Toys Timeline

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 sold. Also, the Enterprise Space Shuttle made its first test launch from an airplane. As you can see, 1977 was an exciting year in many ways and it was no different when it came to toys.

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The growing urbanization after the dark ages meant more free time for the masses.  Adults and kids both now had time to think, play, drink, and have fun, like no other generation before them.  The toys, however, stayed pretty similar to the kinds of toys that were found in prior eras.  However, the quality and quantity of these toys grew.  In fact, this period would mark the beginning of the toy industry. Read the full story

Prior to the industrial revolution, toys pretty much stayed the same.  There were no great advances in toy making, and people were too busy trying to cure the plague and worrying about farming and surviving to find time to create new games and toys for their children.  But, the types of toys they played with varied a little bit from what children of the Ancient Empires played with. Read the full story