What was your favourite toy...?...and can you still buy it...?

Question

I used to love Thunderbirds and amazingly they still come back into fashion from time to time!

I also used to spend hours drawing Fireball XL5.

Answer 1

bakugans

Answer 2

A bike. I know it can't be classed as a toy, but that was my favourite play-thing. And surprise, surprise they're still avaliable to buy these days!

Answer 3

I loved Cabbage Patch and barbie, so of course they are still around.

Mainly I played with stuff out of imagination.

Answer 4

i am an 80's nerd, so transformers are the top of my list, especially binaltechs and alternators (if you like real cars and transforming robots, there was no better line than alternators and binaltechs ).

Master Pieces are awesome sets to have too. ( optimus prime as a 14 or so inch figure, molded after his G1 scheme is the ultimate transformer toy ).

Edit: The line just got discontinued.

Answer 5

The best toys are classic toys. My faves include Playdoh, Lego and Crayola crayons.

Every toy line makes atleast 1 re-appearance over the years. I think my favourite toy re-issue was Cabbage Patch Kids. Especially because unlike other blasts from the past they still look and feel like the ones I had back in the 80's. Have you ever seen the new versions of Strawberry Shortcake or Care Bears.. total nightmares, they changed everything and most 80's kids won't go near them.

Answer 6

MARBLE RUN!   wow i just had no idea of how the marbles kept changing which way they wanted to go

Answer 7

space hopper, and now you can buy them again. Stillts and poggo sticks, both you can now get again.

Answer 8

rubiks cube.........never mastered it tho. just used to cheat and take the stickers off.

Answer 9

Lego,meccano, scalectrix and Airfix models all can still be bought and are popular.