Most Popular Toys Of The 1970s

This video will discuss some of the most popular toys of the 1970s. Some of them are still popular today as they have evolved with the times. Others never even made it out of the decade. Either way these popular toys are memorable to all who had them.
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[@hedkace]

Dear youth, I miss you more than I ever could have imagined. 😔

[@RhettyforHistory]

These were good times! Thank you for watching!

[@hedkace]

@@RhettyforHistory And thank YOU for bringing back so many memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome

[@brainspin7518]

Youth to hedkace: stay young.... @ heart anyways lol. Sorry, it's the best I can do. I'm still Trying to find the keys to that darn Deloren or the blue police box (tardis). No luck so far, but I'll let you know if i find either.

[@notthatdigusted7468]

I did not have to go to repetitive job everyday of the week. :(

[@Floyd69]

I had been thinking all my life that my parents never got me nothing. I was shocked when I realized I had gotten 95 percent of everything in this video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is really good! Thank you for watching!

[@DGander007]

Ha !! I was thinking the same thing !

[@TitoTimTravels]

I know, right? For being so poor (as I remember) I sure had a lot of these. Granted we did not get color TV until 1979, or an car with aircon until the mid 1990s ha ha 😎

[@mojamb0]

Yup I was thinking the same thing

[@fan4life345]

Me too

[@scrap8930]

These really take me back to a simpler time . I remember most of these, and the feeling of wonderment that I felt upon first encounters...even where I was at the time....God, I miss being a kid !

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were great times and these toys certainly spark some memories. Thank you for watching!

[@lorettatomplait3270]

My thoughts exactly!

[@talzhiggs2399]

Yes I watch this everyday especially when am sad it's just a good feeling like ke am back in them days

[@RobKMusic]

I had everything you showed in the first 30 seconds... and like 70% of the rest. Being a kid in the 70s-80s was the BEST.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sounds like you had a great childhood! Thank you for watching!

[@bekaska6615]

Hellz yeaaa, specially growing up n da Northeast!🤘

[@MugsyNJ2]

"I had that, I had that, I had that, I had that, I had that..." - Me, watching this video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were awesome toys! Thanks for watching!

[@charlescaison4376]

I had a little over half of the toys shown here. Made me nostalgic and grateful to have had parents that tried so hard to get nice things for me even though we didn't have much money.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That was great of them! I'm sure they found joy in your joy having them! Thank you for watching!

[@PROUDCANADIANGIRL]

I hear that buddy!!!! Me me me me!!!!!

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Same😁

[@sturmgewehr70]

Great decade to grow up in! I wish I could go back, if only for a week.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right it was a great decade and I completely understand what you're saying! Thank you for watching!

[@anitakinnear6735]

I’d love just a day.

[@peterbelanger4094]

As an adult, or as the kids you were? I think what a lot of us miss is not the specific decade, but the innocence of youth, that time when we were not as burdened by the stresses of the world. No bills to pay, the news was just a dumb tv show for grownups, our bodies were still full of energy and growing. All we knew were toys. Everything was a potential toy. And I think even in the 70's the adults had plenty to stress about. It had it's pros and cons.

[@gregorywade8933]

Reminds me of Peggy Sue Got Married. I'd go back as me now.

[@gregorywade8933]

@@peterbelanger4094 I wouldn't go back. I watched Peggy Sue Got Married with my wife and she would go back as the adult she is now.

[@BoingotheClown]

Having been a kid in the 1970s, I really enjoyed this.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@pauladams896]

Me too!

[@BigDaddy-vr2ut]

I was born in the middle of the year of “ 72 .. didn’t recognize the comic book , I had a few of the items but the spoiled children I played with had all the other ones.

[@chrisb.1214]

Same here.

[@MrRezRising]

Born in '70. Every one of these toys is a nostalgia bomb.

[@p.j.graham9395]

Having been born in ‘76, I played with most of these as hand-me-downs. Awesome stuff!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You had some great ones! Thank you for watching!

[@williamm374]

Weeble People wobble but they don't fall down. Wow, this brings back memories. I remember ALL these toys! They were part of life!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they were! These were some awesome toys and some of them kept going into other decades. Thank you for watching!

[@TnseWlms]

On the British comedy "Are You Being Served?" the toy department mentions a similar toy "Wibbly Wobblies" Was this a real British equivalent of "Weebles" or a fictitious brand name?

[@jenniferolmstead139]

The commercial for Weebles used to drive me crazy! It was so annoying. BUT, it definitely got people's attention!

[@JoeyLevenson]

It’s amazing I can still remember that tagline, but I can never find my keys!

[@timothysiler5722]

I remember a game from the 70s. It capitalized on the movie Jaws. It was a plastic shark with a hinged jaw that was filled with little plastic items that held the mouth of the shark open. The players then removed the items 1 at a time until the jaws snapped shut. Does anyone else remember that?

[@bobrew461]

I still have mine...

[@bossfan49]

Had it!

[@bodapyy]

Yes I remember that one ! I was 5 years old back then and it always scared the hell out of me everytime the jaw would snap shut lol.

[@luvbeinghiswife1148]

Yes! I had one too. I ended up trying to regift it to Santa the following year because I was terrified of it🤣🦈

[@andrewthornhill7042]

I sure do!

[@hannah1948]

I miss these days!! the toys were so simple, but they were so much fun!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they were. Thank you for watching Hannah19!

[@chrisbooth3417]

With games like Simon,perfection, and operation. It's amazing we didn't all grow up with anxiety.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They helped you make decisions and developed critical thinking, memory and fine motor skills. Thank you for watching!

[@WilliamWeicht]

I remember getting Evel Knievel when I was in 1st grade. I took it to school and everyone wanted to play with it. Strech Armstrong was another fun toy I had too.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those Evel Knievels were a huge toy in that time period! If you had one you were certainly cool! I never had the original stretch Armstrong but I did have the hulk one. Thank hou for watching William!

[@WilliamWeicht]

@IamMe StillMe I do remeber that. I had the one like Rhetty showed and I also had a bike with the rip cord but it wasn't an Evel Knievel one. Can't remember what character it was.

[@C.Brown5150]

This was the best..

[@DonMachado]

I had both toys. Of the two Evil Knievel was my favorite. I poked a hole (on purpose) in my Stretch Armstrong and that was the end of that.

[@williamm374]

The Snake River Canyon jump... I was in elementary school and it was a sensation.

[@brendakrieger7000]

I love seeing these vintage toys! I remember many of these

[@RhettyforHistory]

They are fun to look back on and see how they helped shape our childhoods. Thank you so much for watching Brenda!

[@MakeLifeExtraordinary]

Thank you for making this video. It made me realize how good my mom was to my brother and I at Christmas every year. Because I’m pretty sure I had at least 80 to 90% of everything you showed. Thank you again, I really appreciate these videos.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sounds like you had a great childhood. And probably what you didn't have a friend did which made playing more fun. Thank you for watching!

[@kellysadventurouslife]

I always wondered what was inside Stretch Armstrong! I found our original Atari with the games and joysticks at my dad’s house before he moved! Thank you for bringing back such wonderful childhood memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching! I wish I still had my Atari so I hope you kept the one you found at your Dads!

[@tonib.3016]

I wondered too so I cut my Stretch Armstrong open...was this green goo 😄

[@randune2262]

I too still have my original atari 2600, games and controllers, plus I still have the nerf ball that came with those standing cardboard basketball hoops. Such good memories and time.

[@bottlerocket3218]

I remember those water tanks with different games inside them, I always thought those were cool as hell.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were hours of fun! Definitely our ipods! Thank you for watching!

[@Floyd69]

played them at the dentist office for years

[@constancemiller3753]

The Loma Linda dental school had them to keep children happy for cleanings and such. They were awesome.😁

[@davidcobb2693]

They were cool until they started to leak.

[@SheaMF]

Yeah but you couldn’t leave them in the car in the winter time…

[@mytuber81]

My Atari is in my parents basement wrapped in plastic. In the 80’s me and my brothers spent hours on end fighting over who got to play Pac-man, Jungle Hunt(AKA Pitfall), asteroid, Star Trek....lol. Good times😎

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were good times for sure! By the 80s there were tons of games! Thank you for watching!

[@benconway9010]

You need to go get it back

[@peterbelanger4094]

Back in the days of the 2600, we didn't have no pause button, you played until parts of your body started going numb..... good times :)

[@toasteee252]

Jungle hunt and pitfall were two different games.

[@atrain818]

@@toasteee252 indeed. Jungle hunt and Jungle KING were the same tho. I never knew that pitfall was an actual arcade cabinet until I saw one a few yrs ago at the galloping ghost arcade

[@cheryllauscher4804]

I’ve had many of those toys shown, when I was a kid and when my oldest was little. Brings back many memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad it brought back some memories.

[@wolfshanze5980]

I was born in 1967... so growing up as a kid in the 1970s was definitely my thing. I found it amazing that I actually owned about 80% of the things on this list (and recognized the rest). Oh, and PS, Evel Kneival crashed a lot more than once! He also appeared in an episode of the Bionic Woman! So 70s!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes he did crash q lot more. I really meant that to be after one particular crash. Im not even sure if he knew how many crashes he had. There were some great toys that came out of this decade.

[@EdsterIII]

Same here 1967 born myself. I remember Evel Knievel being on ABC's Wide World of Sports and yes he crashed a lot. As a note of painful history Evel broke almost every bone? Something really bad like that, I'll have to look and see, but he was beat up bad from some major crashes.

[@EdsterIII]

@@RhettyforHistory A little history on Evel Knievel....... Knievel performed his first motorcycle stunt in his late 20s in order to stimulate business for a motorcycle shop that he co-owned; as part of the stunt, he jumped over rows of parked cars, a caged cougar, and a box of rattlesnakes. After performing (1965-68) with a troupe called Evel Knievel’s Motorcycle Daredevils, he decided to pursue a solo career. Clad in his trademark star-spangled red, white, and blue jumpsuits, Knievel made more than 300 jumps during his career and claimed to have broken nearly every bone in his body. In 1968 he performed perhaps his most famous stunt-a spectacular jump over the fountains at Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, in which he botched the landing and fractured his skull; he was comatose for a month afterward. Other well-publicized stunts included jumping over some 50 cars at the Los Angeles Coliseum (1973), a failed attempt to soar over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho using a rocket-powered motorcycle called the Sky-Cycle (1974), jumping over 13 buses at Wembley Stadium in London (1975), and leaping over a shark-filled tank in Chicago. I remember watching him on ABC's Wild World 🌎 of Sports. His crashes were so brutal. The one where he hit the ramp and bounced up and over his handlebars was one of the scariest I saw. I loved his jumps, he was my Idol. I tried jumping garbage cans as a kid mimicking him. I jumped one ok, almost got two, but landed funny and slid on the gravel. Three cans? BAD MOVE! I barely cleared two, what was I thinking?🤔 I hit the 3rd can and HIT my back tire which launched me into my front tire, from there I face planted into the ground. Forehead was gashed, legs cut up, arm cut. BRAIN 🧠 INCONCLUSIVE (DUMB@$$!)! I wanted to be like my idol. My buddies were just lovin' my ignorance. You know what though, it's still a great memory! A painful memory, but still was so much idiotic fun! My Mom....ANGRY! My Dad? Well he said, "If he was dumb enough to try and jump a garbage can he deserved to crash." My Mom, "He tried to jump three!" My Dad, "YOU ARE A IDIOT!" Ah MEMORIES!! 😆🤣😂😹😆🤪🥴😸🙉 Even animals laughed at me!

[@richardresendez2325]

Me too I was born in 1967 and loved all the toys

[@kendall3833]

Thanks

[@johncbeer]

Man, so many classics in this episode...

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that! Thank you for watching!

[@howtubeable]

My cousin has two grandchildren, aged 3 and 5. Connect Four was one of their Christmas presents for 2020. I watched them play it just three days ago! Obviously, the 3 year-old didn't understand the game. He just liked putting the checker pieces into the grid. I had a great time watching the kids playing a game from my own childhood. A blast from the past!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it is! It's really a connection between the generations which is more than just a connect four. So awesome to hear of that because I always loved that game as well. Thank you for watching and sharing their story.

[@skipnasty8057]

As an early 80's kid, I played with most of this stuff. My childhood was cool.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching SkipNasty!

[@pauladams896]

Wow! What a blast from the past! I was born in 1972 and I had many of these toys. Several of them I forgot about until seeing this video. I guess my parents spent a lot of money on us. I wish I had kept them all!

[@RhettyforHistory]

They would really be worth money now if you had kept them. Thank you for watching!

[@retrage7374]

Evil Kenevil amazing piece of toy history - great artwork on the box and a toy that could take a beating and still work no matter how many times you made it jump a death defying ramp over a load of Barbie dolls lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

Nothing beats a toy that could really be played with and never tear up. Thank you for watching!

[@SuperDirtyberty]

One of my best ever Christmas presents!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. I never had any broken bones but I did have a lot of bumps, bruises, scrapes and stitches in my head ones. I supposed now days it would have been a confusion too.

[@luisvelez4365]

I got the lesser known crash car one and still have it. It still works!

[@superbat6442]

I remember a 2nd figure from this line. He was dressed all in black with a black bike. Don't remember the name

[@AlexD-eu2wh]

Between me and my friends growing up in the 70’s, we played almost everything on this vid. Great job putting it together. Reminded me of some other favorites too like Tobor and Big Trak. Good ole days...

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching! There were some amazing toys from this decade!

[@wcassady]

Still have a TOBOR. Robot spelled backwards. Sold at Radio Shack

[@MrDerekkline]

Thank you for taking me back to my childhood! I wish I still had those toys. At 50 years of age, I would still play with all of these!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were really great toys and now they are worth some money. But who knew? Thank you for watching!

[@EdsterIII]

LOL! I still do, sort of. I collect die-cast cars like Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Auto World, Johnny Lightning, M2, and others. Myself and other people set up races, either off the peg cars, meaning brand new unopened, or cars that are loose. It's a blast, kids LOVE IT! We had a nice set up with 1st place getting 5 cars or 3 depending on the event. 2nd place got 3 or 2 cars again depends, and 3rd place got 1 car for each event. Or kids and adults could "bank" their winnings and use it for say a premium car(5-7 cars), or a Monster Jam Monster Truck(4 cars). Point is it was a blast, but now the pandemic has ended that, AND before that even scalpers here empty the cases before any kids or adult collectors even see them. They outnumber us 20-1. But it is what it is. Sadly. Merry Christmas!🎅🎄

[@deltabilly1]

I remember all of these from my childhood. Couldn’t afford many of them, but I remember the commercials!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Such memories

[@jeffburnham6611]

had a game called Toss Across. You had little colored bean bags that you used to toss onto a tic tac toe board that turned the block either to a circle or square depending how it landed.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have a newer version of that in which we use outside. Thank you for watching!

[@vanessalawrence1008]

I remember that

[@daveyboy_]

Yess

[@kevinpayton2664]

Me and my sister had that game too. I usually won. I had totally forgotten about game.

[@jcbulldog533]

I remember Toss Across don't remember actually playing it.. I do remember playing Twister though.. Does anyone remember that one??!!

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Hey Rhett, my wife and I bought many of these for our kids in the 70's. I never conquered the Rubric cube, but really liked the Slime, we bought for our son. Merry Christmas my friend.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It seems like the majority of people who had the Rubik's cube couldn't solve it. Including me but they were fun! Thank you for watching!

[@maha77]

Coming from a family that had 5 kids born in the mid/late 60's, we had ALL these toys in the 70's, there's only a few we never had. SUCH NOSTALGIA seeing these again

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you and your family had.

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

🎉1970 greetings from coastal Mississippi. What a wonderful flashback of memories. So glad to have grown up in the 70's. I still have some of these items.❤😂🎉

[@deenugent473]

When I was in junior high, almost everyone had to have a football game from Mattel! Man, that brings back of memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were super popular and great for the car! Thank you for watching!

[@CuteLesbo69]

I had the Baseball game, played that thing for hours.

[@disf5178]

@@CuteLesbo69 yep... so fun.. ducking, dodging, retreating...and when a hole/lane opened up.. GO GO GO GO

[@johnhealy9238]

Pretty much just summed up my childhood.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were a lot of incredible toys from this decade! Thank you for watching!

[@annacribbs4142]

Sit and spin wore two out

[@DavidWilliams-zr5ew]

Same here, I realized I had a lot of freaking toys growing up. Kids today really are missing out

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they are. I say that all the time as well. Thank you for watching!

[@TeamCat1128]

I had every one of the toys at the beginning. The ones that “didn’t make it out of the 70s”. What great memories! Edit: we also had an ATARI. I didn’t realize how expensive they were. Thank you, Dad. 💕

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were really expensive back then. Game systems were not even close to being affordable like they are today. Thank you for watching!

[@sped6954]

We had one too, and by a stroke of luck, I ended up getting it. Good thing too, because neither of my both younger brothers would have taken any measures at all to see to it that it survived much more than a year or so. My eldest of them didn't even want it at all, and the youngest didn't even care, just because. He barely knew what it was and there were better games and consoles by the time he was old enough to even care about video games at all. I don't even remember if it went with me when I moved out on my own, or if it was maybe even several years later. Dad bought it as a family present for Christmas in either '79 or '80, and I never knew until just now how hard and how much overtime Dad would have had to put in to even begin to think about getting one. I would have understood, even back then at just 11 years old, and would've been extra, extra thankful to him for it.

[@garyconner6151]

Me to.

[@jdtractorman7445]

This is a large part of my childhood. Trouble game, perfection, the water games(had fishing, basketball ones), Mattel electronic football/baseball, Atari 2600. The handheld Mattel games were ahead of their time, cool games for sure and they still work to this day.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were awesome and made to last! Thank you for watching!

[@willielarimer7170]

Weebles wobble but they dont fall down, and hurt like hell when someone hits you in the head with one

[@RhettyforHistory]

I bet so! Thank you for watching!

[@mockupguy3577]

I was born 1970, never seen those before.

[@willielarimer7170]

@@mockupguy3577 shaped like an egg with faces on them, they have a metal weight on the bottom to make them stand up

[@JaysonT1]

Yup. That was thing when I was kid. It felt like getting hit with a magnet.

[@davidrichter9164]

So true.

[@Liasisws]

Finally a video where I can say “I’ve played with everything on the list!” Thank you for the walk down memory lane!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching! These were and still are great toys!

[@phreak1118]

Even though I was born in '79 I still remember a lot of this stuff as I got most of my toys used from older kids or garage sales.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were the best kind! Cheap and you could have a lot more! Thanks for watching!

[@karenm3710]

I've had 7 strokes. My neurologist had me play Simon to improve my brain function!! Love this video!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do think they are good for cognitive skills. In fact they should require a few levels on it before someone can get your drivers license. Comes in handy for stop signs and traffic. Thank you for watching!

[@benvalenti2618]

That is very smart

[@freyaaldrnari6086]

I have one. It helps with OCD too

[@cedricwillis6571]

Do you have nurofibromotosis

[@karenm3710]

@@cedricwillis6571 No, I don't have neurofibromotosis. Thanks for asking though! 🙏

[@whatthe2458]

I’m in my 50s and I have a Simon sitting on the end table.EVERYBODY picks it up

[@RhettyforHistory]

You can't help but try it! I still think they are fun! Thank you for watching!

[@RetroFuseable]

I had a Sears clone version. It was much smaller and the buttons worked better. I use to be able to fit it in my coat pocket. I wish I still had it.

[@gregorywade8933]

I am 50ish and I got my boys when they were way younger the 90's version. It was called Bop-It.

[@gregorywade8933]

@@RetroFuseable Me too. I forgot about that

[@oliveb.]

Radio Shack (RIP) sold their pocket sized version which my sister had.

[@swansfan6944]

I forgot all about shrinks dinks until you reminded me. I loved that, on top of so many others here. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. ❤️🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

You are so welcome and thank you for watching!

[@Stanley_A._Hunt]

The toys that I had: 0:12 - Waterful Ring-toss 0:22 - Nerf Ball 3:05 - Atari 2600 (the one with the difficulty switches beside the cartridge slot) 4:30 - Rubik's Cube 7:48 - Slime 9:27 - Snoopy Sno-Cones

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were some great ones! Thank you for watching!

[@daenas]

I had a used Ring Toss that slowly leaked...lol

[@Dargonkin527]

@@daenas They all did that eventually :)

[@angeladay1534]

I was a Wonderful World of Waterfulls fanatic! I had the Ring-Toss, Baseball and the Basketball one. We had lots of fun with Water Weenies & small water guns. Also, I wanted the sand toy, Magic Window by Whamm-O. Kenner, Whamm-O, Mattel!

[@angeladay1534]

Did anyone own the Odyssey by Magnavox video game console? It was extremely expensive. We never got one. I only could afford, Intellivision video game after it was very old, also Sega Genesis and I just bought an old Wii 4 years ago.

[@stevelizzio1785]

Rod or Table hockey, Johnny Lightning 500 & All-Star Baseball were my favorites growing up in the 70s ... oh and hot wheel track & cars!

[@terinasargeant138]

Fisher Price toys go on forever and ever! Looks like alot of the toys were on the market in 1978 like Simon. Ooh I like that game.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They are one of the power houses and have had a lot of great toys! Thank you for watching!

[@samanthab1923]

No ball playing in the house! Love Weebles! Evel Kneevel crashed way more than once. When he did big jumps my Dad would call us in to watch him on the Wide World of Sports!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes Evel crashed many times and way more than he probably even knew. He was super popular and one heck of a dare devil. Thank you for watching!

[@williammoseley17]

70s really was a great time to be a kid.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it was! Thank you for watching!

[@Thesaltymedic36]

Back when some kids lost games and some kids won games. 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes, in life you have to learn how to do both! Thank you for watching!

[@Floyd69]

So True, I sucked, but I tried :)

[@Cerulean0987]

Back when some kids got impaled by lawn darts. 😁

[@toasteee252]

You were told to rub some dirt on it and walk it off.

[@goblinbilly2726]

I had a lot of these toys growing up in the 70's! Thanks for the flashback.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome! They were awesome toys! Thank you for watching!

[@srvanddt1]

Who remembers the yellow metal Tonka dump truck that you used to put your knee in and push yourself around? Hot wheels race track, Big Wheels with the handbrake and Huffy BMX bikes with the banana seat? I could go on and on. What a time to be a kid. Miss it. This video brings back so many memories!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I had a dump truck like you mentioned. I also had a jeep that I pulled around behind the bike and we would also sit on it while it was being pulled. Thank you for watching!

[@antiqueexcavator9403]

I’m a picker who grew up in the 70’s. I’ve found most of these at one time or another. Always bring back amazing memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Some of them are big time collectors items so they would be good finds.

[@gazevanschooselife1207]

What a great video really took me back to my childhood and made me realise how lucky I was to live in that era 😁👍🏻glad I was born when I was and not in these modern times ❤️

[@RhettyforHistory]

I completely agree with you. I think many of these kids now days have missed out on the fun of pure playing and imagination. Thank you for watching.

[@starmnsixty1209]

That's for certain. I really feel sorry for today's kids who don't know anything but digital junk.

[@barryschell5537]

Born in 65!!!!! Great era!!

[@robertloerwald3]

Oh, come on. Today’s consoles are way better than pong

[@gazevanschooselife1207]

@@robertloerwald3 lol they are mate But I’m they were the good old days 👍

[@billclaussen5255]

I knew about some of these but was busy working to keep my family fed and housed. Our kids were born early 70s so they got into some of these toys. I usually found out about them bare footed in the middle of the night. (Ouch). Thanks for the memories Rhett...Peace!!! Bill

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome. Keeping your family fed, housed and clothed is way more important. I had some of these but not all. It was a fun time period though. Thank you for watching Bill!

[@joconnor9256]

😂

[@jeeperscreepers8902]

Etch a schetch, creepy crawlets, spyrograph, shrinky dinks. Playdoe, and slinky. Remember these. I also had a green machine and big wheel.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Much of what you mentioned is actually from other decades. They were so incredible that they carried over into other decades with their popularity. Green machine is one of those that is original to the decade. There was another one like that called Blue Max which is what I had. Thank you for watching!

[@loufancelli1330]

This was great! Between my sister and me we had most of the toys shown in this video, which is kind of amazing to me because I never thought we had that many. I guess the ones we did get were the most popular. Something that I expected to see but did not was Lite Brite. My parents were afraid of it catching on fire, so we never got one, but I had friends who did and that one always amazed me. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sounds like you all had a great childhood! Lite Brite was super popular for a long time but it actually came from another decade so I have it in a previous video. Thank you for watching!

[@lonesomedovecall822]

OMG, this video was epic!!! I'm sitting here grinning from ear to ear -- I had just about ALL of these toys growing up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍 And, nope, I never could solve Rubik's Cube; I used to take it apart all the time! Looking back, I now realize it's kind'a funny that Rubik's CUBE was originally packaged in a ROUND container, LOL. Awesome video, Rhetty! SUPER collection of toys!!! 😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

I loved the Rubik's cube and it was fun to figit with. I tried to solve it but never could. I had two brothers and the only one that could was my oldest. He did it in just a couple minutes. We spent hours trying and even him trying to show us step by step. I had a lot of these toys but not all. Thank you for watching!

[@victoriacharlesworth7099]

I could never do the cube and got so frustrated that I ended up peeling the stickers... it was a mess! but I could do the rubiks barrel in minutes and make so many of the shapes with the rubiks snake.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I don't think I ever messed around with the rubies barrel. I did have the snake and that was a good figit toy!

[@benconway9010]

Dose anyone remember the Rubik's clock??

[@peterbelanger4094]

I couldn't solve it either. But I could take it apart and re-assemble it in record time. Turn on layer 45 degrees, use something as a lever to pop the middle edge piece, pull it apart, re-assemble in proper order, and that's it. Super easy mode.

[@harrybutler1828]

Thanks for bringing back all those memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!

[@reidellis1988]

We had the best toys ever. What a rad time to be a kid. Glad I was there.😆

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was a great time period! Thank you for watching!

[@chef_tina]

Ahhhhh the memories. I had nearly every one of these toys. What a great childhood I and my two brothers had. My dad actually broke his nose trying to put together our sit n spin. He put the handle on wrong and had to fight with it to get it off and when he finally did it came straight up on his face and broke his nose! Christmas Eve 1975

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh wow! That sounds painful and I have never heard of someone doing that! Thank you for watching and sharing that story!

[@captainobvious9233]

I grew up in the 80s with Transformers and G.I Joe. But several of those (aside from the Robix Cube which is still sold today) I vaguely remember having. Since they were just before my time, they were most likely stuff my Grandma picked up at Yard Sales.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were a lot of great toys from the 70s and 80s! Thank you for watching!

[@ralphu.7568]

Ah...Thank you for this video. Brings back my childhood. I had several of those toys you showed and played with some that my friends might have had that I didn't.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Brillant, nostalgia overload. These toys were miles better than the rubbish out in the last 20+ years.

[@RhettyforHistory]

The difference is that kids actually played with toys back then and now it is mostly phones, tablets and computers.. thank you for watching!

[@markroberts8335]

thanks for the great memories..raised in the 70s and 80s

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@christineferreira2181]

I thoroughly enjoyed that! It really brought me back 😃

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulw6057]

Most of my favourite toys from the 1970s were holdovers from earlier decades such as 'Swoppet' toys and the View-Master.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were many toys like that for anyone I'm the 1970s. In fact many of them remained best sellers. Thank you for watching.

[@raulnovoa6098]

Who remembers. Atari. Pitfall. And kung-fu. Glad I experienced. Those days. These times. Suck

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were certainly some good times. Thank you for watching!

[@robeacott4436]

I played Pitfall to death. I can hear the jingle when he swung on the vine.I even took a picture of my high score on the TV to send into a game magazine. Loved it!

[@jennyrose9454]

I was born 81. But yes both were better than now

[@doorswhofan]

I remembered almost every single one of those. Brought back a lot of dim and buried memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching.

[@alm5966]

Ah the memories of using Slime to make fart noises in class. You can't beat nostalgia.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were some great toys that came out of this decade! Thank you for watching!

[@taramcguire4764]

Now if kids do stuff like that they send you to the principal and label you as having ADHD

[@wht-rabt-obj]

I had pretty much all of these. Good times! I LOVED my Speak and Spell 💕

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were certainly great toys and it sounds like you had a great childhood! Thank you for watching!

[@shorty7363]

This really takes me back to childhood. Even though I'll be 50 this year I still want to play with the toys again! I bet most of them are still in my parents' attic! Thanks for the memories!💜💙💗

[@wallyprichard7451]

Wow I had almost every toy on here. Even had the first gaming console Pong till Atari 2600 came out. My dad still owns the pong system. I just watched the 6 million dollar man yesterday!

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were a lot of good toys from this decade! Thank you for watching!

[@incredingo]

still have my atari and games. also have a commodore 64 with drives, printers etc.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I had a commodore 64 and loved it! I do not have that or the old Atari or original Nintendo. But my wife saved her original Atari and Nintendo. We need to try it and see if it works. I would love to show my kids how you loaded a game on the commodore 64. LOAD,8,1"*"

[@incredingo]

@@RhettyforHistory the old commodore was great in it's time. i actually used it for a while in business. writing my own programs to suit the needs. there were some pretty good games around for it too. i still also have both commodore and atari games.

[@51-FS]

I still got my ps3

[@SkullDivisioN564]

I still have my Tunix game console...

[@jeeperscreepers8902]

@@RhettyforHistory I just fired up my c64 the other day for some retro gaming. I have about 150 games for it and the 1541 floppy drive. Satan's Hollow was one of my favorite shooters on the c64. So many good memories.

[@beatleman69]

Wow, I had a lot of these toys back in the '70s. Thank you for the memories!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@mdavis2703]

My sister and I had almost everyone of these. I would spend hours playing with my Micronauts. Another favorite of mine was called Big Trak. It was like a sci-fi tank you could program with a keypad on top to where you wanted it to go. My sister had Baby alive and baby burps. There was also a smash up derby with the same pull strip as the motorcycle one. I had both. Watching this video my mind for a split second is right there playing with them again. I was born in 1969 so I was the perfect age for all this stuff.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sounds like you had some great memories with those toys and I completely understand. I think kids were more connected with them than what they are now. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@harleyatc956]

Also popular during the 1970s was GI Joe with the kung fu grip, Big Wheels, color forms, and Super hero action figures.

[@RhettyforHistory]

GI Joe came out in 1964 and Big Wheels came out in 1969 so I have them in the 1960s decade video even though they still remained popular for decades. Thank you for watching!

[@jeffburnham6611]

and Big Jim.

[@RunKdb]

@@jeffburnham6611 Big Jim, Big Jack, Big Jeff, Dr Steel. This brings back memories.

[@disf5178]

Green machine with that brake!

[@goldenagenut]

Great memories, born in 1965 I was a true child of the 70s, had quite a few of these toys - ha! good ol' Slime! " Yeah! It's green and it... oozes! Neat-o! "

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were a lot of great toys in the 70s! Thank you for watching!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Hello from another 1965 model!👋

[@leannekelley4846]

I was born in 1965 also I think that I remember some of the 70s not sure but I live in Australia any way so mabe

[@echo1172]

I had &/or played with darn near all of those!! Thank God I was raised in the 70’s & 80’s 😎

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Dan!

[@PROUDCANADIANGIRL]

Who regrets selling their Atari in a garage sale back in the 90s?!?! Me!!!! 😫 I also remember selling my “Muppet puppets, Wonder Woman Barbie and Big Jim Camper”... but hey, I was 21 and too cool for this stuff anymore.. then EBAY came along and I sobbed. 🤭 these are all amazing memories from a kid born in 71.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I regret getting rid of my Atari along with the commodore 64 although neither ever made it to the 90s. We jumped the gun on that because many of these old toys are worth money besides just being plane fun!

[@DemocratsareagentsofSATAN]

Wow.....the Water Ring toss was one of my favorites as a kid........I can't believe I'm seeing one of those again right now....lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were hours and hours of fun! Thank you for watching!

[@Pemechan76]

Great video! Wasn’t the speak and spell toy what E.T. Used in the movie to communicate?

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes that toy really hit it big after the movie was released! Thank you for watching!

[@lucaschapman2188]

My cousins used to just use it to spell out swear words Lol

[@woomeebly]

My cousin had one. We used to spell weird and sing what we called the weird song, using the speak and spell. Absolute Nutters, we were.

[@josebro352]

When you're into perfection You keep on your toes You have to be quick Cause here how it goes Push the plunger down Set the timer Fit the peices in place Don't be slow in perfection You gotta move out fast Move out fast Because the pieces pop out Before you put in the last And then perfection

[@chriss1152]

These were the good old I had some of these toys growing up 70s and 80s when I was a kid was the best times

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Chriss!

[@margaritaramos3393]

I'm surprised they didn't add Tonka Trucks.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were still popular but they actually came out in 1947 so I have them in that decade. It shows you how awesome they were because they were popular for decades. Thank you for watching!

[@foxtrot312]

Made out of all steel too.

[@jeffwalters1749]

Good one! I remember how I was so excited to unwrap one at Christmas time when I was just a little tike!

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

This was my favorite decade for toys. I remember getting that Atari 2600. That joystick killed my hand but I spent literal hours playing Atari. I gave a Simon to my granddaughter last year. My son ( her father) couldn’t put it down. And perfection!

[@RhettyforHistory]

There were some great toys from this decade and I definitely remember trigger button soreness and joystick blisters. Thank you for watching!

[@1307scooter]

Born in 62, thanks for the memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@linasbutcher1914]

Born in 1960 I know we had the best toys ever! Waterfall Ring Toss, Connect Four, Trouble, Stretch Armstrong was my brother’s favorite and even the old Sit and Spin my Sister’s favorite and the Slime…. gosh what a great decade it was for us. We had the Atari 2600 and the games and it was such a blast! So if you don’t think you had a lot think again and remember to thank your Mom for making it all possible! But I wonder… does anyone remember Lincoln Logs, Barrel Full of Monkeys or even Klaidescopes? Where you can see colorful images by turning the tube.

[@jmontoya1677]

Man I wish I’d held on to my toys from that era!!!!! Your channel is amazing brother keep up the good work!!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You and me both! Thank you for watching!

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

Awesome nostalgia right here. I had the Atari 2600, Rubik's Cube, and Simon Says. All super fun, but I remember the Simon Says taking a lot of big batteries haha.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were all great toys! Thank you for watching!

[@jeffsomer]

Born in 1973, had Every Single thing in this video, NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD

[@anthonylowder6687]

I remember getting my older brother the Rubiks Cube as a gag gift for Christmas in the early 80's with a little gold platted hammer as a "cube solver". My brother was up till 2am in the morning and my mom asked him did he solve it yet and I'll never forget his answer...."I want my hammer!!" with a child like whining in his voice even though he was in his late 40s at the time. So after that every Christmas, as a gag, we got any Rubiks puzzle we could find for him!!😁😁 Happy memories!!😁😁🎄🎄

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is funny! I have never seen that little hammer but I can completely understand the frustration with it. Thank you for watching and sharing the story!

[@anthonylowder6687]

@@RhettyforHistory Thanks...but just to clarify the hammer didn't come with the cube we bought that separately. Don't know if my brother ever used it to "solve" his Rubiks Cube but I wouldn't blame him if he did!!🤣🤣🔨🔨

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh I see. That's funny though and a great idea!

[@matthewmonsour6235]

I had almost all these. It was great seeing them again. Thank you!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome they really were incredible toys! Thank you for watching!

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

Im 50 here in 2021..i had most of these, & if I didnt, I knew someone who did, great time to be a kid. In first grade some girl stole my Slime...I was pissed (ok, I was crying).

[@RhettyforHistory]

Haha! That's funny bit I understand. These toys really were great and I liked friends having different toys than I did or vice versa. Gave you a reason to hangout and play with friends. That's something I think kids now days miss out on. Thank you for watching!

[@dickborg452]

I remember all of these. Great memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@dorothydromgoole8040]

I to was a kid in the 1970's. And all of the toys that were in the video I remember. Thanks for the memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@brendaholliday6866]

Rhett, loved strolling down memory lane with the toys of the 70's, video. I remembered some and forgotten some of these toys. Happy holidays! Take care 🐎

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's fun looking back and seeing what was popular for kids during each time period. Toys were a big part of our childhood. Thank you for watching and Happy Holidays to you!

[@kingeris1657]

It’s funny how Starsky and hutch sold so many action figured etc considering that it was not a family show. Now that’s genius marketing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It really was. That's how that happens though with many shows.

[@roonboo96]

I was so excited to see so many of the toys I grew up playing with. I had that little professor calculator and the fisher price record player. I recognized all they toys on your list. Thanks for knocking on the door to my earliest childhood memories!!

[@daskippalawson5188]

I remember dissecting my Stretch Armstrong to see what was inside. I wanted a pet rock and my parents laughed at me. I also had a container of slime and I left the top off, it dried out and got hard. Those were the good old days.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were good times! I think every kid was curious on the insides of stretch. Thank you for watching!

[@robertrodriguez787]

Blew up my stretch Armstrong with A Black Cat firecracker 🧨