Names of toys, games or books (or other cherished items) an 8-year
old boy would have hated to share in 1972

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 11 Nov 2002 16:08 PST

In what country (or part of the country) are you interested in?

Hello,

Here are excerpts from a website that I visit frequently called
yesterdayland.com. They specialize in old games, movies, music, and
cartoons, with an emphasis on dating items to a specific timeperiod or
generation for nostalgic sake. These are the ones I remember most
fondly, but I have linked to the full list below.

"
Army Men
Atari
Barrel of Monkeys
Battleship
Battling Tops
Candy Land
Colorforms
Connect Four
Don't Break the Ice
Erector set
Etch-A-Sketch
Frisbee
Gumby
Hi-Ho! Cherry-O
Intellivision
Labyrinth
Magic 8 Ball
Monchichi
Monopoly
Mouse Trap
Mr. Potato Head
Mystery Date
Pick Up Sticks
Play-Doh
Rubik's Cube
Sea Monkeys
Silly Putty
Skateboard
Speak & Spell
Star Wars
Stratego
Yahtzee
Yo-Yo
"

Those are just the toys I remember paying with. Thanks for a trip down
memory lane!


Search Strategy:

1970s toys on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=1970s+toys


Additional Links:

Toys from 1970:
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/decades/toys_1970s.php


Thank you for the opportunity to answer your question, if you require
more information, please clarify the question, or if you find this
answer satisfactory, please feel free to rate it. Thank you!
    
skermit-ga

I was 7 at the time (not quite 8)
United Kingdom:
We didn't get a lot of those items that skermit-ga mentioned for the
UK :-(
Rubiks was introduced late 70's circa 1978, skateboard late 70's too.
- Tonka Toy (BIG yellow dump truck)
- Dinky Toys, particulary Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet
- SCALETRIX!
- Lego bricks
- Subbuteo (finger flick soccer game)
- Darts set
- Action Man
- Tomahawk bike (baby version of the Chopper) - thought that may have
been late 70's
- water pistol
- cap gun
- magnifying glass.. oh how simple things keep a 7/8 year old occupied
- go cart
- sand pit
- Apollo space rocket (travel to the moon all the rage)
- Airfix kit (glue together plastic kits) tanks, planes, cars, ships
- Trick kits, fake spiders, fake doggie poo, fake flies, fingers etc
- Action hero comics
regards lot-ga