hey what’s that kid doing the sound of
disco filled our ears and these things
filled our toy boxes a family farm
completed shown welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 toy lines from the 1970s
here’s the fisher-price play family
house with its own handy garage for the
play family car for this list we’ve
looked at those toys that dominated the
children’s market in the 1970s module
it’s a little you can it’s new
radio-controlled Odyssey to anyone come
on it doesn’t matter if they existed
before our decade only that their main
era of popularity was within it this is
part of a series of videos ranging from
the 1960s to the 2000s number 10 Hungry
Hungry Hippos if you want to win the
game you gotta take over day and get the
most Marvel with your own a game that
probably rests within many 21st century
toy boxes as well
these Hungry Hungry Hippos were
definitely not starved starved of
success in the 70s a toy for up to four
players this was the highlight to many a
sleepover and a major reason why your
friends were clamoring to stay for
dinner set your trigger finger release
the marbles and then enjoy the chaos
it’s one of those wacky ideas the toy
makers often have that really really
works hungry hungry
jambe Hungry Hippos number nine punch
meets for some reason there were few
things in the 70s that satisfied quite
as much as the thrill of getting to
punch your favorite cartoon character
square in the nose punch means put Fred
Flintstone
Popeye the sailorman and many more onto
an inflated piece of plastic and invited
you to pulverize them of course we all
too often got a little carried away
body-slammed Barney Rubble and put an
irreparable hole in his head
but hey he was probably asking for it
number eight pogo sticks a concept that
was first patented in 1891 the modern
pogo was officially invented in March
1920 by Hans Pollock and Ernest goat
shell it was in 1978 however that these
spring yourself some things really took
off with in the world of toys the thrill
of catapulting into the air for a few
seconds made all the painful Falls and
near impalements worthwhile thank you
back a risk element that’s recently led
to the creation of X pogo as an extreme
sport if you had one of these you were
rad before your time even mom and pop
can hot grandpa to number seven walkie
talkies Evan this is Scott Kevin this is
Scott do you hear me or now next to a
toy that the modern generation couldn’t
possibly understand
Kevin my bike is broken can you help me
before the smartphone we had the
walkie-talkie or the transistor radio if
you were trying to sound posh a crystal
controlled and battery operated just
like dad’s biggest CB units and it was
the height of toy technology in the
1970s available in a range of different
designs from Batman to Star Trek if you
had these than everyone wanted to be
your friend
just remember to press the button before
you talk but fold up antennae alarm
button and danger signal too often we
forgot and too often valuable
information was missed
yes but send me a signal so I can warn
you number six fisher-price garage a toy
aimed at a slightly younger age group
next as fisher-price did what they did
best the company was a favorite with
parents and kids alike because of their
bright block colors and simple safe and
satisfying designs you almost believe
you’re a busy farmer
driving the tractor and feeding the
animals in the barnyard and their garage
toy was perhaps their most popular of
all a three-story service center
complete with functioning elevator
spinning show area and gas pump this
thing never got old there you go
car goes up car comes down car goes up
car comes down car goes well you get the
point
number five Star Wars toys it’s just
fader watch out and he’s got a
lightsaber it was one of the decades
defining movies and it was one of the
decades defining toy lines when Star
Wars was released in 1977 the
intergalactic saga mounted an assault on
the merchandise market like nothing else
before it
my goodness the Star Wars TIE fighter an
extra spice Jojo children can read there
are great space battles with its range
of action figures vehicles and
specialist items Star Wars topped many
essentialists that year and here’s
kena’s Death Star space station full
flows of action a trash compactor –
setting a film industry trend for
generations to come these toys brought a
galaxy far far away
into our play rooms actually is not
included may the force be with you and
your children number four view-master
now you can see scenes from Superman the
movie on a viewmaster viewer this toy
had been around long before the 70s but
it was during this decade especially the
kids couldn’t get enough of it just put
in a reel and click you can see Superman
a legendary Man of Steel in action the
idea that you had some form of control
over the image that was being shown
before your eyes was novel enough but
add into the mix your favorite movies
shows and characters and perhaps an
audio upgrade and you’ve got a must-have
accessory Merry Christmas mr. Scrooge
now with the new electronic talking
viewmaster viewer that
he’s not included see and here 3d scenes
from Disney’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol
another retro toy that would be entirely
lost on the modern generation it looks
simple now but it was something special
then I always considered the GAF you mr.
an ingenious invention a great
educational value gee I was always just
a lot of fun number three light bright
even if making lots of pretty pictures
wasn’t really your thing
lite-brite was a toy that everyone
wanted to try out just pop in the
colored pegs and follow the patterns
it’s easy to make your favorite pictures
and characters or you can always create
your own light pictures created in 1967
each set came with a load of light-up
plastic pegs and a blank canvas of peg
shaped holes the challenge was to
arrange the pegs in the right holes to
create something artistic then all that
was left to do was to turn out the
lights turn on the canvas and marvel at
your masterpiece or in most cases muse
over where it went wrong light bright
from Milton Bradley number 2 Simon Simon
sets the pace you follow right along
light the lights that Simon lights or
he’ll tell you that you’re wrong another
toy for which light and color is key
Simon was perhaps the greatest 1970s
example of a product that crossed over
from kids to adults and back again
Simon’s a computer Simon has a brain you
either do what Simon Says or elves go
down the drain a game that could be
played on one’s own or with company the
point was to press the right buttons in
exactly the right order working on the
Simon Says concept it was a memory test
and a whole lot of fun it’s jolly jingle
of Victory ranks up there with the ice
cream van in terms of sounds we love to
hear thank you before we pull our top
pick out of the toy box here are a few
honorable mentions
Eagles riding the amazing sky cycle that
shadow power sends him over a hired PETA
top speed and with the newly returned
Jews can build this star cruiser on
cargo trench or radar tank and your kids
commend their toys by remote control
silly string from when number one hot
wheels you know they’re hardly what born
the ice-t the rocket by baby diecast toy
cars were a very big business throughout
the 70s but hot wheels were the absolute
must-haves a sturdy toy in which the
quality compared to its competitors was
clear by the end of the decade car
manufacturers would be lining up out the
door to get their latest designs done in
miniature kids could race him crashing
collect them do anything they wanted
with them a combination of imaginative
autos and real-life roadsters for
today’s number one we had to go with the
winner these Hot Wheels every way it
take that some of those boated they help
us get the job done do you agree with
our list which toy did we leave behind
for more childhood reliving top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
disco filled our ears and these things
filled our toy boxes a family farm
completed shown welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 toy lines from the 1970s
here’s the fisher-price play family
house with its own handy garage for the
play family car for this list we’ve
looked at those toys that dominated the
children’s market in the 1970s module
it’s a little you can it’s new
radio-controlled Odyssey to anyone come
on it doesn’t matter if they existed
before our decade only that their main
era of popularity was within it this is
part of a series of videos ranging from
the 1960s to the 2000s number 10 Hungry
Hungry Hippos if you want to win the
game you gotta take over day and get the
most Marvel with your own a game that
probably rests within many 21st century
toy boxes as well
these Hungry Hungry Hippos were
definitely not starved starved of
success in the 70s a toy for up to four
players this was the highlight to many a
sleepover and a major reason why your
friends were clamoring to stay for
dinner set your trigger finger release
the marbles and then enjoy the chaos
it’s one of those wacky ideas the toy
makers often have that really really
works hungry hungry
jambe Hungry Hippos number nine punch
meets for some reason there were few
things in the 70s that satisfied quite
as much as the thrill of getting to
punch your favorite cartoon character
square in the nose punch means put Fred
Flintstone
Popeye the sailorman and many more onto
an inflated piece of plastic and invited
you to pulverize them of course we all
too often got a little carried away
body-slammed Barney Rubble and put an
irreparable hole in his head
but hey he was probably asking for it
number eight pogo sticks a concept that
was first patented in 1891 the modern
pogo was officially invented in March
1920 by Hans Pollock and Ernest goat
shell it was in 1978 however that these
spring yourself some things really took
off with in the world of toys the thrill
of catapulting into the air for a few
seconds made all the painful Falls and
near impalements worthwhile thank you
back a risk element that’s recently led
to the creation of X pogo as an extreme
sport if you had one of these you were
rad before your time even mom and pop
can hot grandpa to number seven walkie
talkies Evan this is Scott Kevin this is
Scott do you hear me or now next to a
toy that the modern generation couldn’t
possibly understand
Kevin my bike is broken can you help me
before the smartphone we had the
walkie-talkie or the transistor radio if
you were trying to sound posh a crystal
controlled and battery operated just
like dad’s biggest CB units and it was
the height of toy technology in the
1970s available in a range of different
designs from Batman to Star Trek if you
had these than everyone wanted to be
your friend
just remember to press the button before
you talk but fold up antennae alarm
button and danger signal too often we
forgot and too often valuable
information was missed
yes but send me a signal so I can warn
you number six fisher-price garage a toy
aimed at a slightly younger age group
next as fisher-price did what they did
best the company was a favorite with
parents and kids alike because of their
bright block colors and simple safe and
satisfying designs you almost believe
you’re a busy farmer
driving the tractor and feeding the
animals in the barnyard and their garage
toy was perhaps their most popular of
all a three-story service center
complete with functioning elevator
spinning show area and gas pump this
thing never got old there you go
car goes up car comes down car goes up
car comes down car goes well you get the
point
number five Star Wars toys it’s just
fader watch out and he’s got a
lightsaber it was one of the decades
defining movies and it was one of the
decades defining toy lines when Star
Wars was released in 1977 the
intergalactic saga mounted an assault on
the merchandise market like nothing else
before it
my goodness the Star Wars TIE fighter an
extra spice Jojo children can read there
are great space battles with its range
of action figures vehicles and
specialist items Star Wars topped many
essentialists that year and here’s
kena’s Death Star space station full
flows of action a trash compactor –
setting a film industry trend for
generations to come these toys brought a
galaxy far far away
into our play rooms actually is not
included may the force be with you and
your children number four view-master
now you can see scenes from Superman the
movie on a viewmaster viewer this toy
had been around long before the 70s but
it was during this decade especially the
kids couldn’t get enough of it just put
in a reel and click you can see Superman
a legendary Man of Steel in action the
idea that you had some form of control
over the image that was being shown
before your eyes was novel enough but
add into the mix your favorite movies
shows and characters and perhaps an
audio upgrade and you’ve got a must-have
accessory Merry Christmas mr. Scrooge
now with the new electronic talking
viewmaster viewer that
he’s not included see and here 3d scenes
from Disney’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol
another retro toy that would be entirely
lost on the modern generation it looks
simple now but it was something special
then I always considered the GAF you mr.
an ingenious invention a great
educational value gee I was always just
a lot of fun number three light bright
even if making lots of pretty pictures
wasn’t really your thing
lite-brite was a toy that everyone
wanted to try out just pop in the
colored pegs and follow the patterns
it’s easy to make your favorite pictures
and characters or you can always create
your own light pictures created in 1967
each set came with a load of light-up
plastic pegs and a blank canvas of peg
shaped holes the challenge was to
arrange the pegs in the right holes to
create something artistic then all that
was left to do was to turn out the
lights turn on the canvas and marvel at
your masterpiece or in most cases muse
over where it went wrong light bright
from Milton Bradley number 2 Simon Simon
sets the pace you follow right along
light the lights that Simon lights or
he’ll tell you that you’re wrong another
toy for which light and color is key
Simon was perhaps the greatest 1970s
example of a product that crossed over
from kids to adults and back again
Simon’s a computer Simon has a brain you
either do what Simon Says or elves go
down the drain a game that could be
played on one’s own or with company the
point was to press the right buttons in
exactly the right order working on the
Simon Says concept it was a memory test
and a whole lot of fun it’s jolly jingle
of Victory ranks up there with the ice
cream van in terms of sounds we love to
hear thank you before we pull our top
pick out of the toy box here are a few
honorable mentions
Eagles riding the amazing sky cycle that
shadow power sends him over a hired PETA
top speed and with the newly returned
Jews can build this star cruiser on
cargo trench or radar tank and your kids
commend their toys by remote control
silly string from when number one hot
wheels you know they’re hardly what born
the ice-t the rocket by baby diecast toy
cars were a very big business throughout
the 70s but hot wheels were the absolute
must-haves a sturdy toy in which the
quality compared to its competitors was
clear by the end of the decade car
manufacturers would be lining up out the
door to get their latest designs done in
miniature kids could race him crashing
collect them do anything they wanted
with them a combination of imaginative
autos and real-life roadsters for
today’s number one we had to go with the
winner these Hot Wheels every way it
take that some of those boated they help
us get the job done do you agree with
our list which toy did we leave behind
for more childhood reliving top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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