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Subject: 80's toys
1)when i was 7 or 8 i had this barbie doll(eather 81 or 82 or mabye even 83 not sure)she came with lipstick and had like a button on her back and when you push it she kisses :-*.
2)i never had this toy or saw anyoneelse with it but i do remeber the comertial(sp)it was a toy roller coaster and had hoops on the coaster tracks so it can go upside down and i remeber how the song went it was updown change around roller coaster you can turn it turn it upside down.must have been about 1981.
3)i also remeber these strechy dolls there was casper the friendly ghost mabye there was a superman?or increadble hulk?but you can strech each of there arms as far as you wanted. :o.
4)i also remebered shrinky dinks you color them and cut them out and put them in the oven and they shrink! ::)
im sure i remeber more but does anybody remember other toys of the 80's? by the way i still have my straberry shortcake collection. :-[
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How about the game of 'Operation' or 'Perfection' or Bargain Hunter'? Or the Rubiks Cube.
Wasn't there a babydoll with a motor in it's belly that looked like it was crawling because it's arms moved and it's bum went back and forth? (It almost looked like a dog was wagging his tail in super slow motion. lol)
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My list:
1) Classic Simon - http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/simon.jpg
2) The Snake Cube -
http://puzzles.fbi.cz/Otocne/Hadi/Str1/OT_Snake_Japan.jpg & http://www.apionet.or.jp/~uchinan/puzzle/back_top/snakepop1.jpg
3) Gyro Wheel - http://www.liveandlearn.com/specials/gyrowheel.jpg
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Thanks for the memories, kittie brite! :)
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WOW!!! i do remeber rubix cube i think there were other kind of rubix cubes too in different shapes!i remember the snake cube too!would anyone remeber the little mermaid dolls?i think they came with a baby mermaid and i remembered the blonde ones name was sandy.i also remeber this ballet doll with like black hair mabye around 1980 and there was a ttop thing you pushed to make her go in circles.DAMN i remeber alot!!!! your welcome hairspray :)
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WOW!!! i do remeber rubix cube i think there were other kind of rubix cubes too in different shapes!i remember the snake cube too!would anyone remeber the little mermaid dolls?i think they came with a baby mermaid and i remembered the blonde ones name was sandy.i also remeber this ballet doll with like black hair mabye around 1980 and there was a ttop thing you pushed to make her go in circles.DAMN i remeber alot!!!! your welcome hairspray :)
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Did you see the pics I posted on the toys I mentioned? Cool, huh? The ballerina doll was "Dancerella". She was made by Mattel.
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Did you see the pics I posted on the toys I mentioned? Cool, huh? The ballerina doll was "Dancerella". She was made by Mattel.
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Here's a pic -
http://reneescollectibles.com/dancerella1.jpg
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YES :D i just looked at the 80's toys you mentioned and i remeber all of them but im not sur if i remeber the gyro wheel???i also remember having a collection of those miniture smurfs :-*it could be dancarella???ill check to see if i can find her on the net and ill get back to ya ;D
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YES :D i just looked at the 80's toys you mentioned and i remeber all of them but im not sur if i remeber the gyro wheel???i also remember having a collection of those miniture smurfs :-*it could be dancarella???ill check to see if i can find her on the net and ill get back to ya ;D
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I just posted a pic of her up above!!! ;)
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Here's a pic -
http://reneescollectibles.com/dancerella1.jpg
i just checked out the pic of dancerella you put up and you know what i think that is her :o its been so long ago that im not really defenate(sp)but i do think thats her thats sooo cool 8)
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It is. Trust me. Her crown has a pulley that makes her swivel round and kick up like a real ballerina.
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i beleave ya :DWOW its been sooooo long its neat seing her again :-*
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i beleave ya :DWOW its been sooooo long its neat seing her again :-*
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I'm glad you're happy. :)
Subject: Re: 80's toys
The little mermaid dolls were called Sea Wees.
I had the baby ones too, and they came with their own lily pads.
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see wees huh now that you mention the lily pads i think i might remeber that :Di had the ones with the blue hair and i remebered that the blonde ones name was sandy :)i also remeber the one with curly green hair :o.remeber mon chi chi's? little toy monkeys that you put ther thumb in there mouth the song went mon chi chi mon chi chi all soft and cudley with the thumb in there mouth is really neat. :D
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I do remember the kissing barbie. Actually, I think Mattel had numerous versions of her throughout the years. Here's one like I have (and probably you too) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1326521891. Check out the price in that auction! In the 70's, I got EVERY new Barbie that came out. I still have every single one of them.
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WOW and i did remeber she came with that lipstick too!!!i didnt remeber that she was blonde i thuoght mine had brown hair i geuss my memory is distorted there.i also had that game called hungrey hungrey hippos.oh and ofcourse there was cabbage patch kids!speaking of barbie there also was a younger virsion of barie called the skipper doll.i also had a big doll called kimberly she came withroller skates i think???
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i found this cool website that has a list of all the 80's toys 8)
www.80schildren.com ;D
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I just got a "Kissing Barbie" off of Ebay for about $30........do you guys remember "Young Sweethearts"? They were dolls by Mattel - Mike and Melinda and they had a wishing well park and everything.
Oh, and do you remember a tiny doll called Dyna-mite? She was a biker chick or something?
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Another site for 1980's toys:
http://www.inthe80s.com/toys/index.shtml
;D
-Dawn.
Subject: Re: 80's toys - Wuzzles!
Remember Wuzzles? :D
I had a Wuzzle, I think it was Eleroo or something like that.
I can even remember the commercial for those things.
"I've got a wuzzle I wanna snuzzle. Cute as he can be. Cuz he's part ____ and part _____." I think the Wuzzle was my favorite toy.
I also had most of Jem and the Holograms. Not that I can remember any of their names.
Intellivision was my favorite video game. I was so happy when my parents suprised me with that one.
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i found this cool website that has a list of all the 80's toys 8)
www.80schildren.com ;D
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Thanks for the site! I was going to post and ask if anyone remembers "Kabangers" and if they were 80's or late 70's, but they were right there on the site.
"Kabangers" was 2 hard plastic balls on strings with a handle in the middle. The idea was to move your wrist up and down so that the balls hit each other above and then below and to keep it going as long as possible. OMG! I remeber all the horrible bruise I had on my wrists!! I was one of the best before they were "banned" in my school.
Subject: Re: 80's toys
does the Rubik's Cube even count as an "80s toy" now since it hasn't exactly died out? I think the Rubik's Cube has been consistently popular since it was first produced in the 80s, whereas other toys like GI Joe, Transformers and MicroMachines have ebbed in popularity...just a thought.
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I do have fond memories of the Teddy Ruxpin though, that bear was king.
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??? ???Does anyone know where I can buy a 1980's Jelly Belly doll? Please email me with info if available!
Thanks!
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Does anybody remember these miniature dolls that came with a cruise ship?Dream Girls or something like that? *****Not that anybody cared but I just found out they were called Glamour Girls from this wonderful website listed in their 80's toys index.Yay Me!*******
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Remember those PacMan game watches? Man,they sure don't sell that anymore. -howard-
Subject: Re: 80's toys
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My list:
1) Classic Simon - http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/simon.jpg
2) The Snake Cube -
http://puzzles.fbi.cz/Otocne/Hadi/Str1/OT_Snake_Japan.jpg & http://www.apionet.or.jp/~uchinan/puzzle/back_top/snakepop1.jpg
3) Gyro Wheel - http://www.liveandlearn.com/specials/gyrowheel.jpg
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I would play Simon for hours and hours. I loved that game.
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I would play Simon for hours and hours. I loved that game.
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I still do! ;D :)
I dislike the way they updated it with the current oval shape and yellow-orange color. >:(
Don't they ever learn they should never mess with a classic. :-/
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I hated Cabbage Patch Kids but got one anyway because every girl had one in my school.
I also had scented Strawberry Shortcake dolls.I had one of her, one that was blueberry scented and one peach scented one. Dont remember their names though.
I also had an orphan annie and a brooke shields doll..I didn't like dolls but for some reason people kept buying them for me. I did like orphan annie though because I needed her for my annie mansion!
Subject: Re: 80's toys
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I just got a "Kissing Barbie" off of Ebay for about $30........do you guys remember "Young Sweethearts"? They were dolls by Mattel - Mike and Melinda and they had a wishing well park and everything.
Oh, and do you remember a tiny doll called Dyna-mite? She was a biker chick or something?
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I had a winking Western Barbie, lol
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Man,2XL ruled the 1980's.I remember those quizzes he used to do and play a game as well. -howard-
Subject: Re: 80's toys
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1)when i was 7 or 8 i had this barbie doll(eather 81 or 82 or mabye even 83 not sure)she came with lipstick and had like a button on her back and when you push it she kisses :-*.
2)i never had this toy or saw anyoneelse with it but i do remeber the comertial(sp)it was a toy roller coaster and had hoops on the coaster tracks so it can go upside down and i remeber how the song went it was updown change around roller coaster you can turn it turn it upside down.must have been about 1981.
3)i also remeber these strechy dolls there was casper the friendly ghost mabye there was a superman?or increadble hulk?but you can strech each of there arms as far as you wanted. :o.
4)i also remebered shrinky dinks you color them and cut them out and put them in the oven and they shrink! ::)
im sure i remeber more but does anybody remember other toys of the 80's? by the way i still have my straberry shortcake collection. :-[End Quote
3) I believe it was called "Stretch Armstrong" It was like a wrestling character. I had one and stretched the helll out of it. Oh what fun times......
Subject: Re: 80's toys
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does the Rubik's Cube even count as an "80s toy" now since it hasn't exactly died out? I think the Rubik's Cube has been consistently popular since it was first produced in the 80s, whereas other toys like GI Joe, Transformers and MicroMachines have ebbed in popularity...just a thought.
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I still have one of these brand new sealed in its package. I also have a couple to play with..Still a great toy and people who come over always pick it up and say "Hey I remember these" and start playing with em...
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Here's an odd one-I don't know if this was 70's or 80's because I was pretty young when I had this. They were books that had little record-looking discs on each page and there was a player that went along with the books. You put the player on top of the page and pressed a button and it read the story to you? I have NO IDEA what that was called. ???
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I think I know what you're talking about, but I can't remember either
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I found it on the list-they were called "Talk to Me Books" They didn't show a picture but the description fits exactly.
That toy list blows me away! I can't believe all those things I had forgotten about!
They don't have the Fabuland toys listed, though. The little Lego animals? Those weren't around very long, I still have all of mine.....
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I always thought Speak N' Spell was so cool, that and the Mattel football game were my favorites to play when we went on a family road trip.
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3) I believe it was called "Stretch Armstrong" It was like a wrestling character. I had one and stretched the helll out of it. Oh what fun times......
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I hated that doll. I was about 4 or 5 when my brother had one and he used to bite it's arms to make the liquid ooze out and then he'd chase me around the house and told me it was bleeding.Nowadays they don't make them that way.
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My Stretch Armstrong isn't all that old, but it's still doing well. I do need a new one, though, because the glue is slowly leaking out. I know there was definitely a Stretch Armstrong dog. Whether this was perma... per... longstanding edition, or a limited dealy, I'm not sure.
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Stretch Armstrong? Isn't that the doll with the pump and you suck all the air out of its body? What were they thinking?
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My sister had that Barbie with the pink dress that when you turn off the lights, the green glow-in-the-dark stars on the dress would show. I had a He-Man action figure & a Real Ghostbusters ghost. (the blue ghost that when you squeezed it...I think slime came out and the brain got bigger or something to that effect)
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My Stretch Armstrong isn't all that old, but it's still doing well. I do need a new one, though, because the glue is slowly leaking out. I know there was definitely a Stretch Armstrong dog. Whether this was perma... per... longstanding edition, or a limited dealy, I'm not sure.
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Yeah they had made a new and improved stretch and a dog (fetch) one and I bought one in the 90s just so i could 'overcome' my fear :P I found that a while after the gel stuff hardened up and started cracking
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Does anyone remember"MY BUDDY"or"MY KID SISTER"?Though,I never had one but I saw one on TV many,many years ago.I think it was from 1985.I'll have to look it up.-howard-
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I'm definitely going to have to look out for Fetch Armstrong, see if he's still selling.
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Yeah they had made a new and improved stretch and a dog (fetch) one and I bought one in the 90s just so i could 'overcome' my fear :P I found that a while after the gel stuff hardened up and started cracking
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Subject: Re: 80's toys
I actually knew the girl that starred in the 'Kid Sister' commercials. Her name was Sandy. You remember? That little blonde girl? She lived right across the street from me
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Does anyone remember"MY BUDDY"or"MY KID SISTER"?Though,I never had one but I saw one on TV many,many years ago.I think it was from 1985.I'll have to look it up.-howard-
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I remember the "My Buddy" jingle used to haunt me...I found myself singing it all the time. I still do today. :-/
Am I the only one who thought the words "Kid Sister" didn't quite fit with the "My Buddy" tune, even though they forced it? It just didn't flow right or something (I guess because of where the accents fell) and it used to drive me crazy. I think about that all the time.
Boy, those marketing guys really know how to make an impression... :)
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yeah...it's scary. Those commercials were on 20 years ago and we still remember them.
My Buddy
My Buddy
Wherever I go, he goes
My Buddy
My Buddy
My Buddy and me
Kid Sister
Kid Sister
Wherever I go, you're gonna go
Kid Sister
Kid Sister
Kid Sister and me
:o I watch too much TV
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*whew* I'm glad I'm not the only one who is still haunted by 80's commercial jingles. Wasn't there something in there like "My Buddy and me like to climb up a tree/My Buddy and me he's the best friend he can be" or something like that??
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does anyone remember when they used to play with CHIPS dolls? those were the dolls on the motorcycle.Ahhhh...those were the days.. ;D -howard-