Top Christmas Toys From The 1960s & 1970s!
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- The holiday season is usually when we reflect back on the year and think about everything we experienced. It's also a time when we think back to our childhood and remember that magical time at Christmas and the special gifts we received. In this video we will have a look back at the top Christmas toys from the 1960s & 1970s!
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Who remembers Clackers? Thinking back that was a crazy dangerous toy.
smacked my arms quite a few times...I think I remember using it as a weapon on my evil big brother lol
Yes! Big sister had one and I was fascinated. That was around 1970/71 or so I think.
And martial arts movies hit it big and we were throwing those things like ninja stars and trying to use them as Nunchuks.
Born in 1963 and I still have my clackers!
@@lauragriffith4857 That is so cool!
I used to love Viewmaster with the round cards that went in it, I had many a happy hour looking at that.😃
o yes
Yes I had several of those. Actually my dad also had that was metal. Love all these toys on this video.
I loved the view master !! Then they later
Came out with a lighted version. The pictures seemed so
Real!!!!
I have my first Viewmaster from the late 1950’s.
Still have mine from the late 70’s.
Who remembers the electric vibrating football field game? I always loved that one.
Ha, my dad had one of those!
My brothers had it , it was fun !
Some players would just sit in one spot and rotate while others would make a U Turn and head for a corner. But then once in a great while the ball carrier would break thru and actually head for the correct endzone with the result being a lot of yelling and screaming from both participants and ultimately tears from the loser. But still a lot of laughs.
HAHAHA My older brother had one! I loved it when one of the player's arms would get hooked around the goal post and continuously circle!
Lol. I remember
I had most of these toys! I would add Spirograph to this list. It was another great toy from that era! 😊
Yes, I had Spirograph. I loved it.
i loved my Spirograph! i think that was my favorite out of all my other toys.
That, and Lite Brite.
@@lorriemcgee5562 yes. i also loved Lite Brite ❤️
Yup had two sets over time…..relatives dont remember what they bought ya
as a kid, couldn't wait for the Sears Christmas Wish book. That catalog was larger than a phonebook!
Remember the Edmund Scientific catalog?
Us kids would wear that catalog out turning the pages back and forth and shouting out which toys we wanted.
@@thorstambaugh1520 no, don't think I heard of it
Loved the Sears catalog! I used daydream over the gas powered go-karts even though I never got one..
My Nana gave each of us 4 kids a different colored marker, to circle what we wanted in the Sears catalog. I carefully circled the few toys I wanted; my little brother circled everything. Guess who got more?
Who remembers Colorforms? One of my favorite toys in the late 60s
I do remember those. Thank you for watching and sharing another item for us to remember.
Also, I don't know what they were called, but you painted glitter onto a picture outline of Superman, Dick Tracy or bozo etc. And slinky and Play Dough, lol
We had them in the 80s too! I had a Smurf's Colorform set.
@@Lili-xq9sn Play-Doh*
Yesss!!! Colorforms were the best!
Anyone remember Mrs. Beasley? She was a rare one, she still lives in the attic at my parents house. Later I got Velvet for Christmas, she is blonde with a purple velvet dress. I remember crocheting new dresses for her. Ahhh, the good ole days😂
Yes, from Family Affair, Buffy's doll.
Her family might still be looking for her, don't you think?
I had Velvet my sister had Crissy. My cousin had Mrs. Beasley. “Buffy” from Family Affair was in school with my ex husband from jr high through H.S. Such a cute little girl and such a sad life. Unfortunately she got her hands on her Trust Fund from her earnings and she used them on partying herself to death.
Mrs Beasley went with me on our family vacations.🥰
@@NeenerBananas I loved that show.
Silly putty was cool. You could press it up against a comic book, and the ink transferred onto the silly putty. Loved it.
Does anyone remember Lincoln Logs? I had a set and this was so much fun building log cabins.
Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.
Wow, didn't know that. I dearly wanted a set, but it wasn't a girl's toy, so I didn't ask, but played with the neighbor's. He had Legos, too. I was so impressed. By they time I was old enough to figure out how to put a roof on using the logs, I lost interest in them.
My Lincoln Logs brought me endless fun as a young boy.
Mine came in a tube shaped box with a tin lid about the size of 3 paint cans on top each other would be . I laid it down and rolled it to get all the logs and green roof slats and red chimneys out . Mine might have had all the leftover logs added to it from cousins and neighbors from Christmases past . I remember being 2 and not being able to finish a log cabin but fitting the notches and corners together. And a weird brand of a few square logs added in that didn't fit with the riunded ones .
Yep, would play with them at grandma and grandpa's house.
The old Magic Eight Ball was fascinating!
Kabala.(so)? I wanted one,but.my.parents were old-school, superstitious Catholics who thought it would be like a ouija board and summon evil spirits.
While I never had one I knew plenty of kids who did. At the time I thought they were akin to an Ouija board
@@jerryprice5484Those Oujia boards were really dangerous.
@@lorihallenbeck8781An Oujia board can do that but not the magic 8 ball.
I used to think that it could really tell my fortune.
Does anyone else remember Kiddles? The tiny dolls that came in scented plastic “perfume” bottles? I loved them!
Yeah I had a set if 3 . Kiddle Kologne. A little a Polly Pocket but they smelled like cologne.
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Yes! I remember those! Had the purple egg...boy those things smelled!
@@missyjohnson422 Baby Tender Love 🥰
I still have the house that had two levels and opened from the front. 😁
I grew up in the 60s and 70s. I must say I’m very thankful for it. It was a great time to grow up in America. 🤠🇺🇸
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!
MY FAVORITE TOY WAS THE PLAYMOBIL IT LOOKED LIKE A CAR DASHBOARD WIPERS,BLINKERS,HORN IT WAS COOL!🚙
The Saturday morning cartoons were da bomb.
It was a great time to be America!
@@heidiwagner1363 had one. Lol.. they were cool.
Do you remember those clown punching bags that stood on the floor? Loved those
had that too, hit his nose it would honk.
@@wrathofdon63 yes! Such a simple toy but I was fun
Oh yeah, I definitely had one. My mom told me when I got mad to take out my frustrations on it, lol.
The clown 🤡 punching bag yes
Had one too but not a clown. I think it was batman?! Loved punching it tho lol
Creepy crawlers was a favorite in my household in the 60's. Lots of memories.
We had Creepy Crawlers with the "Thing Maker" and Fun Flowers (the flower version), plus Incredible Edible maker. Same concept but with a gummi-sort-of edible concept! Loved these dangerously HOT toys!
Here too! How many of those got melted in the electric baseboard heat with stray crayons too.
I can still remember the smell of them.
@CSM 0404 yes!
Was the cold liquid plastic called " goop"?...i had one in early 60s.
As a child, I loved my hula hoop, barbies, and easy bake oven. I remember the clackers too, and mood rings. Kids today have no idea what fun is!
I also remember making creepy crawlers using a liquid, rubbery plastic poured into a mold and baked. My brothers and sisters and I thought those bugs were great fun.
Another craft from the 70's was shaping wire flower petals and dipping these into a liquid that solidified into a film. These could be combined to make flowers and I loved the art form.
when I was a kid getting the big box of crayons with the sharpener was a big deal.
Those really were a lot of fun! Not every kid had those. Thank you for watching and mentioning another item.
Oh my goodness, I made the Crayola company rich- that's how much I used crayons!
If you went to school with the set of 64 colors, you'd be the most popular kid in the second grade.
@@starababa1985You sure was!!! Everyone wanted to borrow your Crayola Crayons...😂😂😂
Those were the good old days. The best toys ever were back then. I would spend hours looking through the Sears Christmas catalog looking at its toys. We were so poor that I knew I wasn't going to get anything, but there wasn't any harm in dreaming.
I know, a lot of the big or expensive toys we got to use at friends' or relatives' homes.
When I was a kid we would use scissors and take turns cutting out what we wanted from Sears and Montgomery wards catalogs . I had several brothers and sisters
I loved the Sears Christmas catalog big deal back when Christmas was fun.
Me too!!! Im 62yrs old!
U Fly It. The best Christmas present I ever received as a young boy! Started my love of aviation! Here I am all these years later fixing to retire! 😂
My Mum bought me 'Simon' for Christmas in 1980. I was ecstatic. I still have it 42 years later and it still works. Mum died three years ago - her thoughtfulness that Christmas is one of many special memories I have of her.
Definitely one of my favourite toys Simon.
I was in a charity shop 6 months ago and was lucky enough to grab it. It
cost me £4.00, I couldn't believe my luck. Its the 1978 version aswell.
Nice
My brother received Simon for Christmas in 1979. That was the last Christmas we all celebrated together. Christmas of 1980 he was fighting for his life with leukemia. He passed on Dec 31 at 20. I still have it and I get it out twice a year. On his birthday and on Dec 31... I play with it for 20 minutes while I listen to Average White Band. My weird way of celebrating him for the great brother he was.
Loved the early 60's at Christmas, such a magical time,
Literally magic. All my relatives were alive and came to our house on Christmas Eve. We would be forced to go to bed, and Santa would come around 11pm, and leave us toys, and the grown ups would call us down stairs at around 1130, and we would play with our toys until we fell asleep.
I remember being upstairs with my sister, we shared a room when we were little (she’s 2 year older), and we’d go to our beds, but we would get up, and look at the night sky looking for Rudolph’s nose and Santa’s sleigh. We swore we saw it back then.
My uncle Louie, he would do the ho-ho-ho of Santa while we would be upstairs and we would get excited, I guess Santa knew we were good that year.
I remember one time, I guess they were putting together my stick hockey set, and I heard Santa curse, I was so shocked. My Uncle Louie I guess cut his hand with the screwdriver, but I still thought Santa cursed. Just magical times, I would give everything I own to spend a Christmas week in 1970 with my loved ones who have passed away.
@@paranormalskeptic3893 Absolutely, Wouldn't that be great !
Thank God I grew up in one of the greatest eras ever❤️ I miss it so much 😞
The toys we had in the 60's were the best!
ya ich bin kranaak
They certainly were the best back then; so inventive and creative. I always loved marble and the big Aurora games!
Me Too !! 🥲✌️
Kinda depressing to say you miss these times. U cant go back. U can feel grateful for having been there. For me, born 1960, I am right in there with this vid
I was born in 1960. I also remember Play-doh, Lincoln Logs, Chatty Cathy dolls, The Game of Life, the Farmer Says spinning wheel where it told you the sound of an animal, Tonka toys, and Hot Wheels. Christmas was such a joy back then!
I remember my doll was Thumbelina, her head rolled around and looked like a baby. My sister got the Chatty Cathy.
Don't forget superball
I'd forgotten about Farmer Says. I had the rest, plus a Superball that finally shattered into about 5 pieces. Lots of good toys to play with during the 1960's
I was also born in 1960, I remember Johnny West, Gumby and Lego of course! I have colour slides from Christmas past 1960's
I kept all my sons Lincoln Logs
Lego, world renowned for the dreaded walk to the bathroom barefoot in the pitch black dead of night for all parents.
My mother was forever vacuuming them up too!
The pAIIIIINNNNNN!
Lol - my mother threatened to, then did, throw away my whole collection when I was 4 after one too many steppings-on.
@@b.w.22 My sister in law got a bin & everytime she came upon some in they would go. When it was filled she gave it to my son. 25 now & still has them.
@@b.w.22 that happened to me too….I was Lego-less until adulthood, now I have a house filled with various sorts of Lego towns and cities 😁
Born in ‘59 I remember all these wonderful toys. The one gift that made a huge impact on me was a tape recorder with a microphone and I was instantly a ‘reporter’ starting with interviewing my grandmas and grandpas on Christmas Day when they came over. I probably drove everyone crazy but my older brother and I played with it for HOURS. Had the cassette tapes for decades move with me around my travels, just lost them a few years ago. Our mom and dad were such loving parents and even with 6 kids they always made Christmas so wonderful. Miss you both!! ❤
Born the same year and had that tape recorder, too. Or one like it. Then I grew up to be actual reporter!
I do cassette Christmas tapes to this very day! Honest! I am in the middle of my Christmas tape for 2023 and have a tape for each year beginning in 1974 when I was 11 years old. I turn 61 next March. This is my 50th consecutive Christmas tape!
Same here, I loved my white transistor radio with faux white leather cover…earplug and 9 volt battery….I loved that thing!
Lincoln Logs and Tinker toys were a couple of favorites in our family. One thing I always remember is when you first open the container and the whiff of Wood toys hits you. I also remember the smell of new Barbies. One of my favorite dolls at the time was the Tuesday Taylor doll who with a spin of the top of her head she would go from Blonde to Brunette! I also had the Shirley Temple doll released in the 70's....aaahh good times. Our tree back then had bubble lights on it.
Especially the Tinker Toy set that had the longer purple rods. I built truss bridges for Hot Wheels tracks.
I remember that as well. My sister had the Barbie dolls, I had GI Joe. The wooden smell of Lincoln Logs. Awe, such memories. Merry Christmas!!!😂
Tiffany Taylor she's what you want her to be. A pretty brunette, a snazzy blonde....
Absolutely.
Tinker toys were the best!
Don't forget Spirograph!
I really loved playing with that. Just felt like endless combinations with colors. Thank you for watching and sharing another item for us to remember.
The popular Rockem Sockem was my 2 younger brothers favorite toy in the 70’s.
RERRRRRRR! "He knocked my block off!"
I broke my Cousins Paul's on Christmas Day.
I had em in the late 60's. They still make a smaller version of them, I believe even today.
Born in 1961, and had all these toys!!! Life was so beautiful in the ‘60’s & ‘70’s!!!!
I loved Dawn dolls. I was enamored with how how small they were for some reason, even though I liked my Barbies too.
I loved them, too. They were fairly inexpensive and the perfect gift to buy for a birthday party.
They were cute
Erector sets and Betsy mc call fashion desugner😊
Sorry designer
A gift that we bought our youngest son for Christmas in 1976 when we lived in Germany was a new bowling ball. My son died in 2007 but I still look at the picture of him opening the box with the ball and the tremendous smile he had.
Reminds me of the happy days with him.
I am so sorry for your loss!
So sorry about your son.
Oh bless you-you touched my heartstrings.Merry, Merry Christmas.
So sorry for your loss. I can't think of anything worse.
@Stephen Dall I am very sorry for your loss. I know your pain, it is awful. Faith in God
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was the best toy I ever got for Christmas in the 70's. A close second was Battling Tops. My father, mother and adult brother sat around all Christmas afternoon and evening playing that with me, not just because I was having fun.
I remember wanting that but only got the chopper cycle version. My neighbor got the super jet cycle and we swapped a year later. Neither of us ever got the stunt cycle.
The Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle set was one of the greatest toys ever, so much fun. I had battling tops as well, what battles we used to have with those.
Show of hands. Who all discovered a new dimension to the Stunt Cycle by revving it by hand and letting it wheelie all over the place?
I had both of those toys as a boy as well. Loved both of them. They were cool toys. Spent many hours with my parents playing with both of those toys. Great memories! Merry Christmas!!!😂
Knievel was the number 1 in my neighborhood.. We were constantly planning stunts to do
Had my childhood in the late 70’s, mostly the 80’s. What a great time to be a kid, wish I could go back and live it all again with the appreciation I would have today.
Well what are waiting for then let's go back right this minute
Riding bikes. Had one with the banana seat
I remember loving all the Fisher Price Little People play sets. I had the airplane, the schoolhouse, the farm, the musical Ferris wheel and the merry go round, which was my favorite.
I got the FP Ferris wheel for Christmas in 1966 and loved it for years. I still have it in a storage box but it's rather beat up. My little brother got the garage a few years later with the crank up elevator; we loved that one too. The FP school bus was another favorite.
The village was bad ass with the jail barber shop post office movie theater I forget what else??
My mom saved all my FP toys! Lol I’m 54 now and she drags them out for my niece now. School house, Farm and airport. Very well played with still to this day .
My brother and I had the airport with jet planes! My cousins had the ferris wheel and I can still hear that song that it played.
@@ronalddreimanis8051 I played hot wheels with the town play set 😎
My Dad reportedly freaked out when my Mom wanted to get me a G.I. Joe. "I don't want my son playing with DOLLS!" But once Mom showed him all the military uniforms, guns, knives and assorted military gear, he warmed up to the idea. I LOVED my G.I. Joe with the Kung Fu grip! 🙂
Seeing these toys brought back a lot memories! Life was very simple back then, playing with neighbors kids and hanging out to the woods, creek, river, tree house, railroad tracks, etc…
Though I grew up in NYC (Queens to be exact), we were ALWAYS outside playing from after school until being called in for dinner. Whether it was touch football in the street, or roller hockey in the street, baseball in the park (or wiffle ball in the street), or basketball in the park. Always outside. Being a kid was great in the 60s and 70s, great toys, great sports, great music and great movies. Christmas was ALWAYS special, because you got cool toys and days off from school.
I was born in 1952. Colorforms was one of my favorite toys,too. I wish they still made it.
They do still make colorforms
EBay might help
I got that when I was 6 getting my tonsils removed lol I loved playing w/ it.
I had the Miss Cookie's Moon Kitchen and the Julia Colorforms (from the TV show). Simple, fun times.
I remember colorforms. They were like South Park figures.
I was a child in the 1950s and 1960s and am now almost 71 years old. All that I wanted for Christmas was a Lionel Train set. My Mom, Dad, and Santa always delivered. Still have and still enjoy them.
My brother Eric had a Lionel train for Christmas, and I got a stupid doll. The doll ended up in the closet, and my brother and I played with the train. It even had little tablets you put in the smoke stack to make it smoke!
@@diane1390 About 1957 Lionel came out with a pastel colored train set for girls. It was not very desirable then, but highly sought after now. Like Eric, I also had the little white tablets for smoke, but I really liked the diesels. I have a large collection today. Your story about the "stupid doll" made me laugh.
@@lf6711 I'm a Tomboy, so I hated dolls. To me, they were "stupid", but I would have preferred the boys model train, as I dislike pastels. I remember back in the early 1960's, the City of Fresno had Christmas parties for underprivileged children, and I attended, and got a large pink storage container for storing toys. I guess I overlooked the fact it was pink, as getting something, beat nothing. My parents often gave us clothing for the Christmas season.
Awesome! I still put up my lionel set every year around the tree. I'm now 50. Got my start with lionel and model trains when i found my dads old lionel set at my grandmas. Hooked ( or shall i say coupled🤣🤣😂) ever since!
Remember the eye dropper and whatever was in it that you put in the smoke stack that made the engine puff out smoke! And that distinctive odor! I think back to around 1961 or 1962 at the latest for me getting that train set.
I was born in 1967. I think around 1972, Santa brought a Johnny West doll for my brother and a Jane West for me, both with horses. My brother was kinda of little to appreciate so I acquired Johnny, too, as mine. I was just absolutely enthralled with these. I played with them for years, and kept them until I was an adult. They just seemed to disintegrate in storage. In fact, the last time my husband and I moved in 2016, I found one of the horses, the very last piece of the set, and we had to throw it away because it in such bad shape. I was kind of sad because I loved those horses. Such a huge part of my childhood.
Great memories! ❤❤❤
I had one of the horses for my Barbie dolls
My sister and I had the Johnny and Jane West ranch set and loved them, too.
Thank you so much for taking me back to my childhood for a little while! It was a very memorable trip!💜💜💜
The year we got Atari at Christmas is why I completely believed in Santa as a kid. It wasn’t until later in life when I realized how long my mom saved for that gift from Santa. ❤️
I never had one but heard they were very good
Still the coolest looking console
Sweet ❤
The game Pit Fall was my favorite Atari game!
I just remember that I couldn't wait for the Sears catalog every year.
I got a Sears catalog from from Fall/Winter 1968 on Amazon a few years ago for a pretty decent price. That was the year my mom graduated high school and met my dad while they worked together at the phone company.
I loved getting the Sears and Montgomery Ward Catalogs. Thank you for watching and sharing your memory of it.
That is awesome. I have thought about getting a few of those catalogs just to have on the coffee table for Christmas because that is how I remember Christmas.
@@RhettyforHistory Yeah, I’m sure my parents might have a few from the 80s, but they were probably cut up for school projects. My mom worked at JC Penney’s in high school. There’s a couple Sears reproduction copies from the 40s on Amazon for about $15. Also, it looks like they have a few available on Kindle now.
my fav was the Service Merchandise catalog!
I was a little girl in the late 50’s and 60’s. My mom and dad made sure my sister and I had a good visit from Santa. We weren’t well off. But they did their best. I still have some of my old toys. Memories 😊😊❤
The Kenner 'Give a Show Projector' brings back good memories.
Had one! So much fun!!!😂😂😂
Lite Brite was my absolute favorite.... Played with that Non Stop !!! 🥳
Always wanted that but we never got one.
@@dragonmoon4413 😢
I got a Sprirograph for Christmas one year. It had various gears that meshed and had holes in places for a ball point pen to draw designs. Don't forget Erector Set. They have been around for decades.
I liked spirograph. Long time ago now
I loved spirograph.😍
Oh yeah…
They still sell them at Target
Pet rock? It was silly but popular 1976
I loved Dawn dolls. Silly putty was a good stocking stuffer lol
So glad I grew up in this era
Who remembers “Fashion Plates”?
I remember those as well as the other plates that you could make. Thank you for watching and sharing another item.
A favorite of mine that was not mentioned is "Crerepy Crrawlers". There was a heating element like a hot plate, metal tray molds wiith various bugs and spiders, and bottles of liquid "Plasti--Goop" in a bunch of colors. Basically, pour the goop into the mold, heat the mold on the heating element just the right amount, then cool the mold in a tray of water. The result were cool plastic bugs and things. We made tons of those, and we got burned often. (Oh, I appolgize; I just saw a comment about Creepy Crawlers. The post even mentioned the smell of the cooking plastic, which I certainly remember.)
Yep. We had the Creepy crawlers, lots of fun. We would freeze the smaller bugs in an ice tray (remember those?) and put the ice cubes in glasses of tea or water to surprise my Aunt and cousins.. what fun we had. Those days are gone now, sadly.
I remember that! Definitely would not pass the hazard code nowadays. That heating element would be a no-no. But I enjoyed mine.
Had one of these; the best were the ones made w/ glow-in-the-dark goop!
Oh yeah.... I wanted one of those so bad but mom and dad couldn't afford it but my friend got one for Christmas and we were always making creepy crawly bugs...
Creepy crawlers is also in my top 5 list
My favorite gift was the vibrating electric football. The field vibrated and the miniature players would "run". You could do running plays or you had a special figure that could pass or kick. The guys never seemed to go where you wanted them to! But it was still a ton of fun. Not to mention how many little footballs got lost. I had actually asked for the handheld battery operated football game with the little red lines to represent players but got this instead which i didnt know existed and ended up liking better anyway. Thanks santa! Your channel is awesome btw!
I had the Joe Namath one. Played that for hours. That one play where everything worked, your blockers opened a big hole, your runner ran through the hole, “hes at the 30, he’s at the 20, he’s at the 10, he’s at the 5, he’s at the 10 ?, he’s at the 15 ?”
I still have one, in the box in great condition!
Oh… and thanks for the trip…back in time. It was great!
Back when people could Christmas shop at the busiest time of the year without rioting.
Toys in the 80s and 90s got out of control for some. Thank you for watching!
mostly peaceful riots
Or getting shot or kids getting kidnapped.
One of my all-time favorite Christmas toys was my Chrissy doll.She was the one with long auburn red hair that grew.The Christmas edition had a long green Scottish plaid dress that year.I wish I still had her.
I remember it as Tressy!
Thank you for reminding me of what her name was! As I have been reading comments, I have also been wracking my brain to remember her name. You have a good memory to even remember the outfit. Rather than auburn red hair, mine was a blonde. I loved that doll so much.
I loved her in the orange dress and the Krissy with blond hair
@@dragonmoon4413 I had the blond doll whose name was Velvet.
That and chatty Cathy
Also forgot to mention, I loved the Aurora AFX slot cars in the early 1970’s, we used to play with those ALL the time.
They were great! I got a Batmobile one year. Man that was my favorite!
That was the holy grail for me. I can still smell it.
Great memories, getting the Sears Christmas catalog going right to the back to check out the toys.
You missed Silly Putty! Great stocking stuffer!
Yes it was. I have covered them in another video. It's a great and fascinating toy. Thank you for watching Lynn!
Silly Putty and Slinky were always stocking favorites!
Rock-em Sock-em Robots and Electric football game were a couple of my favorites. And of course Battleship!
There were way too many fun toys in the '60s and '70s to make a video that was not hours long. Many thanks to the replies for bringing up other toys that bring back wonderful memories.
Born in 1956, my favorite toy ever was the Thumbelina doll. She had a little knob in the back that you could wind up and she would gently wiggle like a real baby... at least I thought she did! I remember my brothers getting Tinker Toys and Erector sets. Good times!
I had a Thumbelina.I loved her. I was born in 57.
I HAD A THUMBELINA DOLL TOO I LOVED HER I HAD MANY PICTURES WITH HER AND MY DOG AND CAT FINALLY GAVE HER UP WHEN I WAS 14! SHE ONLY HAD A FEW HAIRS LEFT SHE WAS MY BEST DOLL BESIDE BARBIE🙂❤️
I was born in 56 too, and I had a Thumbelina doll.
I am 63. Still have my Thumbellina hun. She is a bit worn out and her hair is a mess, but, she still works. Still in the original pj's as well. Loved her!
1954 here. Very popular was the 3 foot tall Shirley Temple Doll. I had one and i knew an elderly lady back in the 90s who had the doll in the original box. wow what that would go for
I sure miss those days.
Thank you for watching Brianna!
We all do those were the best of days even growing up in Brooklyn NY .
BOO
Two of my favorite gifts back then were the Erector Set and Spirograph. Spent countless hours building things and being amazed by the complex patterns you could make with the spirograph.
I always loved drawing, and mechanical things. (Later, in high school I also did well in geometry.) So Spirograph was a natural for me.
I’ve always wanted Spirograph. I asked for it every Christmas and birthday, but I never got it. I’m getting myself one on Amazon. I think I’ve waited long enough! 😉
LOVED Spirograph!!!
i was in luv with those also
Yes spirograph and lite brite
Wow!!! I had almost all of these!!! Light bright was my Favorite!!! Remember losing the pegs in the shag carpet🤣🤣🤣we had the best toys
The Super Ball was great! Barrel full of monkeys and Jax too!
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, and Vertibird helicopter were two of my favorites from that time.
Had Evel and Veribird styrofoam ship! Recently bought Evel and cycles off Ebay and Carry-All Fort apache. 👍
The stunt cycle is in my top 5
I had that as well
I always wanted one particular doll. Miss Beasley was my hope every Christmas.
My aunt bought me a Mrs Beasley doll. Was just telling my grandkids about her last weekend and Googled her to show them. They thought she was kind of "creepy" lol, but I loved her.
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My suster had a baby doll that drank and cried first and then a mrs beasley later but a year later is a huge difference in whether girls play with a doll or not . I remember her telling me she pretended to like it because grandma didn't quite see eye to eye but she used it to play manipulate grandma for profit somehow .
@@tammihunter5913 Whenever I think of that show I think of the actress who played Buffy and her sad end. I am grateful to be alive even if I am old. I'll take old over dead any time, haha.
I'm 62 years old and I still want a Ms. Beasley doll.
I'm over 60 and still love Liddle Kiddles 😊
Remember the game “Trouble” with the pop-o-matic in the middle? We played that for hours.
The 60’s 😊Tammy doll and her little sister Pepper, Chatty baby, The jingle jump, Peggy Fleming ice skates, Board games… Lie Detector,Mystery Date, Shenanigans, we’re my all time favorites!!!
I remember playing a LOT of the "Candyland" board game. Also riding the "Big Wheel" around in the basement.
Had a first year Big Wheel in 68 with the metal front fork. Wish I still had it.
When my son was younger and we played candyland i would put pieces of candy on some of the spaces that he would get to eat if he landed on those spots. 😁😁😁😊😊😊
Oh yes Candyland was a favorite!!!
Who remembers Aurora slot cars ? I had them in the mid 60s.Loved them
I remember a race horse game that we laughed over incredibly. The horses were impelled by vibrations on the board and one family member would narrate the 'race' to hilarious effect! 🐴🤣
I remember those! I had forgotten about them! I loved those!
I got a Marx 1/32nd scale race car set for Xmas as an eoght- year old and all my older male relatives played w/ it that day as they were toy- deprived children of the Depression and kids at heart- still it was tough on me that day
I had a slot car set.
Even a market for individual parts so you could customize your own car and race them at stores that had their own big tracks set up, or you could rent one of the stores' cars.
In the mid to late 60s I got "Creepy Crawlers" for Christmas... you poured this goop into formed metal trays to make worms, spiders, etc. Mom loved that one ; ) Also - don't forget "JARTS" - played that many times in the back yard. No one got killed if I remember correctly. Lastly - can't forget the wood burning set from "Burn-Rite"... nothing like the smell of burning wood coming from the kids bedroom!
I got burned so many times... but eventually, you learn to get burned less. I had friends that actually damaged floors and furniture with those.
YES! The JARTS were Great! The Adults enjoyed them too. AND...NO ONE Got Hurt! (These days, Kids are Raised to be Whimps!)...Also...NO Bike Helmets "Required" !!!
I never was burned by the Creepy Crawler stove I used the Amy one to make accessories for Marx soldiers Like oil drums for tank gas , machine gun ammo boxes . sand bags ....
I had Creepy Crawlers too! Who knows how toxic that was to breathe in melting plastic, lol.
Along the line of creepy Crawlers, they also had incredible edibles where you baked bugs and worms from a gummy material
and Super-elastic-bubble-plastic where you marbled colors of paste on a straw and could blow up a permanent balloon. and let it dry.
Loved thinking about the old toys! My favourite was Spirograph. Endless possibilities. I never got tired of playing with it. I also loved Fuzzy Felts. Other games we got for Christmas over the years were Operation, Etch-a-sketch and Twister. We also had something called Sticklebricks which was similar to Lego. Does anyone remember the board game Frustration that had the dice in a fixed plastic dome you had to press so the dice would pop and you moved your counter around the board? We also enjoyed Kerplunk. My brother had a massive collection of GI Joe action men. My sister and I didn't like dolls. We preferred board games like Snakes and Ladders, and playing card games.
As a little girl, my favorite Christmas present of all time was my tiny little thumbelina doll.
the slip and slide was awesome. Kids were tough back then
Have you seen ads for that thing that turns your stairs into a slide? Insane 😂
@@samanthab1923 you mean an ad now days? I never heard of that.
We loved slip and slide....I don't know why he said to use it on a hard surface, we used it on the lawn...so when you wipe out it didn't leave scabs and scars.
@@Lili-xq9sn I used my slip and slide on the pool deck. I could slide into the pool. Great fun. (Jan Griffiths).
@@douglasgriffiths3534 lol. That sound fun!. We didn't own either the slip n' slide or a pool. Some friends had it and only a lawn.
I loved my Mrs Beasley doll
I went through at least 4 of them.
My little sister had one & a matching dress.
The Electric Football set was my favorite toy ever!!!
Lincoln logs and plastic models was always my favorites
Colorforms. Ah the smell😊
The Evil Knievel stunt cycle was my absolute favorite in about 1976. My brother got the dragster.
The Chrissy doll was my favorite.Her hair would pull out to be long then you could do it short again.I would get up early while it was still dark and play for hours.The Christmas lights were always left on for Santa.The toys were always out of the boxes and placed under the tree and in our stockings ready to play with.Great memories🥰
I was Absolutely in heaven when I got a Chrissy doll. Loved it.
I had a Chrissy Doll and my younger sister had her little sister Velvet
I got Velvet. My favorite memory was my great grandmother teaching me how to braid hair using Velvet.
I had Chrissy and my best friend had Velvet. Loved those things!
I loved my Chrissy doll. I would crochet her tons of clothes.
My brother & I were absolutely thrilled when we got Lincoln Logs one year for Christmas!🎄
LOVED Lincoln logs!
Those were hours and hours of fun. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory of yours.
DON'T FORGET TINKER TOYS !
@@ammo8713 Dang, I actually DID forget Tinker Toys; my bad. I loved those things!
We loved Lincoln lots and the sets were big
My absolute favorites were View Master and Lincoln Logs
My favorites were my HO model trains, my SST toy car, and my Evel Knievel toy motorcycle. Good times! 🙂
HO scale or no scale !
Air hockey tables were a big hit for Christmas in 70s. Also had a James Bond briefcase with all the spy gadgets inside.
I had the camera that turned into a pistol.
@@jamesbuccigross6920 That was the Mattel SnapShot--also went with the Radio Rifle, which I wish I still had!!
I got the James Bond briefcase too. Always got some kinda gun set. Roy Rogers or the Lone Ranger!
Flexible Flyer sleds were popular. Big Wheel tricycles were a hit with younger kids, until the plastic wheel broke down. Anyone have that electric, vibrating football game or the hockey table with metal rods to move your players up and down?
I had the Sean Connery doll and Ilya Kuryakyn doll from Man from U.N.C.L.E.
When I was 7 years old (I was born in 1981) I really wanted The My Little Pony Palace. I remember my parents taking me & my big sister into the garage because "Santa" left us each a gift out there and the boxes were to big to be in the house....we lived in a 2 bedroom mobile home. We all put on our coats and went outside to open the last gift that Santa brought us. I remember the boxes were so big at least they seemed to be. My sister got to open hers 1st because she was the oldest, she got the Barbie Dream House. I finally got to open my gift, it was exactly what I had asked for....The My Little Pony Palace!!
I'll always have the memory of sitting on the floor with my Dad putting it all together...placing all the stickers in the right spots and individually placing all the little plastic flowers into their places in the Palace garden. I'm so thankful for this memory with my Dad, I miss him tremendously, he passed away 7 years ago. Now that he's gone nothing is the same...especially Christmas ♡ 🙏
I'm sorry for your loss😢. I have memories of my Dad helping me put my Lionel Spirit of 76 train track/set together for Christmas, 1976. Never will forget that. My Dad has passed on as well. Great memories. Merry Christmas!!!😂😂😂
Barbies and Liddle Kiddles were always my favorites. I loved when the Christmas Catalogs would arrive in the mail. I would look through them every day. They got pretty beat up by the time Christmas came.
I love those photos at the end-such a nice feel of the era! 🙂
I’m a 70’s kid and Christmas was amazing then! We’d go through the Sears catalog and pick what we wanted! I remember having Baby Tenderlove and Fisher-Price toys and, of course, I had my Barbies!
I had a Fonzie, Muhammad Ali, and Batman and Robin Action figures. Fonzie beat all of them! Aaayyy!!
Baby Tenderlove! Me too 🥰
I still have my Baby Tenderlove that I got in 72
Lincoln Logs were my favorite!
Those were hours and hours of fun! Thank you for watching!
I was a kid in the 60’s in Australia and I remember many of these toys. I had an etch a sketch, twister, Barbie etc. hula hoops were big, as were these hard plastic coloured tubes with a marble in them called ‘boob tubes’. Inside the tube there were little ledges that the marble would drop on, and a hole in the middle. The idea was to have the marble on the bottom, then turn the tube upside down and shake it. 1st one who got their marble to the bottom won. I still remember hearing my father say to my mother at about 5am Christmas morning ‘whose bright idea was it to get those things?’ Lol…
Lol😂😂😂Great Memory!!! Merry Christmas!
Who remembers “Sit and Spin”? How about the “Red Rider BB Gun?” The bouncing balls with the handle, (or horse head handle, “Hoppity Horse?”), that you sat on and “bounced away”. The “Lemon” skipping toy, in which you put your foot through a circle, swung it around your ankle, and hopped over it with your other foot? Adjustable metal skates you attached over your shoe and tightened with a key, (which ALWAYS got lost)! There sooo many others I could name! Myself, or one of my brothers, had ALL of the toys listed in the video. They may have been hand-me-downs, from a yard sale, or under the Christmas tree, but they were all appreciated and well loved! So much fun, and best of all for your parents, kept you outside and active.
Oh yes!
Walmart sells the red rider bb gun still today . White and red cardboard box . $12 ish ?
That was a Skip It! My kiddos wore out the newer versions
“You’ll shoot your eye out.” (Had to)
I remember cap guns
My favorite toys of the 70’s were Fisher Price’s Little People ❤️
I got the plane when I was about four or five, we have the whole movies to prove it!
As with the slip and slide another favorite was "water wiggle". I'm sure it was deemed unsafe but it was fun. Also, does anyone remember jewelry for girls that was little plastic bubbles with tiny dolls inside? They had necklaces and bracelets. I can't remember what they were called. There was also a toy that you would put little plastic cubes into and as they heated they unfurled into things like dinosaurs. (Strange Change Machine). This was pretty cool at the time. It's kinda funny. So many toys back then probably were probably banned for safety reasons yet I see kids at the skate park and cringe 😬.
(Just found the dolls on line. " Liddle Kiddles").
I LOVED the Water WIggle!!!!
I still have my Liddle Kiddles collection! My daughter used to play with them when we would go to my mom's house........my daughter is now 26! She loved playing with my "vintage toys" that my mom still had in her basement, actually a family room!
My sister got the easy bake oven!!!! One of my and my sister's favorite toys was the Crissy and Velvet dolls. We lost them along our lifetime. Then I found them on ebay a few years ago. I bought them and gave Crissy to her for Christmas. SHE CRIED!!!!! We love sharing memories of our childhood and the things we used to have.
Sort of like the story line with Tim Allen in "Santa Clause" where he gives everyone their favorite childhood toy. Great scene. That was a wonderful gesture on your part. Merry Christmas!!!😂😂😂
What a sweet story! I loved my Velvet doll.
I had the coolest parents. We got all the cool toys of the 60’s and 70’s. One of my favorites was Creepy Crawlers my brother got for Christmas.
Those were super popular and the smell is a distinctive one that you will never forget. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory.
I loved my Creepy Crawlers. I did burn myself a couple times, but no biggie. Mom just rubbed some butter on the burns. Lol
@@Pamer21 Right? Creepy Crawlers trays got pretty hot didn’t it?
My mom did the same!! I remember mom HAD to use a silver butter knife to put the butter on the burn.
Awww such good times.
I still have my Creepy Crawlers Thingmaker with all the molds. Can't find Plastigoop any more though. I burned myself with it a few times too, but had fun making all kinds of neat creatures. (Jan Griffiths).
Loved Creepy Crawlers. So dangerous due to the heat but so much fun. Thanks for the memory!
Back when toys were fun & somewhat dangerous 😆
Yes they were. Thank you for watching!
the toys today are more dangerous for their minds(videogames)
@@caspar0777 as if a WWII or cowboy set teaches peace
Lol remember the tiny rubber ball? Small enough to swallow but big enough to hurt like heck if it hit you.
@@caspar0777 Nailed it!!!
My favorite toy as a kid was Sure Shot Hockey. Got it for Christmas 1971 and spent many happy hours slapping those black marbles with plastic levers. Great memories!!!
I'll never tire of these videos. You do great work!
We had some really cool toy back in the
60's-70's.
I know I was there...
So was I.😂😂😂
The Sears and JCPenney Christmas catalogs were essential repeated reading. Sears had exclusives such as a cardboard Star Wars cantina with 4 action figures including the unique Blue Snaggletooth. Lincoln Logs, Evel Knievel and Electric Racing sets are others that come to mind. The catalogs also had large play sets like Marx Guns of Navarone. and the list goes on.
Some favorites I remember, Thumbelina Doll, Metal kitchen set fridge and stove, metal Dollhouse with plastic furniture.
I remember getting a brand new bike from Gambles here in Globe, that feeling was so amazing