100 Classic Toys

[Green Shirt]

I got bored with the Strange Change Machine after about 5 minutes, so it probably didn't make the list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vVRyo3ZGcY

 

[Timewalker]

Classic Kenner Star Wars action figures (1978-1985).

To this day, if you have a vinyl-caped Jawa on the original 1978 Kenner cardback with the first 12 Star Wars action figures pictured on the back (the legendary "12-Backs" within the SW collecting community) he can be worth several thousand dollars all by himself. Even if you didn't or don't own a valuable figure, they variety of characters and play value were unbeatable for their time, with roughly 100 different humans, droids, humanoids and other aliens in the Classic Era that lasted seven years.

Since SW action figures were relaunched in 1995 with modern tooling and sculpts and vastly more accurate resemblances to the movie and TV characters those old figures have been vastly overshadowed by the hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of newer figures cranked out by Kenner and then Hasbro, but those original, classic Kenner toys were in a category all by themselves. And don't forget all the cool ships, vehicles, playsets and the bigger, more detailed 12" figures!

I have those 1978 Star Wars figures (I assume you mean the ~3" tall ones?). It took a few months to collect them (babysitting for 50 cents/hour, and the figures were $2.99, so it took awhile). I've never seen anybody around here express interest in paying any more than garage sale prices for them, though.

Clue: a generic flying toy

Clue: Cut-outs to make scenes with.

Kite
paper dolls


I would also like to guess:

Jacks
Dominoes
Kaleidoscope
Puppets

 

[cooleddie74]

Yeah, the 3.75" action figures in the Kenner-brand packaging. Most of them aren't worth a mint to be sure since they were produced in such colossal numbers during that timeframe (I believe someone once calculated that a couple hundred million were sold worldwide between 1978 and 1985), but some of the older and scarcer ones that were more difficult to find in stores command some hefty secondary market prices.

The vinyl-caped Jawa can go for hundreds and hundreds even out of the package if he's been certified as the genuine article and not a fake made by modern customizers. The prototypes for the unreleased rocket-firing Boba Fett figure (cancelled due to choking and safety hazard concerns at the time) have run as high as $15,000 and upwards each. The Star Wars action figure market can be a wild place.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Paper airplane? - NO

those rubber-band propeller planes - NO


Kite - YES (this was the flying toy in the book) \. Ancient.
paper dolls - NO

Jacks - YES - ancient. iT is similar to Knuckles, a game I played growing up. Oginally the game used sheep knuckles but later one plastic knuckles were used.
Dominoes - NO
Kaleidoscope -NO
Puppets - NO

 

[Miss Chicken]

See and Say - NO
Johnny West? - NO

ColorForms - NO, what I am looking for is similar to ColorForms but made from a different material and British in origin.

Oh, were coloring books and/or crayons - NO


Ball and Jax? - Not quite. Jacks are one of the toys.
Paddle ball? - NO

I will be posting the list as soon as I add to it. I will also be putting clues for the all the toys that remain.

 

[Timewalker]

Shrinky Dinks?

 

[MacLeod]

Apologies if any have been mentioned

Scrabble
Atari
TMNT
He-Man
Skipping Rope
Simon
Radio Control Cars
Uno


Did you say Dice based games are out others I might have suggest

Trivial Purist
D&D
Risk

 

[Miss Chicken]

Shrinky Dinks?

NO. I had to look those up as I didn't know what they were. They look like fun.


Here is the list so far -

Tinkertoy
Lego
G. I Joe
Barbie
5 - Slinky

Rubik's Cube
Mousetrap
Lincoln Logs
Silly putty
10 - Play-doh

Operation
yo-yos
Mr. Potato Head
Transformers
15- Etch a sketch

Barrel of monkeys
Frisbee
Hula Hoop
Matchbox Cars
20 - Hot Wheel Cars

Little People
Hornby Trains
Scalextric
Meccano/Erector Set
25 - Alphabet Blocks

Rocking Horse
Jump Rope
Jack-in-the-Box
Marbles
30 - Star Wars Action Figures

NERF
Steiff Bears
Merrythought Bears
Spirograph
35 - Tonka Trucks

Lionel trains
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Dollhouses
water pistols
40 - stretch armstrong

rock-em sock-em robots
Toy soldiers - Army men
Toy soldiers - Airfix 1:32 soldier
Toy soldiers - William Britain Super Deetail
45 - Playmobil

Subbuteo
Balls
My Little Pony
Plasticine
50 - Magic 8 ball

View-Master
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Bubble-makers
Twister
55 - Kite


Jacks
Jenga
Kerplunk
Brio trains
60 - Sylvanian Families


Raggedy Anne
Airfix Models
Action Man
Connect 4
65 - Battleships


Those that are left include

*3 building toys
*An American football game
*A mule
*2 guessing games
*A toy that uses the same priciple as a magic wallet
*A shuffleboard game
*A maze game
*A flat (usually) toy with many pieces
*A game with lots of round, flat pieces
*A electronic toy that has been descibe by some as "the most annoying musical of all time
* A musical television
* A very bouncy ball
* A toy children hop about on
* A toy children sit on and bounce

Mor clues later.

 

[Timewalker]

Apologies if any have been mentioned

Scrabble
Atari
TMNT
He-Man
Skipping Rope
Simon
Radio Control Cars
Uno


Did you say Dice based games are out others I might have suggest

Trivial Purist
D&D
Risk

Trivial Purist? (I know what you meant, but this is funny, considering we're on a Star Trek forum! )

Risk uses dice. Polyhedral dice are an integral part of D&D.


A mule - Gumby & Pokey?
Shuffleboard game = Rebound
Flat (usually) with many pieces = jigsaw puzzles
Lots of round, flat pieces = Tiddlywinks (or crokinole)
Kids hop around on a Pogo stick!

 

[MacLeod]

Space Hopper
Snap
Bucking Bronco

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Super Ball.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Scrabble - NO
Atari - NO
TMNT - NO
He-Man - NO
Skipping Rope - Already on list
Simon - NO
Radio Control Cars - NO
Uno - NO


Did you say Dice based games are out others I might have suggest - Yes, there are no dice based games

Trivial Purist - NO
D&D - NO
Risk - NO


A mule - Gumby & Pokey? - NO
Shuffleboard game = Rebound - YES. No inverntor given. 1971.
Flat (usually) with many pieces = jigsaw puzzles - YES. Inventor: John Spilsbury. 1767.
Lots of round, flat pieces = Tiddlywinks - YES. Inventor: Joseph Assheton Fincher. !888.
Kids hop around on a Pogo stick! - YES. Inventor: George B. Hansburg. 1919.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Space Hopper - YES. Inventor: Aquilino Cosini. 1968.
Snap - NO
Bucking Bronco - NO but the mule toy is very similar to a Bucking Bronco.


Super Ball - YES. Inventor: Norman Stingley. 1965.

 

[MacLeod]

K'Nex
Thistle blocks

 

[Roddenberry]

Meccano (sic)
Buckeroo
Guess Who
Pictionary
Screwball Scramble
Checkers/Draughts
Simple Simon
Pogo Stick

 

[Miss Chicken]

K'Nex - YES: Inventor Joel Glickman: 1992. This is listed under "Future Classic" so it isn't one of the three building toys that are covered by my clue.
Thistle blocks - Maybe. They are listed as Stickle Bricks in the book but look almost the same. Stickle Bricks were invented by Denys Fisher in 1968. This is one of the three building toys my clue covered.

Meccano - already mentioned
Buckeroo - YES. The mule my clue was for. Inventor: Julius Cooper 1971.
Guess Who - YES. Inventors: Ora and Theo Coster. 1979.
Pictionary - NO
Screwball Scramble - NO
Checkers/Draughts - NO
Simple Simon - NO
Pogo Stick - covered a few posts ago.

The other two building toys are 1) A Swiss meccano-like toy 2) and a wooden plank building toy.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

mule = Pin the Tail on the Donkey

 

[Miss Chicken]

mule = Pin the Tail on the Donkey

No. The mule one has already been answered - it was Buckaroo.

 

[Captain Ice]

Handheld electronic football game (american football)
Electric football game (also american football)

 

[Miss Chicken]

Handheld electronic football game (american football)
Electric football game (also american football)

Electric Football - YES - Inventor: Norman Sas 1947.