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5 Classic Educational Toys That Were Actually Fun

Eric Meier — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:09:30 +0000

As your kids are getting ready to go back to school or maybe go to school for the first time, they’re sure to be prepared for learning with many hours with an educational toy like LeapFrog. But toys and games that help kids learn while they play are nothing new. We look back at 5 [...]

Do You Remember Tomy Waterful Games?

Eric Meier — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:43:07 +0000

We bet these toys take you back to your childhood. The toymaker TOMY created a line of Waterful games like ring toss and tic-tac-toe. The games worked via water pressure. The button on the right-hand corner sent a jet of air through the water. The ring or small plastic ball would then be shot into [...]

Vintage Toys- Stretch Armstrong

Dave Wheeler — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:59:01 +0000

Even though Stretch Armstrong came out in 1976, it was a really popular toy in the 1980’s. Do you remember him? It was what every kid needed, a large gel-filled action figure who had great muscles. The original 1970s Stretch is very collectable now and commands high prices on the secondary collectors’ market, selling for [...]

Vintage Toys- Don't Break The Ice

Dave Wheeler — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:10:40 +0000

When’s the last time a kid has asked you to play a board game? Is that now a thing of the past? Well if so, that’s where they live with our Vintage Toys. Let’s take you back to your childhood and relive the dangerous and scary moments of construction on ice with Don’t Break The Ice.

Vintage Toys- My First Sony

Dave Wheeler — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:20:45 +0000

For any future rock star or radio DJ of the 1980′s this was a must have toy. Who wouldn’t love talking into a microphone and recording it on a cassette? Today’s Vintage Toy spotlight is on the classic My First Sony. My First Sony was a series of smaller-scale electronics made by Sony in [...]

Vintage Toys- The Koosh Ball

Dave Wheeler — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:00:48 +0000

In 1986 while your Mom was enjoying The Oprah Winfrey Show hitting national television, you were just a kid. You were sitting around with friends trying to find something fun to do. All of a sudden, someone pulled out a Koosh Ball. You had fun for a total of 15 minutes with it. Today's Vintage Toy is the Koosh Ball.

Vintage Toys- Furby

Dave Wheeler — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:01:21 +0000

For some crazy reason every kid wanted a Furby in 1998. To this day I still don’t understand why. But for some reason it’s always the crazy ones that gets people talking and buying. Lets head back to the year where Jack Dawson won a ticket on-board the Titanic, let’s talk about Furby. In 1997, [...]

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.