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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
nostalgia inducing toys we all played
with before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re looking at our favorite toys that
were popular in the 80s 90s and early
2000s number 10 Polly Pocket & Mighty
Max back in the 90s there was much less
talk about the issue of gender divides
in the toy world Polly Pocket was
strictly for girls while Mighty Max was
marketed solely for boys everything
about Polly was pretty and adorable and
ad execs must have assumed that boys
preferred monstrous figurines well done
Jimmy regardless of which one you played
with though it was something undeniably
satisfying about holding an entire tiny
world in your hand losing pieces may
have been inevitable but that didn’t
stop us from collecting as many as we
could number 9
yak back in an age where grade schoolers
have iPhones the technology of the yak
back might not seem overly impressive
but in the 90s when it was released it
felt like the most advanced piece of
tech in the schoolyard imagine being
able to record your own voice on
something so tiny
chances are you definitely used it to
send inappropriate messages to your
siblings behind your parents backs its
predecessor was the slightly more
cumbersome top boy which let’s be honest
every kid wanted after seeing Kevin use
one in home alone too lost in New York
number 8 Furby whether you thought they
were creepy or cuddly might depend on
the year you were born
for those who were young in the late 90s
when fur bees were released
putting one on Christmas morning was the
next best thing if your parents wouldn’t
get you that puppy you always wanted the
Furby was pre-programmed with several
actions and words that could say but you
could always teach it new tricks
clearly the creator’s got something
right because they sold over 40 million
of the toys in the first three years
they were on the market number seven
Cabbage Patch Kids these dolls were in
such high demand in the lead-up to the
holiday season in 1983 that stores
couldn’t keep enough in stock to satisfy
customers and literal riots were started
by parents trying to snag one for their
children Cabbage Patch Kids were unique
in that they achieved successful sales
with both girls and boys whether
intentional or not something about the
marketing behind them had parents
crossing the gendered toy line they
really tried to up the authenticity of
these dolls offering each one with a
birth certificate and official adoption
papers making you feel like each one was
truly unique number six skip it
[Music]
come on everybody let’s skip it while a
more simplistic version of this toy
called the lemon twist had been marketed
in the 60s it was revived in the 80s by
tiger toys and quickly caught the
collective eye of children everywhere in
what some call the skip at Renaissance
in the 1990s a counter was added that
could let you show off to your friends
just how many skips you managed this
type of toy that encourages kids to
actually get outside and do some
physical activity doesn’t really seem to
get made anymore it was even voted as
one of the best 100 toys of all time by
Time magazine number 5 lite-brite we’d
like to issue an apology for the fact
that you will inevitably have the
lite-brite jingles stuck in your head
after watching these vintage ads though
it was first released in 1967 even in
the 80s lite brite was still a childhood
must have somehow it still felt
incredibly high-tech and ahead of its
time who could resist the colourful
lights and pegs that seemed to magically
turn into a cohesive image if you use
their templates of course hasbro has
tried to update the concept over the
years offering a flat screen version a
3d cube version and now even an iPad app
but nothing compares to the one we had
as kids number four creepy crawlers you
creep in oh I’m so creeped in and crawl
the predominant thinking in decades
passed seemed to be that boys wouldn’t
want a mini oven but ask any little
brother they were totally jealous this
product had the same fun elements of the
Easy Bake Oven while satisfying parental
concerns about quote unquote gender
appropriate toys regardless these were a
lot of fun creepy crawlers have been
around since the 60s in different
iterations and under different names but
unlike its predecessors this one didn’t
come with a high risk of getting burned
and presto change-o there was just
something so satisfying about playing
Frankenstein and creating these plastic
goop bugs especially if we had the Easy
Bake Oven going beside it to keep the
snacks coming well I don’t know what’s
in the boxes down here but I do know
that there are six or seven Easy Bake
Ovens in the Attic number three it’s a
sketch that ain’t no edges sketch this
is one doodle that can’t be undid home
skillet honestly even today we’re not
exactly sure how this popular sketching
toy worked the etch-a-sketch was
invented in the late 1950s but it
experienced a resurgence in popularity
in the late 80s and early 90s though the
concept might be simple we’re pretty
sure everyone remembers the frustration
of making a mistake and feeling
powerless to fix it there was no worse
offense than one of your siblings
ruining your painstakingly created
drawing or worse an accidental shake
that wiped your slate clean with no one
to blame but yourself
number two pop it this party game is
either amazing or maddening depending on
how good your hand-eye coordination is
typically played with multiple people
though there is a solo option
Popat forces you to act quickly to
comply with the orders it barks out at
you no longer you play the faster you
have to work there’s nothing that haunts
us more than that terrible scream that
lets us know we failed to execute the
command properly
there were several iterations of boPET
created after the original and the most
modern ones are still sold today before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions what do you have
there number one
Tamagotchi if it is a Tamagotchi her new
favorite pet yeah if you wanted to prove
to your parents that you were ready for
the responsibility of owning a pet
keeping this virtual critter alive was
the best you could do sadly most of us
couldn’t handle the pressure when it
came to frequent feedings potty training
and cleaning up excrement there’s no
shame in having killed your Tamagotchi
and you definitely shouldn’t take it as
an indication of how well you’d be able
to care for a real human child
there were many off-brand imitations but
nothing could hold a candle to the
Japanese original to this day we think
back fondly on our first little
electronic friend
[Applause]
[Music]
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North Pole create free custom video
messages from Santa for kids and
grown-ups get the app now do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
North Pole create free custom video
messages from Santa for kids and
grown-ups get the app now get ready to
be brought back to your childhood
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
nostalgia inducing toys we all played
with before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re looking at our favorite toys that
were popular in the 80s 90s and early
2000s number 10 Polly Pocket & Mighty
Max back in the 90s there was much less
talk about the issue of gender divides
in the toy world Polly Pocket was
strictly for girls while Mighty Max was
marketed solely for boys everything
about Polly was pretty and adorable and
ad execs must have assumed that boys
preferred monstrous figurines well done
Jimmy regardless of which one you played
with though it was something undeniably
satisfying about holding an entire tiny
world in your hand losing pieces may
have been inevitable but that didn’t
stop us from collecting as many as we
could number 9
yak back in an age where grade schoolers
have iPhones the technology of the yak
back might not seem overly impressive
but in the 90s when it was released it
felt like the most advanced piece of
tech in the schoolyard imagine being
able to record your own voice on
something so tiny
chances are you definitely used it to
send inappropriate messages to your
siblings behind your parents backs its
predecessor was the slightly more
cumbersome top boy which let’s be honest
every kid wanted after seeing Kevin use
one in home alone too lost in New York
number 8 Furby whether you thought they
were creepy or cuddly might depend on
the year you were born
for those who were young in the late 90s
when fur bees were released
putting one on Christmas morning was the
next best thing if your parents wouldn’t
get you that puppy you always wanted the
Furby was pre-programmed with several
actions and words that could say but you
could always teach it new tricks
clearly the creator’s got something
right because they sold over 40 million
of the toys in the first three years
they were on the market number seven
Cabbage Patch Kids these dolls were in
such high demand in the lead-up to the
holiday season in 1983 that stores
couldn’t keep enough in stock to satisfy
customers and literal riots were started
by parents trying to snag one for their
children Cabbage Patch Kids were unique
in that they achieved successful sales
with both girls and boys whether
intentional or not something about the
marketing behind them had parents
crossing the gendered toy line they
really tried to up the authenticity of
these dolls offering each one with a
birth certificate and official adoption
papers making you feel like each one was
truly unique number six skip it
[Music]
come on everybody let’s skip it while a
more simplistic version of this toy
called the lemon twist had been marketed
in the 60s it was revived in the 80s by
tiger toys and quickly caught the
collective eye of children everywhere in
what some call the skip at Renaissance
in the 1990s a counter was added that
could let you show off to your friends
just how many skips you managed this
type of toy that encourages kids to
actually get outside and do some
physical activity doesn’t really seem to
get made anymore it was even voted as
one of the best 100 toys of all time by
Time magazine number 5 lite-brite we’d
like to issue an apology for the fact
that you will inevitably have the
lite-brite jingles stuck in your head
after watching these vintage ads though
it was first released in 1967 even in
the 80s lite brite was still a childhood
must have somehow it still felt
incredibly high-tech and ahead of its
time who could resist the colourful
lights and pegs that seemed to magically
turn into a cohesive image if you use
their templates of course hasbro has
tried to update the concept over the
years offering a flat screen version a
3d cube version and now even an iPad app
but nothing compares to the one we had
as kids number four creepy crawlers you
creep in oh I’m so creeped in and crawl
the predominant thinking in decades
passed seemed to be that boys wouldn’t
want a mini oven but ask any little
brother they were totally jealous this
product had the same fun elements of the
Easy Bake Oven while satisfying parental
concerns about quote unquote gender
appropriate toys regardless these were a
lot of fun creepy crawlers have been
around since the 60s in different
iterations and under different names but
unlike its predecessors this one didn’t
come with a high risk of getting burned
and presto change-o there was just
something so satisfying about playing
Frankenstein and creating these plastic
goop bugs especially if we had the Easy
Bake Oven going beside it to keep the
snacks coming well I don’t know what’s
in the boxes down here but I do know
that there are six or seven Easy Bake
Ovens in the Attic number three it’s a
sketch that ain’t no edges sketch this
is one doodle that can’t be undid home
skillet honestly even today we’re not
exactly sure how this popular sketching
toy worked the etch-a-sketch was
invented in the late 1950s but it
experienced a resurgence in popularity
in the late 80s and early 90s though the
concept might be simple we’re pretty
sure everyone remembers the frustration
of making a mistake and feeling
powerless to fix it there was no worse
offense than one of your siblings
ruining your painstakingly created
drawing or worse an accidental shake
that wiped your slate clean with no one
to blame but yourself
number two pop it this party game is
either amazing or maddening depending on
how good your hand-eye coordination is
typically played with multiple people
though there is a solo option
Popat forces you to act quickly to
comply with the orders it barks out at
you no longer you play the faster you
have to work there’s nothing that haunts
us more than that terrible scream that
lets us know we failed to execute the
command properly
there were several iterations of boPET
created after the original and the most
modern ones are still sold today before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions what do you have
there number one
Tamagotchi if it is a Tamagotchi her new
favorite pet yeah if you wanted to prove
to your parents that you were ready for
the responsibility of owning a pet
keeping this virtual critter alive was
the best you could do sadly most of us
couldn’t handle the pressure when it
came to frequent feedings potty training
and cleaning up excrement there’s no
shame in having killed your Tamagotchi
and you definitely shouldn’t take it as
an indication of how well you’d be able
to care for a real human child
there were many off-brand imitations but
nothing could hold a candle to the
Japanese original to this day we think
back fondly on our first little
electronic friend
[Applause]
[Music]
this video is brought to you by portable
North Pole create free custom video
messages from Santa for kids and
grown-ups get the app now do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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