The early 1980s had a bit of a 1970s hangover, where most of the toys where very similar to toys that already existed in the 1970s. The smaller-sized Star Wars action figures of 1978 were so popular that almost all action figures changed to the smaller size by 1982. Remote controlled ...
There were loads of great toys made in the 70s, but most of them were invented earlier, and then perfected. Many of the toddler toys went unchanged from the sixties, as Fisher Price made the most out of the molds they clearly had been using for 15 years. LEGOs were becoming more and ...
Teddy Ruxpin captured the attention of boys and girls everywhere, as his ability to talk and move both his eyes and mouth were revolutionary at the time. Teddy would read stories to kids thanks to a cassette tape inserted in his back, and was so popular,Worlds of Wonder had to charter je...
Jelly Roll spent a lot of time in a juvenile detention center growing up, and a lot of time with his music career after that. He was telling me how it will be good to finally be at a place this year where he has some success and can put the brakes on and really settle down and...
However, the late 90s were also when Toys R Us started experiencing the first big problems, including major competition from other bargain retailers, like Walmart and Kmart, and a serious loss in court to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). ...
Talking toys were all the rage in the '80s and '90s, from Teddy Ruxpin in the mid-'80s to Tickle Me Elmo in the mid-'90s to the Furby craze in 1998. Made by Tiger Electronics, Furbies were animatronic pets that interacted with the world around them, their moving eyes, ears, and be...
Hmmmm. This sounds a bit like Microsoft's tactics in the 80s. Somebody had a popular 3rd party utility, and in the next iteration of PC DOS that utility would become part of the OS and the 3rd party company went kaput. They did the same to Word Perfect, offered MS Word for...
“It’s fine, the only cops on duty are in the station watching the college game, we’ll be fine.” So heading back, instead of me riding in the bed, it was my dad while his d**nk friend supervised my driving. The rules were a bit lax. ...
Here Comes Santa Claus failed to make the country's top-10 favorite songs, which was of course topped by Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You. Ohio had a unique choice, with Underneath the Tree, as they were the only state to pick the song. Run Rudolph Run was Indiana's...
Old Wal-Mart stores & pharmacy in the 80s (1984) Inside old stores, including music departments, toys & cashiers Vintage jewelry, pharmacy & shoe sections Old-schoolWalmartmarketing scenes (1981) DON’T MISS:80s grocery stores: See vintage supermarkets, plus find out how retro tech paved the...