Saturday, 5 November 2011

Good is...? 1990s - Toys

Synonymous with childhood, toys and games are at the forefront of my research due to their positive associations and their span across all decades. Film, television and video games were not as prominent in early eras.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja 
  • Turtles Barbie produced by Mattel 
  • Super Soaker Water Guns 
  • Cupcake Dolls were produced by Tonka. They looked similar to a southern belle and smelled like cupcakes as well as turned into cupcakes. They came with a dress and a plastic hat that could be fastened with a string that could be tied under their chin. The dress was made of rubber covered with cloth and if the doll's head was pushed down and the dress turned upward, the doll would become a cupcake with the hat being the frosting on top. 
  • Power Rangers 
  • Polly Pocket 
  • Stretch Armstrong 
  • My Little Pony produced by Hasbro was popular in the early part of the 1990s decade before it transitioned further away from the 1980s. Then this toy made a brief comeback starting in 1997. 
  • Secret Wish Horse was made by Tyco. They were colorful plastic horses that had rooted eyelashes and a bejeweled saddle. One of the jewels could be removed and used as a key to unlock the hidden surprise within the saddle. The surprise usually consisted of a ring or earrings. They also came with a magic 8 ball necklace so that little girls could make wishes. 
  • Magic Touch Horse were plastic horses that came in different shades of the rainbow. They had symbols on their hips that when pressed would light up the hooves or plastic flowers in the mane. Some of them even played music. 
  • Sega Game Gear 
  • Care Bears 
  • Transformers (Toy Line) 
  • Littlest Pet Shop 
  • Beanie Babies (TY) 
  • Sky Dancers 
  • Troll Doll 
  • Giga Pets 
  • Tamagotchi 
  • Hot Wheels 
  • Skip It 
  • Bop It 
  • Pogs 
  • Creepy Crawlers produced by Mattel
  • Fantasy Fillies were produced by Empire/Marchon and designed by the designer of Fashion Star Fillies by Kenner (1987). They were plastic horses that came in a wide aray of colors. They all had glittery symbols on their hips. 
  • Cabbage Patch Horses produced by Hasbro were rubber ponies that came in several different color variations and some had glittery bodies. Also, some had hair that could be combed while others had yarn for hair. 
  • Lisa Frank 
  • Pokemon 
  • Furby 
  • Poo-Chi 
  • Puppy Surprise 
  • Pound Puppies 
  • Animorphs 
  • Thin Ice board game 
  • Trouble board game 
  • Sorry board game 
  • Jenga board game 
  • Guess Who game 
  • Connect Four game 
  • Perfection game 
  • Pretty Pretty Princess board game 
  • Laser Tag 
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 
  • Sega Genesis 
  • Mr. Bucket 
  • Sony PlayStation 
  • Nintendo 64 
  • Game Boy Color 
  • Rollerblades 
  • Razor Scooter

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