100 Top Toys

from thesurveyplace

BOLD (or put an x by, whichever) the toys you owned. [I'm only counting toys I had when I was under the age of, say 15; the color highlighted ones show what my sisters bought their kids and I played with when I was under 15 or so]

1. Hula Hoop
2. Barbie
3. LEGO
4. G.I. Joe
5. Mr. Potato [head?]
6. Monopoly
7. Star Wars Figure
8. Yo-Yo
9. Slinky--a metal one!
10. Wiffle Ball & Bat
11. Play Doh
12. Radio Flyer
13. Snoopy Sno Cone Machine
14. Bike--not until I was 12
15. Match Box/Hot Wheels
16. Etch-A-Sketch
17. Rock'em Sock'em
18. Scrabble
19. Easy Bake Oven--I'd forgotten about this...
20. ATARI
21. Nintendo
22. Teddy Bear--I had other stuffed animals; I didn't get a bear till college. When I graduated I had about 7!
23. Nerf
24. Water Guns (screw that: I had a cap pistol, IN a holster!)
25. Lite Brite
26. Lionel Trains--my brother in law had these, not the kids! He still plays with them, at age 63!
27. Silly Putty
28. Crayola Crayons--mixed in among all the crappy off-brands, I must have had a couple real crayolas, right?
29. Cabbage Patch Kids (I'm too old; they came out when I was in college)
30. Battleship
31. Twister
32. Shrinky Dinks--man, I loved these things!
33. Ninja Turtles
34. Connect Four
35. Tonka Toys
36. Strawberry Shortcake [Not on a bet! I think my nieces were into this, though.]
37. Mattel Classic Football
38. Pogo Stick
39. Tea Set--real china...hmmm, I wonder where it is...somewhere in my house...think it would sell on eBay?
40. Big Wheel
41. Transformers (too old; college again)
42. Jump Rope--only about 50 of them!
43. See & Say (too old; college)
44. Raggedy Ann--still have the puir thing somewhere, too
45. Frisbee--several
46. Hungry Hungry Hippos
47. Evel Knievel
48. Little People
49. Clue
50. Gameboy (I'm WAAAAY too old for this--my son got one of the first GB Colors)
51. Lincoln Logs--real wood!
52. Speak & Spell
53. He-Man
54. View Master
55. Mouse Trap
56. Barrel O' Monkeys
57. Stretch Armstrong
58. Madlibs
59. Simon
60. Tickle Me Elmo (too old...sigh)
61. Operation--I loved this game! My nieces used to cry because I hogged it.
62. Life
63. Rubik's Cube
64. Roller Skates--and man, did I suck!
65. Jig Saw Puzzle--dozens, nay, hundreds...
66. Risk
67. Tinker Toys
68. Smurfs [ick]
69. Slip & Slide
70. Candy Land
71. Walkie Talkies
72. Color Forms
73. Rainbow Brite [ICK]
74. Erector Set
75. Weeble Wobbles
76. Balsa Wood Airplanes
77. Stickers
78. Army Men
79. Trivial Pursuit [not until college]
80. Baby Alive
81. Wooly Willie [wtf?]
82. Little Golden Books--about a million of these
83. Memory--I think...? Sadly, I don't remember, but it rings a bell...
84. Gumby
85. My Little Pony [vomit]
86. Ouija Boards
87. Dominos
88. Care Bears [good heavens, I'm really going to be sick]
89. BB Guns
90. Model Sets
91. Uno
92. Remote Control Cars--Surely my oldest nephew had one of these? In any case, he builds 'em lifesize now, the weirdo, and makes them run on propane, too.
93. Sea Monkeys (Mom would never buy them for me! waaaaah)
94. Laser Tag (I'm WAY too old for this, too)
95. Chutes & Ladders--except ours was so old it was called "Snakes and Ladders" 96. Pong
97. Spirograph--I *heart* Spirograph
98. D&D
99. Thumbelina [I had the book; is this something different?]
100. Magic 8 Ball--hello jr. high and hi school!

That was fun.