Strangest Toys Of The 1980s!

The 1980s had a ton of great toys out on the market but there was also no shortage of weird ones. In this video we will have a closer look at some of the strangest toys of the 1980s!
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[@37Kilo2]

Even the failed toys of the 80s were pretty cool and creative. I'm glad I grew up back then, because we had awesome toys and cartoons.

[@mikesilva3868]

😊agreed

[@wizardjunkie]

Yes, the toys were great.

[@WillmobilePlus]

10:08 Convertors were what you found in the smaller local grocery store's toy aisle. It was the go-to transforming toy you took when your parents didn't want to pay for Transformers.

[@matthewlane518]

Yeah they were like zy-bots way below transformers, but almost as good as go-bots

[@afriend9428]

*So many moms bought the E.T. finger for themselves LOL* 😂

[@Strimbles]

I had a Rude Ralph, a Manglor, Madballs, an Ooze-it, and a Boglin. What a lucky kid!

[@sallyuNKY]

I had a Spectra doll in the 80s. Loved it.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Interesting thing about the Spectra doll is that Mattel revived it in their Monster High line. It looked different but it was the same name. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories.

[@christinastardust5406]

I had all of the spectra dolls and the buffer bed. I loved them and all my friends always wanted to play with them since nobody had not seen these dolls.

[@amandajolu]

My cousin had the pink Spectra doll and I loved playing with it. It reminded me of Jem.

[@bettytordoff8920]

Oh my, I remember seeing some of these and being thankful my kids were more into Popples, Pound Puppies and Teddy Ruxpin. Until the late '80's. Then most of these were gone. Long live Matchbox cars and My Little Pony.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're kids certainly had some great ones and many of those are highly sought after with kids from that generation. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@brookerbaby511]

Rainbow bright and strawberry shortcake EVERYTHING was my thing lol

[@JennRighter]

I LOVED Popples and Pound Puppies, but Teddy Ruxpin terrified me. The girl across the street from me had one, lol.

[@englishatheart]

It's just '80s. Apostrophes aren't used to make plurals.

[@illioctopede]

@@JennRighter Thats nothing. I have 15 of them lol

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

Most parents were outraged by anything skateboarder related during that decade. I spent my teenage years during the eighties and had fun. A younger friend of mine recently said the eighties was the decade of bad taste which made me laugh out loud because I had never thought of it that way but I saw his point and found a lot of truth in it.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Each decade seems to have something that makes you scratch your head and wonder what people were thinking. The 80s was really trying to be futuristic. Thank you for watching!

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

@@RhettyforHistory For sure. Honestly I appreciate the esthetic of the eighties more than any other decade I've lived through. I was born in the late sixties and anything I see regarding the seventies just seems so grimy lol. Blade Runner and tron coming out in 82 made me believe that we would have flying cars within 10 years. Cheers

[@3DJapan]

My mom was too. My friend had made a skateboard and I was so jealous. Finally by eighth grade I was able to get one because I was living with my dad by that point.

[@TimBoyd2012]

What did they not like about skateboards?

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

@@TimBoyd2012 the punk culture that came with them.

[@Krypton_Ken]

God the 80s were a great time to be a kid, that stuff was weird but still awesome, there was so much imagination back then, with everything. Loved Blackstar, they did hit the He-Man vibe for me. Gotta admit, even as a kid I thought the ET finger was ridiculously dumb... although as an old guy with an inappropriate sense of humor I now kinda want one. 😄☝️

[@LiterallyCensoredDaily]

Giggity.

[@mikevogler5455]

Wow! Such a time capsule, within this video!! I was born in '79, so I was an '80s kid, and can actually remember almost all of these toys from when I was a kid. Brings back so many great memories, and fun times too!! Those were the days, and I'd give anything to go back to better, and happier, times.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

You have a vivid memory, I was born in 78, and I remember a lot of these too. I tell my children, I was a child of the 80s, a teen of the 90s and we were the coolest generation. You can imagine the eye rolls I get, 😂

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Same here to every bit of that.

[@AgdaFingers]

Also born in 78, remembered a lot of these.@@TheRoadhammer379

[@jacobyshaddix32]

Born in 78, you have a better memory than I do.

[@jadeparker6350]

I was definitely a Garbage Pail Kids Collector! I absolutely loved that idea, I wonder if the people that created this line had any other ideas? I bet they did, the funny thing was I also collected Cabbage Patch Dolls at the same time and there faces were so similar lol. Makes me think the cards were making fun of them?

[@TheRoadhammer379]

GPK were awesome

[@ThomasDrish]

I have to ask…what was your favorite GPK card?

[@jeffburnham6611]

Not ashamed to say I grew up in the 1980's and don't recall a single one of these toys.

[@BennyLlama39]

The vac-metal on the Spectra dolls reminds me of the Silverhawks action figures. 😀

[@jennarmstrong3685]

Dino Riders were also somewhat popular. They also had a cartoon that that was on VHS and it came with toy commercials. We used to go to garage sales and find some of these toys in boxes.

[@adreabrooks11]

Dino Riders is how I learned about Deinonychus - it became my favourite dinosaur long before Jurassic Park, and remains so to this day.

[@PLTWCastro]

Anyone notice that the Converter at 10:24 is the Jolly Roger from Robotech, Roy Fokker's Veritech? If licensed from Bandai, makes total sense but that would be an amazing find in box.

[@godofzombi]

Yup. I had that one as a kid. Didn't know about Robotech untill the 90's tough.

[@user-zf2ru4eq4w]

Would not surprise me; one of the transformers from G1 specifically Jetfire is a veritech reskin.

[@trgwv8120]

Oh my gosh, I’m cracking up!! The E. T. finger toy description is hilarious!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I tried to be nice about it but it really is the worst toy ever! Thanks for watching!

[@dorisbove2210]

Wow I can't tell you how much I appreciate the nostalgia memories of all these toys in the 80s I once owned and forgot,.it makes me both glow and cringe at some of these toys I had as a young girl and loved and now can't figure out why haha 😂❤️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video.

[@joeheid4757]

I remember Garbage Pail Kids. That's it. I must've led either a sheltered life or had very good parents.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you remember.

[@spankynater4242]

These toys were just so obscure and short-lived, most people don’t remember them.

[@Equestrianmommy]

That’s the only one I remember too! And thank goodness I don’t remember that ET finger😱😱😱

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Me too

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

Man, I didn't realize that there were so many strange & weird toys back then! Very interesting stuff, thanks Rhetty!

[@medic599]

I had a pretty extensive collection of micronauts. Although, they may have been from the 70's.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were certainly popular toys. Thank you for watching and sharing what you had.

[@elc1960]

The Micronauts were from the '80s but were pretty successful for a while. Nowhere near as weird as any of the toys spotlighted here though.

[@ghostface3655]

Best decade for kids!! Thanks for bringing back some memories!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@LordRain1031]

80's as a kid was definitely the best decade to grow up in! I totally agree!

[@hazy33]

Must have been. I couldn't find a kid to buy anywhere, all sold out!

[@ghostface3655]

@@hazy33 nice! 😆

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

I had completely forgotten about the God Jesus robot. My mom said it was a work of the devil which made me laugh then and all of these decades later I'm laughing again.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of what you mom thought about them.

[@chrismayer3919]

I grew up in the 80s, and I NEVER even heard of this weirdness!!!

[@suem6004]

Glad I missed these. Was in college. Too much fun with Sony Walkmans, cassette tapes, and parachute pants. Haha

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were great times! Thank you for watching!

[@Katzztar]

the 80s was wild, I turned 10 in 1980 and my sister was 7 yrs older (so 17). So while cassette tapes was gaining ground, my sister still had 8 tracks from the 70s, she was the one to go from bellbottoms to parachute pants. But I was a teen in late 80s while she was adult so I went from playing with madballs to ripped jeans, the wild teased hair & blue eyeshadow and casette tapes of heavey metal bands that are stilla round like Iron Maiden

[@floydsemlow8253]

WoW! These toys are iconic, I remember buying most of these in my hometown of Chardon Ohio at Fisher big wheel, Woolworth,Conley's ,Hills dept store Etc. Damn I feel old but so Proud to be a part of that generation.The 80s were Rad! Thank You for another great video!!M.U.S.C.L.E action figures and Tran-zor Z are a couple honorable mentions as well🙌

[@DemonhunterPaul]

I had a ton of M.U.S.C.L.E. even made a wrestling ring and rules for a game which I played with my buddy.

[@formicaforever]

I grew up in Brunswick and Parma so those are my favorite memories of toys at Conley's in Medina, Fisher Big Wheel, Gold Circle, and Woolworths.

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@formicaforever hell yeah brotha cheers to the memories. those are some of the best days of my life too dude.miss them tremendously!! Woolworths had the best GI joes . I remember one time I hid a couple up at Big wheel and I mean hid so no one would get them cuz I didn't have the cash you know when your kid you kind of come up with 75 cents to a dollar here or there oh yeah they made a big stink out of that s***. Called parents and everything on it.like WTF 😒😂😂😂

[@adreabrooks11]

M.U.S.C.L.E.s were great! The epitome of "what the hell even is this?" toys! XD

[@leesashriber5097]

Best decade ever!! Thanks a bunch for this upload 😊 I was a teenager at this time heading to OSU, but did a lot of babysitting and remember some of these.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories of the time.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

I remember my Manglor toy melted quite a bit when I left it in our car. I was one of those kids that ripped it apart thinking it would go back together. The instructions on the back showed that you could do it! What a rip-off. I had one of those Ring Rocket planes! My local Pamida always had "grab bags" for $1, paper bags filled with a couple of clearance items and stapled shut. That's where I got mine.

[@jeremiah3543]

This was awesome I was 7 years old again for just a few minutes. You made me smile so much with this. Please do more. Thank you so much!!!

[@brendakrieger7000]

I grew up in the 80's and most of these I've never heard of.

[@silverbane8065]

I had a strange doll back in the 1980's that if you left it in sunlight, its skin got darker. Was called 'Suntan Tuesday' if I remember right. Blonde, barbie style doll that never got that dark, but did noticeably change. And changed back to paler if you kept it in the dark overnight iirc. Wasn't a patch on my good old Sindy dolls though lol

[@adreabrooks11]

Yep; the doll was called Tuesday Taylor - and that specific one was Suntan Tuesday Taylor - sort of like how they had Astronaut Barbie, Doctor Barbie and so on. IIRC, she was made in the late 70s, but there were definitely still a bunch around in the 80s. She (the doll) also inspired a movie, based on a mother whose child died because the photosensitive chemical in a tanning doll was toxic, and who fought to lay charges against the megalithic corporation responsible. I can't remember the name of the movie (might have been one of those made-for-TV releases), or if the plot had any basis in fact, but it certainly made me second guess playing with one as a child.

[@allieren]

Aww, I loved Spectra! “The most space-age girl in town!” 😂

[@trgwv8120]

“The god Jesus robot certainly didn’t look holy when it’s eyes lit up in red.”😂😳😱

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you got a kick out of that!

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Oh mercy. The only one of the toys I ever heard of were garbage pail kids. It is no wonder all these toys failed. They look just plain awful.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@DocTeeachci]

Almost all of this was advertised on Saturday morning. The other stuff you had to happen to be at the toy store to catch it while it was there lol. Though that last robot thing I have never seen or heard of other than in KZbin vids.

[@justmejenny7986]

Really? I was thinking my kids would love some of these. Lol

[@Xenogears76]

What? Garbage pail kids were awesome! I got into a lot of trouble because of those stickers. I liked to make girls cry by sticking them where they'd always see them. I was just a little ritalin kid 😆

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I’ve only heard of those plus breath blasters and infaceables because of Ashens videos on them.

[@mgthestrange9098]

I hated that head thing where you pulled the eye out! I remember having a Strawberry Shortcake sized doll with glow in the dark hair, think it was from a line called Moonbeams. Also Lady Lovelylocks with really long hair. The little dolls with moving limbs were odd too but I liked them.

[@davebaker3600]

Moondreamers!

[@mgthestrange9098]

@@davebaker3600 yes, that was it! It was a cool feature having glow in the dark hair. 🌗

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Good Afternoon.thanks you for sharing this with me ‼️😃 have a awesome day ‼️🙋🏽👍🏽.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Good afternoon Carole! Thank you for watching and I hope you have a great day!

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

@@RhettyforHistory 😃👍🏽

[@specificgravity-thedancing9700]

Digging up all these old commercials took some time and work, i appreciate this glimpse into my childhood!

[@TheComicRelief9001]

OMG, I remember Food Fighters! My brother and I had the doughnut and the cookie, I think we had the french fry man somewhere, too

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you had.

[@michealbarnes1447]

80's kids will always be the envy of all generations!!🔥🔥💪💯

[@paulstan9828]

Ha!!! Poor ET. To quote The Band The Animals.. “I am just a poor soul who’s intentions are good, don’t let me be misunderstood.”

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's definitely fitting here! Sure wasn't E.T.'s fault! Thank you for watching Paul!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

honestly had not heard Barnyard Commandos in 25 years, the show and toys were fun but it was clear that they were Ninja Turtles ripoffs one i was a fan of were the Spiral Zone toys: a group of humans fighting against an evil dictator who tries to completely envelope the world in toxic gas that mutates all humans and animals…it was weird and the bad guys were heavily disfigured, but it was built strong!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do agree with you on the Barnyard Commandoes copying somewhat. They didn't do as good of a job since the figures weren't posable. Thank you for watching and telling us about another toy. I don't recall that one so I'll have to look into it.

[@hypnotised-clover]

How could they have been ninja turtles ripoffs if they were made by PlayMates, the company that made the original Turtles toys? Especially since, correct me if I am wrong, the Barnyard Commandos were released before the Turtles toys. Edit: The first wave of turtles toys came out less than a year before barnyard commandos. I still don't see how they are ripoffs, aside from the similarity of radioactive mutation, which is irrelevant when it comes to the design, appearance and style of the toys.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Yes alot of weird toys. Thanks for sharing them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@patsyheart2630]

Loved the spectra dolls! Used to have them.

[@rryan844]

1. Soo many core memories unlocked with the Food Fight toys! Even the tile background on the box! 😮 2. The “Computer Warriors” toys hiding in everyday objects look so fun tho. I love the concept of that! Oh my I love the 80’s!!

[@sirsmokealot96]

Growing up in the 90s with all hand-me- down toys and garage sale toys I love this channel and recognize so many of these toys from my childhood. My dad and uncles grew up in the 70s and 80s and grandmas basement and attic were a goldmine for toys when I was a kid.

[@MaggieKeizai]

"Mangled Manglor and tears"... that had me laughing pretty hard, because that was EXACTLY what happened with mine.

[@gert-janvandenberg4156]

Computer warriors are awesome, very rare, in 20 years of collecting I only managed to find a few of the smaller figures.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I can certainly understand how they would be rare and valuable. Especially to have one with everything it's supposed to. Thank you for watching and sharing more about what you have.

[@gert-janvandenberg4156]

@@RhettyforHistory Almost have a full run for Blackstar, only missing the Ice castel and Triton the flying bull.

[@krhjohnston]

Other odd-ball 80's toy lines that I remember (like most on this list of strange toys): Get Along Gang, Rock Lords (spin-off of Go-Bots), Shirt Tales, Wuzzles, Rose Petal Place, Herself the Elf, and Glowfriends. A lot the early 80's cartoons and toys were based off of greeting card characters (Shirt Tales, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, and Herself the Elf are the ones I remember well).

[@adreabrooks11]

I had forgotten about Wuzzles! Thinking of them simultaneously made me think of Popples (which I'm pretty sure came from the same animation studio) and M.A.S.K. (which featured mashup vehicles instead of mashup mascots). It's amazing what lays around in the dusty corners of our brains... ^^;

[@bettymonath5741]

I actually had the pink metal doll and completely forgot about it. Thank you for that memory

[@joseleswopes1400]

My kids liked the Star Wars ship, and figures. Battle Star Galactica, Cabbage Patch doll's, My Little Pony,of course the girls collected Barbies. Also Light Bright, board games. There were other's they enjoyed also 🌹🥰

[@RhettyforHistory]

Your kids certainly had some great toys and those were hours and hours of fun. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories of what they had.

[@joseleswopes1400]

@@RhettyforHistory yes they did sometimes I thought they were spoiled 🤭

[@ericteneyck8691]

Haven't even watched this yet and can't until I get home from work, but I am already excited about it!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@jenniferkristen2559]

I remember those omnibots, my brother got this $300 butler, and I got the smaller dingbot version. Mine went in circles, his was supposed to bring him soda. Either he didn't read the directions, or it was garbage, cause it was in the attic by next Christmas, and I never saw it deliver a can of coke😂

[@brettish0redden]

the toy line "rocks bugs and things" was loads of fun and really weird!

[@johncmeyer5832]

I grew up in the 80's and I've only heard of a few of these.

[@MrPr3shaff]

After watching this, I am SO glad that I joined the Navy in 1981 and missed most of these

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and there were certainly some strange toys in previous decades.

[@MrPr3shaff]

Yes Sir, there were

[@planescaped]

Lol, there were some real weird ass toys in the 1980's... Toys were as diverse and strange in the 80's as websites were in the late 90's.

[@jkxelor1295]

I’m always Rhetty for a new video!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I see what you did there! Thank you for watching!

[@michaelscriver5395]

These episodes are growing on me

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm happy to hear you are enjoying them.

[@Freyafanboy90]

Man some of those toys really were inventive. The computer warriors sounds like a cool concept. I live in hope that one day we'll go back to the 80's. One day.

[@Dannyheal]

Congratulations for crossing 100k subs! It's amazing on how many of these toy lines were bought for me as a kid. The Barnyard Commandos were my favorite out of all the lines on here I owned. My mom and dad kinda went nuts when new toy lines were introduced. It also never ceases to amaze on how a lot of the figures are just kit bashed from other lines.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about there being a lot of toy lines that are trying to move off of another. It happens more than most really realize. Thank you for watching and being a subscriber! Hard to believe I hit that 100k mark.

[@davidgoodman6924]

Your videos bring me back to the 70's and 80's...thank you sir!!! 👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching David!

[@albdamned577]

I love that the ET "finger" got to the store without anyone realizing the phallic appearance. There's a situational comedy that could be centered around that!

[@romainphillis2526]

As a child of the 70's and 80's who could not wait for catalogs and wish books from all the popular stores,,, I can honestly say it's no wonder those toys never made it,, I never knew that they existed!

[@rileywilliams9799]

I remember the Madballs. We had a Slobulus. When my sisters and I went to bed one night my dad sat this ball on the upper shelf in our closet while he cleaned up. So I was left laying there in bed with this ball staring at me all night with its dangling eye. I wasn't impressed.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@rileywilliams9799]

@@RhettyforHistory Sure thing. And thanks for featuring Blackstar. Both He-Man and Blackstar are still 2 of my personal favorites.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Thanks for your wonderful videos, love them, Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching from Australia!

[@lesliehackney7519]

the 80's was the prime decade for my kids. My son was big into GI Joe and He Man. He was also big on anything cars, Matchbox or Hot Wheels. My mother tried to buy a Cabbage Patch doll for my daughter but could not find one anywhere so we went looking at the toy stores in Germany where we were living at the time. We found one, a boy doll named Hans Gunter. This time I remember many of these toys unlike the 70's. Great time going down memory land, thanks Rhett!

[@teptime]

I remember an 80s gross-out toy that was some sort of mad scientist's alien dissection lab. the aliens were full of goop. When I was REALLY young(mid 60s), comic book ads offered miniature guillotines, complete with miniature people to decapitate.

[@drusmith3480]

The only one of these toys that I remember is MAD BALLS, but I was mostly into music and cassette tapes in the 80s. 🎸

[@RhettyforHistory]

There was a lot of good music on cassettes back then. Thank you for watching!

[@gooniesgirl1979]

I was born in 1979. I only remember the E.T. finger and the Barnyard ones. I saw E.T. in the theatre when I was still 2 years old. I don’t think I saw Poltergeist all the way through until I was about 12. I didn’t like the feeling of some of my toys staring at me at night. I had one of those Barbie hairstyling heads and I would usually turn it around. My oldest brother is 9 years older than me and he had this 2 or 3 foot tall, pretty realistic-looking Godzilla toy that scared me, even when it was stuffed in the closet. It had really sharp claws. Just who wrote those instructions for the E.T. finger? If too long, cut off? To ensure more enjoyment? I wonder if that was one of those toys that they used to release before the movies came out?

[@RhettyforHistory]

I've seen other kids turn their dolls around because of that some thought. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@mooseyman74]

My grandmother used to make large dolls like Kermit, etc, they were all piled up on a chair in the spare room and stared at you all night when I slept over 😱

[@gooniesgirl1979]

@@mooseyman74 My aunt, too! She gave me a Care Bear she had sewed. It was pretty creepy with beady eyes. I didn’t really have a real Care Bear until I was almost too old for one. My best friend growing up had a whole bookcase of porcelain dolls, but I usually didn’t have to sleep in that room for sleepovers. I had one of those stuffed E.T. vinyl toys with the stitching, at least he was cute. I wish I still had it. I did find a bigger E.T. with the grey hoodie and it has a harder vinyl face, I found it at the thrift store.

[@pauljoyner4338]

@@gooniesgirl1979 That Godzilla was from the Shogun Warriors line, I'm pretty sure. He was one of the last releases from the Shogun Warriors. I had one of the Shogun Warriors, but I can't recall his name. It sounds like me and your brother were about the same age. I was born in '73.

[@gooniesgirl1979]

@@pauljoyner4338 OK, thanks. He was born in ‘70. His birthday is the 24th. I just turned 43 on Tuesday. I’ve got another brother born in ‘74. It could have belonged to him, I’m not sure. I had to share a room with him for several years. I have no sisters!

[@janetslicer3637]

Oh my! I don't have any memory of these toys. Hmmm ... oh I remember ET!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Janet!

[@Deleted11222]

I loved this. I had the Spectra doll! I was actually looking all over and couldn’t remember the name until now because of this video.

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thanks Rhetty!❤️

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@plymouthduster225]

Didn't know about many of these toys but I'm a 90s kid so they were before my time. About the only things I knew of from the 1980s was Thundercats and He-Man and Transformers. By any chance do you plan on doing a video on Toys from the 90s? Interesting video as always Rhetty.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do plan on doing a strange toys of the 90s and maybe even one after that. Thank you for watching!

[@michaelmartin4874]

Given the hyper-capitalism of the go-go 80's, they probably could've filled 10 lists.

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

A lot of things from the '80s spilled over into the 90s but I don't remember any of these toys

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

@@RhettyforHistory do toys from the 1300s those are some good times remember it like it was yesterday

[@rryan844]

Rhetty your voice is so soothing to listen to, thank you for this GREAT video. You’ve uncovered toys here I haven’t seen anyone else cover! I’m stunned! Great original research, & with the commercials and all! In appreciation! ❤️

[@johnmccall2413]

I think one of the coolest toys from the 80s was Tomy’s “Space Pets”. They were mechanical creatures that ran off of air power. One wound hop, one rolled with scissor links going back and forth. They were very creative and definitely something that inspired kids to want to be engineers when they grew up. Sort of like the little robotics kits you get in a craft store.

[@angelafisher5726]

as an 80s kid I look back at how much had changed and it is crazy. I am wondering if this generation of kiddos will grow up and not even know what is is like to go INTO a store.

[@joefell5311]

My favorite 80's toys were GI Joe and Styrofoam packaging which I used for GI Joe bases because I was poor and couldn't afford The PITT GI Joe Headquarters or the USS Flagg.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You can make a lot of stuff out of styrofoam and it can be exactly how you want it! Thank you for watching!

[@joefell5311]

@@RhettyforHistory cool video, BTW!!

[@godofzombi]

Same! I didn't bother buying the cobra target range, I just made that myself.

[@chrisc6857]

You got some real obscure entries here... I was a kid in the 80's and don't remember any of these.

[@marlenecentrella9793]

Very interesting video. The only one I heard of was the garbage kid cards. My son collected them and transformers. The others were very weird. Thank you for the info. On the different toys of the 80's. Have a happy day.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those Garbage Pail Kids Cards were huge and I really don't think that it would be that popular. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@elc1960]

Looks like they got a lot of mileage out of the kids in the ads for Breath Blasters and Rude Ralph. The same kids are in both ads. When the manufacturers had that little concern for the opinions of their toys' target audience, you knew they were doomed from the start.

[@RhettyforHistory]

The ads they ran always had them together back to back. Some of these old ads are funny to watch now, Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@ladymiss4711]

Us girls had some awesome toys in the '80s as well! The video is awesome but I wish there was more girl toys to reminisce on. A lot of these toys my brother used to have and they bring back nostalgia like crazy, but girls played with toys too.

[@arostwocents]

Mystic Warriors of Change look awesome. The 80s had such amazing toys. I was born in 86 so absolutely loved the 80s toys at 90s car boots. The radioactive animals are awesome too.

[@TH-hy9kr]

I had a Strawberry Shortcake room when I was six and at eight had Garbage Pail Kids stickers and the eyeball from Mad Balls. My uncle (5 yrs older) had toys from the Clash of the Titans movie with Harry Hamlin as Perseus and he and my cousin had lots of He-Man toys. The 80s had lots of wacky toys, clothes, and accessories.

[@TammieR-B]

Oh my, the things we thought were great back then🙄🙄 Thanks for another fun video 👍💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 p.s. I loved garbage pail kids😉

[@RhettyforHistory]

I had some of those Garbage Pail Kids Cards and then I enjoyed giving them to my little cousins who were obsessed with Cabbage Patch Kids. They would get so mad. Thank you for warching Tammie!

[@spankynater4242]

Apparently, not a lot of people thought these short lived products were great.

[@3DJapan]

I had the ET finger light and 5 or 6 year old me never made this connection. I also had Blackstar, the main guy, and loved him, even though he was basically an empty cigarette lighter shaped like a guy. I also loved the Maladroid Converter though I never knew any of the names until now. Thanks for the memories.

[@jameswolf1811]

Man, how many memories! I just remembered I had 2 of those "Convertors" not counting the Valkyrie from Macross

[@julius-stark]

If they had colored the ET finger brown the parents probably would have hated it even more haha

[@sheilabock466]

Great episode sir and congratulations on having over 100k subscribers!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Sheila and I appreciate you being a part of it all.

[@gwenb4531]

The Swatch watch was not a toy but it was very popular in the 80's,

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about those being super popular and in their time they were really cool. Thank you for watching Gwen!

[@kristinazubic9669]

They’re still around!

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I love that I was born in July of 1989 because even tho I grew up throughout the entire 90s. I felt like I got to experience the last bits of the 80s, Intermixed into the 90s. It was such a great combo of hand drawn animation, obscure well made creative toy's. It was just such a great time to grow up during. I loved how artists/brands/TV was not afraid of leaning into creating wacky things. Even if a show was eerie they found ways to blend in worth while writing, or life teaching lessons in there alongside the scary macabre oddities type stuff. I really can't stress enough just how much life lessons I learned from TV, kids cartoons. (They were called kids cartoons but once I grew up I realized that they really made certain things so they can be enjoyable for people of all ages. It really was such a golden era of creativity/personality/vibe/aesthetics)

[@RedSiegfried]

I remember Convertors well and I have a few. Contrary to popular belief, supposedly none of them were knockoffs. They were all legally licensed from other companies. It was the only way in America you could get some toys from (at the time) obscure anime shows that were only seen in Japan until much later.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about them being fully licensed. I know there were a lot of knockoffs at the time but those were one of the good ones. Thank you for watching and filling us all in a little more on them.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I have the bat and the blue bird(eagle?)

[@fabsagu5421]

Skull-one from Robotech

[@KroovyMonsoon]

I had a Blackstar figure and a Manglor (I somehow remember the plastic egg more than the figure) and I remember Spectra. The rest I've never heard of at all. Certainly easy to see why some of them failed especially those breath creatures & the weird suggestive E.T. finger. Fun video !

[@loki2240]

I was one of the kids who was fooled by the Manglor marketing. I did a whole presentation on video, Christmas morning, raising him out of that volcano or whatever with narration, and then I unknowingly broke him. 😂

[@g-starthefirst]

You could make a part 2 of this! There were many more strange toys from the 80s not mentioned here.

[@catladycatlady7359]

Barnyard commandos 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I almost peed myself laughing at that one!

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

The 80s had many interesting stuff and even when the 90s came after there was even more cool stuff

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I bought a couple of these as Christmas gifts for friends kids and my youngest sister. I thought that they were odd at the time even more so now

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Kirk! Some of them are really odd.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@RhettyforHistory Yes, but they wanted them for Christmas and Birthday presents. The Managable was one I remember getting as the boy I bought it for pulled off an arm and it wouldn't reattach. He was really disappointed.

[@jaredevildog6343]

Great video from my formative years ! Thank you !

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@garydavenport3321]

What a time travel for the mind!!!! Thank you Diggin this channel🔥🔥❤️

[@xx7secondsxx]

Good GAWD!!! Barnyard commandos!! I havent thought of them since I saw them on the shelf at K-mart! That's been over 27 years!!! Food fighters I think of often because I loved those sooo much! The 80s had some off 1-off lines of toys!

[@sarahbrinnsmith]

Please do the 90's next !! We love you Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do plan on doing one from that decade. Thank you for watching!

[@toykeyper8914]

I really enjoyed this video, there were a lot of toys on the list that looked familiar and some I've never heard of. But I could add one more strange toy line to the list, Sectuars! These were action figures that were part human/part insect and they were really creepy looking. My friend has a bunch of Sectuars and their castle, I would bring my She-ra dolls over to his house to play with (and date) his Sectuars.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is a good one to mention. I remember those being around and I would bet they are pretty collectible now since everyone didn't have them back then. Thank you for watching and sharing another one for us to remember.

[@vickiegveg]

Just like this 60's kid, We had Barbie... but not Ken, she had a crush on GI Joe. Thinking back, maybe Ken did too 😳

[@nightswatch8659]

Wacky packages were fun and weird too!

[@peehandshihtzu]

I was one of those kids who were disappointed about the Manglors. I recall having 2 meltdowns and at least one episode over that. Haven't trusted a commercial or company since. Now that I think about it that was money well spent for an early reality check but at the time there I sat devastated about the stupid claims while my brother laughed at me and said "I told ya so". Soon after I learned there was not a little dude in a boat in the back of my toilet tank and scrubbing bubbles were BS. :)