Classic Toys and Games

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Monopoly was based on something called The Landlords Game.

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Lego-- Danish word for leg godt " play well"

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Mr. Potato Head was the first toy ever advertised on TV

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Remember in 1983 trying to find a Cabbage Patch Kid.

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The wooden staircase leading down to the basement was perfect walking territory for Slinky.

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I own 4 Super Toe Field Goal kickers.

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I own 4 Super Toe Field Goal kickers.

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Is there anyone on here that remembers anyone working the elevator in Barbie's Dream House?

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Mrs. Beasley a doll that wore a blue polka-dot-dress was introduced in the 1966/71 sitcom Family Affair.

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Madame Alexander Dolls...introducing Cissy from 1955 the first fashion doll in the U.S.A.

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Raggedy Ann and Andy- the starting point here was when cartoonist Johnny Gruelle found and old doll in his mother's attic. Ann was made in 1915, and Andy was started in 1920

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If you owned a Stretch Armstrong doll you had a rubber man filled with gelled corn syrup.

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Mattel introduced Chatty Cathy in 1960 became the second most popular doll next to Babie.

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In the late 60s and early 70s we had Evel Knievel and in 1973 for Christmas, Ideal Toy Company put out the Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle play set.

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1974 Mattel put out the Sunshine Fun Family

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Operation hit the stores in March 1965.

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1981 Trivial Pursuit Was launched

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Toymaker Milton Bradley brought Snakes and Ladders to the U.S. in 1943, renaming the game Chutes and Ladders.

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The game of Monopoly has been a board game going back to 1935.

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The game Clue was first called Cluedo invented in the early 40s by British game designer Anthony Pratt.