Remember These? Fisher-Price Toys That Will Bring Back Instant Memories

UltimateClassicRock ^ | August 27, 2025 | Stephen Lenz

[nickcarraway]

Kids today probably wouldn't be impressed with toys back then that would amaze children of the time.

But we could all remember there was time when a doll made of rags, or some other simple toy, was a toy cherished by children.

[BenLurkin]

The world will be a better place when the internet crashes for once and for all.

Not right away, of course. Things might take awhile to settle down.

[alternatives?]

I remember army men with dead Germans and horses, Japanese who had just been shot, and wounded Americans. Wouldn’t sell to kids today.

[T.B. Yoits]

Kids today probably wouldn't be impressed with toys back then that would amaze children of the time.

Imagination is grown, not innate, and too many toys today are passive entertainment.

[EvilCapitalist]

Not specifically a Fisher-Price toy, but I was reminiscing with an elderly neighbor today about when her son, and I were young and used to ride Big Wheels. I can’t recall which kind my Friend had, but I had the Knight Rider Big Wheel. Ah, memories....

[dagunk]

Tonka.

[pnz1]

Yes! I had the house, airport, and schoolhouse. Later we also got the Sesame Street set.

[Vesuvian]

I LOVED my Big Wheel, I was so sad when the front wheel broke, but then, it took tons of abuse.

[pnz1]

We had the Big Wheels. My parents cut the “clacker” out of the back wheel for some reason 🙄

[dfwgator]

[EvilCapitalist]

Lol!

[MachIV]

“but Fisher-Price went in a different direction and offered up Adventure People, who embraced the adventures of normal life...”

I didn’t see it as a different direction as much as it seemed to me Fisher-Price marketed toys for particularly younger children who might not have been into the Lazer stuff yet.

I think the parking garage toy I had as a 5 year old might still be in the cellar at my parents’ house to this very day.

[Dr. Sivana]

My favorite was the Ferris Wheel: (mine took smaller people pieces, though)

[Vesuvian]

That was the one I had. When it broke, my only consolation was that I was getting too big to ride it.

[equaviator]

The "Crazy Car"

[pnz1]

We had the Tonka construction equipment with sharp corners and edges tha could possibly cut you. Plus if you had to whack someone with one, it really hurt. We also loved our Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Wish I still had my old Tonka toys from the early 60s, back when they were made of actual steel.

[flair2000]

Some girl in the trailer park that was older than me bashed me in the head with a Tonka dump truck. That hurt.

[KarlInOhio]

The Fisher Price houseboat with a crew of six (including the dog) but only two life preservers. It had the diving board which could launch Little People across the room. I have no idea how my brother and I never snapped it off.

It had a grill, deck chairs and a dinghy. The only thing missing from a real houseboat was a keg.

[MomwithHope]

I’ve got the barn, the ferris wheel and the xylophone with a pull string for walking.