Toys Timeline

Toys mean more than just having something to keep you busy during your childhood. The right toy can educate a child, help them read, introduce them so to societal norms, or be an escape into a world of imagination. In 1995, society was exposed to numerous toys that forever changed previously held expectations of toys. [...]

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There was a line of toy cars – some based on the original Model T from Ford – that didn’t really have a name until 1924. On March 11, 1924, Tootsietoy was officially registered as a trade mark. That same year, the company that made the toy cars changed their name from Dowst Manufacturing Co. [...]

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1988 was an odd year for parents buying toys, as a new sensation was sweeping the nation up in a frenzy, the likes of which had not been seen for quite some time. It was in this year, 1988, that the Nintendo Entertainment System, most commonly referred to as the NES, experienced one of its [...]

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1942 was not the best of years for the United States, or the rest of the world. World War II had already been waging on for two whole years, and the U.S. was becoming more involved as the days went on. As a result, most of the manufacturing effort in the United States started switching [...]

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As the world wait to party like it was 1999, toys continued to be a hot item in 1998. Some big sellers from the past included Star Wars toys, Giga Pets, Barbie as Sleeping Beauty,  Olympic Skater Barbie Doll and of course the ever present Hot Wheels. One of the lowest priced items was Crayola [...]

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What toys were popular in 1977? Well, it depends on who you ask, but there were many favorites in 1977. We’re going to look at some of them below. If you remember the toys of 1977, be sure to read to the end of the article. This was the year the first Apple computers were [...]

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Just before the new millennium, all kids could talk about was Pokemon. With the flood of video games, card games, T.V. shows, and movies, it was everywhere. This is why it reached such heights of popularity in 1999.  There were a few other toy highlights in 1999, however. Keep reading to see more about the [...]

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Video games had been popular for many years, but with introduction of a better, portable game system in the early 1990’s, kids were finally walking out of dark arcades to play their games in the sunlight, where the screens were easier to look at. There were other toys that were popular in 1994 as well. [...]

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Most of the toys that were popular in 1962 are real classics for toy collectors today.  A few of the toys were kitschy and mostly clogged up the tops of desks and dashboards for years, but others have been keeping kids, and adult collectors, occupied for years. Tags: remco toys, Etch A Sketch, pool game, [...]

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There weren’t too many too innovations in 1956, but a few time tested favorites were released this year, including the popular dice game Yahtzee. (Hundreds of millions of sets of Yahtzee have sold over the years.) Other favorites of the 1950s were still around, including toys that helped children with their imagination – from toy [...]

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