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Rubik's Cube
3-D combination puzzle with many different permutations
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer and artist (1938–2007)
Play-Doh
Play-Doh, also known as Play-Dough, is a modeling compound for young children to make arts and crafts projects. The product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s. Play-Doh was then reworked and marketed to Cincinnati schools in the mid-1950s. Play-Doh was demonstrated at an educational convention in 1956 and prominent department stores opened retail accounts.
Hot Wheels
brand of scale model cars
Slime
Mattel toy
Annabelle
allegedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll
Microvision
The Microvision (aka Milton Bradley Microvision or MB Microvision) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges and in that sense is reprogrammable. It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in November 1979 for a retail price of $49.99, equivalent to $221.00 in 2025.
Mr. Potato Head
American toy
Nerf
Nerf is a toy brand formed by Parker Brothers and currently owned by Hasbro. Most of the toys are a variety of foam-based weaponry, with other Nerf products including balls for sports such as American football, basketball, and baseball. Their best known toys are their dart guns (referred to by Hasbro as "blasters") that shoot ammunition made from "Nerf foam" (partially reticulated polyether type polyurethane foam). Their primary slogan, introduced in the 1990s, is ''"It's Nerf or Nothin'!"''. Annual revenues under the Nerf brand are approximately .
The Six Million Dollar Man
American television series
spirograph
Spirograph is a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965.
LEGO Technic
advanced range of plastic toys
Magic 8-Ball
toy
clackers
Clackers (also known as Clankers, Ker-Bangers, latto-latto in the Philippines and most of Southeast Asia, and numerous other names) are toys that were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Lego City
Lego theme
Blythe
doll
Etch A Sketch
mechanical drawing toy
Monchhichi
is a line of Japanese stuffed monkey toys from the Sekiguchi Corporation, first released in 1974. They were licensed by Mattel in the United States until 1985, and later distributed worldwide directly by Sekiguchi. Five television series were produced based on the characters: the Japanese anime series in 1980, produced by Tokyo 12 Channel (now TV Tokyo); the American cartoon series Monchhichis in 1983, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; the French cartoon series Kiki, le Kiki de tous les Kiki in 2001, produced by Ben-J Productions; the Japanese stop-motion series in 2005, by Kids Station;
army men
toys
Silly String
practical joke device
flying disc freestyle
outdoor Sport
Ideal Toy Company
American toy company (established 1907)
Speak & Spell
handheld educational computer
Tente
construction set
Big Jim
action figure line
smart toy
toy which can learn, behave according to pattern, and alter its actions depending on environmental stimuli using on-board electronics
Easy-Bake Oven
toy stove
Lachsack
thumb A Lachsack (German, literally "laugh bag") is a novelty toy consisting of a small cloth bag containing a plastic box with a push button that, when pressed, plays recorded laughter.
Squirmles
thumb|upright|Original 1970's Squirmles
Stickle Bricks
construction toy