe the bear was from the seventies. The 'new' bear I got my son is 'broke'. (The wires for the battery terminal need soldered back on) and I don't have the tools to do so, so... Any tips on how I might repair the bear so it works would be GREAT, as well. :D

I was wondering if anyone remembers 2 toys... The first was a plastic toy that had an oak tree as the background and there were animals in different spots on the tree with holes behind them. You had to push a button with each animal represented ( squirrel, bird, rabbit, etc..) and flip a little acorn/nut into the holes. Almost a preschool version of a pinball game. For very young kids I had it around 1979-1980 so I was 4 or 5 at the time. I remember it was plastic yellow and stood up right with the animal buttons along the bottom. The other toy was nothing but little tubular shaped styrofoam cylindars that you pinched between your fingers until they popped out. I wanna say they were called 'finger poppers' but haven't seen any matches for that. thanks!!

Does anyone ever get an answer on here? I am looking for the same six wheeled ride in/on toy as Jody is above. You pedaled it with your hands and each side of the pedaling is independent and you could spin it around etc.

Markmiller06@gmail.com Does anyone ever get an answer on here? I am looking for the same six wheeled ride in/on toy as Jody is above. You pedaled it with your hands and each side of the pedaling is independent and you could spin it around etc.

does anyone remember a toy that I believe was called, "Monkey See, Monkey Do" -- or it was the catch phrase for the product? It was a piece of plastic that was shaped like a monkey; it was brown, and had a pointer in one hand, and a slot for a pen or pencil in the other. You would trace over a picture with the pointer, and at the same time it would draw that image with the pen or pencil that was in the other hand. I can't seem to find any info on it...

Had a toy in late 60s/early 70/s...haunted house game of some sort.Just had to have it, I know.Not sure who made it...no details.Maybe used batteries. Sorry. Think I got it at Western Tire...Western Auto. Does that even sound right? So long ago now.Wow.

Here's a Happy Holiday wish...I hope everyone who is searching for the name of their favorite memories is successful! I have three nameless obsessions. Number one, and top of the list is a series of Matchbox-sized toy cars from the mid-70s, but very unique because each one was an exaggerated human figure with wheels attached. One was in a sitting position, another was on hands and knees. They were all racers or hot rods. I believe each one had a name, like "Flyin' Freddie". Number two is a "tire", maybe half a foot in diameter, powered by a couple of D batteries. Turn it on, let it go and the thing would roll forward until it ran into something. No doubt a dull concept in the age of Wii, but it really got me curious about how things work. The last one, I think was called Time Bomb. This was a sort of a hot potato game that featured a round, black, plastic "bomb" with a yellow top and fuse. Turn the top to start the timer and pass the bomb around until the bombs buzzer sounded. Thanks in advance for any sightings/memories of said items.

I own the Screech game by Parker Brothers.

bridge i know what you are on about with the 2ropes and aball moved to the other person i can not remember what it was call but the range and poundstretchers do them they are only a few pounds to buy

I remember a toy/craft when I was a kid in the '70s. It was a mix and you poured it into a mold and after it was cast you could paint it. They were not really trolls, but almost like goofy monsters or creepy creatures.

Ken and Steve------I have been trying like mad to find out the name of the same toy. I thought it was called Omni or something like that. I remember having it, but only being able to touch it if mom or dad were there.

Mark and Jody -- I am also looking for info on this ride-on toy, but mine was white with black wheels. My mom had it up until a few years ago, but I have no idea what it was called. I'd love to get one for my daughter. It was the best!

Mark and Jody I think what you are referring to is The Krazy Kar. You can buy them on amazon.com I am also looking for a toy maybe 70's it was a circular wheel-like toy with I believe 8 legs with suction cups at the ends and you threw it at a wall and it stuck and rolled down. I think it was something like a wacky-walker?

Does anybody remember something that I recall as "Wacky Waters?" They were little pouches that could be thrown into the bath water & would color it -- red, blue, yellow, green. It seems like the pouches were paper, and meant to dissolve in the water, but I always tried to tear them open only to have them disintegrate in my wet fingers. They had creative names for each color, and maybe even a story built around them.

I am trying to find the brand name of a tiny doll that came with a working shower. Mine had dark hair and and a little yellowing towelling robe. the shower was also yellow. I got it around 1979 - 1981?

The owl was named "Screech." I had one and my older brother broke it! Never even got to play with it. We recently saw the pics during a viewing of the old slides. Now they know I was not making this up!!

Looking for a doll from I believe the 70;s, I was born in 71'. Anyway it was a little doll made of sponge like material because he was a bath toy, he wore red and white striped pj's and a blue and white bathrobe. He had a bald head except for a curl of red hair on his forehead. I have the name "scrubby" in my head, not sure if it's the name or not.

does anyone remember a toy clock that was about 6-10 inches tall? You could take the face of it off and inside were the plastic working parts. they were all different colors and looked like tops.You could remove all the parts.I think the outside of the clock was red.if anyone remembers this please email me at d68692@yahoo.com. Thanks!!

I am going crazy looking for the name of a toy...it was a plastic friction school bus,ambulance,police car(all sold seperate) would ride around on plastic tracks......any ideas

Would like to know the name of the red plastic skies, no special boots required. They came with poles (used of small hills behind a house). Not sure if they were called mini skis....

For John & Lisa (way back on the board): The plant in the petri dish was called Nature's Window (circa 1971). I remember this because I received 3 of them at my 6th birthday party and remember how much that sucked. What kind of 6-yr-old gets excited about pushing a bean into plastic gel and then waiting a week while nothing happens? John was correct. By the time the plant was a couple inches tall, the gel dried out & the plant died.

I am trying to find the manufacturer of an infant's mobile from the 70's called Playtential. Can't find it anywhere. It had "add-ons" for various ages of the infant.

Does anyone remember a line of dolls that were maybe 8- 10" tall, had soft bodies with wires in the so they would bend, large eyes and came dressed in different career outfits? There were also books that went with them. I remember having a stewardess one. I thought they were called something like "peeples" but haven't been able to find anything like that. Thanks!

Does anyone remember a family of small dolls that were 70's called something Bunch. There was a plastic tree with a tire swing, I think a tent,

Hi Jul, The clock name was "Click Clock"I am not sure of the spelling but I had one also and yes you could take it apart. It had a clear body.So that yoy could see the mouvements. Unfortunatly I can't remember who made it. By the way I am also searching for a plastic friction/vibrating plastic race track with little cars that had a sort of plastic keel from side to side of the underbelly of the little cars can't remember who made it. Sure would like to get my hands on one. Thank you

Hi Nico the dolls you are looking for are the honey hill bunch by matteli have one right here on my desk she is the little asian girl with glasses and a book in her hand there were a few a baby one with blond hair and a red headed one i remember them all even the car. i got this one on ebay mint. you can find them there if you keep trying. good luck let me know if this is what your looking for.here is an item number for ebay for the tree house mint in box 260550084094 good luck and let me know if this is it.

hi sry i see i put the wrong name my comment is for heather.

Hi I'm trying to find a game I had as a child It was an Owl game, the owl was orange and you used to shoot at it with a light gun it had a dart board like target markings on the front, when you hit the centre of the target the Owl eyes it up and it made a hooting sound ( it was a bit light lighting luke made by Corgi ) Thanks for any help you can give Adam

I was born in 1968. In the mid-70's, there was a black toy "gun" with a light inside which would project images onto a wall (targets, ghosts, etc). The targets were from clear talp strips that would be inserted into the gun. The gun would either poke or burn a hole in the tape, which in turn would look like a bullet hole in the image projected onto the wall. Does anyone have any information on this toy? It is driving me crazy.

Hi there. I am looking for 2 toys from my childhood that I really enjoyed and don't know the names of. The first one is a red clock that I had when I was really young so forgive me if I don't describe it properly. The only thing I remember is that you could wind a dial in the front of the clock and it played a really simple song and the hands moved with the music. That's about it. I thought it was called the Tick Tock Clock. The other toy was a marble tower that kept me busy for hours. There were about 5 or 6 levels. There was either 1 or a few marbles that you had to try to get to the bottom level by either turning a wheel with a hole in it and the marble would drop, and the next level would be a cylinder with another hole that would drop the marble to the next level, and so on... I would like to know if any of them still exist or if anyone knows what they are called.

Hi! This toy was a build-as-you go man in a plastic hammock that you would stack things (I think sandwich makings) on top of his belly until it spilled? I remember it from the early 1970's, had 2 trunks and a plastic hammock, the fat man, and then all kinds of bits you could hang and stack all over the toy until it spilled?

I'm looking for a toy from the 60's or early 70's. It was a plastic blue square with little metal stands to hold it standing up and you would put a picture you wanted to trace on one side and a blank paper on the other side and when you looked through the stand up blue divider you could see the picture on the blank page and you could trace it. I would love to get one for my daughter. If you can help me my email is louallinder@yahoo.com

I remember the little molded plaster toys. They came after the Thing Maker (which was such a dangerous toy! Hot metal plates making rubber bugs, etc). I can't remember their name tho. I had a doll when I was younger like the monkey see, monkey do that was called Peggy Pen Pal; she was my favorite.

The name of the plaster mold toys was Shaker Makers! It came to me last night! :)

Ok...big family....lots of toys... Shenanigans (there was also a Saturday AM show that went with this....), Mousetrap, Kerplunk, Feely Meely, Footsies, Caroms, Nok Hockey, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Battling Tops, Thing Maker as mentioned about--hilarious that it had boiling water and metal molds....Creepy Crawlers, Incredible Edibles--all molds you could make in your basement--never today! Remember the Frito Bandito eraser tops that you attached to your pencil--they came free in every multiple lunch pak? Does anyone from the Midwest remember 45 records given away in boxes of Lays Potato Chips?

Hi, does anyone remember this toy that was a piece of paper with a scene printed on it and with the scene you received a separate waxy sheet of pictures to add into the scene? One was an underwater scene and on the seprate sheet were little pictures of divers, fish, treasure, etc... that you would apply onto the scene. They were like stickers in a way but you had to apply them to the scene by positioning the little picture where you wanted it on the scene and scratching the back of the wax paper that they were affixed to to make them stick to the scene. It was really cool and I would love to find it again.

Thank you so much, Steve!!!!! Presto Magix!!!

does anyone remember the toy back from the 70's called the whirlwhin. it was used in the yard. 4 seater. hands and feet bars and when you pushed back and forth, it went round and round as fast as you could get it to go. oh, and try vintage toys for sale for everything else you guys are looking for. the have the pics and names of everything, just not mine. now, please help me.

Does anyone remember a large - like 5 foot styrofoam tyrannasaurus rex 3D puzzle? I'm looking for one!

Peggy - Were those worm toys called "Magic Worms"?

Were those worms "Squirmles"?

julie y - For your marble toy, are you thinking of Fisher-Price's Tumbling Tower?

c-Thank you very much. I found it at the Fisher Price vintage website. It is called the Tumble Tower. That is so awesome. Now I am happy. Thanks again c.

I am looking for a toy magic set from 70's to 80's. It was a black box with three different colored doors. on the back you could secretly slide levers making the ball go to another compartment. itcame with other tricks as well and a magic wand that colored cloth came out of. the box was black. help me! can't think of the name or brand. bonedango321@gmail.com

I am looking for a hair style toy that was a head the your could pull the hair long or twist it inside the make it short. Anyone know what is was called and or who made it.

1. I'm looking for the name of this toy that was set up with a plastic cup for each foot, and a rubber rope attached to each cup. When you walked on these cups they would make a "clop clop" sound? 2. The other toy I'm thinking of was a gift I got one Christmas...the toy was like a boxing ring with a metal/magnet 2-inch pole in the center of the ring. Each person chose a metallic colored worm. You would put your worm onto the pole and turn the game on. The winner would be dependent on whose worm hung on the longest.

for VR: the wax paper scene creator was called Presto Magix for Mollyanne: it was the Crissy doll with the adjustable hair

for Kat: the first toy is Romper Stompers. Those things were awesome. Still thinking on the other toy....

Does anyone remember a battery opertated wheel (tire) that would wobble around and run into things...wacky wheel? wobble wheel?

FOR MARK-(re: post from November 24th, 2009)-My wife and I both had this acorn game you're describing and cannot find it anywhere! I remember it well though, did you ever find it?

Does anybody remember those colored plastic rings that were sold by the package (all different colors) that you linked together to make bracelets, necklaces, belts, etc? They had a split (something like on a key ring) that you opened to insert the next ring and slide it around to link them together. They were all the same size... basically the size of a finger ring... or maybe slightly bigger. I need to find out what they were called! Thank you to anyone who can help!

I may be merging memories here, but I had a play set, either late 70s or early 80s. It had a big vinyl play mat, two molded 'mountains' lots of red and black winged demons and a green plastic dragon. I think the mat had a hedge maze printed on it? Again, I may be mixing two different play sets together... Can someone help me out with a name for this?

I'm trying to remember the name of the water toy you attached to a hose. Water wiggle???? On the same lines as a slip n slide... like a clown or something where it sprays water.

Tracy, The clear plastic action figure with pumping blood is "Pulsar" You can find them on ebay and at Action Toys and Collectables.

Roy - That would be a Green Machine. I remember having one after my Big Wheel.

This is cross posted from the inthe80s board Please help I remember playing as a child with a construction toy designed in military green plastic the idea was to build tanks or miltary vehicles that could then be broke down and rebuilt in a different way, I think that the panels had 4 lugs on on each corner to clip to beams of some sort. I ve asked my dad and he thinks it was bought for me around 1986/87 and that it was a foreign brand not a Uk or Usa brand.

Mark Cullison, I rhave been trying to remember the name of that toy also. It was a yellow diving bell. I think it was called something like "Deep Sea Diver".

I am trying to find the same game/toy Pipster was above in 2008- a toy where you put droplets of water in a maze. The surface of the maze would repel the water and make it bead up and flow like mercury. I thought it was called Quicksilver, but I can't find it.

I am trying to figure and out hopefully find a toy I had in 1978. It was hand held. Octogon shaped, and flat like a thin compact. It contained a heat sensitive color changing fluid and when you pressed or rubbed on the back the front clear plastic allowed you to see the color changes. Think mood ring type color changes. I was at the Exploratorium recently and they had an exhibit much like this item and my children loved it. I remember playing with the color changes for hours on end. I want to say it was called a widget but I have searched with no luck. Can anyone help? I have read the other posts, sorry I can't help anyone else.

Sandy - June 30, 2010 - Space Fidget Shelly - April 5, 2010 Klip Klop, (I think) Rosie - April 16, 2010 Try link a doos, Link-a-dinks or Link-a-roos.

This page looks like a great resource. I'd like to ask about a toy too. In the early 1970s I had a beloved toy that consisted of some small square mirrors and some books of intricate drawings. When you put the mirror down on the page upright, perpendicular to the drawing, if it was in the right place, the reflection would reveal an image that was hidden by being only half-drawn. As you moved a mirror around on the pages, many different hidden images were revealed. I spent hours with this, but lost it along the way and have no idea what it was called. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks.

Did anyone ever hear of a toy that we had that was blue and red styrofoam that stuck together to make things?

I'm looking for a hot wheels or matchbox car launcher that was styled like a rifle. It was red and white, it had these shells that you put the cars in, then loaded the rifle, it had a bolt action and you laid on the floor and shot your cars out, racked the bolt action to discharge the shell and load the next car! Anyone remember the name or where I might find one??? email dmatthews@slic.com Thanks!!

I'm looking for a pair of figures, aimed at pre-school age these two had round tubliar bodies, large vinyl/rubber heads that squeaked when you squeezed them and curved arms that just moved up or down. Additionally their legs just moved forward and back. They were dressed as grocery clerks, one with a red haired head and the other with black hair and a mustache. I think there was a set of a grocery store you could be separately. My brother and I loved to play with these characters. I would like to find them and introduce them to my own boys. Thanks!

Mandy (Sept 2009) and Tonya (May 2009), I had the same portable dollhouse. When I read Mandy's original post "used it for Barbie, but I don't think it was intended for her", I had just said that to my daughter! I can't find anything on it, nor can I think of what doll it was intended. If either of you do, please update and I will too!

Bev S - Oct. 2009, I think that you're referring to is called Show & Tell. It looked like a TV with a record player on top. I remember having The Gingerbread Man. I hope that helps!!

Hey everyone. Take a look at retroland.com It has info on some of the older toys talked about on this site. Maybe you'll find what you're looking for there. Worth a shot.

I am looking for the name of a train set from 1977. Each train section is about 2" long and the tracks are green plastic with brown connectors. The bottom of the tracks says "1977 John Basevi". I have lots of track left but only 2 connectors and 2 train parts, but can't find anything like it on ebay!

I had a dark, squarish, battery operated clock about 12 inches high with some sort of scene lithograph (hickory dickory nursery rhyme?) on the front, and a marble elevator and run that you could view along with gears that moved. It would have been in the late seventies. Anyone else have one or remember the name?

My description of the above item was way off. Turns out it was the Mattel Fun-o-Matic toy clock for anyone else interested in finding it.

Ok, that thing you ride with the 2 big wheels and you sat in the middle, round, yellow and red is called the Krazy Kar! I loved that thing, would spin myself dizzy! Here's a link to one: http://www.backtobasicstoys.com/item/productid/2178/txt/Krazy_Kar_Riding_Toy I was born in '66 but I'll be a kid forever!! :)

Like Jay, in Sept. 2009, I'm looking for the name/manufacturer of the 70's animal hospital. As Jay said, it came in a blue plastic case shaped like an ambulance, with "vet" instruments and a few animals. I've assumed it was Fisher-Price but have had no luck searching.

This is for Kevin plastic colored rings. Funny I was just trying to find the colored rings myself.I have mine from when I was young and would love to find some more for my grandchildren.I thought they were called chinese rings but I have searched for articles on them and found nothing.We use to find them at our local 5 & 10 cent store and I think they were 10 cents a pack.Please post if you have any luck finding articles or such about them.

Hey gang! I'm trying to find the name of a battery-operated car with an axles poking out of each side. It went around an oval track, up a small lift hill (lifted by the axles), back down the hill (I think it did a flip on the way down), around the track where it turned onto its side from a ramp in the track and back around the track in a continuous loop. The whole thing couldn't have been maybe 2 feet long and about 8 inches high (I'm guessing).

Has anyone heard of a game called "can it" from the mid 70's? What is it?

looking for these colored shapes with slits in them so u can put them together circles squares triangles red bue clear had so much fun with them dont no what to call them

pipster, I remember that toy but don't know it's name! I was hoping to fingd it here. My brother and I used to play with it for hours with the room lighhts off. It evoked a certasin "mood" that I still remember well. I hope someone else remembers it. Thanks for mentioning the color wheel that you could turn. I had forgotten about that.

I was wondering if anyone can help me remember the name of a doll. It had long white hair and came with, I think,four "markers", red, black, blonde and brown, that you could color her hair with. It washed out with plain water. This was a late 60's early 70's doll so it was long before Crayola came out with washable markers. It was about the size of a Barbie doll but some of the Barbie's clothes were a bit too small to fit it. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called and no one I've asked has a clue as to what I'm talking about. Anyone?

I'm trying to remember the name of this stupid toy I had as a kid in the 70's, lol. It was a plastic bowling alley and you flipped a lever and the pins stood up then the bowling ball had feet on it, you wind it up and it would walk/hop down the bowling alley and hopefully knock over the pins. Then when you were done playing it would fold up into a little plastic case with a handle. Anyone know this? Thanks!

This might have been from the 70's. I remember playing with it all the time. It was A orange plastic square that had handles like that of a bike or motorcycle (red I think) on either side. The object of the game was to manuever a motorcycle or something back and forth thur a maze of obstacals, Rocks, trees, catcus, not sure really. If you hit them they would fall down. But you would hold on to the handles and drive thur the course by moving the board back and forth. So much fun I had with it. Just no one remembers this toy. Please help. Thank you

Serena, I remember having that same toy the bowling alley I think it was made by tomy. So much fun. Try this link there is a picture there. I am sure this is what you are talking about http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/24854. Good luck with the memories.

Jill I too had a plastic toy that had an oak tree as the background and there were animals in different spots on the tree with holes behind them. You had to push a button with each animal represented ( squirrel, bird, rabbit, etc..) and flip a little acorn/nut into the holes. Almost a preschool version of a pinball game. For very young kids I had it around 1979-1980 so I was 4 or 5 at the time. I remember it was plastic yellow and stood up right with the animal buttons along the bottom. I forgot all bout this until I read your post. If anyone knows what this is please help.

Jennifer, thank you so much. I have been searching for any evidence that this game actually existed outside of my house as a child. Can it was a game where each player had their own color garbage (fish skeleton, dog bone, etc) and a orange catapult that they set up and would launch their garbage into the gray garbage pail in the middle. I have been searching for this game for years but to no avail.

OOps i meant kelly

gondogn, Thanks, but that isn't even close. It was a SIX wheeled vehicle that was like an amphibious vehicle.

Mark could your six wheeled vehicle been the moon buggy or moon rover? They both drove like a crazy car but with more wheels. In the mid-70's I had a pedal cart with 4 wheels that was green, each of the wheels were the blowmolded type the size of the back wheels on a big wheel.It had an odd shaped steering wheel metal frame and plastic molded seat. my parents called it a green-machine those have 3 wheels now.

What a fun site! Looking for a toy from the 70's. It came with a small plastic guy (maybe a robot). You inserted his hand in a track I believe and you played a variety of games with or against him. Any recollections?

I'm tryong to find out the name of the peanuts toy from the 70's. It was a tracing set, there were stencils of each peanuts member and you would draw the first part them move the stencil over and draw the second part till you were finished and you had one of the peanuts. I've been trying ti find one.

Bridge - I had the toy with the two ropes, handles and the red ovalish ball that you would "swoosh" back and forth between the 2 players. It was actually called "Swoosh".

I was so happy to finally find the name of the plastic puppy I had..."My Good Puppy"...I'm looking for one to buy. I had to move from the east coast to the west coast and had to give most of my toys away. Does anyone know the manufacturer? Thank you in advance!

my mom had two flat oval shaped sand art toys when I was about 6 or 7 in the mid seventies. One had pink white and tan sand and the other had blue white and tan sand. You could move them in your hands to create all differnt sand designs. Does anyone remember having one or seeing one?

Leslie, I hope you read this because the toy you are asking about it the toy that I came to the site to get a picture of because it was one of my daughters favorite toys and it was calld My Good Puppy. I need a picture of it to show her because when putting the bone in Good Puppy's mouth she felt the toy taking the toy and said that "Good Puppy Bit Me" Too this day she has never seen a picture. I think it was a toy by Hasbro. If you find a picture please post it.

Kat They were called High Steppers--1. I'm looking for the name of this toy that was set up with a plastic cup for each foot, and a rubber rope attached to each cup. When you walked on these cups they would make a "clop clop" sound?

Stacy: I had that Swoosh game too, except mine was called "Play Buoy". The ovalish ball was an actual buoy. I think it was marketed as a bust enhancer (lol!).

Mary M. - I had Which Witch!! I completely forgot about that game until I read your post :-) It was a favorite too, except we never really played the game. We just set it up and used it as a haunted house for our Dawn Dolls. Here is a photo: http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/WhichWitchBox.jpg

For K-Rock, the guy in the hammack that you are asking about is called Tilton-Milton. Now I have a question. My husband is trying to remember the name of a car he had in the early 70's that was a Dodge Charger stock car, 1/18 scale and had parts you could interchange. The front fender either was in perfect condition or a new one could be screwed on to look crumpled. You could also change tires, jack the car up etc. HELP!!!!

Magooster, The human like figures you are asking about are HotWheels and they are called "Farbs" Fantastic Car Kooks. There were 4 that were actually sold: Hod Rodney, Hy Gene, Myles Ahead and Red Catchup. The others were prototypes. Peggy, The worm like creature you are asking about was called "Wooly Worm". It looked like fur on the top with leather/suede on the bottom to help it to curl. It did have eyes that were glued on that have the independent moving black centers.

I still have my Good Puppy! Does anyone remember Bubble Yum Baby? You stuck a little pink balloon in her mouth and pumped her arm up and down. Begged for it for Christmas one year and it never worked right!

Serena, I believe the bowling game was called Strollin' Bowlin'. I had one also and played with it a lot.

Kathy J. and others looking for the Riding Toy with the 6 wheels. It's funny but I do not remember the six wheels just the two big ones one the side but I think it might have been called the Crazy Car or Krazy Kar.

I'm trying to remember a toy I got for Christmas in the late 70s or VERY early 80s. It had these little plastic rivits and a battery operated drill thing that would spin the rivits fast enough to melt them as a way to hold the parts together. There were a couple of different kits but I had the Bi Plane. Anyone remember what this thing was called?

Diregard the above question I found it. It was Matell's Spinwelder.

My brother and I had a toy and neither one of us can remember what it was called. It was an amusement park with pieces that fit together and when you turned a crank all of the rides would operate. I'd say it was circa 1976-1979.

Kevin, PaM,,,,,I think the plastic rings were chinese jacks?

The toy amusement park is made by General Mills Fun Group Inc. , later changed to Kenner. It is the Tree Tots Amusement park. It had a castle, merry go round, and a few other rides. All were in pink, green and orange, bright colors!

VAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL- No one has posted in response to Jay or Jules about knowing anything about a blue toy van that held the contents of an animal hospital and several animals. It was made in the 70's. I had one and have searched for years and cannot find who made it or any pictures of it. Does anyone know?

"Playskool Traveling Pet Hospital" is the name of the blue van animal hospital set. I found it on my own finally and have solved the mystery for Jay and Jules :)

I am trying to remember the name of a game from the mid to late 70's that came with red, blue and yellow chips, and had a white top with numbers on it. I don't remember how we played just that we would play for hours.

The 6-wheeled car you pedal with your hands is called a Wild Rider. My husband was certain he had one of these as a kid and we've been looking all over the internet to make sure it actually existed. He finally found proof! So far we found a YouTube video of a 1972 commercial for the Wild Rider by Tomy. Still searching for where we can buy one though...

The Wild Rider is by Marx, not Tomy

Help me guys, the years were the mid 1970's. The toy was very obviously a stock car, I believe an early 1970's dodge charger. It was large, more than 12" long, maybe as large as 16" long. It was a hard plastic shell and body (very strong) painted red and blue (Richard Petty?) and you could use these little hex-nuts to remove the wheels, pull the engine, and replace "crumpled" body panels with fresh ones. I'm not thinking of SST Smash Up Derby, this was a very large car, not big enough for Mego's but, getting there, bigger than 1/18th scale thats for sure. CAN ANYONE HELP!? Its making me nuts :)

FYI the toy is called the Pit Change Charger, by Marx. Google eventually gave up the goods.

hi i am trying to find a toy from the 7os i belive it was two balls on a rope i think the balls were hard plastic and you would clack them together , and u could get them going really fast , does anybody know what i am talking about please help. thank u

Jeannie I believe the balls on a string were called Click Clacks or Klackers.

I am driving myself crazy!!! My toy was a black screen and you used a flat tool to draw pictures and depending on how you held it, the colors would change...help!!!!

This toy was created, I believe to drive parents nuts, lol. It was a clear plastic cube that had solid shelves in it. Each shelf almost reached the opposite wall. It was filled with tiny ball bearings. The whole point of it was to roll the ball bearings from the top to the bottom. Then turn it over and do it again. There was no maze. There were no holes to filter the balls. It's NOT the money maze. Help?

Hello, I'm hoping to learn the name of a logic toy. Likely from the 60's or 70's, it's a round, clear plastic base 4-5" in diameter and 2" high enclosing several layers of plastic plates. Extending upward are eight pins or pegs which move either in or out along radial slots in the top of the base. The object of the game is to get all of the pins inward to the center, and their movement is subject to a binary pattern or code. I think it was called "The Brain", but a search for a toy of that name is rather cumbersome. Thank you.

hi, just wondering if anyone can help me out i had a toy dog when i was a kid, it had a hard plastic head that glowed in the dark with a soft body. mum said it payed music when i first got it but i dont remember.its a light brown colour and its ears are a darker brown, and it has orange and brown eyes. its shaped a bit like a teddy with arms and legs but with a dog face. im guessing it was a 80s toy. its not a glow worm. i would like to see if they still make them. can anyone help???

Ken, Steve, and Jimmattcait, I also have been trying to remember this game, which is how I ended up here trying to search for it... was so excited when I found the description hoping to find out what it was called! I do remember seeing it in a Buck Rogers episode used as a prop, unfortunately I can't post the link of a pic from the episode, it's season 2, episode 6

Has anyone seen this oval shaped,black,a grey button in the middle,and a flashing light on the bottom.I remeber playing with it but i forgot what it did or what it was connected to.

Mark, Dec 21, 2010 - I know what vehicle you are talking about. My neighbor had this...think it was a hand me down from one of her cousins. It was white with six black wheels (3 at each side) and was controlled by your hands....no foot pedals and you where aboe to make it spin either way by only controlling one side or the other. I will write her on facebook and ask her if she remembers what the name of it is and if so I will get back to you. That thing was a blast. We had a older guy that had a driveway that wasa small hill and he always let us use it to build momentum...remember trying to do that one on the hill and flipping it when I grabbed the controllers and went to spin it. VERY painful experience! Fun just the same! LOL

Pipster, that was a Hasbro toy if I recall correctly and yes, I had one. I loved it, have wanted to find one for years to play with and I'm a 44 year old mom. LOL

SCORE! My net skills were with me today! The toy which was pieces parts put together of hard, plastic straws with connectors to make varying lengths and domes and platforms built up on a base with a multi-colored wheel was an...Astrolite by Hasbro! =D

Around the mid 70's I had a toy that was shaped like a cine camera it was red with a white handle on the side that you wound the cassette on with. I only remember two of the cassettes, which were, the incredible hulk and cinderella. Me and my sister loved it but it disappeared one day as our darling Dad decided, unknown to us, to have a toy clear out! Does anyone know who made it or what it was called please?

I used to have a Frankenstein game in the late 70s/ early 80s, which wasn't a board game but consisted of an operating table which had a crank handle at the side and you would play a card game which would determine how many times the crank was turned, which would then cause the operating table the tilt up causing the monster to sit up and open his eyes or fly off the table. Frankenstein's monster composed of seperate plastic parts ( legs, arms, torso and head with eyes that opened). Does this ring any bells at all? Thanks

Holy Cow!! I had forgotten all about the game "Can It". I loved that game! :)

Kat, The toy that you are looking for with the cups that you would walk on are called Romper Stompers. I had them and I loved them!! Hasbro was making them again a few years ago.

I guess it was the late 1970s but there were these 3 plastic bug machine toys sold separately, a purple fly, a black spider, and a scorpion. The fly dropped a green bomb, the scorpion had a ball and chain for a stinger, and the spider had a grappling hook. I cant even find a trace of what these were called or who made them.

I was talking to my partner the other day about a toy I used to have, then in a South Park flashback/dream sequence, Mr Mackey was playing with it... it was a little plastic pegboard, and had 'jewel' pegs which you could make mosaic patterns with...very low tech and I loved it! Any ideas?

HEIDI JO response: I too have this train from a garage sale and it is really cute. I am seeking more info and only find "John Basevi 1977" on the green train tracks. If you see this please respond or if anyone knows anything about this little plastic train set please respond. I would love to find a few more cars and one more track to complete mine. Thanks much.

Dear Ken, I know what game you are talking about..There was a round, white - colored electronic game back in the 70s (possibly around the mid - late 70s) that had a clear - blue lid that you open up, and revealed red - flashing lights..I know because I used to have the same back in 1976 or 1977,and I used to play it quite alot. It made a "bee - leep!" - like sound when the lid was open; and one of the games on it was to get all the red lights into a circle. Can't recall it's name,though; but I remember it stood on a white - cylinder stand (which was part of it's body), and that after you win, it made a fast - beeping sound like : "beepa - beepa beep! ..beepa - beepa beep!" ..It was a really coool game!

Does anyone know the name of a game in the 70s, where you take these plastic color pieces and attach them together to make a little ant figure? I think it was called "Cootie" and was made by Colorform(R); but I'm not sure. I used to have this game when I was 9 or 10. could someone help me?

Does anyone know which company made the game "can it"? The garbage pieces look similar to the junk pieces in the Jaws game by Ideal. Been searching for years but can't find the game anywhere. Anyone have a picture of the game?

Chomper01- that sure sounds like a Cootie. It reminded me of a potato bug!

Does anyone remember this pod like toy that you were supposed to leave on a wall or wherever and people were supposed to put notes in it and eventually put it in a mailbox to get it sent back to you? I thought it started with an O like Omni....

Todd T this was called a magic mirror book... loved it myself!

Peggy, if you're still there! I had this worm, they were called squirm worm or something like. It was just a piece of sheepskin... you can make one yourself.It had the loose centre eyes, and a little red felt tounge at one end. I called mine Murmy, and had a real big chin wobble when I lost it. Thanks for the reminder, Ill make one.

Does anyone remember a word game called 'word nerd', or something similar? It had a really cool many sided die, which I think had letters on it. All I remember is that it also came with sheets of paper to write stuff on. That's all I can remember

I'm trying to find the name and or a picture of a bath toy I had in the late '70's. It was a puppy dog with foam rollers on the bottom and a bar of soap would fit inside and the rollers would foam up to wash with. I believe it was a dark orangish/tan color with white. Any clues would be great.

Looking for 3 toys from around 1968-72: 1. a toy car, orange plastic, with interchangeable parts; 2. small rubber "action figures" of a family of ghosts and ghouls, similar to Addams Family, some glowed in the dark, with a haunted house; 3. space toys (Ideal?), including a water gun with hot and cold water bottles, plus blue blow-molded "moon shoes" you attached to your own shoes, like "Moon Boots" only earlier vintage.

I am looking for a game my brothers used to have. It consisted of 2 mini hockey sticks, 2 mini nets and 1 mini puck. It was prob 3-6 inches in height (I think) and they would play it on a regular table...Does anyone know the name of this item? Thanks

I have just found a yellow metal truck and trailer in the loft. It says Meccano made in England but I can't find anything like it online. Any information would be most appreciated. Thanks.

Third person on here looking for the late 70s tree with acorn and forest animals game, with no responses to any of the questions yet/ please help I am going NUTS!

I am looking for a monkey. It is a girl monkey from the 70's with a rubber face. It has a cloth body with a pink chest. She is wearing a flowered Spaghetti strap dress. holds a banana in one hand and can suck other thumb. Has reddish brown hair. If anyone knows where I can find one email me at kingskids_director@yahoo.com . Thank you

Binzer, the ghost toys, were they called Kooie Spookies?

I am looking for a toy I had in the mid to late 60's. They were 2" tall space men called Cosmic Kittles. Their faces were green, yellow, and blue. They would glow in the dark. Their uniforms were triangular over the shoulders like a poncho and pointed down the back and at the front. They each had their own space ships with a tall plastic bubble over the pilot seat.

in the 80s my older brother had a plastic type mecano set but instead of nutsand bolts it used black rubber rivets and had a special gun to use to put themin and they were re useable any ideas of name

@ Betty Chatham...are you talking about Monchichi dolls? image: https://www.google.com/search?q=monchichi&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS417US449&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=r9y6TpfYDuGKsgKbmoC5CA&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643&sei=%20wNy6Tr7EFcLCsQLgsb2yCA

i had this toy that has figure with one rolling ball on bottom and it would ride an train around the track once and stop by to drop off the figure and then it rode up an elevator, and on top of elevator it waited for an helicopter to pick up the figure and then drop down the slide and back to the train and it will go around once again and repeated the squence i would like to find out about that toy and it was one of my favorite childhood toy contact via email zevion@aol.com with subject like retro toy

Jeannie, April 4, 2011: The toy you're thinking of was called Kerbangers, and it was made by Wham-o before being taken off the market for liability reasons I believe.

My sister used to have a stuffed, hairy mostly white/black dog that was small, and it had an orange stuffed/plush dog house that a flap/door that closed with a small velcro strap. I want to get it for her for Xmas, but have no memory of what it is. It was from the 70's I believe, at lastest 1981.

Elaine - July 01, 2011 Lite Brite?

My brother & I are trying to remember the name of this game/toy: From the early '80s, had a large vinyl mat with some plastic mountains that would attach. There were small plastic characters like warlords and a guy with a ball & chain. I keep wanting to call it Dragon Riders but I know that's not right. The characters were about 2" tall or so, green (or maybe black & red??) and had a base on them. Help! :D

I am looking for a toy I had back in the late 70's. It was a hand powered sawmill that would rip, cut, and sand pieces of balsa wood which would then be glued on patterns to form old western buildings. Does anyone remember the name of this?

I am looking for the name of a game I had in the 70's with these little suction cup pop up mushrooms shaped hoppers. I can't remember what the object of the game was but they used to scare the daylights out of me when they popped. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Thanks

Did anyone ever respond to this inquiry? I think I'm looking for the same toy. Help! kelly sansom - October 24, 2010 - Report this comment looking for these colored shapes with slits in them so u can put them together circles squares triangles red bue clear had so much fun with them dont no what to call them

Does anyone remember the name of a 70s toy i had as a child it had long fur and a long rubber nose not much to go on i know :)

Murran-Aug 17, 2011 - I've been trying to find that toy (or at least it's name) too! It seems like it was shaped like a lady bug and had compartments for the notes. I keep thinking is was Oobie or something like that. Have you had any luck?

I am looking to find a toy that my daughter got when she was 3 or 4 so late 70's early 80's. It has foam shapes that have different colors and holes in the foam to attach a button that is fat around on one side and smaller around the other side. If anyone knows where I could find this toy let me know thanks

Does anyone know a toy that came out..possibly late 70's early 80's...It was made of cloth...had velcro on sides. Looked like a tree and came with cute furry animals inside. I don't know why but feel like it was a fisher price toy.

I had the MOST fantastic, fun toy in the early 70's. Two bags full of round, flower-shaped discs that interlocked like leggos. You could make amazing girly things with these daisy-shaped toys, like crowns and thrones for your Barbies. Of all the toys I got rid of and WISH I had kept for my daughter, these are the ones I regret the most. Can any other 50-somethings out there help?

In the late 70's I got a toy snail. It was orange plastic with a green head and a large yellow dial on the side. When you wound it up the snail would move and it would play the song "Talk to the Animals". I loved this snail and had it well into college, but I mysteriously lost it! I'm pretty sure it was made by one of the big toy manufacturers, but I have not been able to find it anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you!

Does anyone remember in the early 70s, a construction set that was on a track that you could hand crank in both directions. It also was able to dump rocks and load them again. This is driving me crazy! Thanks

Angie, I have been trying to find these too, I think there were white, red, blue and yellow discs, and the only name I can come up with is something like deely bobs or dilly bops, but when I google those names, the 80s antennae things come up. Keep looking and let me know if you figure it out.

Angie, Crystal Climbers?

TV SHOW Name needed. Born in 1969. I remember a show with an older black grandpa with an unusual sweet comforting voice. He had a beard and I think had a nickname for his granddaughter and she sat on his lap?? May have been a vignette of another show, i.e. Sesame Street or the Electric Company.

looking for the name of a ride in car older stlye racer open wheels pedal type get going good then it would reverse direction white body red under carrage might have been exer-car by nordic track not sure i was like 6 or 7

To the person who was looking for the monkey-it's probably ZIPPY. I had a monkey like that when I was a kid (from late 70s) and I am looking to buy one. I have found pics online. It was a great toy.

Does anyone remember in the late 60's or early 70's, the name of girls jewelry or purse with a little doll in them the doll was maybe 2" to 3" and came in oval plastic casing in the bracelet or necklace you could open them but you could not take the doll out from the side of the purse. i have been trying to find these items anywhere and it's driving me crazy trying to remember the name or who even made them.

Email is photochic72@aol.com I'm looking for the name of or one for sale...I was a child in the 1970's and had the "tree people family" is what I called it..it wasn't plastic it was cloth..so not the fisher price or Kenner Family tree house. There was a Tree House, Car, Mom, Dad, Baby and I believe another sibling or 2. The tree house had a swing on it that was plastic. I have 2 kids now and I so badly want them to play with this. I kept mine for all these years but husband cleaned and now we can't find it =( IF someone just knows what I'm talking about and I can get a name maybe I can find it. The people kind look like Lalaloopsy dolls (bigger head smaller body). The car was kinda patch worked...it had a steering wheel that snapped off an on it too was cloth!

Jill, Bryan, Joe, looking for the plastic game with the oak tree and animals...I think it is the Winnie the Pooh Bee'n'Honey game. I had this same game when I was little and I couldn't remember what it was. I went poking around some of the Sears Christmas catalogs on Flickr and found a picture of this game. Googled it for a better look and it appears to be the same one I remember. Pooh, Piglet, Owl, and Tigger are on it, and you have to push the corresponding buttons to flip a little plastic disk with a picture of a bee on it to each animal and eventually into the tree itself. I guess it could be a licensed version of a generic tree and animal, flip-the-disc game, but the more I think about it, the more I am pretty sure the toy I had was this Winnie the Pooh game. Anyway, I hope this helps. I ran across this page while trying to find the answer to this question myself and digging around in the old Sears catalog solved it! Oh Sears Christmas Catalog, hero of my childhood...is there anything you cannot do? :)

I am trying to remember a toy from the late 70s/early 80s. It is a plastic animal bath toy, with 2 sponge rollers on the bottom. It was hollow, so you could put a bar of soap inside, and then when you rolled it on your body, it would suds up. Anyone remember this? I think mine was a green frog? Or a blue dog? I cant remember it was so long ago!

I am ALSO trying to find this toy: *quote by crazy amy* "When I was a kid, my aunt had a really neat toy that had 2 long ropes with handles on both ends, one person would pull their ropes a part and send a football shaped ball with the ropes running through it flying towards the other person. I would love to know what this toy was called and get one if I can." (No idea why, but i think "glider" might have been in the name) PLEASE HELP!!! :)

OMG! HOT DOG!!!! I just found it!!! IT was called a STREAKER!!! here is the link! http://myverylastnerve.blogspot.com/2011/04/im-convinced-they-were-trying-to-kill.html

JenVoy: You're thinking of The Woodies. There was a Squirrel Family, a Beaver & I think a Bluebird. They also came with books. All made by Fisher Price. I still have all of mine. Thank God my folks never threw anything away.

I am trying to find a tiny two inch sized hard plastic toy of Barney Rubble. I think I got it in a cereal box in the late sixties or early seventies. Also, I would like to find a replacement for a stuffed clown with a big long sticking out red nose that I got at about the same time. Anyone have any ideas?

To Tara, I think what you are looking for is a Light Bright, my sister had one.

To Bev, I think they were called KIDDLES, I had some as a little girl.

Have been searching for a couple of years now and can NOT find this old toy I had! From the late 70's or early 80's. It was a brown plastic log with hidden woodland animals that would popout. It had a spot to "chop" and spot to "saw" and to "screw". It came with a plastic (I believe all in one) saw/axe/screwdriver. I remember the screwdriver part was blue and C shaped (old fashioned). When you did each function an animal would pop out. I remember the end of the log had the squirrel that would pop out. When I lost the tool, the animals were trapped in there forever! Can ANYONE help me identify this old toy?? It is driving me crazy!!!

im looking of the name of a toy.. was for kids i think in the 90's to 2000. it was oval came in different colors. and had a screen on it so someone sent a message it appared.. i think it started with a B..im not to sure. help if u can

For Susan that commented a while back....the Rub-on Transfers I used as a kid and LOVED LOVED LOVED THEM....They were called "Action Transfers" and here is the website dedicated to them

I had this toy in the 70's - it was a throwing toy, long with a rubber tip, and little guide wings on it. Can't remember the name! help! =)

Trying to remember the (foreign?)name of a fun craftsy set of small plastic pieces, of various shapes and colors, that would attach to an approx. (5" x 5"?) plastic board/grid to make designs, mosaics and such. You could even connect several grid-boards together to make a larger design. Late 60's or 70's?

I am looking for a toy from the 70's. They were 4inch animal figures that when you put the figure down on a flat surface the head would move one way and the body would move in the opposite direction of the head. The figures had a small metal piece that stuck out the bottom of the figure to make the head and body move

I'm looking for a toy similar to the oval-shaped, flat, plastic toy called the Magic Window. I remember it being like an oil/water thing--blobs of colored water would filter through little obstacles to the bottom, then you turned it over and did it again. I think it was red water/blue blobs or vice versa. Anyone remember that?

I am after help, in the late 70,s i had car launcher that was styled like a rifle, it had these shells that you put the cars in, then loaded the rifle, it had a bolt action and you laid on the floor and shot your cars out, racked the bolt action to discharge the shell and load the next car! Anyone remember the name or where I might find one??? cheers Andy - Andynmanda@ntlworld.com

Therese, I came here looking for the flower-shaped discs that interlocked like legos, too. I have a picture somewhere of me playing with them in 1969. I loved them, but cannot remember what they were called and have looked everywhere for info on them. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

I was looking for the cloth tree house with plush toys and found one by fisher price called the woodseys

Hi, I am looking for the big squishy rubber animals that dangles from a stretchy cord. There was an owl and an octopuss and I think a mermaid. many animals with plastic eyes. The rubber was almost a slimy texture. my best friend collected them what were they called?? They were not monsters. They were animals. Anyone?? You could buy them at the drugstore counter they were displayed hanging and in some toy stores.1970's.

I'm looking for a toy from the late 60s or 70s. You place a crayon in a holder like an airbrush and plug the toy in...and press the crayon against a hot metal piece and you could draw with the melted crayon....Sounds crazy, but if you ever had one...you know what I'm talking about. Shuler-Perez -- Crazy Wheels?

This outside toy was orange heavy-duty plastic that you got inside of and rolled around and around-like when your brother use to push you inside of a tire. I just cannot remember, HELP?

I found the doll that rides the ladybug! It was called Upsy Downsy land. you can see it at wishbook.web Its in the JCP 1970 catalog page 453

I have a styrofoam Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur (skeleton) that I had when living in Concord California. This was late 60's, & he was a Christmas or birthday gift when I was a child. Rex is still in the original box with instructions, plus all the parts. I think there might be a few pen marks on the jaw bone. I've kept him all these years but as I'm moving it's time to find him a new home. I have some pics to email too. tuscarorastables at aol for inquiries. Thanks!

1970's - 1980? Blue dome with white base. The dome slid back to reveal 10 buttons 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 with corisponding numbers/ geometric shapes. It had several controls in the center. Probably to choose from different levels or combination patterns or somthing. I remeber playing with it for hours trying to figure out how it was suppose to work. I know for a fact it exiosted because they used one in the 2nd season of Buck Rogers 25th cenury TV show. Help me I'm going insane trying to find the name of this toy.

forgot my email myonusrecordsltd@hotmail.com

I had an a-frame cottage-type dollhouse with 2 small dolls, cots, fishing rods and a motorboat when I was a kid in the 70's... Desperate to find out the name and/or brand.

@Kerri I think you are thinking of the Barbie Mountain House.. I tried looking it up online to see if I am right. If you Google it you should see a picture. :)

@ Melissa - I was looking for that playset too and I finally found it! It is called "Dragon Riders of the Styx" Seems there was a few toys made under that line, so look for the 'fantasy playset' when you google it =)

I can't find anything on a toy I had in the 70's. I keep thinkig it was called a Kitchen Karosale or something like that. I was a barbie doll sized kitchen that was battery operated and rotated. It had a stove and oven and washer & dryer, etc. Does anyone know about it?

Looking for a deep sea diver bath toy. It had a pumpm on the end that you'd pump and the toy would sort of hop/walk along the bottom of the tub.Anyone remember this?? Probably around year 1983ish...

Hi in the 1970's i had a toy I am trying to locate now. It consisted(when assembled) of a blue base, with a clear plastic bottle that stood out of it vertically. In the bottle was a base of gravel, like in a fishtank, and then some orange plastic shapes of ships wheel an anchor and some other stuff. Floating in the bottle at the top was a yellow object with a claw sticking out of the bottom. by squeezing the bottle, the claw went down and grabed the objects. the goal was to get all of them. Can anybody please tell me what the name of this toy was? Thank You.

Dolly, what you're thinking of is a Tru Vue Rolla Show. You can still get them on ebay every once in awhile

Trying to find the name for a shooting gallery type toy. It had a pistol at one end and tagets at the other (duh) and used compressed air running down a set of tubes that would use pistons to knock over the targets when you were lined up right. From late 60's maybe but more likely the early 70's.

I FOUND the SQuishy rubber danglers: RUSS BERRIE JIGGLERS!!!!!!!!! Trying to paste a picture but check them out!

Wade - I think you may be looking for the "Magic Shot Shooting Gallery.

I am trying to find the name of a game (probably for preschoolers) from the 1970's. It was colorful plastic, and I believe it had gingerbread men (or a gingerbread house), and tokens that you could drop down the chimney. I think at least one of the tokens had a shamrock on it. WHAT WAS THIS???? please and thank you!

Jeffery - you may be looking for the Aqua Diver. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbnid=56JHw9fsRzoxtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.samstoybox.com/stories/toybox/stories2004.html&docid=h5_lhwOjdFUU7M&imgurl=http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/sea1.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=r61jT7rGKMOzsAK48PybCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=115&vpy=247&dur=7756&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=102&ty=82&sig=115325290640207200332&page=1&tbnh=122&tbnw=169&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1067&bih=710

Jeffrey - Try Sea Diver if Aqua Diver doesn't pull it up for you.

CBhappygirl - Thanks, but no. The one I'm thinking of has the target stands and the gun connected by about 3 feet of vinyl(?) tubing (about 6 of them joined together) under a connecting "C" shaped piece of plastic (open end down). When you lined up on the target and pulled the trigger the gun would send a pulse of air down the appropriate tube and activate a piston/plunger that would then knock over the target. The targets were various items but the only one I distinctly remember were plastic "tin" cans.

Does anybody remember a care stencil game? You had different stencils for the front middle and rear and could create different cars?

Hi everyone, What was the name of those chunky race cars which I used to play with in the early 70's? Like a normal car but compacted. Metal. Big back wheels. Mines was a green one. Tonka? Hard wearing.

I am looking for a toy from around 1976 and I know it was by a good toy manufacturer. The name of it was Good Puppy and I am sure of the name. I chewed and ate small flat plastic white dog bones. Since it chewed I would imagine it had batteries.

massm@nycap.rr.com TO: Connie - February 12, 2011 You said above that you still had the Good Puppy. If you are willing to sell it I would like to buy it. Send me an email. If you know who made it I woul love to know too.

hi,i had a brown sweep from sooty and sweep, he wasnt a puppet but was a soft toy, desparate to find another. also had a bright bike with white wheels and long white seat called a GX2000. what to find one of those also if anyone can help please x

sorry that was bright green bike. thanks al x

Hi everyone. I would like help in identifying a toy that I got during 1986-1990. It was a stuffed dalmatian that came with a roller/walker toy. The dalmatian had floppy ears, a red collar and his mouth was opened with a small tongue attached inside. The roller/walker itself was simple. Just a white plastic body with a long handle, 1 wheel on each side and Velcro at the sides to snap the dog's hind legs into place . At the front of the body was a small flat lever like thing, which you could slide into the neck stuffed toy. And when you pushed it, the dog's head would bob up and down and make a squeaking sound. Been searching for "Spot" for over 3 years now and have yet to find a link or picture. Would appreciate any help. Thanks!

HI ALL DOES ANYONE REMEMBER A BLACK PLASTIC BALL, KINDA LIKE THE MAGIC 8 BUT THIS WAS A BOMB AND IT HAD A TIMER ON IT, YOU TOSSED IT FROM PERSON TO PERSON UNTIL THE BOMB WENT OFF, LOSER WAS HOLDING THE BOMB. I WANT SO BADLY TO FIND ONE OF THESE FOR ME AND MY BROTHER, IT WAS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TOYS GROWING UP, APPRECIATE ANY INPUT OR HELP BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I GOOGLE OR TYPE NOTHING COMES UP.

Responding to LISA's comment: I think she's referring to Milton Bradley's TIME BOMB game, which was available starting in 1965, and was sold well into the 1970s. Comedian Stubby Kaye first introduced it on his kiddie game show, "Shenanigans." I have a kinescope of the show, with TIME BOMB commercial (10/9/65, ABC-TV).

As I was reading through these posts I knew some of the names of the toys people were talking about and also wanted to post a toy I am trying to recall the name of. Can anyone tell me how I can reply to someones post? Can I directly connect to their posting or will my post/reply just automatically post at the very end of the thread? Thanks a bunch for any help....brand new here :)

Debbie - Just call out the name of the individual asking the question you can answer, as I did here for you, then put in your response. Most of the members check back and either look to the end of the list here or the do a "find on this page".

Responding to Debbie's comment on KIDDLES from 1/28/12: They were called LIDDLE KIDDLES, made by Mattel from 1967 to 1970. My sister had several of them, and a playset. One of her favorites was a boy in a fireman's outfit named Bunson Bernie. Also, responding to Chomper01's comment on the COOTIE game: COOTIE goes back to the later 1940s and is still in stores today. I grew up in the 1960s, and then, COOTIE was manufactured by the Schaper Company. Schaper went under around 1974, and I believe Parker Brothers bought the rights to it.

Responding to Nic who asked about a toy that followed crayon drawing on a mat, KEnner produced this. Here is the commercial for it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWZn14dVHSE

I have been going crazy looking for a puzzle from when I was a kid in the late 60s/early 70's...it was a puzzle..the pieces were mostly characters...and there was a book of clues that helped you figure out where the unusually shaped clues went. I think there were 2 or 3 different sets.

Anyone remember a building set where you pour plaster paris into molds to make bricks? You then stack them with glue to make buildings. I had a Garage... can't find them anywhere

Looking for scooter type thing- square on wheels kids scoot around on

Kris H - I too am looking for the name of the toy that Jill T, Bryan and Joe were looking for. It sounds just like the one you describe but was definately not Winnie the Pooh characters - definately had a squirrel in there somewhere. Yellow plastic back, red buttons along the bottom on the front, holes in the tree where the acorn would fall through from the top to the bottom of the tree with the animals sitting on branches hitting the acorn from up the tree. I have a photo with it in the background but it is way too fuzzy to see any details or name! I had this as a 2-3 year old in about 1976. Anyone got a name????

The toy that Kylie, Kris H, Jill T, Bryan and Joe are looking for was called Pass The Nuts. They can be found on ebay and timewarptoys fairly often. It was a fun game.

I need help identifying a toy. This is a cockpit type toy, kinda similar to the jimmy jet but not nearly as big or complex looking. It was battery operated, and you were the 'pilot' using a joystick and you would navigate over a moving landscape screen. The landscape was projected onto a screen via a rotating drum housed inside a cabinet. I remember it had a white cabinet and a single orange or yellow joystick. There was a rotating drum on the inside that projected the moving landscape on the screen. It came with several landscapes that were interchangeable that you would wrap around the drum. The landscapes were printed on transparency paper, like you would use for an overhead projector. The landscapes were a bit cartoonish, I remember “flying” over Mt Rushmore drawings and so forth. I was born in 1971, so I would guess this would be a toy made in the late 1970’s. I have no idea who made it, what the name of it was, or anything like that. I’ve googled so many keywords trying to find this thing to no avail. Hope someone can help

Hi. I'm looking for information on a motorcycle, small toy, that came with a power glove. The glove held the batteries and was made of a metallic-looking fabric. The Thumb and forefinger of the glove had hidden wires that ran to the battery pack on the glove, and had small button-type electrodes. When you gripped the back of the bike, it spun up the bike's rear wheel, and then you would release the bike and it would take off. Any idea what this is called? Andy - Feb 19 - the toy is called Ricochet Racers, by Palitoy. Any google will find plenty of data.

I am trying to remember a bizarre catching game called Thumb Ball that appeared in early 1970s. It consisted of two posts or catchers with thumb activated buttons on the side that were used to catch and release the ball that was thrown back and forth. I have see a similar game on current websites with the name Thumb Ball, but I swear I saw an old version around 1970. And NJTitan, I remember that wind-up football game, even though I was a girl not into sports. It was the Marx Pro Bowl Live Action play set, and I remember the wind-up quarterback who doubled as a kicker. Board Game Geek has a description of it.

There are two toys that I remember as a kid and haven't been able to identify... One was a set of translucent plastic tubes with grooves scored into them so that they could be fitted into one another on an offset fashion. Five tubes made an easy set of binoculars (two on each side joined by one in the center). The tubes were strong plastic and came in yellow, blue and pink (maybe green). Another was a nativity set that consisted of cutout figures that slide into a plastic tray with parallel grooves like a miniature stage set. The figures were printed on a stiff, flexible white plastic and were "lifelike" like a painting with true colors and shading. There may have been other scenes available but I had the nativity. We had the best toys back then!!

Bethany: The plastic wheel drawing set that looks like gears is a SPIROGRAPH. I had one too and spent many fun hours with it!

It's been killing me slowly not being able to remember the name of a toy that I enjoyed very much as a kid in the 90's. The objective of this game/toy was to match all kinds of funny noises. The toy itself looked like a purple pad with rows and columns of rubbery orange buttons. The funny noises would be randomly placed on the pad and you would have to match the sounds. I really hope someone out there remembers this or had one of their own. Thank you!

Grace, I am so sorry to hear that an unknown toy has been killing you slowly. It was manufactured by Tiger Electronics and it was called HENRY.

When i was a little girl in the 70s, I had an stuffed orange owl with a wind up music box inside it. I am trying to find one now for my grand-daughter. Mine sadly got destroyed in a flood. Does anyone know who at least made this toy back then? Please email me if you have any info. tleckie@cogeco.ca

Delia, you are thinking of Dynamite Shack. Made by Milton Bradley, it was a classic. Utilizing the two giant pink thumbs, one had to maneuver sticks of dynamite into the shack before it blew up. It is often confused with modern Thumb Ball, but it's not Thumb Ball. Sorry.

Attention Tammi, from March 26, 2011, if you're still alive. That spinning top was called PUT & TAKE, and was made by Schaper in 1965. It came with chips, top, and a base. Perhaps you had a later model. I know the answers to about fifty of these toy names, including the blue dome with buttons and symbols mentioned by Steve, Ken, Jimmattcait, Sharon, Chomper01, & Myonus. I also know exactly what the six wheeled vehicle is called, who made it and when. But so few people check back and the ones who do, few of those say "Thanks" or "That's right!" or anything at all, so you don't know if they ever got the information. : ( It discourages people from answering, I'm sure.

I had a game that had a mirror in the middle and you had to do all sorts of tasks looking at the mirror image. Does anyone recall the name of that game?

I posted yesterday looking for the name of the orange owl from the 70's. I found it. It was made by Fisher Price and was called The Musical Owl :)

to Mark 11/24/19, Jody 10/24/09, Kathy J 6/27/09, Kathy M 5/2/11, and Sonnemarie 12/14/19: The 6 wheeled ride-on car was the "Wild Rider" by Marx. It had 6 black plastic wheels on a low white plastic body with hand cranks inside. It is no longer made. It was very fun. to Shuler-Perez 8/30/09 and Debbie 2/15/11: the ride-on toy with two large red and yellow spiraled wheels was the Krazy Kar. It also had two hand cranks inside.

*to Mark 11/24/09 Sonnemarie 12/14/09

Murran Aug 17, 2011 It was Oobi by Parker Bros. Check out this website: http://deuceofclubs.com/oobi/who.htm

Brian - thank you so much for naming the "pass the nut" game, it was driving me insane! Found one on timewarptoys, thanks also for putting me onto that awesome site!

Glad I could help. Now if someone could just find the toy I was asking about I'd be happy. Been driving me crazy for 4 years!

hi everyone.. I just awoke from a dream (middle of the night here) about a toy I had from when I was quite little.. I don't remember much from it- only how it DIED.. While in play, I "drove" it across my dad's face and it snagged his beard.. it ceased to exist after that.. The toy itself was a little battery-operated plastic "moon car"; orange body and with blue tinted windows.. the unique thing about this toy was it had a magnet under its 6 little (rubber?) wheels and rode in a metal upright (vertical) track that had moon scenes imprinted on it and with orange (or blue) plastic outer trim.. the car could ride on the inside or outside of the track- upside down and all.. was a neat little thing. It appeared in a dream (okay it was a nightmare!) and I awoke and thought I'd try googleing this thing but to no luck! I want to say it was called "moon patrol" or "moon buggy"... I believe this toy is from the late 60s to very early 70s as I could have not been more than 5 years old.. (and boy, was my father ticked!) Also, here's one for ya, I saw this mentioned in a few posts above.. about the Krazy Kar and that.. someone asked about "a ride-able that was similar to a Bigwheel, but with bigger oversized wheels and a seat in the middle..." you controlled it with LEVERS.. This thing was called a "Green Machine" and I was a TERROR on that thing! :) I hope this helps someone out there!

hi all - i have a vague recollection of a toy with a little man on a base who spun round and pointed at answers (?) on a board. probably controlled with magnets of some description, but it seemed magical to me! probably from the early 70's. any ideas??

I left a post above, I'm guessing no one knew. But incase someone is looking for it, I found it!! Gabriel's "Patches McGee".

To Mark 11/24/19, Jody 10/24/09, Kathy J 6/27/09, Kathy M 5/2/11, Sonnemarie 12/14/09 and Keith 5/30/2012: I don't know if the 6-wheeled ride-on vehicle that everyone says was the "Wild Rider" by Marx is what YOU had or not, but after looking at the youtube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-BcI6CzPGI ), I can tell you, it's NOT what I had. Sure, like the "Wild Rider", mine had 6 black plastic wheels on a low white plastic body with hand cranks inside, but it had a molded seat, painted black (the paint would chip off) and had a central hub area between your legs, that the "Wild Rider" did not have. Mine had a much more substantial body frame, with wider side panels and looked more like a moon buggy than the "Wild Rider", which just seems to look like a shallow bucket with 6 wheels. If ANYONE knows of a different version of the "Wild Rider" or something like it, please let us all know. my email (set up especially for sites like this so I can keep track) is: spamfilter3000@gmail.com

I am after help, in the late 70,s i had car launcher that was styled like a rifle, it had these shells that you put the cars in, then loaded the rifle, it had a bolt action and you laid on the floor and shot your cars out, racked the bolt action to discharge the shell and load the next car! Anyone remember the name or where I might find one??? cheers Andy - Andynmanda@ntlworld.com

I have always wanted to find out what 3 particular toys were that I had as a child, to hopefully help me find them again. 1) 3 or 4 plastic buildings made of plastic, each with a wheel with a bit sticking out, so the wheels would fit into each other. The characters would fit into holes in the bottom of each building, one I particularly remember is a teacher, another a postman. When the buildings were connected, and the people in the holes, you would turn a wheel at the end and the peoples arms would move up and down. 2) This might be 80's, but it was a pink heart shaped dollhouse. It was a carry around one so you could close the front, and simply flip it open to play. The flip open bit became the front grassed area. 3) A red fabric doll, except its hands and face were plastic. It was I think about 25cm tall? I would love any help in identifying these 3 after all of these years. Thank you in advance.

Hi everybody! I'm trying to identify a 1970's spaceship/robot shaped like a housefly, with a grappling hook on the back, and a little "pilot" figure behind the eyes. Anybody know what this was?

I am looking for this toy I don't know if it's from the 70's or 80's but you had these tiny plastic animals with wheels on the bottom and the base looked like a castle It was ran with batteries and had an esculator type device the animals would go up then roll down the other side. I played with this toy for HOURS. wish I would have kept better track of it. Thank you for any help :)

Fyi... Myonus, Ken, Steve, Chomper01, Jimmattcait, Sharon I finally found that electronic puzzle game with the blue tinted dome and the white base. It was almost certainly Computer Perfection. I spent an unreasonable number of hours searching Google images. Morrilton Devil Dog, you could have at least thrown the name out there.

TARA.....it's called "The Brain Puzzle" made by Mag-Nif....good luck. Sliding pegs.

Ok, so I have been racking my brains trying to figure out what this gadget/toy was and went through this entire blog, hoping to find it. I think I had it in a keychain version and it was a little 3" (approx) disc .. May have been an octagon shape and it had a green enclosed film on one side and when you moved your finger on the back of it, you could create swirly designs from your finger/ heat. Please tell me someone knows what I am describing here. Everyone I ask vaguely remembers it but can't really give me an answer. Thanks to all!

when i was little (70's) i had a hard plastic boy baby doll. kinda like a molded baby doll or something. i think it was called chubby, but i can't find him anywhere online no matter what i look up. does anyone remember this doll ?

I am grateful for this site. Maybe someone will remember the name of this electronic game from the 70's that I have been trying very hard to remember. It was a black, red and white square electronic toy. The goal was to be able to keep up with the pattern sequences that showed up in red. The name is a one word title. It not the Simon or Merlin game. Hope someone remembers it. :)

Does anyone remember a dog that was made of glass it was a figurine that could "predict the weather".We got one about the same time as mail order seahorses and seamonkeys came out. Cannot find anything like it anywhere!

Responding to Kayeah's comment: This glass dog was offered by one or two of the two-bit novelty companies which advertised in Archie, DC or Marvel comic books. I believe this was offered in the late 1970s, since I haven't seen it in any comics from the 1960s or early '70s. The glass dog supposedly "predicted" the weather by changing color (yellow for sun, purple for rain or snow). Kind of like a prism, kind of like the "Magic 8 Ball." You had to either hold it up to a lamp, or in direct sunlight to make it change color. It was really aimed at kids under ten years old, the age group these novelty companies preyed on for sales. The novelty companies assumed that kids were stupid enough to believe anything (such as the "moneymaking machine" and "X-Ray Glasses." The little glass dog you're inquiring of will be hard to find, for it wasn't mass-marketed by a reputable toy company.

Yes, that is the one. Thank you so much for explaining that to me. I have really enjoyed telling my kids about the funny toys we used to have out there in the 1970's. I told them about the xray glasses too. Of course the kids are incredulous that we would ever think that was neat. lol. Ah, those were the days of playing games inside and outside NOT one on one with the TV screen.

Looking for My Puppy (or My Good Puppy) as well. I can't even find a picture of it on the web. Anyone know what kind of dog was it? A beagle maybe? Was it plush with wooden bones???

Hey Guys: I need to know the name of a toy I had as a child. It was a blue spaceship, its spacedock, and an asteroid which were attached to a center base by separate solid wires and flew around in circles. You controlled the height and speed of the ship and you could even destroy the asteroid by pulling up on the lever at the right time! It was awesome. Does this ring any bells for anyone?

I an trying to figure out the name of a toy boat set i had in the late 1970s to early 1980s ..It was a ship on top with a backdrop of the sea with the ocean on the bottom.You hung the divers from the boat by plastic lines to look like they were swimming..it had sharks and an octopus at the bottom with treasure chest..I looks like fisher price adventure sets but it is not that I checked.

Hi All-I'm trying to remember the name of a toy that my brother and I played with in the 70s. It had a red, squarish 'base' that was filled with sand and a ball attached to it by an elastic cord. it came with a paddle to hit the elastic ball. we played with that an entire summer in the street in front of our house (ball bounced and you needed lots of space). Anyone remember name?

Trying to remember a game. It came with a hard molded square basin that had relief detail (like a treasure chest). You filled it w/ water, and then you floated this round raft (half of it was white, half orange) and then you placed pieces (I can't remember if they actually looked a little like sailors or just represented them) You were supposed to balance the sailors on the raft evenly so they wouldn't all tip over into the water. It's highly possible if was actually a toy from the 1960s since I had older sisters. Thanks in advance.

Andy, the toy gun that shoots cars is called Ricochet Racers; http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/RicochetRacers.html. eBay has a couple sets and some individual pieces.

I'm looking for the names of two toys I had in the mid to late 70s. The first was an electric shooting gallery tabletop game. It was fairly large, maybe two feet long and a foot wide. It was mostly made out of red plastic, but I believe the front was brown to simulate wood. The front was styled to look like the dashboard of an old plane, with a starter knob, score dial and a back machine gun mounted on top. The gun was the type that had a round, horizontal magazine on top. The magazine cover came off so that you could replace the light bulb, which was the same as used in most 2-D cell flashlights. The rear of the unit was like an amphitheatre with a cardboard backdrop painted to look like the sky. When you pulled the starter knob, it would reset the score dial and then an image of a biplane would be projected onto the backdrop. It would move by means of a motorized mirror mounted in the back of the dashboard. When you pulled the trigger a '+' would be projected on the backdrop from the bulb in the gun, and if you hit the plane, a noise would sound and the score dial would increase. As there were no electronics to speak of, I believe it detected the hits by comparing the positions of the gun and mirror. It might have had the word "Ace" in the title. The second was a remote controlled helicopter that 'flew' on fishing line. There was a control panel base and a complex series of fishing lines that had to be properly strung. The helicopter itself was a non-motorized, white plastic Sikorsky Skycrane. When the toy was turned on, you could make the copter fly forward or back on the lines, and both lower and raise it. It came with a boxy crew carrier module and some cargo pieces that you could make it pick up. Note that this was definitely NOT a Vertibird. The helicopter didn't actually fly, it was completely controlled by the fishing, which tended to get hopelessly tangled every time the toy was stored for more than a day or two.

I sketched a crude illustration of the shooting gallery toy I had and took a couple photos of the helicopter model from the other toy I'm looking for (all I have left of that one). http://i45.tinypic.com/vqkthd.png http://i48.tinypic.com/23v476.jpg http://i50.tinypic.com/357egz9.jpg

Please help. It's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't remember what it was called. From the 70s, a toy.It was a head, and you could think change it's beards and mustaches and wigs. Anyone know?

To: Cobolt june 2009 post - the 6-wheeled riding car you are talking about is a Wild Rider by Marx. There's a commercial from 1972 on the internet.

Does anyone remember a game I think it was called spin 5 - it was a metal circle with about 5 (hence the name) little circles on it and you had to hit the circles to start it off and then you just kept them spinning as long as you could - havnt really described it that well but can anyone help me out

Daniel - May 09, 2012 It was called 'Links' or 'Linq' Shelley - June 12, 2012 - Search for Magic Robot Quiz Game

looking for name of game from the 70's it was a box with 4 holes in it, you filled it with plastic items, then you took turns putting your hand in box and figuring out what you picked up

Just wondering if anyone would have any ideas about this. It was an old math game, I think out of a catalogue company. It was a round item about 6 or 8 inches around, had something like a calculator keypad in the center. A LED display with a 'speak and math' style presentation of the numbers was used. It would do math problems up to 4th grade level (I think) time tests, multiplication tables up to 12. The think that I remember most was a face made up of the 4 math signs that either smiled or frowned depending on your answer. I can remember the name Digit on the front of it and that's about it. The only other thing I remember was the power cord. It was a heavy duty cord much like the ones you see on PC towers now. Anyone have any ideas?

Responding to Al: You may be thinking of an Ideal game called Feely Meely. It was around from 1968 until about 1976. The box's holes were lined with black cloth to keep the plastic objects hidden. One person placed the objects in the box while participating players covered their eyes. The game was played in rounds, for as long as the players cared to play. Unless you got creative, the fun factor wore thin quickly.

ROB THANKS THAT WAS DRIVING ME NUTS, MY SISTER AND COUSINS WOULD SIT FOR HOURS PLAYING THIS GAME, THANKS AGAIN

The person looking for the name of the 2 inch doll with lady bug car. They were called the upsy downsy dolls. I still have both the doll and the car.

I had an action figure in the late 70s. Caucasion. I think it had a beard. Its boday was molded in safari outfit. It had a dial on the back to control the arm movement. Any ideas? I thought maybe GI Joe but haven't located it in GI Joe sites.

Rekrul: Maybe the Red Baron?

Ken: the toy with the tool than spun plastic rivets and melted pieces together was called "Spinwhelder". Here is a link:

i had a toy that had air planes that would slide down plastic line from a lunch pad that you held with your hand. also my younger brothers had a plastic pedal car it was a red dune buggy with chain drive but don't know the names of them. also had a sub toy that was green and ornge was rubber band powered. you would wing it up and put it in or on the water. It would dive under the water and come back to the top of the water when the rubber band power ran out. ?

the name of the game with the white bass and blue dome and lights up is computer perfection by lakeside. i found it on http://www.domainnamesanity.com/webumake/wwwsites/www.gameinhand.net/OtherHHandTTONLY.html

I am looking for a toy I used to have in the late 70s. There are different playsets of scenes, town, house, etc. There are "outlets" where you can place animal figures. Then you turn a gear, and the animals move in place. I remember it being along the lines of Richard Scarry busy town, but could have been different animals and people than that. I am driving myself nuts about this.

I had a number of little handheld games that used little metal bearings as the balls. I only remember a red hockey one and a green & orange baseball one. Could be made by Tomy or some other. Can't find any info online!

I had a building set in the 70s that was made up of translucent square and rectangular colored plastic plates (maybe 4' x 3' each) with a couple of notches in each side so you could fit them together to build a house. Anyone have any idea what they were called or who made them? Would love some help finding a set for our daughter.

I'm looking for a game I had maybe late 60's early 70's I remember it was rather large and you could spin it and when it stopped in front of you there were 4 different colors, you placed a peg on the color that came up, I can't remember the name or find it anywhere, anyone know? Thanks so much

Anyone remember the Lucy (from Peanuts) Tea Party Game? With the plastic cups and little plastic sugar cubes? Also, I had a wooden pegboard with simple graphics of a town (pond, RR track, etc.). There were pegs that you put in the holes for trees, and little blocks and houses. Circa early to mid 1970s. Ring any bells?

Thanks, WW for the memory of Lucy's Tea Party Game! I had forgotten about it - I think by the time it was handed down by my older sisters, all that was left were the cups and sugar! Here's a link for you: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/90101/lucys-tea-party-game

Several people have talked about a round vehicle called Krazy Car. I'm not convinced that's what we had - our was orange with black wheels and I could have sworn it was called something other than a Krazy Kar - the logo is not familiar. Any ideas?

Dave from Brooklyn, it was called Jokari. My brother and I played it all one summer too. The game isn't made anymore, sadly. I've seen chinese knock offs called "paddle fly ball" online but that was an expired webpage and that item isn't for sale either. Even if you can find one on ebay, i'm sure the elastic band is no good.

I had a toy in the 60s. You stood on two plastic boards that were connected to a wheel at the side of each foot and pedaled. You could move forward or backwards. If anyone remembers this toy could you get back to me at budgetcntr@aol.com. Thank you

My older cousins had this toy, probably from late or mid-70s. It was a plastic window, maybe 8x10 inches or so, and inside, there was this red and blue liquid that was similar to what's inside those liquid egg timers. You could flip it over and watch the liquid bounce down tiny stairs or squeeze through little openings. They also had the Wham-o Magic Window, which I found equally wonderful. Any ideas what this window thing was called?

Therese and Kimberly, if you or anyone are still looking for the interlockable flower-shaped discs, they are called Modular Daisies. I had them too when I was a kid.

Fred, for the handheld games with small ball bearings, are you thinking of Pocketeers?

I had a this toy in the 70's that had these plastic squares that you put in a heating chamber and they opened up into creatures to play with. then when your done you could put the creatures back in the heating chamber and soften them up to put into this press to change them back into squares. I think it was made by mattel. Anyone know what it was called? thanks

I need help... can't remember a game from my childhood. Early 80's... It was a game where you would put Black & White small balls with some red balls into a yellow and orange striped cylinder. Each cylinder would twist allowing the balls to drop into the cylinder. They would end up out the bottom. The game had a yellow tray that would catch them. Sorry being vague, been driving me crazy all day. Thanks in advance for any help.

I found the answer to my own question with a google search. the toy with the heating chamber was called the strange change machine aka the time machine by mattel. and the squares opened up into dinosaurs not creatures.

I'm going crazy trying to find the name of this toy.. there was rabbits inside a platic dome eating carrots and other foods and whenever you opened it it would start eating and the case when you closed it was pink i think there were ither variations of this toy as well but i really need to know the name of this please!

Kelly G - July 28, 2012 - Could the toy you asked about be a Fidgit. I saw something like you described on this site: http://lovetheseventies.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/space-fidget-retro-70s-toy.html

To the gentleman think nic is his name i do no what you are talking about my parents still have one will see if they will find out what it is called

I was wondering if anyone can help me. In the 70's or early 80's I had a toy fly or dragonfly. It was purple, had suction cup feet and had a green bomb it dropped. Anyone know what it is?

Hi: for Vic, this is a question you asked way back, so if you're still alive: The scene-and-transfers toy was called "Panorama" - I had fun with them many times.

And now a question: We used to play with a cind of cross between a toy plane and a kite called "aerocopter" (not to be confused with "Arrowcopter"). The wings spun around, not like a helicopter but on their own axis making it seem like a dragonfly in flight. It was powered just by the wind and was flown on a tether like a kire. Anyone remember these? I have googled and found other toys called aerocopter but not this one.

Apologies for the spelling, I can't edit

Emma, the interlocking transparent octagons were called "Octons" by Galt Toys - unless another company made a similar product.

Does anyone remember an old shooting game from the 70s or possibly early 80s that had a gun that was attached to a box type thing that was actually a screen. It had a cowboy that would light up and you had to shoot him. If you died I think a flower went from being fully grow and each time you were hit it would drop down until you were dead. The screen was kind of like a plastic sheet or lcd where light shone through to make the picture..

okay maybe i dreamed this?!early to late 70's it was a black backlit faceplate held up vertical about the size of a lite brite and had these psycodelic,stretchy foam shaped figures u attached to pegs on the faceplate.from the back u rotated a wheel attached to the pegs and it made the figures dance around.i remember most of the figures having a round open circle for the belly.

I cannot remember the name of this toy! Please help! It was a semi rigid cylinder with a small diving bell inside. There was treasure at the bottom, and you would fill the cylinder with water. When you would squeeze the cylinder, the bell would open its claws and dive for the treasure. The object was to pick up as many items as possible. It was a really cool toy, but I cannot remember the name! Anyone remember??

Woo Hoo! I just found the name of the diving bell toy; it is Sea Diver! Now off to see if I can buy one somewhere. Wish me luck!

Hoping someone can help me find the name of a small plastic doll, her hair was plastic too and blond. She had metal roller skates and came with a small ramp. Standing about 4 pr 5 inches...tops. There was another, I think brunette that had a scooter.

Hello! I remember a toy (probably late 70's) that (as my memory serves me) was shaped like an Apollo space craft - it had lots of orange plastic "cords" that you plugged into different holes on the device. Depending on where you plugged in the "cord", the toy would do different things - go around in a circle, go straight forwards, etc. My memory is terrible, so I may have a lot of this wrong, but it's been a toy I've searched for long and hard. Would really like to know what it's called and if anybody has a pic - that would be great!

Teresa B and Crazy Amy, I don't know if this is the same thing but there was a similar 90's toy called Zoom Ball. It was a football with two strings that went flying to the other player when the fist player pulled.

does anybody remember large cards with sayings on them that we kept in the car and flashed at onther drivers?

I found out the name of the toy boat set I had from the late 1970s Its the Marx underwater playset from 1979.

In the mid seventies, I recieved a "race track" that was a semi-truck that hauled coal and logs. Does any one remember this by name or seen any info on it online?

a response to Jen (21st october) I too had one of the red/blue liquid toys, although I can't remember what they were called then, they are now called 'kinetic oil and water aids or toys' and are used for special needs toys. I have found some on ebay UK :)

Hey Guys: So this toy sounds goofy, but it WAS real! It was a plastic stick with a gorilla head on the top. You filled the stick with water and pushed down on the gorilla head which spit the water out because it was a squirtgun! Does anyone remember this and does anyone know the name of this??

I'm TRYING SO HARD to remember a building set that my Granparents used to have at their farm. I don't know if the container was original to the set, but it came with SEVERAL RED BLOCKS(like legos) and it had windows and doors, that swung open and closed, and roof pieces, I think they were green or white, but I could be wrong. I don't know what year they were from, but I played with them in the 80's and 90's, so I'm guessing they were from the 50's to the 70's. The pieces were red. like I said, and pretty flat, and the windows were white, and I don't believe they had any clear glass or plastic, but I'm almost positive they were the type of windows that have 4 separate sections in them, like they had a plus sign in the middle. I AM GOING CRAZY trying to remember what they were called. NOT LEGOS, or DUPLO. they were like bricks, they LOOKED like little bricks. They were SO COOL! I LOVED these bricks! PLEASE HELP!!! Please email me if you have ANY ideas as to what these are called!! snw_angl_916@hotmail.com! Thank You!

Does anyone remember of a board game that had ships and you wouls shoot cannon balls at each other ships?

Becky: Possibly Tyco US-1?

Sorry, I looked at the wrong name; I meant Jason. Got up way too early this morning.

paul the spacecraft toy you're looking for is the major matt mason star seeker. I had one myself. google major matt mason to see a picture.

I am trying to find the name/manufacturer for a toy I loved as a kid. I received this toy as a gift in 1979 or 1980. It was a small plastic oval train track. It came with a single battery powered train and one car. The train set included a plastic tower with a helicopter on a swing arm mounted to the top of the building. Their were one or two little people with ball bearings inside them. The train would circle the track. The "passenger" would exit the train at the tower and the train's tires would cause an auger type elevator to drive the passenger to the top of the tower. The passenger exits the elevator at the top of the tower and rolled down and around to await the helicopter. The helicopter picked up the passenger circled the building once and then a flag pole triggered the seat of the helicopter to open, dropping the passenger to slide down to the train stop, the train would then circle around pick up the passenger and the whole process would repeat itself again. Please help me find this toy.

Does anyone remember hair rollers that were stored in a bucket that was decorated to look like a girls face and the lid was the hair cover you wore while your hair dried???

Instead of a remote control it had a flashlight and the car would follow the flash light beam of light. a toy in late 60s/early 70/s! I saw this in store when I was kid and I need help to remember if true and clear my mind too. Please Help Anyone. Thanks Ron L please anyone

To Lisa, I think I found what you looking for (Hair Rollers in a Bucket) when I was serching Easy Bake Oven! Here is the link. P.S Look on the bottom and see if this is what you are looking for. Enjoy http://atomictreehouse.blogspot.com/2008/01/easy-bake-oven-kenner-1964.html

looking for the name of or picture of a toy from the 70's that you would put a egg in then draw on it with a colerd felt pen and you could put designs on it a bit like a spirograph did

I'm trying to remember the name of a flat puzzle in a plastic box where you move pieces around to spell a word or complete a picture. Does anyone know / remember what I'm talking about. I can't find images anywhere. Thanks for the new information and this great walk down memory lane.

Hey All, I am looking for an old toy from my childhood. It is a car, kinda like a zipstrip car with that center flywheel, however it was rev'd up by putting it into a blue charger box that spun up the flywheel. This blue box had a gear shift lever that I used to rev up the car and release it. It also had buttons that made car sounds. I played with this car for hours. Any ideas?

More information on what I am looking for: There was a car toy I had when I was around 10--same sort of thing as the SSP, in that it had a wheel in the center of the car, but didn't have the SSP pull-stick. Instead, there was a battery operated tower with a gear shift. You put the car on a small downward facing ramp, and a gear type of mechanism stuck out from the tower into the hub of the car. You'd shift from 1st to 4th gear on the tower, using an H-pattern stick shift, with each pull of the gear shift spinning the axle and drive wheel faster and faster. Actually, you only went to 3rd gear--4th gear on the tower released the car and like the SSP cars, this would go whizzing across the floor.

Left a comment yesterday but somehow now it's gone?! I'll try again..RESPONDING to KRISTIE 3/2/12--The toy was called the AEROBAT. RESPONDING TO VALERIE, 11/24/2012--I know you said it wasn't Legos but I saw a predominantly red and white set on thepeoplehistory website that you might check out. RESPONDING TO KAREN, 11/29--Was it called SCRIBE-O slider puzzles?

Early 70's I had a doll that was about 5" tall she had purple hair and green eyes that would light up. She had a sturdy vinyl carry along house. I called her witchy poo but I don't think that was the name of the toy. Any help?

Hi all, you certainly seem to know your toys so could you please tell me approximate value & where to sell 3 camper vans from early 1970s. Barbie Surfer (blue & yellow with surfboard) Barbie Camper (Orange & yellow) Big Jim Camper (fire, fishing rods etc.) I am in Australia but they are just taking up cupboard space in my spare room. Any help would be much appreciated

to Valerie 11/24/2012 what you're looking for is called American plastic bricks by halsom.

Anyone remember a game it had 16 metal pegs on a plastic base surrounded by a tray. It came with white and brown wood beads and the object was to get 4 horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.

Hey there, I found it. It is called Stick Shifters. :) It was good to go back down memory lane.

I was wondering if anyone knew of this obsure gun game from the late 70's which had two shotguns and a tan colored machine that would project 1 or 2 spots of light on the wall and they would move around. You would shoot the spot of light with the gun and when hit, looked kinda like a pinkish watermelon looking thing (the explosion I guess). Anyone?

Hi AmyJoy.....Is this the doll you mean? Emerald the Enchanting Witch Doll 1972. Heres a link to the doll. She came with a carry case in the shape of an old house... http://www.squidoo.com/emerald-the-enchanting-witch-doll

I am looking for a 1970-1980 toy/sticker fun toy. You would get a hard scene and then you would need to use a pencil and rub the sticker onto the scene using the pencil to remove the sticker to the scene. I have looked everywhere, no luck. Please help!

I am going craaaazy tring to remember the name of an electronic handheld maths game I had either late 1970's or very early 80's. It was a flat robot that you held in your hand and had buttons on it like a calculator and just a little display screen like a calculator, but you could play maths games as well. It was probably about 15cm x 10cm and about 3cm thick. Mi thinks it was mostly silver or gray.

I posted about the John Basevi trains/tracks from the 70s, and Tara responded that she was looking for more info on these too. Tara, if you are still out there, get a hold of me, as I recently found a set on ebay and have some extra trains now!! heidijo at new.rr.com

For Felicity who posted on December 17, 2012 - Holy cow, I haven't thought of those in ages! I did an internet search on rub-on stickers and found this site: http://www.genxtinct.com/2011/04/presto-magix-rub-on-transfer-kits.html and it sounds like a likely match. Thanks for the memory!

My mom was born in the seventies and had this purple mouse toy with a plastic or rubber face that another little kid "borrowed" from her for a day and ended up moving away with it. So my mom sat there watching the little girl being driven away with her mouse toy in her hand waving goodbye. :/. I thought it would be an awesome gift if I could find the toy online and purchase it for her but I can't find it anywhere! Does anyone happen to know what I'm talking about? I don't know if it was the most popular toy back then or even from the 70s..it could have been a gift from her parents childhood which would have made it even older but regardless I would love help finding this toy. Does anyone have any ideas ?

For Felicity- I believe I had the same thing and am trying to remember it. If I remember correctly it had a handle and a slot in the back where the plastic overlays/templates were stored. One of the games you had to guess the missing # (lunar lauch). I have been trying to figure out the name as this as well for about a month now. It is driving me crazy!

Anyone knows the name of a toy that was an orange owl with a "bull's eye" and a revolver? You had to shoot it and then make points depending on where you hit it. It had "marksman fun" engraved in the revolver.

Help identify wooden box has maze on top with marble holes and numbers a knob on two sides o balance it

To Jnell: the game was called Labyrinth. The numbers were meant for the direction you make the marble go, avoiding the holes until you reach the last number. The game was intended for team play, as players took turns. Actually, the game came with two stainless steel balls. I believe Parker Brothers manufactured it in the 1970s.

SZA, are you thinking about the child guidance toy mail sorter?

tom, i believe the cars your thinking of were called stick shifters.

Ta-da! I found him and he is known as (drum roll please).... DATA-MAN... http://www.plinky.com/answers/66124 For JenM and Lisa, I think we were,thinking of differnt toys :) I loved my Data-Man....

I need to find a liitle doll hard plastic, pull string or legs away from head and she talks,"Im pretty tricky uh huh! and "I can fit in your pocket. it was end of the 60s into the seventies.can any help please?

Felicity - I left an answer for you that was actually intended for Nicole who posted on Dec 15. (But I had Data Man too and wouldn't have remembered it for the life of me!)

For Nichole.. it was Presto Magix.. There are a few on Ebay and Amazon, but very hard to find.. *************** Nicole - December 15, 2012 - Report this comment I am looking for a 1970-1980 toy/sticker fun toy. You would get a hard scene and then you would need to use a pencil and rub the sticker onto the scene using the pencil to remove the sticker to the scene. I have looked everywhere, no luck. Please help!

Hi.. I am bewildered about this.. Does anyone remember a figure.. or a toy.. that was large rubber feet.. with purplish hair, and a yellow hat. It had no eyes, dont remember if there were arms? I don't think so. I think it was a novelty figure given to my Mom by my Dad for Valentine's Day.. if anyone can help I would appreciate it..My Dad died of Cancer.. and I would Love to get one if one exists anymore.. thanks a bunch.. Cathy

Does anyone know who made a bear baby toy around 1979-1980. I had one for my son. It was orange and made of a coated foam rubber type material. It was out the same time as tuff stuff and I thought it was called soft stuff but have never been able to find it anywhere.

hey so the toy I am trying to figure out is this miniature mountain or castle. you would put water through the top and it would trail down into like a pond area. it was light pink I believe with sparkles. I know I don't know much about it but if any one knows this toy please tell me, it has been bugging me forever!

Trying to find name of sci-fi toy I played with, in probably 1976-1978. They were (blue die-cast metal?) high-tech looking vehicles that held a small dome with a shiny (silver?) city inside. Concept seemed to be that there were these futuristic little cities being carried around on gigantic mechanized constructs. One looked like a robot with the dome city atop its head. Another was like a long track vehicle with some swiveling arms and the dome on a crane arm. The little dome cities looked a lot like Kandor (lost Kryptonian city in a bottle) as shown on the Superfriends cartoon. They were probably about 3 to 5 times the size of Hot Wheels cars. Please help.

J.R. i remember this yellow soft ball with yellow udder like spikes and 1 red one. you had to throw the ball and try to catch the red spike to gain points. i think it was called Red Eye.i used to play with this everytime i went to my grandparents house, late 60s, early 70s.

trying to remember a toy from the late 50's early 60's that had mercury in it. We would let the mercury out and it would be in a zillion little balls and you could gather it up and make one big ball. Need less to say.. this is not longer available.

Does anyone recall tiny, round puff plastic stickers(about the size of a standard paper punch-hole). They came in many different designs(peace signs, smileys, spirals, flowers, hearts, etc.), about thirty on one long sheet. Some kids used to put them on their fingernails. Our ice-cream man sold them...I think there may have been a glow-in-the-dark variety available. My sister called them "dinky dots"...was that a brand name?

The fuzzy little figure you asked about is probably a Russ Monster. They were occasional novelties sold in drugstores and hospital gift shops. I have a yellow one...they usually held a protest-like sign with "get well" or "happy birthday", etc. Try Ebay(and sorry to hear about your father...God bless him).

I had this toy that was a clear hard plastic ball, about 9" diameter, with a series of 8 cups mounted on the inside with a plastic marble. The first cup had a hole in it for the marble to roll into. The object was to rotate the ball so that the marble would go from cup to cup without missing. I had so mastered it that I could almost do it blindfolded. What was the name of this ball/toy?

Does anyone remember a board game from the 80's I think, there were 4 plastic boards with a snake like track on them. there where 12 colored counters that you pushed along the track and had to separate and get into a certain order and back to the top in a race against the rest. The first to finish rand a little silver bell!!

2 toys I am looking for first was a train engine that had coloured plastic records in the back they were inserted and played kiddies tunes and the engine moved ...the other was a van with plastic playmat you drew a line with a special crayon and the van followed the drawn line

Does anyone remember little toy villages from Japan, Germany, etc., that came with small cloth beanbag people? If so can you give me the name and maker if you know?

When I was little in the late 60's early 70's I had a monkey doll made of plastic and about 1 ft tall I think he was a curious George ,but he was wired remote controlled he tumbled .I've searched every where and cant find anything about it.

does anyone rmember a vinyl rabbit toy with soft fur on its body and forehead they came in small and large around 10 inc in the 1970s they had big doll like eyes and were addorable my friends all had one and i never owned one alas i cannot remember what they were called i think there were other animals like mice i cant remember you could get different colour hair pale blue ,pink,orange can any one remember

Nikki, the red-ish bear's - I think was Biff the bear, by Mattel. See if this is the bear you are talking about. I had it too, as a kid and it was one of my favorites, too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvDFIj6vy8M

Does anyone remember a toy about 5 inches high made out of rubber - it was a monster-like toy and it came in green and blue and it had red eyes and if you pressed it's belly button, the eyes would glow- I think the tummy too- but I cannot remember at this point. It stood up on it's own.

Rich - March 10, 2009 - Report this comment Does anyone remember a toy that had rotating mirrors inside a half-dome shaped top with a hard paper screen, I believe. A light from the base was directed at the rotating mirrors and it reflected a colorful design onto the inner side of the paper screen. I believe the controls were levels that controlled the mirrors and colors. It was an amazing toy that came out in 1969 or 1970 and I've never been able to find anything about it. If anyone can help me, I've been looking for this toy also for years now, if I could remember what it was called it would definaltely be easire

To the few that were looking for the RED AND BLUE OIL AND WATER toy that dripped down through the obstacles, I found it!!! I as well came here to find it, but to no luck. It is called the Wham-O Fluid Fantasy Motion toy. http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-wham-fluid-fantasy-motion-toy-173180683

Ricardo (Sep 19, 2012) Was the action figure possibly an "Action Jackson" doll made by Mego Corp?

Looking for a "toy" that you wrapped yarn around pegs and popped out a flower or square, like a granny square that you could sew together and make a blanket. Not a knitting spool. Hope someone know what I am looking for, driving me crazy! Thanks.

For Alicanada who posted Feb 13, 2013 I think you are looking for a weaving toy. I did a Google image search on "weaving toy retro" and found some examples. Some were old, but I know my older sisters had one from the late 60s/early 70s.

Hi Jen! I looked up weaving toys, but what I am looking for is hand held and round, similar to a knitting spool, but with a lot more than 4 pegs. When you were done you literally popped off a flower/granny square.

I used to have this toy - it was a collection of kits; each kit included a segment of a plastic construction (like a road - so that the kits could be connected to make longer roads), a small space-like vehicle with wheels and a really tiny space figure (it kind of looked like a micronaut, but just 1 inch tall), The figurine could sit in the vehicle and had two tiny magnets in its feet. The 1-inch figurine had plastic legs and arms (movable) and metal head.

Trying this again. My older sisters had a game - it could have been from the early 70s or even the 60s. It was a game of balance and involved a blue (or maybe green) hard plastic (or melamine) basin that you filled w/ water. It had a half orange, half white circular raft with styrofoam so it would float. Each person had to balance a sailor piece on their side of the raft. It you didn't balance correctly, the pieces would fall into the water. My sister can't remember it, and internet searches have failed. Help!

Yes I had a toy gun in the 70's. It shot out these little round plastic discs that were'nt solid they had a design in them. The discs came in all different colors. And the pistol shot out these little discs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Whoo-Hoo! After a lot of different word searches, I finally found that game with a raft, a water basin and sailor pegs. It was Rickety Raft, and there are images and descriptions of it at Board Game Geek http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27954/rickety-raft

I am looking for a toy that had a card with hidden words but you could not see them until youslid the card into this holder with colored plastic normally the words would be red.

does anyone remember these brighlty colored birds that had long noses and funny eyes that hung from the ceiling on springy cords? They had little wings that flapped when they bounced/bobbled. I knee people that had then in lime green, orange, etc. They were the rage particularly with the girls! HELP!

Akira who posted on Feb 18 The game is Password.

Response to Therese, Dec. 2011...those interlock flowers were called Deeley Bobbers, by Serenity Mfg. I have a bag.

Hi, I looking for this toy I had back in the early 70's, It was a rocket launcher.. It was a free standing device that you jumped on. The Air pad that jumped on would launched a plastic and rubber rocket out of a tube. it would launch them 100's of feet into the air. searching google I found a "Air Power Rocket Extreme" but that is not it.

okay, this is driving me crazy and my husband and I have been trying to find this forever, if not to buy it, just to find out what it was called! we both had one growing up and couldn't believe the other had it too! it was a 3 piece (I believe) interlocking ring, diff colors,--big enough that a small child could fit into, you could make it into a slide, or leave it like a ring and crawl inside and roll down a hill! you could do other cool things with it too! help!!

Sweeney from Sept. 11, 2012: I think you're thinking of the Hugo man of Many Disguises doll. It was a head that you could give different disguises.

Jill T - November 21, 2009 game is from 1974 by tomy. it is called pass the nuts

An answer... This is for Jennifer (August 21, 2011) and Bethany H. (January 24, 2012). The bath toy was manufactured by Kenner. They were called "Soapster". There were different kinds; a duck, puppy and racing car. The dog one was called "Scubby Puppy" (you can find mint ones on Ebay). The dog came in tan and dark brown colors. The other critter was called "Scrubby Ducky". My quest was for the car, "Suds Buggy Soapster" made in 1976. A yellow racing car. I still have mine, one of the few childhood toys I still have.

Hi can anyone help me, do you remember a plastic plane, red in colour and shaped like a Vulcan and launched by an elastic band, would love to get hold of one or know what it was called.

I need help naming a toy. I had a toy that looked like a machine gun from a WWI biplane. You feed film strips into the side and the gun projected the images of the biplanes on the wall. The object was to shoot the biplanes that had a target on them. A pin inside the gun would punch a hole in the film stip to represent your shot. Thanks for any suggestion

I'm trying to remember the name of a toy I had. It was like a Barbie head, but it was a bald guy that you put scars and stitches etc. on.

I've been trying to find a multicolored teddy bear from the mid to late 70s. My parents called it a Dopey bear. It was for sale at a gas station and was full of tiny foam balls. The colors were like litttle square arm would be red on front and maybe blue on the back. The tummy was purple and its back was orange. I would live to find him again or at least know his name.

@bridge oct 2008 comment the toy with the nylon rope with handles and bouy was called a streaker, play bouy, or oriental trading sales them now as a super slider. I loved that game!!

To Peter, 6/17/2012... about the six-wheeled vehicle. Thank you! Yes, I had the Wild Rider, but mine was also white, had a black seat, and resembled a moon buggy. I have no idea if it was manufactured by Marx or a different company. The only evidence I found was this picture: http://thumbs1.picclick.com/d/l225/m/mKibPOxhuh_Ojy_g5d-XI3g.jpg If anyone knows it by another name, I'd love to know it.

Ok this is my last resort, PLEASE help. I am looking for a small flat rubber doll (kind of like gumby) but It was a girl doll and she came with camping gear. Probably from 1974-1976

To michele- I used to have a sort of board game where 2 sides would get pirate ships, and you would shoot little black plastic cannon balls to knock down the other player's pirates. I've googled for it, but don't remember the name and haven't found it. Great game!!

Following up a comment from Pipster in 2008- I have been trying to find the Quicksilver/SlipSilver game for awhile (which is how I found this page.) I remember the playing board/ maze was lined such that the water droplets would look and slide like mercury droplets. The one I had I think had a little plastic 'boat' that would float on the water droplets, and you had to navigate the maze.

My husband has this six legged green monster (a goofy looking, suppose to be scary) dinosaur with red eyes. I think its name is Teron. My husband passed away earlier this year so I am unable to ask him. He got the monster as a gift in the 70's None of them walked like they were suppose to, so most everyone to had one took it back to the store. He is approx. 1 foot 4 inches long. Green. red eyes. scaly back with a tail. Does anyone know what this little guys is called? I can post a picture.

Hi Laurie, I'm sorry for your loss. Could your husband's toy be a GI Joe item? There is one on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SUPER-G-I-JOE-VS-TERRON-MONSTER-TOY-FIGURE-PROMO-TRADING-CARD-/390528144554?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item5aed4a94aa

For Cathy - could this have been a Flatsy doll? You can find pictures on the internet.

ID HELP!!! My mother was recently talking about a childhood toy (70's) that I've been trying desperately to find. It's a plastic bird that was shaped like a blue jay or a dove and I believe it came in different colors. The bird had a cape and possibly a mask and there was either an "S" or an "SB" on the cape. The bird also had a suction cup(s) on its feet, allowing it to climb walls, its main feature. I've gotten little info from previous research but I know that this is NOT the Yogi-wall-walker-something-or-other.

Does anyone remember "moon rocks?" You drop colored "stones" into water and over several days, they would grow into stalagmites. I don't know if this was a toy of the 60's or 79's but it was definitely in that era. ALL attempts at "googling" the toy have been futile. All I get is NASA this and NASA that. Where these actually called "moon rocks" and might anyone remember more details, like manufacturer? Thanks!

Responding to Liam's comment: This was a slick gimmick by some two-bit novelty companies, and ads offering "Moon Rocks" were posted. Ordinary rocks, obtained from a quarry, were tumbled and cut to resemble those actually obtained by NASA in 1969. The rocks were then dyed and treated to grow, though slightly, into stalagmites. If you come across copies of comic books from 1969, '70 or '71, you'll likely see ads by novelty companies offering this stuff, usually for a dollar or two. These ads were aimed at kids under ten years old, and with no disclaimer that the rocks were not obtained from the moon. True, the first moon landing did create strange marketing concepts, but none of the known toy manufacturers came up with this.

Some people have talked about the Krazy Kar- a round ride-on toy that you controlled w/ a wheel on either side of you. We had one, but I knew it wasn't a Krazy Kar. I finally found what ours was - a Whiz Wheel! http://www.americanplasticequipmentinc.com/ampcat/vehicles/whizwheel.html

To Michael from Dec 9th. The game is called Score Four.

Jen, I think the game you're looking for is Rickety Raft. Found a picture online.

Thanks, Anna. You're right!

I am look for a little book that I read to my daughter so many time that I had to make it disappear. I believe it was called the Doll Book. Back then (late 60's) I had it memorized cause I read it so much. It starts off some dolls are big so doll are small...it told a story of how all dolls are different from different parts of the world. I would love to get that for my now 45 year old daughter. Anyone know the book?

To Brian. On my way to finding other things, I stumbled across the Arco Fast Shot Aerial Game in a Sears Catalog (also an old listing on Ebay). I don't think this is exactly what you're looking but maybe some research on that company would turn something up?

I am looking for an old game, it was a big dome. Inside the dome was colored balls. When you turned the game on air went in the dome and popped the balls around, you had to catch the balls on your side and if you caught the wrong color you popped it back out.

Ok,here's mine, it was a puzzle box, it was plastc with like 4 or 5 squares side by side that you had to get the marbles thru. I thought it was fisher price cause all the toys I still have are and the little cute scence in each square I seem to remember were kind of that style. I have been looking for a long time with every search I could then I stumbled onto this because of a question ablut what I think was this same TOY but the question was from years ago. Does anyone know this toy?

I thought this game was called Track 4, but I can't find any info. Anyway, each person drew a card with approximately a grid of 16 squares. On the card would be a pattern they had to replicate using red and white cubes. However, they had to insert the card into a device that rotated so they only got to see it when it rotated in fron of them. The cards had various levels of difficulty.

Does anyone remember a red pastic box which contained a record player. The lid was the speaker. I can't remember its name.

Trying to remember the names of 3 toys we had as kids-a hula hoop with rubber bands like spokes on a wheel with a disc in the middle that you grabbed and shook it back and forth. A plastic tube with inner compartments and marbles that you reached to get from one end to the other. Lastly, an oblong piece of plastic with 3 shelves that you balanced coins on and they stayed as you twirled it on your finger. Driving me crazy trying to remember. Thanks

BRIAN- May 17th 2012 post-cockpit toy. I believe it was called Roger Ramjet. I remember asking for one for Christmas and Santa left it at the bottom of my bed. I still love to fly today! Oh how our childhoods shaped us.

Looking for the name of a toy plastic glider from the late 70's early 80's, it had a red fuselage, wire framed white plastic skinned wings and tail fins. It was rubber powered and had detachable wheels. Wing span about a metre. Thanks.

Does anyone remember a dog toy from the very end of the 70's or maybe very early 80's. He had a blue ball that you would roll to him and he would "catch" it. I think that was all he did. I think he was brown and white.

Hi everyone, as a little one in the late 70s I had a battery powered truck on a track that would pick up little black beads (coal!) from one area and cart them to another part of the track & dump them. I assume the coal then travelled back to the collection place. I faintly remember this truck passing under 'stations' that changed the function of truck (eg. one station definitely added/removed a dump tray, another *might* have add a bulldozer bucket or something else) but I can only really remember it as a dump truck. Was most likely yellow, could have been orange. Would have received this gift in 1978-79, 1980 at the latest. Have a little boy of my own now so would really love to find this for him. Thanks so much for your help :)

Well, after some more searching I found it :) Tomy Big Loader Construction Set - 1977 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfo_yIQgpnM

Does anybody remember a toy from the 70's that you mixed up a jello-like substance and cooked it into these jelly creature things. I can't remember whether or not they were edible (seems like they were), and it seems like it came with a "baker" that looked sort of like a George Foreman grill. It's driving me crazy that I can't remember what it was!

Dede: You appear to be describing Mattel's Thingmaker toy with Incredible Edible molds and mix. Mattel voluntarily discontinued production and sales of these, fearing lawsuits, after parents complained of their kids either getting burned, ingesting hot candies out of toy, or ingesting small parts. There may also have been FDA issues regarding Incredible Edibles. The withdrawal of the toy and accessories happened in 1970. It's possible you're drecribing something from later on, but this was the Mattel version.

Liam there called magick rocks

I used to have a very large what I believe was a hawk that was made of styrofoam. It was flown as a kite but then you would yank on the string and it would soar by itself.It looked real and I remember having lots of fun with it.

I had a wined up toy. It was a car that did not have body. it had 4 metal wheels. to make the wheels go after you wound it up you had to set it down.

Trying to find out name of toy gun that shot plastic round flat bullets. There's a picture of one of the bullets here on this "Austin and Ally " Facebook page. Scroll down to the picture post on Aug. 27th. The red headed boy is wearing a black t-shirt with a yellow design on it, that's the bullet. Rules say no links so go to Facebook and do a search for Austin and Ally Portugal Auslly. Not sure what Portugal or Auslly has to do with anything but that's where you'll find the picture.

Thanks, Rob Lambert! That has been really driving me crazy!!!

No problem, Dede. Mattel first introduced Thingmaker in 1965, with non-edible gel and molds, done in series, called Creepy Crawlers and Creeple Peeple. Incredible Edibles were introduced in 1968, using heavily-sugared liquid gel. If you're young enough to remember Saturday cartoon shows like "Road Runner," Thingmaker TV commercials were shown often.

Kimberly and Therese, the daisy-shaped disks that you could construct into different objects were called Deely Boppers. My parents brought a bag from San Francisco around 1970, and brought home 2 more the next year when they saw how much fun I had with them (I'm a guy, so I made them into cars and helicopters). They came as your remembered, in a flowered-pattern colorful cloth bag with draw-string closure. They look similar, and perhaps are similar in function, to the toy that Tab mentioned called Modular Daisies. Apparently Deely Boppers were only made between the years 1969 and 1973, and the name trademark must have been lost; in the 1980's the person who made the headbands with antenna on them used that name for his invention/patent. I have looked online recently because I wanted to buy a bag (thus I came upon your comments), but I haven't found any available. If you go to this website http://beechworthtoylibrary.com you can see a picture of the Modular Daisies. I have yet to find a picture of Deely Boppers. I still have hopes I have a bag stashed in storage; if I find them, I will post a picture.

Looking for the full name of a toy given in 1978. Stacking, coloured, plastic things that look like pizza box spacers. Came in a cylindrical tin box. Name ends with "...MAJIGS", (I have a picture), but it can't be Thingamajigs because I tried already to Google that. Anyone know what this was called?

Does anyone remember a set of toy tracks (for cars) that were a somewhat flexible plastic and had lots of interlocking pieces. May have been early 1980s. I think they were green and had lane markers down the center but I could be mistaken. Some were short, some were long, some were straight, others curved. And some had inclines so you could build ramps and bridges. You could build whole highway systems that looped around and passed under overpasses, etc. I can't remember what they were called or what brand they were, but I would love to find them. Any ideas?

Not sure of the time period but every time I google it this page comes up... I'm trying to find the name of this toy that is a black piece if plastic with a bunch of holes in it and there are orange plastic needle/tube like things poking through each hole and on one side there's a clear plastic panel and you can tilt it so all the needles/tube things are on the one side and then make little pictures by pressing certain ones against the clear plastic on the other side

John f. It was a ghost gun or moving monster gun. Same product but different color and different images for the targets. It used a needle to punch holes in the vellum

ANDREA- they are called Ringa-Majigs, made by slinky. My grandparents had them and I always loved playing with them. I had not thought of them in 30 years.

Mark, Jody, Sonnemarie, I believe what you are looking for is the Marx Wild Rider. Google it and click on Images and a few photos come up.

What was the name of the toy from the 90,s or earlier . It was a round clear globe shape which had lights inside when switched on ( batteries )and it would randomly bounce across the floor whilst the lights inside changed colours

Does anyone know the name of a sit on, rotating toy that hooked up to a hose, which sprayed you as it turned? It was for two people? I seem to recall it having plastic yellow seats and blue and red tubular metal frame... Or is my memory deceieving me?

I hope someone can help me with this. Around 1980, my parents gave me a stuffed animal that I love with all my heart, and even though I'm now 42, I still have it on my bed. LOL It is a lion that wears yellow pajamas patterned with little orange flowers, and has a matching night cap sewed onto his head, and at the end of the cap there's a quarter sized plushy ball. I also remember that there was a collection of other animals in pajamas that you could also buy. If anyone has any idea of who made these stuffed animals or the name of the set, I would be so grateful...I've been searching for such a long time. Thank you so very much...!!!

I'm trying to remember an educational learning toy from the mid 70s. It had questions on multiple, heavy cardstock pieces of paper that I vaguely remember as being square-shaped. There would be questions on left side (like 2 apples + 3 apples), with 3 possible answers to the question on the right side--with corresponding holes that fit over holes in the special tray the sheet went in. A separate plastic guy (or possibly clown) that had a straw-shaped cylinder pole attached at his bottom that was a few inches long would tell you if you had the right answer once you put the pole thing in the right hole in the cardboard card. If you chose the right answer, then I think the guy/clown's eyes either changed color--or perhaps the buttons on his shirt changed. I just know something turned green for correct and red for incorrect. I loved it because I could play school and create my own cards once I figured out how to make the holes match the bottom tray such the that right answer would align.) Kind of like a pre-hotdots toy, if you're familiar with that toy of today. Just curious if anybody knows what that toy was called? Tx!

I had a toy in the 70s or early 80s that was a sort of rotating cube on a pedestal. On the four sides (not top and bottom) of the cube you put cards that had different pictures of designs made with red and white triangles. As the cube rotated the pictures around ,you were to use real plastic red and white triangles to recreate the image on the cards in a tray in front of you. I played it a lot and can't remember the name! Thank you very much!

can anyone remember the name of a doll I had in the 70's. It was a baby doll about the size of Tiny Tears, She was held together with a rubber / elastic band that ran through her inner body holding her head, legs, arms, and as far as I can remember her body together (think her body was in two parts). Know it is a long shot, but if anyone can name her I would be one happy grandma. Thank you so much!

I am desperately trying to find an art /crafty toy from the 70's. It was a pack of 4 or 6 (I think) round plastics discs about 6" in diameter. i believe these were red , yellow, blue green etc. Each disc has different lines shapes and squiggles cut out of them, each hole being numbered. The disc also had numbered lines all round the edge. the idea was you made a mark on a piece of paper and matched the number 1 to the dot on your paper , when lined up you used a pencil to trace the shape marked one, you turned the disc until line two on the edge matched the dot on your paper and the drew shape 2, turned and matched line three and drew shape three and so on and so on. when you finished you removed the stencil to find you had drawn and amazing pick of micky mouse or goofy. My daughter would love using these, cant find them anywhere and more fun than just standard stencils. They came in a clear see through wallet a bit like felt tip pens come in , you may have even had pens with the set (cant remember). Would love to find them again though. Can anyone help?

To Jodie from Nov 27, 2012 - I think I found the toy you're looking for. It is called the Playrail by Tomy Merry Go Copter. I was trying to remember this toy and then I read your perfect description and was able to hunt it down. If you're out there, thanks for your help!

Does anyone remember a little grocery store toy where there were magnetic people that pushed little grocery carts around and selected tiny foods then wound around to the check out counter? I think there was a little dial you turned to make the people move around the track to make them go around the store.

Trying to remember this toy from my childhood, 70's, tiny coloured squares that has little thing on the back enabling you to stick it onto a white board with tiny holes in it (for putting the pieces on). You could create all kinds of beautiful pics if you were very patient. I can't for the LIFE OF ME remember what it was called - can anybody help?

trying to remember a toy that had red foot platforms with black wheels and as you stepped it would roll down the sidewalk

great site! anyone recall a toy that had a plastic mat that had a tower in the middle and a cord that attached to a plane. You would fly it from a joy stick and land it. the line from the tower to the plan was the electric cord.. I have a old picture if needed!

Does anyone remember a water globe toy shaped like an egg on a stand? Glass, one piece construction including the hook where the top of the stand and the wide base of the 'egg' came together. Filled with water, it had an air pocket and a red plastic ball float with a ring which you tried to get to catch onto the hook. Saw these in a diner on our way to Florida, haven't seen them in years, any idea what they're called or where they can be found? Haven't had any luck on line or ebay. Thanks.

Does any one remember the name or the toy .It was a plastic boat that slide into a plastic red car body. It seemed to be a pretty good size if I recall.

Hi I'm trying to remember the name of the Painting kit I had as a child.... it had witches, and I think you could mix the paint in a couldron... think the "witches" might have been paint stamps..... it's come back to me in a flash of memory and now is bugging me because I can't recall the name of it !!!

Heather, do you mean the sunshine family?there was a mom and dad and kids and a camping set?

I'm trying to remember the name of a game we used to play in the late 70's. It was a bunch of plastic circle rings that you hooked together to make like a flower, then when you had enough we'd play marbles with it. It was a big fad, collecting the different color rings to make your marbles! Anyone know?

What I'm looking for isn't necessarily a toy. It's a framed picture of a little girl in a dress- maybe hand drawn - there where maybe 5 interchanging pictures of the same girl but her dress was different colors. You could pick on and put in to change it. Hope someone can help

Trying to find a toy I had from early seventies. It qas a clear ball with small coloured numbered cups inside. You had to get a small ball from one cup to another. Hope someone can remember it.!

@tisiw I used to have this stencil game. Can't remember name of it but will ask my sister tomorrow.

I'm driving myself crazy trying to find a doll I had in 1978. She had a vinyl head with rooted blonde hair, but I think she had soft hands and feet (no fingers or toes, kind of like a rag doll). She wore a blue dress (not removable) with a wide pink ribbon as a belt, and had pink & white striped tights. She had a flower or something on her tummy, and when you pushed it she'd make some kind of noise. Because of the mechanism inside her body, she was supposed to be soft but ended up being a little clunky. I don't remember what noise she made. You'd think with all this info I'd be able to find her online, but I've looked and looked, and I just can't. Can anyone help me?

Hi, going nuts tryint to remember the name of my toy. It was an almost-round hard-plastic thing with a painted face and hair on it. It would rock back and forth, and make subtle music noises. Any idea please? Thanks!!

I am trying to find the name of a toy shaped like a hoop that you would launch with a rubber band to make it fly. It was an outdoor toy and I believe it was made out of Styrofoam. I don't know if it was made by Hasbro, Kenner, Mattel or Wham -o. Thanks for your help

I am trying to find the name of some plastic toys I was given as a child. I have two different types:- The earlier models (mainly plastic men) have a small logo on their feet with the name BIG. I used to call them my Big Men. They are like Playmobil people. The other 'people' I have are cowboys and cowgirls, but they have 'Mettoy' printed on the inside of their legs. Again, they are like Playmobil people in construction. Cannot find any information on them. They date back to 1974 and 1977. Any idea's?

Does anyone remember a toy car, which when you bumped it into a wall or something hard, the car would pop apart into maybe eight pieces, so then you would put it back together and then crash it to break apart again?

looking for the name of this toy from the 70's... Blue plastic about 18 inches high with 25 or so spring loaded pegs and a clear plastic cover that allowed access to the pegs. You would put your nickle sized plastic disk over I think 10 of the 25 or so pegs and close the clear plastic "door" your opponent did the same om his side. you then took turns pulling on the pegs from your side hoping your opponent had his disk on it on the other side. If they did it would fall to the bottom to the ramp that delivered it around the corner to your side. (Think very simple Battleship or Plinko from price is right))

Anybody remember a big green mechanical dinosaur with red glowing eyes that you could stop dead in his tracks if you hit the chest sensor with a light? I want to say it was sold between 1978-1980

Looking for a toy from the 70's...Mine was a little blonde boy, about 4 inches tall on a yellow old fashioned box scooter. You know the kind of wooden scooters they used to make at home on wheels, had an old wooden crate as the front and 2 wooden handles to steer it amd you stood on it, not sat. This little guy I think was in blue overalls and it was on hot wheel looking wheels. We called him Fearless Freddy, but that wasn't what the name of the toy was.Like I said it was about 4 inches tall/

To Holly, who posted right above me. The name of the toy you're talking about is "Small Shots", and you had was "Fearless Freddie and his Skate Crate". I had "Breezy Bridget" and my cousin had "Daredevil Dexter", both of which were on roller skates. You can find these on Ebay from time to time. Hope this helps! Good luck!

Sharry- Thank you SO much! It has been driving me crazy for 15 years. Seriously. I will check EBay right now. Thanks again!

The name of the show from the late 60's was called That's Cat

hi all...i have an art / toy similar to the magic window sand art - but its liquid. two colors of oil between plastic in a plastic frame. you can move it to different sides of the frame and the oil ooozes up and creates abstract type art. its driving me bonkers! i cant find anything, i have one listed but would love to put a name to it. if you have any ideas? thanks :)

OK, I'm looking for some skates I had when I was about 4 or 5. (around '70 or '71) They were marketed as indoor/outdoor skates designed to look like race cars. They were the type that strapped to your shoes. The pair I had was royal blue. I don't know what these things were called. Anyone have any idea?

looking for the name of a 70's kit where you would mix water with a packet and inject the solution in to a mold to make a bendable person (3" high). you could then apply football or basketball uniforms to the body. Many thanks- Fred

I had a game I think it was from the 70s and it might not be from the US. It was an Ice cream Game. It had about a 2 inch wide & 24 inch long black strip. You would take this figure that had a record player needle on the bottom of it and slide it across the strip. It would say ice cream phrases. Like: hot fudge sundae or Banana split. It also would say HEY FATSO. A think that was the name of the game. That is all I can remember. Does anyone know what company made this toy or if that is the name of it?

When I was a kid in the early 70's, my Dad brought home a toy car that instead of having a remote control, it read cards through it. The cards had different patterns that the car would follow. Unfortunately the patterns needed a pretty large area for turns and such and we didn't have a very big floor so the car was constantly running into the wall. Does anyone remember the car and what it's name was?

Jimbo: SSP Smash Up Derby.

To the person looking for the vintage stencils it was called rub-ons. I rememeber getting them for Superman, Batman. Very cool.

I'm going crazy trying to remember a toys name that I had in the 80's. Maybe late 70's. It was a plastic american style shopping mall with these little miniature people. The people were plastic with little ball bearings underneath them that made them roll through each level of the shopping mall. Eventually, they would fall through the last level into their car. Throughout the game, you inserted big plastic pink coins which also came out in the end with the car as change. Please help!

The thing I'm looking for was sold as a toy, but is more like one of those executive desk toys. It was a flat, plastic hexagon, about 3 inches across. It had a circle of flexible tape-like material on the back. There was a small amount of liquid sandwiched between the two. The point of the toy was to mush the tape with your fingers, which makes the liquid flow around under the plastic, changing patterns and colors. I also recall that the liquid was iridescent.

Walt, check under "F", it's called a "Fidget".

I remember red plastic oblong-like items, kind of like a plastic Easter egg, about 5 inches long with 2 eyes and a slot in the top where you could insert a note. I think it was called something like "Obie" or "Oobie." The idea was you would leave this somewhere public for people to carry along to its destination -- you were NOT supposed to just put it in the mail. Ring any bells?

Are you interested in buying coin operated horses or spring rocking horses??? They are sold on Ebay. Most spring horses are made by Blazon, Wonder, Flexible Flyer, and Radio Flyer. Feel free to buy as many as you like. Good luck!!! :) Ebay account required.

I'm hoping I'm not the only one to have had this toy in the late 60s, early 70s: round art disks that you pinned down in the middle (like Spirograph) which had numbers on the edge. You would turn the disk to each number in sequence, and trace in the numbered shape on the disk to the corresponding number on the edge. When you were done, you had a perfectly drawn cartoon character. Anyone remember this and what the name of it was?

See tisiw's earlier post (11/02/13)

For Molly January 04 2013 Molly, the doll you're looking for is called the Pretty Tricky doll. If you search on google there are pictures. I still have mine! :o)

I'm not affiliated, but the Flickr user "wishbook" has amazing photos of each page of many Sears and Montgomery Ward Christmas wishbooks that can help people find many toys from the 70s and 80s. Specifically, for a couple of people above, the 1977 Sears Wish Book, page 489, shows the "Rough n Ready Push-Button Rescue Center" (by Tomy in the US, and sole as a "Rescue Centre" by Palitoy / Discovery Time in the UK). Page 489 also shows the "Small Mall Push-Button Shopping Center". Both have rolling people with steel or metal ball bearings on the bottom. If you are looking for the Rescue Center, watch out for the red support between the first and second floors, and the flag, both of which are often missing. Also watch out for the helicopter; it often has broken propellers, and ask whether or not its push-button still works. Happy searching!

Jeanne - I remember the store and have been trying to remember the name forever!!! I was so excited to see someone else remembered it!!

I posted too soon - I found it - it's called Big Toy Box Magnetic Action Super Market!!!!!!!!!!

Who remembers the Big Loader Construction Set? Its copyright date is 1977. I still have one, and it's so interesting to watch it run.

Pipster/Steve L/madmaxmedia... a commercial featuring the game you are looking for can be found on YouTube... search on "Mego SlicSilver"

Hi I'm looking for the name of a doll from the 70's. You used to show her flash cards and I'm not sure but I think she would shake her head or say yes or no to what was on the flash card.

70's or 80's caboose that had piston connected to wheels with platforms for small rubber animals to fit onto so they would move up and down. it looked like a circus caboose, the animlas looked kindve like richard scarry. it was probably made by hasbro, playschool, mattel or fisher price.

Bev, I think you are talking about the Playskool Little People toys. They had all kinds of buildings, a house, school, farm, hospital, garage and many others. We had lots of them and would make a whole village of them

Astrolite was from 1969 seems a lot of people are looking for it I loved it so hope this helped someone!!

tisw, Tim A - the discs you draw through to create a cartoon character were Rotadraw - found some last weekend while clearing out a bedroom cupboard!

This has been driving me nuts for years! Around 1975-77, I was given a toy catalog (from just one manufacturer, but I can't remember who) from which to choose a birthday gift. The toy I got had an open-top globe which contained a piece of paper (sort of like the shape of a fondue pot). You'd drop in glittery coloured sand (I think) through the top of the globe and then you'd blow or hum into a mouthpiece at the top of a tube coming off the globe. The point was the sound waves would vibrate the paper and ink/sand/glue/whatever it was...sort of like spin art. Thanks!!

POP! I finally found it--Tone-O-Graph by Kenner. Nice to know I wasn't dreaming it.

Hello everyone.. I also need help trying to figure out the name of a toy. Toy came out in the mid 70's approx 1977 or 1978. I can remember there was a commercial for the toy but for the life of me I can't remember the name. All I can do is give my best description. Basically the toy was plastic, not battery operated or anything. It was meant to simulate dynamite exploding by turning something on it. I don't remember the color of it at all but if I were to take a guess I would imagine it was either red or some color blue. I would appreciate any and all help. Sad thing is I actually have a picture of it when I was a kid but can't find the picture anywhere.

My description was a little bit off. The toy was made to simulate the sound Only and Not actually exploding. My fault for not including before.

Does anyone remember the name of a stuffed clown from the mid 70s I've always remembered it as cleto the clown any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Does anyone remember the name of a toy you can write on it and then use the level on the side to erase what was written?

Tara, have you found the dog you were looking for? I have also been looking for it. It plays "How much is that doggy in the window?" when you pull the string...

Toys from the late 70's I am trying to find images of or even the name of, does anyone remember: 1. A red camper truck with a small stuffed Bert and Ernie in it. 2. A battery-operated yellow race track with tiny plastic race cars, there was an elephant and giraffe that attached to the tracks for the cars to drive over. 3. A flat board with built in tracks that made farm noises as a small car drove over them. There were people and little buildings that attached to the board. 4. A large white stuffed dog called Willie Walker? I think that had a harness thing attached to walk him with. If anyone remembers any of these toys or has any information on them, it would be much appreciated. thanks

Ken - June 03, 2009 - Report this comment Looking for an electronic toy/game/puzzle. Globelike, maybe 8" diameter. White base with a clear blue lid that lifted to reveal the white keys and red lights. ----------------------- Ken it was called "Computer Perfection" and was manufactured by Lakeside. http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Misc/LakesidePerfection.htm

Karen - the toy that you can write on - might that be a Magna Doodle?

This has been bugging me for a while now. I remember the corner shop used to sell little figures of people with accessories, only about an inch tall and they came in a little matchbox sized box in bits like a Kinder egg toy.

The toy dog that followed a crayon line on a vinyl mat was Kenner's Trail Tracker Hound Dog. I loved mine! Wish I could find it. They also had the same toy except it was a van instead of a dog.

My daughter had a plastic ice cream cone from the late 70's or early 80's. It was about 5" tall. You took the lid (head) off and filled the body with ice cream. Once put back together, you would twist the top of the head/hair. The top of the head/hair had holes in it that the ice cream would spiral out of. My daughter loved this and talks about it to this day. I'd love to find out the name of it and if it's still available.

Hi - hope someone can help me with the name of a tiny baby doll i had in the 1970's. I remember she had a swing ... i think she came in a hard plastic carry case? She was really tiny with a hard plastic head and body and blonde short hair -i have been trying to think what she was called for so long - hope someone can help ... thanks

Tan Coul - Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I kind of remember this game where you wore a hat filled with water. You then had to answer questions and if you got one wrong you had to pull a pin in the hat and one of the pins would release the water and you would get wet. Kind of like Russian Roulette. If you got the question right you passed the hat to the next person and they would repeat.

My sister is looking desperately for a simple curved wooden board we stood on as kids. You rocked back and forth across the room on this toy that we remember being named a "Wiggle Walker". Do you all have one?

Cool site. Green Slime, SpyroGyra (I think), and many others. Great memories. I'm looking to these uncolored drawings you could get and then color them in. I can't even find the company that may have made them.

There are two dolls that I got for Christmas in the mid/late 70's. One was a doll that would change facial expressions when you moved her arm up or down. The other was a doll that you had to rock and she would slowly close her eyes (they wouldn't close unless you were rocking her). Any thoughts?

I have been looking for this "builder game" with 100's of clear tubes, some straight, some bent. connectors were opaque plastic. There were cups/half spheres, with a hole and the tubes would fit into. You could assemble these on a table that would light up, in turn lighting the tubes up. Anyone know what the name of this was? Please!!!!

Back in the late 70s I used to have a toy that was supposed to create a multi-colored light display on a round screen. Inside there was a motor on which you would put different shaped chrome-plated plastic wheels that the light would reflect off of. There was a dial on the front to change the colors, and a knob to adjust speed. If you know what this thing was, drop me a line at radharc@gmail.com

@ Alana She's Sweet April by Remco. I had one as a kid and have one now.

THANK YOU CHRISTINA! That was the toy. :)

I had a large plastic laser cannon type toy that took like 6 D batteries and would project a spaceship going up the wall. You would point the cannon at the spacechip and fire and a light would shine in the middle of the spaceship. If the hit was in the middle it would burst into flames and go down the wall. I thought it was made by coleco but can't seem to find it anywhere. Please email me if you know anything about something like this. paul.vining@gmail.com

Adam and JP - I believe that the orange owl target game was called Electronic Hoot Shoot Target Game by Kidde/Vanity Fair.

For Val - December 09, 2011 -- your game is called Poppin Hoppies, and I also remember the disc shooter for Frank - February 16, 2013 - there was a Star Trek phaser disc shooter that was popular around that time - Cheers, J

@Shelly: I think the first doll you mentioned was "Saucy" by Mattel. Anyone know about a toy that looked sort of like a purple Furby, with I think plastic eyes and a what appeared to be a hockey stick for a mouth. It had white fabric on the bottom and made a squeaking sound when you shook it up and down. It also had a fabric loop on top with a suction cup. It did not use batteries and just had some weird styrofoam contraption inside to make the sound. (Mine broke when I was little and mom took it apart to try and fix it.)

I am looking for the name of a critical thinking game. The board was brown and had 11 rows on it. Two people played. There were 5 colored pieces. Blue, yellow, green, red and white. One person would choose 4 pieces. Any combination of colors they wanted. The pieces were placed on the last row and covered. The player who was trying to guess the correct color and location of the pieces would put 4 pieces in the 4 holes of the first row. Next to each row are 4 holes that the person who decided the order of the pieces and hid them would use a white peg to indicate a piece was the correct color in the correct spot. black peg indicated correct color wrong spot and empty space (no peg) meant wrong no piece or spot. The pegs were placed randomly so the guesser would not know which peg related to which piece. the guesser would continue to place pieces row by row. the other player would use the pegs to give feedback until the guesser had the correct alignment

Someone back in 2009 asked about a man that you pushed a button on him you saw the blood pump. I believe this toy was called pulsar man. I've been trying to find a toy that my father bought my brother and I as kids. It was a cowboy on a pedestal that would say "draw" and you would shoot him with a light gun. If you got him' the cowboy would collapse. Does anyone know what this toy was called? Thanks in advance"

Trying to remember the name of a outdoor toy from my childhood. From what I remember it was a glider on a line that that you could guide close to the ground and there were two hooks on it used to pick up these plastic spheres. I remember it being bright pink and neon green. Any ideas?

I have been trying for ages to remember the name of a game I had as a child. It was a square with different obstacles on it with a silver ball. Two silver rods you has to open and close to guide the ball down, a little orange square like a maze you had to tilt to get the ball through and I think there was a bell at the end that rang when you got the ball all the way through. Can anyone help pleaseeee

I had toys as a kid. Dinosaurs. They had a wire and it attached to a control that took batteries. You could move the dinosaurs forward and backwards. they had robot style feet. Like remote control, but with a wire, not wireless. One was a stegosaurus, the other was a t Rex. their eyes lit up and I think they roared. Early 70's. Anyone know what name they had? Also, a game where you made bugs from molds, that were edible. They had non edible version and edible version. You'd pour a mix onto a heated plate tyoe thing, in a mold, and it made a plastic toy looking centipede or something. One version made edible ones. creepy crawlies?

@Todd-the game you are looking for is called Mastermind. I still have mine and still play it. :-)

@Kie-The game was called Run yourself ragged. I still have mine!

Can you remember a board game where if you landed on a certain mark you had to pump a balloon. The player that made the balloon pop would lose the game? I remember giving it to my nephew for Christmas l969. I want to say it was called Kaboom, but can't find it on Google.

I am trying to find the name of a toy, that a boy would tease me about and not let me hold it or told me anything about it. It has a black round base as big as the palm of your hand, similar to a hockey puck, and has a clear dome in the middle, and it is dark inside, but a demon or monster head appears inside. I dont know if its battery operated, or takes a finger to make it move. Please help!

OK, I need help hopefully being able to find a toy I used to have or the company that made it. When I was a yr old, my dad gave me a stuffed brown dog (with dark brown on ears, plastic shaped nose, an plastic eyes that had the brown pupils an whites) an inside the belly when u opened the zipper was a transistor radio that u could listen to music on (whatever station u could pick up, the knobs were on each side of the zipper). Id had "brownie" - thats what i named him when i was lil - up til i was 33 an he got ruined from a flood after id broken up with a bf an was in the middle of movin out of the place we shared. since then (its been 4 yrs) ive wanted to find another one but had no luck. can anyone help me figure out the make of this toy or maybe where i mite be able to find another one? thnx!

@Lisa the bug maker you're thinking of is called creepy crawlers and the edible version is called incredible edibles candy maker.

Deelie Bobbers is the correct spelling of the flower shaped toys. Every one who mentioned them spelled it wrong. Google Deelie Bobbers and you will find lots of images.

Hey PJ, that's "Don't Blow Your Top" by Schaper Toys. (the Cootie company).

Looking for a game - plastic hollow head shape (profile) that you filled with marbles. Pushed your finger through the holes to either release the marbles or try not to release them. Any one know the name?

Pam: You gave your own answer in your comment. The game was Marble Head by Ideal Toys. First came out in 1969, and discontinued in 1974. Ideal was best known for its games with marbles, including Ker-Plunk! Found a TV commercial for Marble Head from the "Pink Panther" cartoon show, airing 9/27/69 on NBC-TV.

I am trying to track down a toy that may have already been asked about by Kristie on March 2, 2012. However, I did not see a correct response to her inquiry, so I am asking again. We had a large, heavy-duty plastic outdoor toy. It was a wheel that you sat inside of a rolled around in, similar to riding in a tire, but much larger. I remember our wheel was made up of three curved parts that fit together like puzzle pieces. When separated, the pieces were used as seats. Anyone know the name of this toy? Thanks!

HELP! Does anyone remember a small baby that cried, you had to spank it to make it stop crying. I realize this is incredibly, socially, unacceptable, but I always wanted one of those. It was possibly a keychain? I think it was in the late 80's or 90's?

Does anyone remember the name of the tower you built with clear acrylic squares. On each level, you would add a different colored xylophone type plate. After the tower was built, you would drop a marble down the tower and it would play a song. You could change the songs depending on how you changed the xylophone plates in the tower. I think I got this toy around 1970. If anyone can tell me what this musical toy was called, I would really appreciate it.

For Steve, looking for that ball bearing toy. I'm trying to find the same thing. You described if perfectly. If you're patient enough to look, you'll see it featured on the Rockford Files; James Garner irritates a secretary by turning her cube over. Good luck to us both.

Does anyone recall the name of a toy (early 1970s?) that was a multi-story hospital? Cardboard levels, pull string elevator, foam figures for nurses, doctors, and patients. The "hospital" was constructed was perhaps 3 feet tall.

I'm looking for a toy that both my brother and I swear exists, but nobody has ever heard of. It's a book with a tiny record built in to each page. You would take a little record player type item (about the size of a computer mouse) and place it on the record - it would spin around and read the text from each page. There were various stories in the book, but the only one I remember was "Pigs in Space" by the Muppets, so perhaps it was a Muppets related product. I've searched and searched and nothing. I wouldn't believe it even existed if not for my brother's shared memories of this toy. I was born in '77, and Pigs in Space debuted in '78, so I'm thinking this is a toy from '78-'82. Has anybody ever heard of such a thing? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

My brother and I had this amazing book/record player that both he and I remember, but nobody else has ever heard of. It was a book, that had a record built in to each page. You placed a small device(about the size of a computer mouse) on the record and it would spin around and play the text from the page. We only had a couple books and only 2 players, one was always broken, so we had to sit and read these books together. The only story I remember was an episode of "Pigs in Space", so I'm not sure if this is a Muppets specific product. I was born in '77, so I'm thinking this toy is from some time between '78-'82. I'm beginning to doubt that this item actually existed, just a figment of my brother's and my mind. Anybody ever heard of such a thing? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?

Does anyone remember these? I'm guessing the time frame is late 60's/early 70's. They were plastic building pieces that were flat with grooves on the sides. You would attach them by sliding the grooves together. There were purple squares and circles, red triangles and T shapes and yellow planks and cheese doodle shapes. They were about the size of a half-dollar coin. Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks!

Ktrain... (lol Bueller!) I know what you are talking about, but don't know the name. I'm a bit older than you, but I think a baby cousin of mine had that. I'll look into it.

Joy B......if you can help me locate these items, I'll name my next child after you! (full disclosure: my wife gets full veto power)

KTrain..... was it the Fisher Price "Talk to Me Player"? Go to www.thisoldtoy.com/l_fp_set/t_0800.htm there's a picture! I hope that's it.. :)

To Joy B: I have consulted the 1969 and 1970 Sears Wish Books, could not find the item you described. You are on the right track, though. Those flat building pieces with notches to connect are likely not part of a game. but more within the arts-and-crafts genre. If you ever owned a copy of The Archies "Jingle Jangle" record album, these multi-colored and shaped pieces are shown on the jacket, indicating late 1969. Just for fun, try wishbookweb.com and you may come across it. I'll keep searching myself.

Rob Lambert.... Thanks for trying. I just looked at the Archies album online and I believe those are "Crystal Climbers". The building pieces I am referring to were softer opaque plastic with grooves, not notches. They would slide into each other so that they could never lie flat, always like a half step above/below the piece it was connected to. They didn't stay together particularly well, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. Thanks again... :)

p.s. to Rob... thanks for directing me to wishbookweb! I haven't found my toy yet, but I am enjoying see the old catalogues! :D

To Bridget....about your radio dog, have you tried co tacting Radio Shack? That sounds like something they might have sold. Just a thought. Good luck

To Greg 1/15/14 The disc game was called "Slip Disc". The discs were pink and orange and you hung them on white springy pegs in a blue box with opening showcase-like doors. I loved this game too.

JoyB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I cannot believe you found this. That is exactly the item I was talking about. I found a listing of the books for this item and one included the Muppets story from my memory. I'm not crazy. You've proven it. I'll post pictures of baby JoyB in a year or so.

KTrain!!!! So happy that I was able to prove your sanity! For the sake of future Baby Train, let's hope she's a girl. lol!

to Rob Lambert (and anyone else interested), I found my toy! It didn't ring a bell, but they were called "Shapees" by Kohner, 1969. Get this, someone is selling them on Ebay! lol! Crazy! thanks for trying. :)

Glad you found it, Joy. That was a stumper. The only Kohner product that had everyone's attention was the Trouble pop-o-matic game, making Shapees a bit obscure at the time.

Hi, I'm looking for a toy ball gun. It was a small hand gun made of red rubber and you would squeeze the whole gun to release a yellow plastic ball from the end of it. It only held one ball at a time and you would just pop the ball back into the barrel to "reload" it.

I found the item I was looking for at http://vintagetoyarchive.tumblr.com/post/41901934843/hasbro-1969-astrolight

looking for a 70's green lizard man with a light in his chest,...GORG or something?,

David.... was it Gre-Gory the Bat? Try google images and see maybe that's it?

I'm looking for a teddy bear from either the late 60s or early 70s. My mom described it to me from her childhood as the one toy she wished she'd kept because it'd been a joke between her and her mom. She said it was a yellow teddy bear with short arms and legs and a big head with stubby ears, and when you squeezed the body the eyes rolled. She couldn't remember what it was called. Does this ring any bells for anyone?

To Brittney: I would suggest trying wishbookweb.com in your search. This link presents page-by-page images of old Sears, Penney, Ward and FAO Schwartz catalogs. Your description is a little vague. Try to remember if the bear was name-brand or generic. We can rule out Winnie the Pooh (Sears). When it comes to finding vintage teddy bears, it's like needle in a haystack. Good luck!

Please help I am looking for a monkey my sister had as a child she called it tricky Micky but not sure if that was the name of it it's legs used to tuck into its arms it wasn't fur I think it was blue (cord) maybe striped top I have searched everywhere for it can anyone help me please

I am looking for a toy/game we got in the mid 2000's. It had a yellow/orange handle (kind of resembled a small plunger shape) and it has disks that you spread on the ground and it would say ready, set, go and you would get all of the disks and it would time you. Great game and have no idea what its called. someone please help

Remember those Plastic Pedal Toys with 4 wheels around the large pedals . Forgot what their brand name was.

Does anyone remember a type of arts and crafts kit from the early 1970's that came with pre-cut/assorted lengths of colored threads you would press onto an adhesive backing into a design? Like flower carts, clowns, animals, etc.. These kits came with plastic frames in various sizes that you could hang on the wall once completed. They were popular but for the life of me I cannot remember their name. They were like a press art. Can't find them on eBay without a name to go with. Thanks.

As luck would have it I found out their name! It's called 3D Yarn Art by Revell. They are on eBay for all to see and what memories they bring!

I'm looking for a race track from the mid-late 70s that would use hot wheels size cars. The best part was the crank that you and your opponent used to make the cars keep going/go faster. I think it was about a 3 foot long oval and had only the two tracks (red and light blue???) and maybe it was in a plastic stadium??? Any help or leads would be very appreciated. I'm pretty sure I was sent to take a nap that Christmas so my dad and uncle could race...

Matt: This may be the Hot Wheels Rod Runner set. Mattel first came out with this in 1970. I found an ad for it in an Archie comic book dated July, 1970. The set comes with dual tracking and two stick controls and speed control knobs. Enough track was included to form a figure eight, and two cars were included. The Rod Runner race set originally cost six dollars. The Speedway Set, with extra track pieces, was eight dollars. Mattel kept this on store shelves, with minor changes, until 1976.

Rob, Thanks for your comments. I looked up a video on youtube and I do not believe it is the Rod Runner set. I remember my set had a wheel-like crank that you had to spin just in time as the car would enter to keep the cars racing at top speed. Did Match Box have a race track?

Doll name needed: Back in the early 80s I received a doll for Christmas and cannot remember the name for anything! She was a white fuzzy girl from another plant/moon, she had a metallic silver dress, a sparkly wand/scepter and a "pet" owl that I THINK she flew on. Very similar to the "MoonDreamers" but furry instead of human like. There were multiple characters but this is the one I have - she's in storage or I would just look at her tag. please help! As much of a google pro as I am, I CANNOT figure this one out. Thanks.

I am looking for a toy house from the 70s. It was I believe a red and yellow plastic train caboose and opened up and folded out to living space for a toy people (not little people) but same size. The people had magnets in their hands so that the family would all connect. Dose anyone remember this? Can't find it online anywhere.

Dawn, the black screen thing that changed colors I think was called WIDGET

Therese wrote this back on December 22, 2011: I had the MOST fantastic, fun toy in the early 70's. Two bags full of round, flower-shaped discs that interlocked like leggos. You could make amazing girly things with these daisy-shaped toys, like crowns and thrones for your Barbies. Of all the toys I got rid of and WISH I had kept for my daughter, these are the ones I regret the most. Can any other 50-somethings out there help? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THESE FOR YEARS! I had them as a kid and loved them. I remembered them being called "Deely Boppers" But apparently there is a new definition for Deely Boppers (somekind of headband with ears) and that's all I can find on the internet. Your post was the very first one I've found describing that toy - I would play with that toy now if I could find it it was so much fun! Does anyone else remember these and know another name for them so we can find them on the web. Thanks!

Btw the round discs were different colors and had slots in them which is how they connected to the other discs. They came in a drawstring bag. You could link them together to make anything and then when you took all your gigantic creations apart it all fit in a small drawstring bag made of a printed pretty fabric. It was the best toy ever :) Would love to find it somewhere... But I distinctly remember "Deely Boppers" or Bobbers being the name - not so says the internet. Help!

Matt: Your question on Matchbox racing sets: The earliest one, from 1969, was the Superfast set. This was the only one, possibly, made by the Lesney company in England. Also, the G-$ Gift Set, which came with eight Matchbox cars related to racing. Other racing sets were made when production shifted from England to Hong Kong in the mid 1970s. To Adria: I found a few things out about what you are seeking. The Deely Bopper link to Barbie accessories was brief, around 1971. In 1982, a British novelty company created the Deely Bobber headpiece, sort of copying the name, give or take a letter. You are correct, in that Google searches prove vagueness in pinpointing this. The 1969 Archies LP, "Jingle Jangle," displays what may be those Deely Bopper connecting pieces on the jacket cover. Another name for those may be Crystal Climbers.

Matt: Check out Ebay. They've got some vintage Matchbox racing sets under the Superfast name for sale. Least I can say is that Matchbox became a Hot Wheels wannabe. Various track pieces, components and vehicles are available. To Adria: Reading all the comments led me to believe that Deely Bopper building sets were made in England, and the Barbie accessories were sold in the United Kingdom. Deely Boppers may have been imported here by a toy/novelty company no one remembers. The toy is that obscure.

To the ladies in search of the fold up doll house, it was called the sunshine family dollhouse. Google sunshine family and tons of pics pop up. I took that house everywhere I went for months after I got it for Christmas.

IM looking for the name of a game with a purple owl that its eyes glowed and i think it had cards with it, also looking for a game that had plastic sticks with a suction cup on them,you would slap the cards it wasnt slap happy anyone can u help me plz its been years ive been trying to remember this!!! thank u

I JUST FOUND IT ON U TUBE ITS CALLED SCREECH!!!!!!!

a game i had when i was young, that had suction cups on the end of a plastic stick or wand, it had circle cards that u would smack with the sticks, maybe the cards had monsters on it! plz help! i cant remember the name or find it on google,e-bay,or amazon!

I have a picture of a toy I was given for Christmas 1971 that I've never seen anywhere else. I'd love to know what it was called. It was a large wheel make up of three interlocking pieces. It was large enough you could climb inside and be rolled around in like in a barrel. The pieces were orange, green, and yellow.

SueZ: Try wishbookweb.com. This site has page-by-page images of the 1971 Sears Wishbook and JCPenney toy catalogs. You might find your toy there.

Hi, I'm wondering about a learning toy I had as a child before all the electronic games/computer toys. My vague memory is that it had a tray that cardboard square question cards could go in, and then there was a yellow plastic figure (a man, or maybe a clown?) that had a kind of straw-sized pole that he was attached to that fit inside the holes of the question cards. A question card I think had pictures and stories, but if it had any math, it would be like 2+3= and then if you put the figure thing in the hole next to the number five, a green dot would appear in his tummy area, I think. Maybe part of his buttons on his vest or something? I can't quite remember. I just remember being amazed that he could tell which hole was the correct hole! Then, when I was older I figured out that some holes were deeper than other holes, and I made my own play cards with questions when I played school. Any ideas what this toy was called?

looking for toy from early 70's that was egg shaped and red - 3 in a pack - you would write messages and put inside and leave places...does anyone know the name????thanks, mav3232@gmail.com

Anyone remember the name of a puzzle toy from the 60s and 70s that involved carefully steering three small ball bearings up and around the side of a cone until they dropped into a hole at the top? Driving me crazy!

I remember going with my parents to a friends house and they had a Gotcha box. That is what I called it because there was a purple box with a ball inside that was attached via a string. You pulled the ball out and a little motor would cause the ball to go back into the box. The lid would then close with the word "Gotcha" on the door. Does anyone remember this?

Hey all. I am a huge collector of LEGO and in one of the bulk lots I have recently bought, I found a bunch of bricks that are triangular in shape. They only come in two colors, red and gray. Also, there is another shape but I have know clue on how to describe it. They also only come in red and gray. Any help would amazing! Thanks

PS. These are not made by LEGO I am 100% sure of. I was hoping that someone could tell me what they are called, what company made them etc. They were mixed in with a bunch of LEGO from the 70s and 80s so I imagine that they were manufactured in that era as well?

@Ryan... Think what you have may be fischertechnik.

@Adria...could the thing you're looking for be octons or flexi octons by galt toys?

I had a toy in the mid 70's that I've always thought was called a Wacky Walker but no Google search brings it up. It was a molded piece of plastic that on the underside had a high point in the center. You stood with your feet placed on the ends and basically waddled around penguin style. It was kind of dumb but for some reason I loved it. :)

Hey everyone :) the playset that linked together three different colored pieces was called the "play all". The egg shaped roll in was called the "roll over". As for the 6 wheel machine I am still searching as my brother and I also had one ..well he did we fought over it all the time ... I have a 9yr old with cp and autism and love the 70's ride ons... So many toys geared towards all children without the "disabled" label and price tag

we had a game I loved as a kid. It was a tabletop game and I remember it had a blue plastic base about 15 or 18 inches square. It was for 4 players and each person had a different color set of tiny little bowling pins. In the center you would release a wind-up spinning top that would travel around for a long time to knock over those tiny pins. I also seem to remember levers of some sort to try to protect your pins and send that top in someone else's direction? I haven't seen anything about this game on this site, or in any of the wishbook site that I looked at. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Years ago when we would go to Fla., a rest stop we stopped at had water-filled toys. Sadly I never bought one. They looked like a one-piece glass item, egg shapped on a stand maybe 4 in. tall. A hook at the broad base of the 'egg' where the base top and egg bottom met. Filled with water with an airbubble, and a red plastic ball and ring unit floated. You had to get the ring on the hook. Does anyone else know of this toy, I'm thinking about mid to late 70's.

Jimmattcait your post was awhile ago, but your thinking of Mini Dragons and Creeple People.

I'm going mad trying to remember what my toy was called. I had it late seventies, early 80's.it was a large standing plastic owl with a headmaster's hat that you could take off and a chalk board on the front.any ideas

Claire: Try wishbookweb.com. Browse through the catalogs, you may find your toy. Start with the 1979 JC Penney catalog. In most of these, the toys are toward the back of the book. Sounds like either a Playskool or Fisher-Price teaching toy.

I would not call this a toy, maybe science learning tool. About 1955-56 or so I had a rectangular piece of wood. It was perhaps 1' square and about 5' long.It was hand made. It was carved in such a way that it had an angle maybe 45 degrees carved in it. Well naturally it did not balance on the tip of your finger. You would then bet your friend that you could.You would then take off your belt and place it in the angled part of the wood and then it will balance easily on the tip of your finger. I believe it was to demonstrate the center of gravity, as the buckle and the tip of the belt swung down and back under your extended finger. This was a long time ago and I'am almost 70 and my memory is not the best.I don't even remember where I got It, but folks:IT REALLY REALLY WORKS.

Looking for information on diecast hotrod from early 1970's that had a rubber creature/monster in the front seat that could be taken out. It was not a ratrod. The one I had purchased was from Woolworths. Any information would be great. Thanks.

I am looking for a toy from the 70's, it was a yellow stand-up flat 'case', had little animals with tails you would move by pushing the buttons on the side (almost like a pinball game). The object was to get a nut from the bottom of the tree, pass to each animal's tail, to the top of the tree and in the hole. Any ideas?

Looking for a game board from the 60's/70's. There was a furry head character about 4" tall that you pushed down on when moving on the board. It would click when you pushed down and it would randomly shoot the furry hair off, which was on a stick like thing.

Anybody remember having a plastic alligator or crocodile finger puppet? This was back in 1971--it was my turn to bring something in for show and tell in kindergarten class and I took my favorite little toy to school. It was left on the teacher's desk during lunch and when I got back it was gone. I'm 49 yrs old and this still hurts to think about! In my mind it really resembled the alligator on the Baggies box--maybe it was a free toy that you sent in for? But that doesn't sound like something my parents would do. So if anybody knows...thanks!

Michele: Baggies (made by Union Carbide at the time) was named Alligator Bags, from 1969 until 1972. TV commercials featuring the cartoon gator were all over network prime time. Around 1970, a stuffed gator toy was a mail-in premium. The actual sandwich bags were only a little tougher than the competitors, nothing special. The cartoon gator was a ploy to get kids to get parents to buy the product. Typical Madison Avenue tactics.

A follow-up on my comments to Michele: The two Baggies alligator promotional toys will be a hard find. A Google search came up with nothing. YouTube has no TV ads with the alligator. eBay has none for sale. On pinterest.com, I found a picture of the 1969 product box with alligator, along with a 1980 magazine ad for Baggies (the gator returns after several years absent).

BIG orange plastic toy shaped like a circle except MUCH bigger. Kids would roll in it!

Trying to find a girls toy from around 1987-91. It was a very tiny 2" doll (not a baby doll) with really long white hair 6-8" that was made of threads. I think she had an all cloth body and a plastic/vinyl face. She came in her own little portable dollhouse which was also white with some pink parts and had a heart shaped handle on the top. She may have also come with a brush and little mirror but not sure.

Looking for a red blow mold train toybox/toy chest that opened in the front. I was able to sit inside when I was a kid so I'm sure it was a fairly large toybox. I also would like to say it was probably purchased at child world in 1974

I am looking for the name of a toy that I had as a child back when disco was cool. It was a flat riding toy that I think was made out of hard plastic maybe purplish gray in color and could have been in the shape of a hippo. It was only about 3 inches off of the ground and maybe two feet wide by two feet long. It didn't have any handles and you would lay on your tummy or sit your butt on it and roll all around.

I don't know if anyone can figure this one out or help me figure it out but Im looking for a toy I once had in the 90s as a child all I remember that it was like a small pink plastic toy and whenever I touched it it would change like a hot pink color and purple all ik is that is was a small plastic toy it was pink I don't know exactly what it was rather it was a small pink plastic heart toy or not but I think I remember this toy being flat like I said it was small and the color of this small plastic toy I had was mainly pink like a bubble gum pink color and in the middle of it had like this little bubble where all u had to do was touch it and it would just change a hot pink and purple color I don't even know how I got this toy bck then or where I got it from but I do know that I really wish I can have one bck again if there's anyone who can remember this and what I'm talking bout plz let me know like I said it was just a small pink plastic toy I believe it was flat and in the middle on this toy might have had like a little bubble on it where u can see the colors change hot pink and purple when u touched I really wish I remembered whst this toy was unfortunately it's too long ago now for me to even remember whst kind of toy this was but I do wish I had one again but if anyone can remember what this is or was plz let me know cause for the longest I been seriously trying so many searches online for and can still never find it plz help if u know.

Does anyone remember a little rubber alien/monster toy from the late 1960's that was about 3 inches tall (a little bigger than a plastic army man) & it had a round head with little spikes all over it! It had claws/pinchers & looked like it was wearing a skirt! It's mouth was open & in a circle & it had big eyes! I cant even find a pic of it anywhere! Strange as this may sound, it is important that I find at least a pic of it! Have a great day! :-)

For Beth who posted on April 6th. The toy you are looking for was called a "WOBBLE WALKER" and was made by Snively Plastics. Hope that helps you! ;)

For Carol who posted back on January 22, 2015. The Game you are thinking of was called, "CLUNK-A-GLUNK" and was made by Whitman. Hope that helps you! ;)

For Jeremy who posted on July 23, 2014. The Water Russian-Roulette Game you are thinking of was called, "WET HEAD". Hope that helps you! ;)

Looking for an electronic game that was spherical in shape, kinda like a spaceman's helmet. It had a sliding face that opened to reveal some buttons on the inside. My cousins had one but I was never allowed to play with it so I can't tell you what purpose it served but I know it wasn't a TV or radio. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Nuke - try Computer Perfection?

Does anyone recall a tin toy consisting of a mountain or hill with a road or small train winding though on which either a small car or train climbed. It was not very big, perhaps only 3-6 inches square. I don't think it's a Technofix as they seem too big. Can't remember if it was clock work or battery but I do remember being really attached to this toy. I think there was a tunnel that the vehicle went through too Tx

Computer Perfection! That's it. Thanks!!

Okay girlies of the 70's...who remembers the cloned kiddle dollies from Hong Kong or Japan that sat in the front of the little round patent or vinyl purse? looking desperately to find the purse that inspired my handbag designed from that memory. xo

Did anyone have the game where you strap red plastic card holders to your forehead, and you have to guess which animal card you're displaying?

in the late 60s i had a doll that with a special mirror turned her head she was bigger than a barbie. i cant find her on internet anywere' wish i could remember her name

Carlene: Try wishbookweb.com, which has page-by-page images of many old department store catalogs. The 1968 Sears catalog shows a few larger dolls (Italian imports) but with no mirror. The toy section of these books are usually toward the back pages. Sears and Penney's features primarily Barbie and others by Mattel.

Who remembers a novelty water toy from the 70s that were little rocks you dropped in water and they grew tall like ant hills? I can't remember the name of them. They were popular with sea monkeys, sand art and ant farms.

Chaz: This is an oldie from around 1960. Moon Rocks set by Hasbro. Came with moon landscape, pre-tumbled little rocks you'd water (with color dye) and they grow. Little toy rocket ships also included to complete the scene. TV star Art Linkletter is pictured. I believe he developed this toy. He promoted it on his TV shows, "House Party" and "People Are Funny." In later years, mail-order novelty companies like Honor House (originator of Sea Monkeys) offered similar items, closer to when Apollo XI landed on the moon in 1969. These were frequently advertised in comic books such as Archie series.

I can't remember the name of this game it was a sci fi type of game it had see through colored Hexagonal pieces and a big round space station kind of thing in the middle of the game board that had a light in it that you had to spin and the light shot out of one of the ports and lit the piece up on the board.

AmyJoy 12/5/12 The dolls name was Esmeralda. I still have mine.

Stephen, thank you so so so much. I was going crazy trying to identify that OWL.

AmyJoy 12/5/12 and Margaret 9/27/15 I checked on google and I think Emerald the enchanting witch doll from 1972 is the doll AmyJoy was talking about. The Esmeralda doll is a Disney doll from the 1990s.

I'm using this page to mark the 50th anniversary of two Remco games based on the frantic music/dance shows on TV at the time, both trivia games. First, the Hullabaloo Electric Teen Game (based on the NBC series). The questions and answers were printed on black and yellow paper records, and those came in a sleeve with game rules printed. A D-size battery was needed to power a set of probes connected to a light bulb. The bulb should have lit if question was correctly answered. The second game was the Shindig Teen Game (based on the ABC series). No battery needed for this one. Players drew from a deck of 240 trivia cards. Answer correctly, place a marker on a scorecard. The first player to complete a row of marked spaces (seven) won the round. The Hullabloo game's paper records (12) had 10 questions on each side, a total of 240 questions. One record had all Beatles questions! Remco released a Lost In Space board game in 1966. Only a few thousand were made, and that is a rarity today.

Mari & Emma - I think I finally found the translucent builder set you were asking about. I've been driving myself crazy trying to find it for years. I was beginning to think I had made the whole thing up! I found them on Amazon called Slot-Together Translucent Builders. Hope that helps!

Jim - July 30, 2014 - Regarding to uncolored drawings you colored in (usually with markers) - those were done by Craft House (http://www.crafthouse.net/). My dad (http://davidneilmack.com/) was actually one of the two main artists for them in the 60s, 70s and 80s before he want into fine art fulltime. He did the Paint by Numbers too.

I am looking for a 'multiplication board' that I bought at a garage sale in the early 80s so it must be from the 70s. It was large, maybe 14" x 14" and had color sliders that you moved to get the answer to an equation. Both of my children learned to multiply with it. WHY did I get rid of it? My grandchildren need it. Does anyone know what I am talking about?

Hello. Jack &Jill toy from early 70's. you wound handle and the figures would be taken up "hill"then would slide down a slide. played tune of Jack&Jill. Thanks!

Hi, my name is Ed I'm trying to find the name of a puzzle and try and then buy it. It was from the 1970s/1980s It was a round puzzle that was like a 8-10in cylinder in height. Black and grey (I think) It had pegs at the top that moved gears inside. The object was to get the 8-10 triangles inside or outside the puzzle. You used fingers to move the pegs up top to move the gears inside. Sound familiar? Can you help me? If not, do you know know anyone who can? Please let me know I've tried internet searches but have had no luck ed_rob_mcc@yahoo.com

Hi, My name is Gail and I am trying to locate a toy my brother had in the early seventies. It was a dice game and had four brown plastic poles (one for each player) and each pole had a little brown monkey placed on it and the object of the game was whose monkey would climb the pole first. I would love to track down this game for my brother and surprise him for his birthday. Although a simplistic game, it brought him hours of fun when he was little. Hope there is someone out there who remembers it? Many thanks.....

Chris, the sci fi was called Laser Attack. It came out in the late '70's. My sister and I used to play it. I haven't thought about that game in years. We'll have to get it down from the attic and play next time I see her.

I know this is late, but Rillaby, the toy you are searching for us called Astrolite. I'd been looking for it too. My aunt had one when I was a kid, but it was misplaced during a move after my uncle passed.

Jacki - December 19, 2015 - Report this comment Help! Trying to find the name of/photos of a childhood fave: (sigh, I don't even know how to describe it well -- please bear with me) it was a drawing "toy" of sorts: tablet-shaped, w/ a cardboard back, topped w/ a layer of wax or something similar. Covering that was a thin opaque sheet of plastic (I think). Using the little red stylus that came with it, you could doodle on it, then, when you filled up the page, or got tired of it, you'd just lift up the sheet - which would clear the images - replace the sheet over the wax coating, and start over! I think some of the tablets were themed, I guess that was supposed to inspire what you were drawing? The tablets could be used over and over, but after a time the wax coating didn't really "bounce back", there were just too many impressions from all the the past drawings. The sheet on top of the wax also eventually carried too many markings from all of that earlier fun. *Please* someone tell me that you remember this, and know the name of it! I know many of my childhood friends had this thing, but I'm beginning to think I hallucinated it, cos *no one else* (of the aforementioned childhood friends) seems to have any idea what I'm talking about! This is driving me loco! Thanks y'all!

Jacki I do remember the drawing tablet with the wax coating and the sheet on top that you're talking about. I had one, but I don't remember what is was called. Sorry.

John and Jacki: You may be referring to Magic Slates by Western/Whitman publishing. A plastic stylus was included to do your artwork. These first came out around 1960, many were of licensed TV and movie characters. Western was sold to a Canadian firm in 1999. Production of Magic Slates ended then.

Thanks Rob Lambert. I just googled Magic Slates and that's definitely it.

I have been wondering about this toy for decades... when I was a kid, between 1969-1974 I believe, my parents got me an awesome creative drawing device. It was a small, battery-operated, "light table" kind of box containing a spinning, motorized mechanism with a lightbulb attached. You placed these foil sheets with etched images on the surface and when the unit was activated the images would appear to - if I remember correctly - animate? All I remember is, this toy was very unique. I remember being mesmerized by it. I have done searches online, I cannot find any information. Any chance you might know what toy I'm describing?

I wanted to add some additional info re: the above "light" table or box toy. I remember being mesmerized by one of the foil scenes, it was a scene that, when animated by the underside spinning light, depicted pouring rain! Literally I have been hoping to track this down for years but cannot seem to find it, I've even scoured through the wishbookweb.com archives... nothing. Any help is appreciated!! : )

I am trying to remember the name of a game that I played in the late 60's or early 70's . The game was modeled after volleyball .I think there was red plastic players on one side of the net and blue plastic players on the other side . The ball was on a metal rod and would go from one side to the other and you had to push a lever to have one of your players pass the ball to one of your other players or send it back to the other side . It was a game for two players and I think was mostly made of plastic .My brother and my sisters and I loved the game and I was wanting to see if any are still in circulation or if the game is still made . Any help is appreciated

I remember having a toy car that you could take all apart and put back together again. It wasn't the SSP zip cord cars (even thou I had the Nomad which I wish I still had) but it was red & white colored plastic toy car. Like it had a socket wrench and you could take off the tires and take out the engine.Anyone remember this?

For those interested in the 70s toy kit which consisted of plastic shapes with notches in the sides where they could be interconnected, I believe these were a licensed version of a UK toy called PlayPlax. If you google playplax most of the hits will be versions that only had square pieces. It is possible another company in the US created knockoff versions that also had circles and triangles

Dan: Another name for those inter-connecting shapes is Crystal Climbers. Find an image of the Archies "Jingle Jangle" LP. Several of the round ones, connected, are pictured on jacket front. They are thin, translucent.

I am trying to remember a game from late 1960s-early 70"s. It was a bucket where you would push down the center and place colored balls inside. The center would pop up and you had to run and collect all of your color balls and place them in a cup that you would attach to the side of the bucket to win.

Mel: Think I found your game. Bucket of Fun by Milton Bradley. You'll find an image of it if you go to wishbookweb.com, access the 1969 Sears Wish Book from main menu. Game is on page 480.

A few notes on previous comment to Mel on Bucket of Fun. It sold for five dollars, per 1969 Sears catalog. Rather costly for a plastic bucket, 16 plastic balls (four of each color) and the four color-coordinated plastic cylinders to catch the balls in. Some of Milton Bradley's board games sold for less than this.

David, your lizard-man was called Garloo. Check out the 1962 Wishbook.

This msg is for Sandy Hi Sandy I read ur post about that color changing plastic toy I remember it contact me on my email oliviaijo@yahoo.com

Looking for the name of a game I had as a kid. Would have been in the mid 1970s. It had an orange plastic weight lifter on a yellow plastic base. You put yellow weights on the bar rather lifter was holding. You then spun an orange resistance wheel. Once that was done you turned and orange crank that had a string that moved the lifter. The lifter would either complete or fail on the lift. Thank you for your time.

Does anyone remember a yellow, somewhat squishy, glow in the dark ball the approximate size of a tennis ball?

Bridge! I have one of those ball/rope toys from the seventies! You send the orange ball flying along the white ropes, by pulling the ropes apart. it's in my garage!!

Does anyone know which board game had the dice enclosed in a plastic dome, that you pressed to 'roll' the dice?

JaneM the gamed with the dice inside a plastic dome is called Trouble.

The domed dice game is called frustration.

I don't know how to describe this toy? without people thinking this toy I am talking about without getting offended. I am sure they stopped making them for this reason and you do not here of them because they were thrown away,etc. It was a wind up toy with metal web feet. you use a key to wind it up and it jumped around ,it was about 1and half inches wide and two inches long and it was the head of a coloured person with a bone threw it's nose made of rubber and a small row of red fussy hair on top. If any body has ever seen one please let me know?? I would like to know more about this toy. thank you

I've become obsessed with finding the name of a toy that I got in the late 70's-early 80's.It was a noise maker to be exact. Description:I remember a blue plastic cane similar to the control stick of a fisherPrice rolling cornball popper. On one end was a plastic piece to grip the cane,on the other end was what looked like a yellow plastic(I think) device that held what seemed like half a Black rubber ball (I swear it looked like a handball)What you did was insert a piece of paper or cardboard in to the device then the ball half was secured on top of the paper,and then you took the cane and slammed it on the ground popping the paper and making a loud bang. If you know the name,please let me know.Thanks.

I had this game in the 70's, it was a race car set, cars were made of Styrofoam and were about an inch long. There were little holes in the bottom of the "track" and a fan on the bottom that blew air through those holes and the cars would race around the track. Anyone know the name of it?

I'm looking for a toy from the 70s (I think) that had a curved orange plastic "wand" that created a stream of air that was used to keep small Styrofoam balls aloft as you maneuvered them through obstacles like rings, etc. Does anyone remember anything like that?

It's fantastic to see such a useful post. I think it could also be useful for everyone to know how and where to fill a form online. Maybe you would be interested in an online service with a ton of Form templates (tax, real estate, legal, business, insurance forms, etc..) I used it to fill out https://goo.gl/Iu8T6P

I am looking for the name of 2 toys from the early ro mid 70's: a hotel for animals with doors with key locks and different keys for each- it was 2 stories high -I have seen the barn one but this was like a hotel-I got it in 1975 in NJ - Another one is a building set where you MADE the bricks in flimsy plastic moulds- out of plaster I think- to make houses- I have seen the sets with already made clay or plaster bricks where all you do is mix the cement to build but this was a kit where you even had to make the bricks themselves!! Does anyone know what I am talking about? I am an American and this was in the US- Thanks!

Oh and I forgot: another play set - from the 60's- similar to Thimble City or it was a Thimble City except I cannot find the one I had anywhere: it was an actual skyscraper, and other tall buildings and an actual subway/train set that went around it and you used the poles with the magnets under the card table you'd set it up on to move the tiny magnetic people magnets on their base bottoms) and the train- it was ALL WHITE.

Jane and Bridge: I had the 70's ropes with the orange football shaped thing too! I looked it up the other day and found similar ones but not the one we had -https://www.amazon.com/Sliding-Family-Slider-Assorted-Colors/dp/B005DS7ICC

RE: CD - August 06, 2013 - Report this comment Does anyone remember a red pastic box which contained a record player. The lid was the speaker. I can't remember its name. --it was CLOSE 'N PLAY record player

Kira: Go to the C menu within this site. highlight and click the link, "Close n Play Phonograph." You'll find comments about the toy, including one by myself.

For Laurie - July 06, 2013 - "My husband has this six legged green monster (a goofy looking, suppose to be scary) dinosaur with red eyes. I think its name is Teron. My husband passed away earlier this year so I am unable to ask him. He got the monster as a gift in the 70's None of them walked like they were suppose to, so most everyone to had one took it back to the store. He is approx. 1 foot 4 inches long. Green. red eyes. scaly back with a tail. Does anyone know what this little guys is called? I can post a picture." Beyond. Your post helped me identify my childhood toy, so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgbDqwh6-pE

For Laurie - July 06, 2013 - "My husband has this six legged green monster (a goofy looking, suppose to be scary) dinosaur with red eyes. I think its name is Teron. My husband passed away earlier this year so I am unable to ask him. He got the monster as a gift in the 70's None of them walked like they were suppose to, so most everyone to had one took it back to the store. He is approx. 1 foot 4 inches long. Green. red eyes. scaly back with a tail. Does anyone know what this little guys is called? I can post a picture." The Toy is called Terron The Beast From Beyond, also called Gorgon. Your post helped me identify my childhood toy, so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I was able to locate one online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgbDqwh6-pE http://www.3dsuperjoes.com/terron-the-beast-from-beyond.html

I am looking for a plastic yellow flat toy bird with a sliding switch and several different recorded songs: trills, whistles, wharbles, tweets, chirps and the like. Am willing to way over-pay (some tens of dollars for an item that probably cost around 5 to 10 dollars when it was available in the mid to late 70's). You can reach me as jebediah456@yahoo.com.

My brother and I had a large green terron, perhaps a foot in half in length made of hard plastic and having some sound effect capacity. This item was available in the late 70's and very early 80's.

Am using this page to make mention of a toy not listed that was popular: Tricky Tommy Turtle by Remco, produced from 1967 to 1970. Made of hard plastic and powered by four D-cell batteries, you blew a whistle and Tommy would move forward (wheels) about three feet, then stop, then its head went back in the shell. The one I got in 1969 had yellow/red shell, blue head and tail. Retailed for $13. From the Saturday morning cartoon vault, TV commercial for Tommy, aired on the "Super 6" cartoon show over NBC (11/18/67).

DESPERATELY SEEKING 1970s/80s plastic molded rocking horse with tartan saddle cover under the saddle. White body with brown runners. I owned one in late seventies/early eighties and would love another. Think it may have come from Kays Catalogue.

Am using this page to cover an item deemed a "toy" by young America: The Polaroid Big Swinger camera sold from 1968 to 1973. The original Swinger used roll film (1965-70). Big Swinger used pack film, but took only B&W pictures. Camera sold for $25 and film was $4/pack. TV commercial (people riding horseback) for this aired on "Happening '68" with Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay over ABC (5/11/68).

So simple, a kid could operate it! Found a TV commercial (Saturday morning cartoon vault) for the original Polaroid Swinger camera featuring kids 9 to 11 years old, taking pictures of each other. "Meet the Swinger" jingle sung by Barry Manilow. This aired on "Tom and Jerry" over CBS (1/21/67). By mid-1970, Polaroid stopped making the roll film and cameras, riding on the newer Big Swinger, which preceded the SX-70 line.

Here's another "toy" of the past for young and old: The Sinclair Gas Pump Transistor radio. Mostly red with tin plating. Used 9-volt battery. These were offered at Sinclair stations for $4, with or without gas purchase, from mid-1967 to late-1968. Quite popular on the beach. Today, a working radio, complete in box with earphone and paperwork, worth over $100. Sinclair's TV ad budget was small. Commercials aired mostly on a local level, rather than on the networks. The only one begins with the cartoon dinosaur pitching gasoline with nickel added for better mileage, using the old Theresa Brewer tune, "Put Another Nickel In."

This is driving me crazy.We had a light-up building toy in the 70's. It had a black plastic base, and clear straight or curved rods about 6" long that you could connect together. You inserted the rods into holes in the base and turned the light on for an almost fiber optic effect. There was also a color wheel you could turn to make your creation shift colors. Someone asked this a long time ago, but no answer was given

There's a blog page for Silly Putty, but not for Play-Doh, the subject of this story. Play-Doh modeling clay goes back to 1956. The first few years, a kid-wizard was on containers, replaced in 1962 by the kid with the red smock and beret cap. Play-Doh was first made by Rainbow Crafts, acquired by Kenner in 1970, and now by Hasbro. From the Saturday morning cartoon vault: Earlier black & white TV commercial (kids using Fun Factory) which aired on the "Alvin" show over CBS (3/21/64), The clay had a salty taste (a preservative), and did not transfer newsprint like Silly Putty does. "Captain Kangaroo" Bob Keeshan also endorsed Play-Doh on his show in the early sixties.

I posted a question on 8/12/2016 asking if anyone remembered a game from the 70's that used an orange (red) air wand to levitate Styrofoam balls. I figured out what that game was called -- Air Trix.

SABS - It was four years ago when you posted, but the head you could put scars on was "Hugo, Man of a Thousand Faces" by Kenner. I was crazy about mine! Kind of a weird toy.. I liked strange things.

What was it called? 70s action figure/robot - about 12" tall, white body with (I think) removable helmet. Had a tool so you could undo the knee and hip joints and mount him on a motorized cart of some kind. You could also just attach his feet to the cart. He also had a sword and shield maybe? ROM? The ROM I see all over is not the same. I

I found it. Mighty Max - The Maximum Man!

I had a purple wasp-like spaceship toy with suction cup feet and a grappling hook on its head.it also dropped what was termed a bug bomb.it must be somewhat unusual,because I can't find out anything about it.

I need help finding this or at least remembering the name or at least someone else remembering it....... A polystyrene board with number codes, strings of coloured wool to correspond with number codes, a special pen like tool used to push the wool into slots on the board row by row by going two spaces ahead and then pulling back to the previous slot and digging the wool in to hold it there. Finished result is a tapestry looking picture thing! Anyone??

Maxine: A craft/hobby company named Standard Toykraft specialized in tapestry-making sets. One was Weaving Loom from the mid-late 1960s. Another was named simply Tapestry Set, from the late 1950s or early 1960s. These sets enabled you to create such things as a sweater for a pet, or a small blanket. I suggest doing a Google search by typing: 1970s tapestry making toys. I saw a few images of these, through Etsy or eBay. These were American products. If you are from UK, try a search along that line. Also: Try wishbookweb.com. This site has old department store catalog images, page by page, full books. Sears, Penney, Ward and others. Good luck!

Thanks Rob. I have searched a little online but I need to do a little more digging. :)

In my latest antique junket, I came across a toy from United Kingdom. A Polaroid Swinger Sentinel camera. Amazing how many of these are turning up in America. The history on this is interesting. Polaroid first marketed the Swinger in several Canadian cities, a short time before American release (July, 1965). The camera which only took B&W pictures, using a double-roll film (picture and negative) system, and required the user to coat each photo with a provided tool after development, and using the "YES" (early models, "NO" also) exposure device. In the U.S., Swinger cameras were $20. In the U.K., the same camera was around 27 British pounds. Many in Britain complained the price was too high. By 1968, the Swinger Sentinel was on sale, for around 20 pounds. Why? The Sentinel had no built-in flashgun (only good outdoor pictures could be taken). A flashgun was sold separately for around 5 pounds, and easily mounted to camera (AG-1 bulbs used). Toward 1970, as Polaroid started to phase-out the roll film and cameras, a later Sentinel model, with built-in flash, sold for around 22 pounds (prices went down as roll-film production was being reduced). Unclear to me is if the British market embraced the newer Big Swinger camera, with the pack-film system. The camera I saw has the detachable flashgun, a spool from the negative film roll, and a tube and coater with dried-up shellac. Manual was dated 3/68.

Found a TV-based game not listed here. Milton Bradley's Columbo Detective Game, and story behind it. Game play resembled Clue, where players had to collect four matching suspect, weapon and motive cards to win. All images of Columbo had only the back of his head showing. Either Peter Falk did not want his face printed on it, or he demanded an exorbitant fee for permission, or to endorse it personally. Game was from 1974.

While there are several pages on bicycles on the site, nothing on roller skates, so I'll use this. While roller skating's heyday was the 1940s and 1950s, the fad made a comeback in the mid 1970s. One particular roller skate company, Chicago, is my main focus here. The Ware brothers started things up in 1905. From then until 1968, Chicago Roller Skate operated a plant at 4432 W. Lake (W. of Kostner Av., and the building still stands, vacant). The rioting on nearby Madison St. may have prompted the business to move further out (a newer business park off Mannheim Rd.). In 1993, National Sporting Goods bought Chicago Skate, closing the Bensenville plant and moved the business to New Jersey. Chicago Skate advertised often in Archie comic books from 1957 to 1964. Prices ranged from $7 (child skates) to $30 for top-of-the line adult skates in 1960. Today, that range is $22 to $175.

Found out much more on Chicago Roller Skates through early print media ads. Earliest I found dated 1911. The first plant was in the West Loop area, at 1100 W. Washington (near Racine Av.), then moved to the sprawling facility at Lake St. and Kostner Av. by 1920. While in the same building, different addresses were printed over the years, including 4408, 4432, 4453 (rented building across street) and 4456 W. Lake. The best skates sold for $5 in 1930. During the second world war, Chicago Skate, to conserve steel, leather and rubber, created roller skates with aluminum and plastic framing, along with wood or plastic wheels. While patriotic, the quality was compromised over normal, pre-war material. Compelled to produce more essential goods (ball bearings, hand grenade casings and camouflaged items), Chicago stopped producing roller skates during 1943, until war's end. Until 1940, child skates only cost a dollar or so. Now, theyre around $20.

For the life of me I am trying to figure out this game i had. It was battery operated...octagon shaped, with rows of red circle lights...it had a few different types of games you could play..but the one i remember was like hi q or the old peg games...the goal was to end the game with only 1 light remaining. And like peg game, you "jumped" the lights, and thats how they would turn off. I believe i had this game between 1981 to 1983...i was probably in 5th grade...i would love to find out what this was called!

The top base of the game was white...that looked like a fake plastc speaker...bottom was black..with little nobs(legs)..to sit on a table..the face plate under the lights was blue...just thought i would add more detail...i am going to guess it mightve been a rival game of lights out...but unsure.

Thanks to this site i found it!! Tactix by castle toy company!! I am so pleased to have figured this out..ordering one from ebay!!

Here's another toy topic not mentioned on the site. In general, pinball machines. In particular, two that bear the name HAPPY DAYS. One real, the other a child's toy. The latter is Coleco's The Fonz game from 1976. While electric, it has no flashing lights. Scoring is limited to 100,000 points, and a wheel just rotates with each hit bumper, cumulating score through a window on backboard. Retailed for $25 originally. Along with Fonzie, Richie, Potsie and Joanie are pictured on backboard. Now, the bigger fish. From 1953, a Happy Days pinball machine by Gottlieb. Scoring was limited to 10,000 points, and targets involved Tic-Tac-Toe. An elementary school classroom scene painted on backboard and ball play area. Side railing was wooden. A nickel bought you a 5-ball game. Gottlieb was one of the "Big Four" in pinball machines. From 1927 to 1972, Gottlieb's facility was at 1140-50 N. Kostner (alternate address: 4405 W. Division, same building) on Chicago's west side, later going suburban. Gottlieb's competitors, all in Chicago are listed. Bally (1932-69, at W. Lake at Karlov). Williams (1933-75, at 145 W. Huron). Chicago Coin (1931-77, on W. Diversey, near Wolcott), which was forced into merger to avoid bankruptcy.

This story is about big toys...namely, amusement park rides and pinball machines. Eight years after Chicago's Riverview Park closed, A combined indoor amusement park and shopping mall opened in the southwest suburb of Bollingbrook, Illinois, named Old Chicago. It opened in June, 1975. This monster place was plagued with problems through its five-year run. The biggest was the 1976 opening of Great America in Gurnee. Old Chicago had numerous financial and safety issues (lack of adequate sprinkler system, not enough fire exits). Old Chicago maintained a high vacancy rate in its mall (no anchor stores like Carson's, Fields or Wieboldts wanted to open there). The 30 rides were cool (Chicago Loop roller coaster), and the place had a pinball arcade, with machines provided by the four major local companies. By 1979, the amusement rides were gone, and the building became one big, white elephant. It was demolished in 1986. Found a radio spot for Old Chicago on WCFL with Larry Lujack, who worked at 'CFL from late 1972 to early '76 (format change), in between two long stints at WLS, as "Super Jock."

Another story on big toys, namely the three original roller coasters, as components within Marriot's Great America, which opened Memorial Day in 1976 in Gurnee, Illinois. First was Williard's (Marriot) Whizzer. Second was Turn of the Century (renamed Demon) and Gulf Coaster, which was scrapped early due to fire risk. Originally, Great America celebrated the nation's Bicentennial in its different themed areas. Park was acquired by Bally-Six Flags in 1984. Bugs Bunny and company took residence starting in 1992. Found a radio commercial from May, 1976 announcing the grand opening. This was on WLS, and by Larry Lujack, who'd rejoined the Big 89 after three-plus-years absence. After hi first four years, Lujack left WLS late in 1972 (failed contract negotiation), worked for rival WCFL, the Big 10, until that station converted to elevator music as a format (March, 1976), then returned to WLS, until the disc jockey burn-out syndrome prompted retirement in 1985. Until his death in 2013, Mr. Lujack spent his remaining years out west.

For this story on big toys (amusement rides), we go back to the summer of 1972, suburban Chicago. Santa's Village, a fairly new family fun center in E. Dundee, had several fun rides. The Cannonball and English Rotor roller coasters. Also, the Space-Away ship and Swiss toboggan (simulation). Santa's Village was divided into three areas with different themes. Even in mid-July, kids could see Santa Claus in the North Pole attraction. Found an extensive radio clip with the commercial on WCFL (7/11/72), with newly-welcomed Super Jock Larry Lujack (his first week at AM1000). Lujack also jokingly fumbles his way doing a spot for Flip Magazine, which rivaled teeny-bopper Tiger Beat, and other spots for Just Pants (store) and Carson's Dept. Store. Lujack worked the PM-drive shift at the station (and mornings when at WLS). This was great top-40 radio, Chicago style!

When I was a kid in the '70s and early '80s, my cousin had a game that had a ball bearing (about 1/4" if I remember right) that went around a zig-zag back and forth at the top, and then went across two metal bars... you controlled those. If you closed them too much, it went backwards, and you lost. If you opened them too much, it dropped, and you lost. You had to open it just enough to have the ball come to the "front" to win. The base was blue, and there was some other aspect that I can't remember - but nobody knows what it was called. Any help in tracking this down would be helpful if for no other reason than nostalgia. Does anyone else remember this?

Jeff: Go to wishbookweb.com and access the 1979 Sears Wish Book. Go to page 631. A game called Space Launch is pictured. Has two long steel rods, steel ball, and score targets to drop it below. Also has "foul" areas at each end of board. If that isn't what you're seeking, check out the catalogs going to about 1983. The toys and games are usually toward end of books.

This toy deserves mention. In the 1975 Sears Wish Book, I found an electric Pizza Hut oven by Coleco. Oven shaped like a Hut restaurant building (red roof). Included were a plastic stand-up sign with logo and mascot, Pizza Hut Pete, also a small cutting board to load pizza in and out of oven, plus serving tray. Original set came with pre-kneaded dough mix and sauce to make six mini-pizzas (you had to provide cheese and meat). A 60-watt bulb was needed. Cost was $10, and extra mix packets (for 12 pizzas) could be ordered for $3.

Kelly Samsom and DE.. I've been trying to remember the name of this toy also. I remember there were purple circles, yellow bars, red triangles, etc. I'd love to find them for my granddaughters. If you find out what they are please let me know. nana_beth@twc.com

Ok, I know this is really vague. I'm looking for a toy that had changeable flat scenes. I don't think it was Colorforms because it wasn't just shapes, but entire objects (clouds, houses, and so forth). And I can't remember if it was felt or plastic. Any ideas?

Vi: Understandably, a tough topic. Colorforms has, since inception in 1956, frowned upon any imitators from rival toy companies. Anyone thinking of doing so faced an infringement suit. The vinyl pieces and background board (character or non). Even in Canada and Europe, I found nothing that resembled or imitated Colorforms. The vinyl parts in each Cartoon Kit were many objects, not just shapes. I'll use the most valuable Colorform set made. From 1966, the Beatles Cartoon kit (based on Saturday morning show, and now worth $hundreds$). The background board was a stage, the vinyl parts were of each Beatle and instruments, plus other props. Third party licensee was Nems Enterprises through A.C. Gilmer and King Features. Found nothing on eBay that resembled competition or imitation toy products. I'll keep looking. Only other possibility may be those with magnetized parts.

Rob, thank you for even attempting. I didn't give you a lot to go on.

I've done some more searching and it might have been Fuzzy Felt.

Fuzzy Felt is a British toy product that's quite close, in concept, to Colorforms. Was created in the mid 1950s, and still is being made and sold in parts of Europe, but playsets may be obtained through Amazon to Americans interested. The material used also served the Royal Army (RAAF) and Navy in World War 2.

That's very interesting! How was the material used in the military?

Material used to make Fuzzy Felt was used in production of parachutes, uniforms and tents, but only as substitute when shortages of wool and cotton happened, 1942 until end of war. Combined with rubber, it also was used to make gaskets for certain pipe or hose fittings. It wasn't made public for years after war ended.

I had no idea. I thought it was created simply for the children's toy. That's fascinating!

Creation of Fuzzy Felt was the brainchild of Lois Allan, a resident of Huntington (some 80 mi. north of London). She worked in a defense plant, and was issued the material for making the gaskets. She loved making toys for children, and was inspired by the many possible uses for the material. Sales of Fuzzy Felt toy sets were astonishing. New toy products (beyond the Colorform-type ones) in the early 1970s, and marketing expanded outside the UK. If you do a Google search, you'll find pictures of the different toys produced, and what is currently for sale.

I've been trying to find two toys from late 70s. First is a wwi machine gun that projected images on the wall. When you pulled the trigger a black dot appeared as a hit. You fed a plastic strip of film through the gun. The second was a pirate game. There were two pirate ships that you assembled out of cardboard. Ach had a treasure chest on the front that held gold coins. You took turns shooting cannonballs at each other aiming for one of three figures. When you hit the last figure the chest would pop open releasing all the gold. Please help. I found the gun once by accident and never found it again. Never found the pirate ship. Davidfjimenez1020@gmail.com.

Does anybody remember a bugs bunny toy from the very early 1970's that was articulated, mostly or completely made of cardboard, stood at least 20 inches tall(likely taller) and he either threw balls or would draw a pistol and you would play against him? This is one of my earliest childhood memories of playing and I know my description is vague, but thats all I can say for sure.

Remco sold assembly style toy sets called Fun Gum from 1968 to 1970. No actual gum was used, but the body parts were rubber and interchangeable. Three sets that first came out were monsters, birds, and a "Doctor Dolittle" (movie) animal set, with Rex Harrison photo printed on box. TV commercial for this aired on "Bozo's Circus" over WGN in Chicago (3/13/68).

Hi, I've got a figure that's in pieces. He is ( whole body/arms/legs ) clear plastic/translucent and appears to be battery operated .the back of his head is black plastic and that's where the battery goes

Does anyone remember a commercial from the 70's where a garage door opened and a kid wearing a space helmet walked out as if he were stepping out onto a new planet? They were selling the toy space helmet.

What was this toy called? ... Early 70s this was a hotwheels-like set where the trucks and cars used little yellow straw-sized rubbers tubes as the roads (not the 2-inch wide track slats that Hotwheels used). They had a U-shaped guide underneath them that guided them along the track. You could layout the tubes into practically any road pattern.

There was a thing - not really a toy - from the late 60's/early 70's. I want to say it was called an Oobi or Oobli, but googling those doesn't bring any results. It was like a red rubber/vinyl egg with googly eyes on it. The idea was that you put a message in it and left it in a public place, probably with an address on the outside. People would find it and carry it along with them, maybe adding their own messages along the way.

In the early 80's this toy was recalled. I hope someone remembers a space ship that had some type of magnetic charging base. After the ship sat in the charging base, it could then be released and the ship would float over top of the carpet. Do you remember the name and why it was recalled. (SPACE TECH.)?????

Here's a toy not mentioned. The Zip Strip pocket size racing set by Kenner. Unlike Hot Wheels, quite portable. Car, launcher and track coil (like tape measure) and holder. Mustang, Sting Ray and Charger were available separately. Original retail price around $3. From the Saturday morning cartoon vault, a TV spot for this aired on "Perils of Penelope Pitstop" over CBS (10/25/69). Set in the 1920s, the series focused on ex-Wacky Racer Penelope (Janet Waldo) and her lawyer (Paul Lynde) who also tries to murder her for her fortune (as the Hooded Claw). Another ex-Wacky Racer, the Ant Hill Mob, protected Penelope best they could. Leader was Clyde (Paul Winchell). Gary Owens narrated, and Mel Blanc doubled as the Bully Brothers and Yak-Yak, the Ant Hill guy who laughed at impending doom. The cartoon was a tribute to silent-film stunt producer Mack Sennett.

I'm trying to identify several molded plastic racing motorcycles with rider, usually blue, also green and red which have a ball bearing in the bottom, are about an inch in length, look like they came from a board game, front wheels have raised groove like for slot racing? I can't find anything on google, ones for sale on e-bay, sellers have no info. on origin, please help!

A little more info. on thos motorcycles, the back wheel is much smaller in diameter than the front, and wider. The driver and motorcycle are one piece of molded plastic. And finally, the back wheel is smooth and the front has a outward groove.

Tim: Try wishbookweb.com, and look through the catalogs from the 1970s. There are Sears, Penney and Ward's Christmas catalogs, with page-by-page images. Toys in the Sears books are normally after page 400. Mattel, Topper, Hasbro or Kenner may have made those motorbikes you describe. I've eliminated Mattel's Rumbler bikes...the drivers are detachable. Your motorbikes may have been part of some acrobatic playset.

anyone remember aurora monster scenes model kits. I had the pain parlor and one or two others. I didn't realize that they were banned because women's groups thought they were too violent.

The Aurora monster kits go back to 1960, and many were licensed by Universal Pictures. Toward 1972, the women's lib movement was well underway, and certain monster kits were targeted that displayed wanton exploitation, such as the werewolf carrying an unconscious woman in his arms. eBay has a bunch of these, selling up to $200 unused in box. The Monogram (Mattel) company did copycats of these, but in less violent fashion.

Does anyone remember a commercial for the Crissy doll, probably around 1972? A little girl had Crissy in her bicycle basket and I think they took a trip to the zoo together?

From the Saturday morning cartoon vault, a minute-long TV commercial for Talky Crissy and Talky Velvet by Ideal Toys. This aired on "Curiosity Shop" over ABC (10/9/71). A live-action kid show combining entertainment and education. Child actress Pamelyn Ferdin was a regular. She appeared twice on "Odd Couple" as Felix's daughter, and voiced Lucy in Peanuts cartoons. Crissy commercial is on YouTube.

Does anywone remember a game from the 70's that consisted of a big plastic sheet that you laid out on the table...it had streets and houses on it and it came with a crayon that you would drawn a line around the streets and a battery operated dog would follow the crayon line? At least that is how I remember it!! This comment was from "Dawn" a few years ago, I'm hoping someone can answer!

I found it! Trail Tracker Hound Dog. I got it in 1980.

JR the toy you are thinking of is called Upsy Downsy. It had a mushroom gas pump if I recall!

Another game not listed here. Electronic Detective by Ideal Toys from 1979. A battery-powered (six AA batts) unit with clue/suspect cards. Unit resembles a calculator. Replay value was high, with thousands of possible murder-mystery game combinations. On the box, a man resembling Don Adams is pictured, though Adams didn't endorse the game (his were Skittle Pool and Skittle Score). At the time, Adams was filming his first "Get Smart" sequel movie titled "Nude Bomb," which Barbara Feldon declined to appear in (and Edward Platt, the Chief, was dead).

I remember playing with a plastic alligator in the late 70's. It was about 10-12 inches long and had a hinged mouth that would open. It also had wheels on the underside to allow it to move. I thought it was from a adventure people set but cannot find itin any of their sets. Does anyone remember this toy.

Anybody remember a toy from the 70s similar to creepy crawlers but where you could mold sports figures from a plastic goop and they had posable wire frames inside. I remember having a basketball player set and the finished figures had decals for uniforms... I think? It's killin me that I cant remember.

Robert M: Around 1978, Mattel revived its Thing Maker molding toy. The original, marketed from 1965-70, was retired due to safety issues. The original had a Fighting Men (like Army Men) molding set, with green or tan compound. The second version of Thing Maker may have had molds of miniature athletes from different sports. Check out eBay, indicate Mattel Thing Maker.

I just saw a My Three Sons episode where they were gonna play a game called Corporation. Did it exist in real life?

John: If you saw "My Three Sons" on MeTV, the episode was from 1966, after the Douglas clan and Charley left Bryant Park for California. At least then, the Corporation game they played was fictional. If it were real, a company making the game had to pay a promotional fee or sponsorship. The real board games then were Big Business (Transogram) and Junior Executive (Whitman). In season seven of "My Three Sons," the original sponsors (on CBS) were Hunt-Wesson Foods and Toni, which made hairdressing products for women.

To SueZ, who posted on February 20, 2015 (in quotes below) -- I had that toy! I have been scouring the web looking for clues about what it was called. If you still have a photo, I would love to see it. I looked through a bunch of the catalogs on WishBookWeb.com (great site!), but I did not see it there. "I have a picture of a toy I was given for Christmas 1971 that I've never seen anywhere else. I'd love to know what it was called. It was a large wheel make up of three interlocking pieces. It was large enough you could climb inside and be rolled around in like in a barrel. The pieces were orange, green, and yellow."

OMG!! Dan Feb. 7, 2016 THANK YOU!! I only have the cylinder shapes. I've never known the name until I decided to look tonight!! I've just always had them and never knew where they came from. Another toy I had were these solid plastic panels in 3 or 4 colors that connected via white plastic slotted "rods". Any ideas on those??

From the Saturday morning cartoon vault, a zany TV commercial for the Silly Safari game by Topper Toys. The concept was lifted from Ideal's Mouse Trap. Teenage girl does puffy cheeks, younger girl and boy make funny faces. This aired during "Bugs Bunny Show" on ABC (11/12/66). Mr. Bubble, Kool Aid, Kellogg's Apple Jacks other sponsors. Network promos for "F Troop" and "Pruitts of South Hampton" with Phyllis Diller. The Silly Safari game was $5 retail in 1966. Much assembly was needed, and it had two dozen or so parts and components (including colored feet as player pawns) which were easy to lose. Single sheet with assembly instructions and game rules. A complete game today garners over $100. Silly Safari production ended in 1969.

Did anyone else have those Disney coloring rolls?? They were plastic coated so you could erase them. (probably) I have 2 rolls, but haven't been able to find the roller itself anywhere online. All I get when I search are b/w coloring pages.

A few of you described an early 70s toy that was a large wheel made up of three interlocking pieces, or an S-like slide or curvy seat, and was large enough to climb into and roll around. I remember it too! I thought it was called Thing A Majig or something similar, but I haven't found any evidence of it online.

Hi. Trying to find a toy we had as kids. My Mom gave it away, but we don't know what it was called. It's a mystery. It had clear, hollow plastic bars that you'd stack like a Jenga. Metal bars could be strategically placed. A marble would roll down and make chimes on the bars. Like a music tower.

The antique mall in Volo, Illinois had a Monkees jigsaw puzzle with the western stagecoach scene. Missing four (of 340) pieces, box in lousy shape. Price was $30. This series of four boxed puzzles made by E.E. Fairchild of E. Rochester, N.Y. Other puzzles were of Beach Scene, Speedboat/Water Skiing Scene and Band Performing Scene. A complete puzzle with box in good shape worth around $150. Original retail price in 1967 was a dollar.

In the early 70s dad would buy me these little plastic unassembled cars. Accurately molded but in one color except for black tires and chrome wheels. They had metal bars that fit inside them for weight. And were about the scale of hot wheels. I remember the last one he got me was purchased at a Hobby store and it was a blue '72 Buick Riviera (boat tail). Can't find anyone else who remembers them. Thanks ahead for any help.

Hello. Am looking for the following very rare toy which was available in the early and middle 1970's. It was a flat yellow plastic bird with a sliding switch with about 7 settings which enabled one to select from among a number of chirps, cheeps, whistles, wharbles, trills, and tweets, including perhaps the sound of a mocking bird. It was probably battery operated. I am inclined to pay about $50.00 for such an item in fair condition and $100.00 if it is in very good to excellent condition. Folks may contact me at jebediah456@yahoo.com and silarilion123@gmail.com.

Does anyone remember the name of a toy which allowed you to build futuristic cities using clear plastic poles, domes, rings, etc.? The pieces were plugged into a black square base. Inside the base was a lightbulb and spinning color wheel which illuminated the city in the dark and allowed you to change its colors by spinning the wheel.

Does anyone remember a tall (about 2 feet) plastic skating chimpanzee? He held his hat out and if you tossed a quarter in, he would skate toward you. I found my old one in our old house; I don't think it's repairable but would happily give it to someone who could use parts to put together a whole one. I don't want to send my old pal to the dump! :-)

Hi: I am trying to find a red riding donkey for toddlers from 1972-73. It had "fur" small wheels on the bottom. I really want to find this toy!

To all Quicksilver/Slicksilver/Slipsilver water game fans- I FOUND IT! I came across this page years ago looking for the same game, in my head it was called Quicksilver but searching with that term made it hard to find. The name is actually called 'Sliksilver', there were 7 or 8 different games with the same water bead mechanism. I had the white water slalom one which actually included a little plastic 'boat' that you floated on the water beads. Really happy to have finally found it!