I had the doll too..also got the Bionic Woman doll..lunch box and Halloween costume..😂...Also got the Wonder Woman doll..they did a great job on that one..all legs..😂
I'll never forget my "baby alive" doll. After feeding her the baby food that came with, it took weeks for my poor mom to figure out what was rotting in our home 😅🤦 into the trash she went. Thanks Rhett. Always appreciated 👍❣️
Yay, I fed my baby alive real babyfood which rotted then the gasess that built up inside the plastic exploded. To this day , my brothers favorite childhood memory.
I want you to know how appreciated you are!!!! I'm 58 and your videos remind me of happy, carefree times. How lucky I am. Thank you for your hard work, your awesome!
My dad tried that he once hit him and ran to my uncle and my uncle beat my dads ass ....(My uncle was very protected of us kids...Told my dad to keep his abusive hands off me....ill never forget that fight ....Parents shouldn't ever hit your kids leaving marks on them..
I had the Kenner's girder set. It was so much fun. Had a motor that ran a construction lift. If I had it today I would be playing with it right now. Those were the days.
The electronic football game was a lot of fun. You had to set up all the players on a field which was made of sheet metal and then turn on a vibrating motor when ready to start the play. The players would then randomly move around.
Confession time. Mom, I actually wanted the handheld Mattel electronic football with little lights, not the giant, unusable plastic models on a vibrating sheet. I never let you know how crushing my disappointment was and that's why I never played with it.
Up until a couple of years ago, we still had that game and the baseball one, which were leftovers from my husbands youth. We also had his original Atari. We were sad when they no longer worked.
My brother had that football games! I remember when it was turned on, it started vibrating and was really loud. I never understood how to play with it!
Who remembers the little lawnmower with the plastic globe on top and balls that popped in it when you pushed it??? So you could imitate your dad mowing the lawn. How about those plastic horses we use to ride that were attached to a big frame with big springs on the side so you could bounce and GIDDY UP???
I was going to comment on the Crissy doll, too! My friend gave me one of hers. For whatever reason, my mom made me have almost crew-cut short hair, so I was obsessed with the hair.
As an 80's-90's kid there were always carry-overs from previous decades. We used to play with Lawn Darts...in the absolute worst and dangerous way. We would just throw them up in the air and try to not be hit by them. Mistakes were made...but we lived and it was exhilarating 😉
Where I grew up, we called lawn darts " jarts" . You're not joking when you said they were dangerous! I let one fly, and almost hit my sister with it! I didn't get a whooping, but I got a severe lecture ! Years later it dawned on me that the kids were sober - the adults, not so much - who was more dangerous?!
We went a step further than that. We actually made a game out of it. It was a game of skill AND nerve, complete with championships and playoffs and everything. We all played a lot of little league baseball and football, and one of the kids' Dad was one of the head coaches, so this kid had pretty much unfettered access to a chalker, and as luck would have it, he was also the one with the ability to draw perfectly straight lines on a lawn, as well as being able to measure angles by sight and draw perfectly shaped circles. Well, at least WE thought they were perfect lol! They probably weren't though. You see where this is going right? It started with him drawing crosshairs on the lawn with this walk behind chalker on wheels. Then he drew a series of 10 concentric rings with a few feet between each ring. The object of the game was to score as many points as possible. The highest scores were in the center of the field, and the further out you went, the lower the scores. The rules were simple... You stand in the middle, exactly where the crosshairs intersect. You get three throws, and each time, you have to stand in and throw from the middle again. Throw your dart straight up in the air. You were allowed to move away, but the further you moved away from the center, the lower your score. After the dart lands, you stay where you are and you don't move until your score is recorded. Calculating the scores was simple... Your dart lands in one ring. That's your base. Then you subtract however many rings you backed away. Let's say the middle is worth 10 points if the dart lands there, and it deducts zero from your score if you don't back away. That was highly unlikely though. The next ring out was worth 9 points for the dart, but it subtracteded 1 point if that's the furthest you backed away. If you backed away by three rings, then in that case it would have given you a score of 6. Your three throws are added up, and that's your score for that leg. I think each match consisted of 10 legs. We could usually squeak in like three or four matches in one afternoon. The trick was to start early enough in the day so that everything was done before the host kid's parents got home from work, because they would have absolutely got their ass beat for intentionally doing something so iridiculously stupid and potentially deadly. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, that kid's parent probably would have run for the phone to call all of the other kids' parents to rat them all out. I mean, this is on the order of, if not worse than setting fire to the living room rug. There were also ways to foul or forfeit your next turn, which would have resulted in a zero, or also could have points taken away. The two main rules were: 1) You play like you mean it. If it looks like you weren't being serious about your throws, you could get points deducted. If you aren't going to be serious, then just don't play at all, simple as that. 2) Once you back into an area, you were not allowed to move back inward in an attempt to not have that higher amount of deduction or even sideways into another quadrant. You could move back if it looked like you were going to get hit, but you can't move forward. The purpose of the crosshairs was to ensure that you don't have enough room to sidestep a falling dart by moving into another quadrant. We were all between the ages of eight and 10 years old when we were playing this game. Can you imagine kids today, even older ones, playing something like this? This makes things like those stupid Tik Tok challenges look like little baby games. At eight years old, we came up with the idea of playing chicken with intentionally self hurled heavy and lethal falling projectiles, AND, scoring each other based on how fearless we were or weren't. And we didn't do it once. No, we did it 30 times almost every day of our summer vacations. We were more afraid of our parents finding out what we were up to all day than we were of getting hit with one of these death missiles.
My brother and I always wanted the Smash Up Derby cars, but never got them! I would laugh at the Farrah styling head because in the commercial it would say "... after Mom cuts the hair...!" and my sentiments would be "after MY mom cuts the hair you'd have to throw it out!" Haha! Don't forget the biggest feature both Tuesday and Tiffany Taylor dolls and that was being able to rotate their skulls around on top to reveal blonde or brunette hair in back! I was joking about that one holiday how I might "turn my skull around to make my hair blonde - but don't look at the back!" and my bestie actually got me a Tiffany for my birthday on ebay!
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories jons.6216. Most moms definitely couldn't cut the hair and have it look remotely close to Farrah. You're best friend definitely got you a great gift!
I remember getting Chutes Away for Christmas in 79, also Tiny Mighty Moes the tank and fire engine. And The Duke's of Hazzard racing set was really fun. Great memories growing up back then.
i wish i could remember them all but there could be a full episode about 70s toys that smelled like they were going to burn up the house when turned on or plugged in. i had a toy laser gun that sparked when you pulled the trigger that smelled like it could start a fire pretty easily.
My son was a 70's child and he was crazy about cars and the Hot Wheels brought back many memories. He had the corkscrew track. He played with that all the time. It was one of his favorite toys.
One of my favorites was Stretch Armstrong. I would usually get in trouble for sticking pins in them to get the red gel to ooze out because it looked it got bloody in a fight with my fuzzy haired GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip lol. At that point I was begging for another and do it all again 😂
I love it when you do toys episodes. I used to have that suntan doll. She came with stickers that you would put on her so you could see the difference as she tanned. I don't have her anymore but I still have my bionic man and woman dolls. He's in good condition still but I cut off her hair and she's missing her feet. I guess I played with her more.😆 And that Hugo puppet you showed at the beginning creeped me out as a kid, but boy I wish I had that thing now.
Thank you for watching and sharing a little more about the Suntan Tuesday Taylor doll. That is interesting that you still have your bionic man and woman dolls but not her. You were pretty rough on the woman lol.
I wanted Micronauts for Christmas one year but my Dad got me a Cher makeup head instead. The makeup was difficult to apply and the hair wouldnt take a curl. We put green slime up her nose and watched it slowly drip down. I still want Micronauts.
What a fun trip down memory lane. My brother and I shared a Johnny Lightning set, it used special cars that were launched through the track by a lever had to time just right. We would race those by the hour.
My bionic woman doll that hooked up to the machine and spit out a graph of her vitals or whatever. It was out around the same time as the 6 million dollar man. Also my Holly hobby "paper doll" set. It was magnetic and you changed the clothes like paper dolls 👍 Thanks Rhetty
Hi, I am a new viewer. I stumbles upon a video of yours last year and that made me watch another and that made me check out your whole channel. I have just finished watching your entire library of videos. I like your gave yard videos and I absolutely love the one about true tragedies such as the boy who was killed by his father screaming "he has the devil in him". That one in particular really touched me as well as others. This is some thing I would like to see more of if you wanted to go back to. These people should be remembered and that is what I love about what you did. Of the original thing that made me watch your videos were the one about how life was for us kids of yesteryears. Those are days I miss and wish kids of today could experience. Thanks for what you do.
I had both the Max Machine and a Girder and Panel set. I would play with the latter for hours, creating what I thought were cool looking realistic buildings. Loved it! The Max Machine worked fine, but i remember having to get used to how to make it actually go where you wanted it to go since you couldn't really steer it. You just had to know how it was going to respond on the next "click." I'd pull it out to play with a bit but would quickly brecone bored with it.
The was also a Smash Up Derby with two cars that you launched at each other with ramps. You had to line them up to get them to collide. It was part of the larger SSP line. I had G.I. Joe with Kung Fu Grip, back before G.I. Joe shrunk to less than half its original size. Then there was the Eval Knievel bike you wound up before letting it loose to jump over something you set up. There were also Match Box cars that competed with Hot Wheels. The 79s had some great (and some not so great!) toys. It was a great time to be a kid!
Those wind up or zip toys were tons of fun. Or at least I thought so. No batteries needed at all. Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories with us Greg!
I had something similar to the Max Machine called Tobor (Robot spelled backwards). I loved it so much that my parents bought me a 2nd one when the 1st one wore out. Looking at it now, it seems kind of boring, haha. I also had a version of the 6 Million Dollar Man doll called 'Masketron', a robotic nemesis of the 6MDM that came with various masks to disguise him with (like Oscar Goldman). His body parts were made to pop off in a fight, including is head. I had the Riveton set, too. Dang. I really miss my childhood. And my parents.
You are telling the truth about that Hot Wheels track. We got whipped with those things back in the day. It did hurt. I laughed when you mentioned that.
It was tons of fun but I definitely tried to use the track and elevate it to see how the cars would fly. I also modified the launchers and that is what led to me breaking things. Thank you for watching OLDS98!
I had (and still have) Dawn dolls. They were more than half the size of Barbies. I also have ths Dance Party, where you insert their feet into pegs then move dials to make them dance on disco-like floor.
Thanks for another awesome video. I remember most of these from commercials, and on occasion a friend from school might have had one. There was so much left to the imagination back then, and boy did our imaginations create wonderful memories. Especially when action figure dolls from completely different storylines came together. 😊
Talk about getting spanked with hot wheels tracks, my brother and I used to get it good by our mom on a regular basis. It hurt like hell, but somehow we became masochist because we started sneak attacking each other with them along with wiffle ball bats, the hot wheels cars, etc.
I had the Max Machine (and Tobor mentioned in the ad) and Riviton (and erector set and tinker toys). Still have the micronauts and Mattel football shown in the beginning… so many good ones back in the 80s.
I got Tobor (I remember the commercials were SO emphatic that it was "Robot spelled backwards") for Christmas one year. I was so excited. . . for about three minutes. Talk about a disappointment.
@@matchstickdesignco 😂 I remember that commercial also hahah “it’s robot spelled backwards!”. Mine did not last long either. I had a bad habbit of dissecting the electronics out of my toys and turning them into something else. A little like “Sid” in Toy Story lol
I remember a lot of those toys Rhett, I totally forgot about Smash Up Derby until you mentioned it. My brother had that one along with many others there. I don’t recall the rest of the name you said though, I only remember it being called Smash Up Derby. ❤Jodie 🇦🇺
There was a separate set just called Smash Up Derby and it was popular as well. There is a reference to these old smash up cars in the movie Cars if you have seen it. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Jodie!
In the '60's, I had an all metal version of Smash Up Derby car; you would wind it up and let run across the floor in to a wall or furniture, and when it hit something, the hood, the trunk lid, and both doors would fly off, and a little plastic figure of the driver would fall out. By today's standards, kind of a gruesome toy.
@@RhettyforHistory I don't recall now who made it, but I don't think it had any connection to the SSp Smash Up Derby Car set; it resembled a late '50's Coupe. I think it was around 1963 or '64 that I had that toy; it didn't last very long and eventually wouldn't hold on to it's parts; even the main spring eventually broke.
I had the Girder Panel set. My brother had the airport set. Another cool toy was Big Trak from Milton Bradley. We would set a code and run down a darkened room and hid. We would wait for it to come find us. Scary but hours of fun. Miss the 80s for sure!
I still have some Holly Hobbie things. I had a GI Joe that my friend and I used to play with in a creek. He had a raft that we put him on and we would walk along the creek with him until he got stuck on something. We would unstick him and keep going. Hours of fun!!
And one of my favorite Simpsons moments: Marge: "What are you kids doing in there?" Lisa, who is gleefully slapping Bart with a Hot Wheels track as he does the same to her: "Playing Hot Wheels!"
I had the electronic football game that was shown during the intro, and the Hotwheel corkscrew racing set. I also had an orange race track set, but it was bigger than the one shown, and my favorite part was revving up the cars on a piece of wood - because shag carpet of course, lol.
I had totally forgotten about Riviton! I had a set, but I really don’t remember playing with it at all. I do remember using the rivet gun as a sci-fi blaster though.
I was born in 82, my big sister in 72…I inherited her yellow, Honda Kick N Go😊. I was the cool kid in the neighborhood that had the “scooter with a pedal”🤣 When they say that “Honda’s will last forever…” it’s true! That thing has went through 10 children over the years and it still works like it is brand new. My baby grandson will ride it one day🥰
Although I loved all of my "Girlie" toys my brother's toys were so bada$$ and seemingly filled with more adventure. I would incorporate my toys into my brother's toys much to his annoyance. 😂😂
HEY, RHETTY Hopefully you and Your family had A wonderful Christmas & New Year's as for the Video I have Always Enjoy this type of Content so please keep them coming Take care stay safe and see you on the next video
Whippin's with Hot Wheels tracks is what got me into model trains.
Definitely can't do that with train tracks. They were much more fragile. Thank you for watching!
Oh man I forgot how those orange tracks SNAPPED! OUCH!
Anyone remember Weebles? And the Weeble treehouse? I miss my Evil Kinevil action motorcycle and lunchbox!
🎶Weebles wobble but they don't fall down...🎶 I still find myself singing the jingle.
@@rubies200interesting 😊
@@rubies200 Ha, You remembered!!!😃
Of course! When my son was little 20 odd years ago those Little Tikes Egg People reminded me of Weebles 😊
Yep. I had the evel Kenievel stunt bike. I wish I had kept it
I was all in on the 6 Million Dollar Man. Had the doll, all the accessories, the lunchbox, coloring book... Loved the show.
He was huge Joe! Thank you for watching and sharing what you had!
I had the doll too..also got the Bionic Woman doll..lunch box and Halloween costume..😂...Also got the Wonder Woman doll..they did a great job on that one..all legs..😂
I'll never forget my "baby alive" doll. After feeding her the baby food that came with, it took weeks for my poor mom to figure out what was rotting in our home 😅🤦 into the trash she went. Thanks Rhett. Always appreciated 👍❣️
Funny, you got me to smile! 😊
Yay, I fed my baby alive real babyfood which rotted then the gasess that built up inside the plastic exploded. To this day , my brothers favorite childhood memory.
@@janellemiller1195 oh my goodness 😅👍 glad no one got hurt though. Thanks for sharing that memory ❣️
I also loved my Baby Alive. I had a doll called Sweet April. She would cry “real” tears.
@@jillefeldme9452 awww. Thanks for sharing. I miss those days ☺️
I want you to know how appreciated you are!!!! I'm 58 and your videos remind me of happy, carefree times. How lucky I am. Thank you for your hard work, your awesome!
Agreed!
You're welcome and I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos dottiegillespie8067. Thank you for watching!
Excellent trip down memory lane. I loved Lincoln Logs. Weeble Wobbles, Lite Bright, and everything Holly Hobby. Great upload my friend!!😊
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your favorite toys Leesa!
they had a tv series called Holly Hobby on disney channel plus Hulu sorry for getting off topic.
My mom used to weaponize our Hot Wheels track sections, and boy did they leave welps on the back of your legs!
My brothers and I had "sword fights" with them on a regular basis
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us!
My dad tried that he once hit him and ran to my uncle and my uncle beat my dads ass ....(My uncle was very protected of us kids...Told my dad to keep his abusive hands off me....ill never forget that fight ....Parents shouldn't ever hit your kids leaving marks on them..
I had the Kenner's girder set. It was so much fun. Had a motor that ran a construction lift. If I had it today I would be playing with it right now. Those were the days.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had Chris!
Always wanted a set of these! At Farm and Fleet we actually have an old company add framed on the wall.💪👍
The electronic football game was a lot of fun. You had to set up all the players on a field which was made of sheet metal and then turn on a vibrating motor when ready to start the play. The players would then randomly move around.
Confession time. Mom, I actually wanted the handheld Mattel electronic football with little lights, not the giant, unusable plastic models on a vibrating sheet. I never let you know how crushing my disappointment was and that's why I never played with it.
@@WilliamWarren Lol I had that one too
Up until a couple of years ago, we still had that game and the baseball one, which were leftovers from my husbands youth. We also had his original Atari. We were sad when they no longer worked.
We had the Bobby Orr hockey version...
My brother had that football games! I remember when it was turned on, it started vibrating and was really loud. I never understood how to play with it!
I'm 56 and I remember a lot of these toys. I really miss the good ole days
I love my Holly Hobby😂 I also had the bionic woman doll and Donnie and Marie dolls 😅 GOOD TIMES
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had shanp8907!
Who remembers the little lawnmower with the plastic globe on top and balls that popped in it when you pushed it??? So you could imitate your dad mowing the lawn. How about those plastic horses we use to ride that were attached to a big frame with big springs on the side so you could bounce and GIDDY UP???
Those were great little toys. Thank you for watching and sharing some different ones.
My parents have a picture of me on my "spring" horse. Apparently my love affair with horses started very young, and I'm still horse crazy to this day.
Yes I do. I hope one day some of these toys will come back
I had the lawnmower. Oh I miss my parents
My Chrissy doll! I loved playing with her! ❤❤
Thank you for watching and mentioning your favorite doll!
I was going to comment on the Crissy doll, too! My friend gave me one of hers. For whatever reason, my mom made me have almost crew-cut short hair, so I was obsessed with the hair.
As an 80's-90's kid there were always carry-overs from previous decades. We used to play with Lawn Darts...in the absolute worst and dangerous way. We would just throw them up in the air and try to not be hit by them. Mistakes were made...but we lived and it was exhilarating 😉
We had real bow & arrow sets & BB guns. Why not give the kids Lawn Darts & Slip & Slides 😂
And super soakers with enough pressure to give people enemas from across the street!
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us krisfrederick5001!
Where I grew up, we called lawn darts " jarts" . You're not joking when you said they were dangerous! I let one fly, and almost hit my sister with it! I didn't get a whooping, but I got a severe lecture ! Years later it dawned on me that the kids were sober - the adults, not so much - who was more dangerous?!
We went a step further than that. We actually made a game out of it. It was a game of skill AND nerve, complete with championships and playoffs and everything. We all played a lot of little league baseball and football, and one of the kids' Dad was one of the head coaches, so this kid had pretty much unfettered access to a chalker, and as luck would have it, he was also the one with the ability to draw perfectly straight lines on a lawn, as well as being able to measure angles by sight and draw perfectly shaped circles. Well, at least WE thought they were perfect lol! They probably weren't though.
You see where this is going right?
It started with him drawing crosshairs on the lawn with this walk behind chalker on wheels. Then he drew a series of 10 concentric rings with a few feet between each ring. The object of the game was to score as many points as possible. The highest scores were in the center of the field, and the further out you went, the lower the scores. The rules were simple... You stand in the middle, exactly where the crosshairs intersect. You get three throws, and each time, you have to stand in and throw from the middle again. Throw your dart straight up in the air. You were allowed to move away, but the further you moved away from the center, the lower your score. After the dart lands, you stay where you are and you don't move until your score is recorded. Calculating the scores was simple... Your dart lands in one ring. That's your base. Then you subtract however many rings you backed away. Let's say the middle is worth 10 points if the dart lands there, and it deducts zero from your score if you don't back away. That was highly unlikely though. The next ring out was worth 9 points for the dart, but it subtracteded 1 point if that's the furthest you backed away. If you backed away by three rings, then in that case it would have given you a score of 6. Your three throws are added up, and that's your score for that leg. I think each match consisted of 10 legs. We could usually squeak in like three or four matches in one afternoon. The trick was to start early enough in the day so that everything was done before the host kid's parents got home from work, because they would have absolutely got their ass beat for intentionally doing something so iridiculously stupid and potentially deadly. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, that kid's parent probably would have run for the phone to call all of the other kids' parents to rat them all out. I mean, this is on the order of, if not worse than setting fire to the living room rug.
There were also ways to foul or forfeit your next turn, which would have resulted in a zero, or also could have points taken away.
The two main rules were:
1) You play like you mean it. If it looks like you weren't being serious about your throws, you could get points deducted. If you aren't going to be serious, then just don't play at all, simple as that.
2) Once you back into an area, you were not allowed to move back inward in an attempt to not have that higher amount of deduction or even sideways into another quadrant. You could move back if it looked like you were going to get hit, but you can't move forward.
The purpose of the crosshairs was to ensure that you don't have enough room to sidestep a falling dart by moving into another quadrant.
We were all between the ages of eight and 10 years old when we were playing this game. Can you imagine kids today, even older ones, playing something like this? This makes things like those stupid Tik Tok challenges look like little baby games. At eight years old, we came up with the idea of playing chicken with intentionally self hurled heavy and lethal falling projectiles, AND, scoring each other based on how fearless we were or weren't. And we didn't do it once. No, we did it 30 times almost every day of our summer vacations. We were more afraid of our parents finding out what we were up to all day than we were of getting hit with one of these death missiles.
The good ole days - not a worry in the world
You're right about that. Thank you for watching!
Thank you Rhetty for History for another great video. One of the things I find fascinating is the price of the toys. Wow!
It really is something to see these old prices. Thank you for watching Mikey!
Really love your rewind to the forgotten toys from 70s.
Thank you for watching AmericanVintageTales!
Black doll come back was beautiful ❤
She's quite cute. 👶🏿
Thanks Rhetty.
You're welcome and thank you for watching my friend!
My brother and I always wanted the Smash Up Derby cars, but never got them! I would laugh at the Farrah styling head because in the commercial it would say "... after Mom cuts the hair...!" and my sentiments would be "after MY mom cuts the hair you'd have to throw it out!" Haha! Don't forget the biggest feature both Tuesday and Tiffany Taylor dolls and that was being able to rotate their skulls around on top to reveal blonde or brunette hair in back! I was joking about that one holiday how I might "turn my skull around to make my hair blonde - but don't look at the back!" and my bestie actually got me a Tiffany for my birthday on ebay!
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories jons.6216. Most moms definitely couldn't cut the hair and have it look remotely close to Farrah. You're best friend definitely got you a great gift!
Nice video, as always! Great memories. Thanks. 😊
You're welcome and thank you for watching laureencriss8220!
I thought I was the only one who remembered Holly Hobbie! I even had a Holly Hobbie oven - like and Easy Bake Oven, but Holly Hobbie!
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had crowgrl13! It seemed like a lot of little girls had something of Holly Hobbie!
My brother and I cut open our first Stretch Armstrong doll so we could figure out how he stretched.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you all did to Stretch. I did the same thing.
Oh wow these are some toys i had as a kid ..😮😊
Thank you for watching Gina!
Thank You for the Video (and memories) 😀
You're welcome salemslotandmore8278 and thank you for watching!
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I remember getting Chutes Away for Christmas in 79, also Tiny Mighty Moes the tank and fire engine. And The Duke's of Hazzard racing set was really fun. Great memories growing up back then.
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories of what you had frankrizzo4460!
I had the Bionic man with the "actual Bionic eye"😂😂😂❤❤...love ya Rhetty ❤️ 💯
That was a great toy to have. Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us ericesquivel5485!
Happy Saturday Rhetty ❤
Thank you for watching Lana and Happy Saturday to you as well!
Another great vid by Rhetty For History
Thank you for watching NASCARFAN93100!
Still have the majority of my toys, some didn't survive. Replacements at antique malls, and E Bay are big $$$!
Thank you for watching Mark!
i wish i could remember them all but there could be a full episode about 70s toys that smelled like they were going to burn up the house when turned on or plugged in. i had a toy laser gun that sparked when you pulled the trigger that smelled like it could start a fire pretty easily.
I remember that laser gun and there were also some robots, cars and other things like that. Thank you for watching spaceghost!
I had the suntan Cher doll. She was one of my favorites.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had antipatsy!
I don't remember any of these, but then i was High School, College and an Adult in the 1970s
Thank you for watching my friend!
@@RhettyforHistory You .are most welcome,my friend
I owned a Baby come back! Didn't remember until watching this video! Thanks! ❤
You're welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing what you had thelittlegreenball6813!
@@RhettyforHistory 😃👍
I love the pun dont expect it to come back any time soon lol.
My son was a 70's child and he was crazy about cars and the Hot Wheels brought back many memories. He had the corkscrew track. He played with that all the time. It was one of his favorite toys.
Thank you for watching and sharing what your son had Leslie!
One of my favorites was Stretch Armstrong. I would usually get in trouble for sticking pins in them to get the red gel to ooze out because it looked it got bloody in a fight with my fuzzy haired GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip lol. At that point I was begging for another and do it all again 😂
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories charleetuner!
I love it when you do toys episodes.
I used to have that suntan doll. She came with stickers that you would put on her so you could see the difference as she tanned. I don't have her anymore but I still have my bionic man and woman dolls. He's in good condition still but I cut off her hair and she's missing her feet. I guess I played with her more.😆
And that Hugo puppet you showed at the beginning creeped me out as a kid, but boy I wish I had that thing now.
Thank you for watching and sharing a little more about the Suntan Tuesday Taylor doll. That is interesting that you still have your bionic man and woman dolls but not her. You were pretty rough on the woman lol.
Thanks Rhetty for another great video 🙂👍 brought back many memories when my kids were little. ❤
You're welcome and thank you for watching Monika! I'm happy to hear this brought back some memories of your kids!
Great video 😊
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I loved, LOVED my Hot Wheels! But! As you mentioned, Moms figured out that the track made a good punishment device !
Thank you for watching and sharing what you loved shnibby69!
Excuse me? What do you mean Cher 'was' a fashion icon. No sir! Cher IS a fashion icon, thank you very much!
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I met her she's fabulous
@@ericrivera8410 I'm so jealous! You are so lucky!
Your puns crack me up, Mr Rhett.
BTW, I got a whippin’ with the HW racetracks because it was there-LOL.
Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us douglas!
American Plastic Bricks were quite popular in the mid 70s, they came in a canister similar to Lincoln logs
Thank you for watching and mentioning something else Shawn!
🎶Putt Putt for the fun of it, Putt Putt for the fun of it, Putt Putt for the fun of it..Putt Puttfor the fun of it.🎶
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That smash up toy is giving me incredible crash dummies vibes. The toys, not the commercials.
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I wanted Micronauts for Christmas one year but my Dad got me a Cher makeup head instead. The makeup was difficult to apply and the hair wouldnt take a curl. We put green slime up her nose and watched it slowly drip down. I still want Micronauts.
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us. That is interesting how the makeup center wasn't that easy to work with.
Thank you!
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
A childhood friend had that airport set. I can remember helpin' him put it together (this in the early 80s).
Thank you for watching and sharing what your friend had Madness832!
I was born on January 28, 1970! Happy Birthday to me this Sunday!🤗🎂🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday 🎈 🎈🎈to you tomorrow. Hope you have a "blast!" Take care 🦋
@@brendaholliday6866 Awww! God Bless you! Thank you!🤗
@@rubies200 Aww! Thank you! God Bless you!🤗
Happy birthday !!! 🧁🥳🎉🎂🎁🎈
SSPs were one of my favorites, had quite a few, had one that sparked as it rolled
Thank you for watching and sharing what your favorite was PolPotsPieHole!
Loved my Tuesday Taylor doll. I wish I still had her.
Those are really cool. Thank you for watching justmejenny7986!
ty another great video
You're welcome and thank you for watching larako7958!
If you can find one that OJ action figure is probably worth a bundle!!!
I bet you are right on that. Thank you for watching cslan4!
What a fun trip down memory lane. My brother and I shared a Johnny Lightning set, it used special cars that were launched through the track by a lever had to time just right. We would race those by the hour.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you and your brother had!
My bionic woman doll that hooked up to the machine and spit out a graph of her vitals or whatever. It was out around the same time as the 6 million dollar man. Also my Holly hobby "paper doll" set. It was magnetic and you changed the clothes like paper dolls 👍 Thanks Rhetty
I loved paper dolls. And...I had a Holly Hobby border on my bedroom wall 😊
You're welcome. I remember a lot of those Holly Hobbie paper dolls being around. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Tammie!
Hi, I am a new viewer. I stumbles upon a video of yours last year and that made me watch another and that made me check out your whole channel. I have just finished watching your entire library of videos. I like your gave yard videos and I absolutely love the one about true tragedies such as the boy who was killed by his father screaming "he has the devil in him". That one in particular really touched me as well as others. This is some thing I would like to see more of if you wanted to go back to. These people should be remembered and that is what I love about what you did. Of the original thing that made me watch your videos were the one about how life was for us kids of yesteryears. Those are days I miss and wish kids of today could experience. Thanks for what you do.
I had both the Max Machine and a Girder and Panel set. I would play with the latter for hours, creating what I thought were cool looking realistic buildings. Loved it! The Max Machine worked fine, but i remember having to get used to how to make it actually go where you wanted it to go since you couldn't really steer it. You just had to know how it was going to respond on the next "click." I'd pull it out to play with a bit but would quickly brecone bored with it.
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories with these toys andrewk473!
The was also a Smash Up Derby with two cars that you launched at each other with ramps. You had to line them up to get them to collide. It was part of the larger SSP line. I had G.I. Joe with Kung Fu Grip, back before G.I. Joe shrunk to less than half its original size. Then there was the Eval Knievel bike you wound up before letting it loose to jump over something you set up. There were also Match Box cars that competed with Hot Wheels. The 79s had some great (and some not so great!) toys. It was a great time to be a kid!
Those wind up or zip toys were tons of fun. Or at least I thought so. No batteries needed at all. Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories with us Greg!
Girder and Panel brought back memories! I also had Spinwelder...that was fun!
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had kfeltenberger!
I had something similar to the Max Machine called Tobor (Robot spelled backwards). I loved it so much that my parents bought me a 2nd one when the 1st one wore out. Looking at it now, it seems kind of boring, haha. I also had a version of the 6 Million Dollar Man doll called 'Masketron', a robotic nemesis of the 6MDM that came with various masks to disguise him with (like Oscar Goldman). His body parts were made to pop off in a fight, including is head. I had the Riveton set, too. Dang. I really miss my childhood. And my parents.
Thank you for watching and telling us about some of what you had. You definitely mentioned some different ones.
You are telling the truth about that Hot Wheels track. We got whipped with those things back in the day. It did hurt. I laughed when you mentioned that.
It was tons of fun but I definitely tried to use the track and elevate it to see how the cars would fly. I also modified the launchers and that is what led to me breaking things. Thank you for watching OLDS98!
When did the gloves and knife set come out for the OJ toy?
1995
Ha, that's the same thing my daughter said. 🤣
I had (and still have) Dawn dolls. They were more than half the size of Barbies. I also have ths Dance Party, where you insert their feet into pegs then move dials to make them dance on disco-like floor.
Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you had Nicki! That's definitely one that I haven't covered.
Thanks for another awesome video. I remember most of these from commercials, and on occasion a friend from school might have had one. There was so much left to the imagination back then, and boy did our imaginations create wonderful memories. Especially when action figure dolls from completely different storylines came together. 😊
Thank you for watching danielkaiser8971!
Talk about getting spanked with hot wheels tracks, my brother and I used to get it good by our mom on a regular basis. It hurt like hell, but somehow we became masochist because we started sneak attacking each other with them along with wiffle ball bats, the hot wheels cars, etc.
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Robert. Those tracks made a good whiff sound in the air when they were swung.
I had the Max Machine (and Tobor mentioned in the ad) and Riviton (and erector set and tinker toys). Still have the micronauts and Mattel football shown in the beginning… so many good ones back in the 80s.
Loved the Mattel football game!!!
Thank you for watching sideburn and sharing some of what you had. That's cool that you still have some of them/
I got Tobor (I remember the commercials were SO emphatic that it was "Robot spelled backwards") for Christmas one year. I was so excited. . . for about three minutes. Talk about a disappointment.
@@matchstickdesignco 😂 I remember that commercial also hahah “it’s robot spelled backwards!”. Mine did not last long either. I had a bad habbit of dissecting the electronics out of my toys and turning them into something else. A little like “Sid” in Toy Story lol
Thanks for showing the black dolls 2.
You bet. There have been many that have also been popular.
I remember a lot of those toys Rhett, I totally forgot about Smash Up Derby until you mentioned it. My brother had that one along with many others there. I don’t recall the rest of the name you said though, I only remember it being called Smash Up Derby. ❤Jodie 🇦🇺
👋😁🇦🇺Hi Jodie!
@@paulstan9828 hi 👋 Paul 😁🇺🇸
There was a separate set just called Smash Up Derby and it was popular as well. There is a reference to these old smash up cars in the movie Cars if you have seen it. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Jodie!
They didn't think it out on those toys did they? No wonder they didn't last! Thanks Rhetty, Loved watching!
I had the Hugo and Bionic Man. I also had all the Evel Knievel toys as well. Great times!
Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you had TM_Stone!
I love learning about things from the past. The 1970's seems like a interesting and wonderful decade. Thanks for sharing. Cool video. ^_^
Loved ❤💯👍
Thank you for watching David!
Ha!!! I wonder how most of those made it past consumer testing. I only remember a few of them.
Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺
Hi Paul. 👋😁🇺🇸
I'm sure back then they were just cranking things out and didn't bother with that too much. Thank you for watching Paul!
Interesting that there was also a hit song called Baby Come Back by the group Player around the time that the doll of the same name was out
Yes it is gmwcfhg. Thank you for watching and bringing that up.
In the '60's, I had an all metal version of Smash Up Derby car; you would wind it up and let run across the floor in to a wall or furniture, and when it hit something, the hood, the trunk lid, and both doors would fly off, and a little plastic figure of the driver would fall out. By today's standards, kind of a gruesome toy.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had Steven. Was that the SSP Smash Up Derby Car set?
@@RhettyforHistory I don't recall now who made it, but I don't think it had any connection to the SSp Smash Up Derby Car set; it resembled a late '50's Coupe. I think it was around 1963 or '64 that I had that toy; it didn't last very long and eventually wouldn't hold on to it's parts; even the main spring eventually broke.
I had the Girder Panel set. My brother had the airport set. Another cool toy was Big Trak from Milton Bradley. We would set a code and run down a darkened room and hid. We would wait for it to come find us. Scary but hours of fun. Miss the 80s for sure!
I certainly remember a few of these. And some I don't, but wish I'd had- like the suntan Tuesday doll- that would have been fun!
As child of 80's I know some of these we're my hand'me down toys!!!
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I still have some Holly Hobbie things. I had a GI Joe that my friend and I used to play with in a creek. He had a raft that we put him on and we would walk along the creek with him until he got stuck on something. We would unstick him and keep going. Hours of fun!!
Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have as well as some of your memories.
I wonder if the band "Player" ever had a deal with Baby Come Back.
That's a great question. Thank you for watching!
That OJ doll is probably worth a lot now.
I bet it is too. Thank you for watching nickimontie!
loved my hot wheels ,match box super fast and tonka jeeps
Thank you for watching and sharing what you loved youtubecarspottersguide1!
When we were kids we would often play in the kitchen. it was the only room in the house our cars would roll because of carpet.
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
And one of my favorite Simpsons moments:
Marge: "What are you kids doing in there?"
Lisa, who is gleefully slapping Bart with a Hot Wheels track as he does the same to her: "Playing Hot Wheels!"
Haha! That's funny and true! There was a lot of sword fighting with those tracks among siblings. Thank you for watching!
My Mom worked at Kenner from the mid-70s to the early 90s….guess what toys I grew up with? 🤣. Luckily, I was a huge Star Wars fan! Miss you Mom ❤
Thank you for watching and sharing some of what you had Brian!
Little Miss No Name.... the orphan doll! I still have mine and my grandchildren are scared of it! 😂
I had the electronic football game that was shown during the intro, and the Hotwheel corkscrew racing set. I also had an orange race track set, but it was bigger than the one shown, and my favorite part was revving up the cars on a piece of wood - because shag carpet of course, lol.
I still have my Holly Hobby rag doll and my Holly Hobby Easy Bake oven. Wish I still had all of my toys.
That's neat that you still have a couple of your toys. Thank you for watching Maggie!
Tuesday Taylor! Lol. I remember her and a few more of these as well as Holly Hobbie.
Thank you for watching asa3409!
I had totally forgotten about Riviton! I had a set, but I really don’t remember playing with it at all. I do remember using the rivet gun as a sci-fi blaster though.
That would definitely make a great sci-fi gun. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Michael!
I was born in 82, my big sister in 72…I inherited her yellow, Honda Kick N Go😊. I was the cool kid in the neighborhood that had the “scooter with a pedal”🤣 When they say that “Honda’s will last forever…” it’s true! That thing has went through 10 children over the years and it still works like it is brand new. My baby grandson will ride it one day🥰
I just missed these being born in 83
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Although I loved all of my "Girlie" toys my brother's toys were so bada$$ and seemingly filled with more adventure. I would incorporate my toys into my brother's toys much to his annoyance. 😂😂
That's funny Vicki! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us!
I would love to see a video of knockoff toys, beverages, clothes, etc. Example would be Brix Blox instead of Legos
Thank you for watching and suggesting that topic Sean!
HEY, RHETTY
Hopefully you and Your family had
A wonderful Christmas & New Year's as for the Video I have Always Enjoy this type of
Content so please keep them coming
Take care stay safe and see you on the next video
We had a great holiday season and I hope you did as well Mark. Thank you for watching my friend!
I'd almost forgotten the girder and panel sets. we had one with patterns for multiple different kinds of bridges.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had kenbrown2808!
I'm surprised at how many of these I remember. I had a Holly Hobbie rag doll and vinyl lunchbox.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you had spacecatandthekittens1954!
Certainly had some strange dolls back in the 70's. That O.J. Simpson action figure gives me the willies...😰