[dickmc]

Any one remember View-Master?

Link to slideshow of historic popular toys is here.

Slash.dot thread is here.

[ARCADIA]

"And there's serious money to be had. Mr. Potato Head, made in 1952 by Hasbro's Playskool unit, was the first toy advertised on television, and it grossed more than $4 million in its first year (that's $30 billion in 2005 dollars)."

Huh!?!

[ARCADIA]

"And there's serious money to be had. Mr. Potato Head, made in 1952 by Hasbro's Playskool unit, was the first toy advertised on television, and it grossed more than $4 million in its first year (that's $30 billion in 2005 dollars)."

Huh!?!

[MikefromOhio]

"And there's serious money to be had. Mr. Potato Head, made in 1952 by Hasbro's Playskool unit, was the first toy advertised on television, and it grossed more than $4 million in its first year (that's $30 billion in 2005 dollars)."

We've had 800000+ % inflation since then? Wow.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Vintage View Master reels available here:

http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/pkt.html

[djf]

What I wanna know is, when I was a kid, my folks got me for Christmas this cool thing that was basically a wax mold setup. You'd plug it in, put the wax in the top, pop the plastic mold together, slide it in the bottom, then push on the plunger. The molds made little soldiers and tanks and airplanes, etc.

Try as I might, got the last 40 years, I can't remember the name! But I gotta lot of fun out of that little toy.

Mom and Dad, Merry Christmas!

[samiam1972]

No Big Wheel? Those were the best! My brother and I rode around the concrete basement for hours one winter on those things. They are hard to find now. Everything is motorized or too fancy.

[caver]

Red Rider BB Gun??

[LK44-40]

Somebody asked me at work the other day if I had played with Tinker Toys as a child (not sure if I was supposed to be offended...but I wasn't).

I never owned Tinker Toys although I played with them many times.

I was seriously into All American Plastic Bricks for a few years. They were for an older cohort than TTs. I pretended to be nursing a budding interest in architecture although, truly, I was only building forts to be populated with little plastic soldiers and then assaulted with various "missles" that I would launch their way!

[sweetliberty]

"Any one remember View-Master?"

But of course. They're still around, you know. I have bought them for both my daughter and grandson.

[Tonysgirl]

I love VIEW master that is like soooo cool.

I just love TOYS!!!