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Vintage Toys – Bop It

Dave Wheeler — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:38:15 +0000

Remember when President Bill Clinton beat Bob Dole? Or, do you remember when the Spice Girls had their first number 1hit with "Wannabe"? Of course we are talking about the year 1996, and the hottest selling toy of the year was the Bop It. It's our Spotlight with today's Vintage Toys.

8 Toys Lost In The 80s

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:41:08 +0000

Kids today think they have the coolest toys and gizmos. I'd like to see their iPods survive a trip in the washer like our G.I. Joes and Cabbage Patch Kids did. Toys today don't have the same appeal as toys from the 80s did. Nothing beats a cartoon about crime fighting pound puppies. But most [...]

Video Game Systems That Time Forgot

Dave Wheeler — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:11:54 +0000

You might remember our Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood week where we took a look back at dangerous toys we had growing up. Not every toy was out to kill us, some of the best toys we had were video games. Kids today don't even know what Road Rash was or Donkey Kong. It's a sad world.

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood- Sit 'N Spin

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:47:27 +0000

It seems that during the 70’s and 80’s anything could fly as a toy. The Sit ‘N Spin was produced during that time, and that’s why it’s another Dangerous Toy From Our Childhood. Sit ‘n Spin was a popular toy of the 1970s and 1980s. It came in a bunch of visual designs however all [...]

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood- Wonderball

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:28:10 +0000

Maybe on Cinco de Mayo you’ll celebrate with some candy! Why not have a treat from yesteryear with Nestles Wonder Ball! Even though it’s candy it still had toys inside, that’s our spotlight on Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood. Originally called Nestle Magic Ball, Wonder Balls were spherical with a thin shell of milk chocolate [...]

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood- Slip N' Slide

Dave Wheeler — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:42:50 +0000

Let's Slip N' Slide back to the good old days of our youth. It's summer time, you don't have a pool. What do you have? Your parents bought you a huge Yellow Tarp to put all over the back yard to run and jump on. Don't worry though its covered in water! Today's Dangerous Toy From Our Childhood is on Slip N' Slide.

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood- Easy Bake Oven

Dave Wheeler — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:04:47 +0000

We’re taking a look back at toys deemed too dangerous for kids all week long on Lite 98.7 Today’s memory is on the reason most adults have burns and scars all over their hands, the Easy Bake Oven! The Easy-Bake Oven was introduced in 1963 by Kenner Products (a Cincinnati Ohio based toy company). The [...]

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood- Jarts

Dave Wheeler — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:15:42 +0000

On December 19, 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned Jarts from sale in the United States due to their hazards as “a flying projectile with a sharp metal point”. When it comes to Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood, I don’t think anything could top Jarts. Anything with the words "missile" and "game" in the same sentence sounds like a blast! We’re taking a look back at toys deemed too dangerous for kids.

Dangerous Toys From Our Childhood

Dave Wheeler — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:44:08 +0000

For some reason we had this growing up, and it doesn't look to safe by Tody's standards. "Let's have a ball on a disk and hope a kid doesn't fall down and get hurt". I wrote a story about Worst Toys from growing up, and I regret not adding this.