Cool, Classic Toy Commercials

Cool Classic Toy Commercials or a walk down memory lane…

As I was researching Christmas TV commercials (see previous post) I stumbled upon all the toy commercials from that time period. Toys I had or my cousins had. It brought back alot of memories and again I can still chant some of the jingles and the taglines like “if it’s kenner it’s fun!”

This post is going to get rather listy…and though I have tried to keep the lists segregated in separate pages they will sneak out from time to time.

Toys we had and the commercials that went with them:

• One of the first Lego commercials (Who didn’t (doesn’t) have Legos?…can’t you just play with them for hours?
• Kenner Easy Curl  (Still have mine in the origional box)
• Kenner SSP Smash-Up Derby (Love these, and also the real smash up derby,
  my pop and I laught so hard whever we get to see one of these events. Don’t know why, just do.)
• Lucy Colorforms ( I had a Miss Piggy set too, come to think of it it might still be packed away somewhere.)
• Operation (I was good at this, I had a steady hand!)
• Light Bright ( I love the song that goes with the commercial, dunno why, just do.)
• Battleship (You sank my battleship….shhhhh!)
• Slinky (I loved these they were mesmerizing…>sigh< they had a neat sound and smell all thier own.
• The Game of Life Board Game
• Susie Homeaker Toys ( I had an oven and a fridge. They were turquiose.
  My favorite cousin Diane had a vanity and I always wanted it.)
• Perfection  (Always made me jump when it popped, but I was good at it.)
• 6 Million Dollar Man Bionic Grip 
• GI Joe Stolen Idol Helicopter (He came with a scary snake and a “real” jewel for treasure..played with these after out Major Matt Mason toys broke)
• 6 Million Dollar ManAction Figure (He had this cool bionic eye thingie)
• Kenner’s spirograph and Easy Bake Oven (I loved Spirograph, still do!
  Does anyone remember Spiro-tot?)

Toys we didn’t have but…
commercials that bring back memories:

• Hasbro’s Snow Man Cone Maker
• Kenner’s Ice Bird
• Slinky Pull Toys on Wheels (They were so goofy. It’s funny how something so simple can amuse a kid >sigh<
• Mystery Date Board Game (No comment, I ‘ll leave to fun to someone else.)
• Skittle pool starring the Get Smart Guy

Toys I wish I could have found commercials for:

• Rock em’ Sock em’ Robots (You knocked my block off!)
• Mousetrap (I loved watching the ball travel)
• Schaper- Cootie (We played this a lot at Grandma’s house along with Don’t Spill the Beans, Don’t Break the Ice)
• Twister
• Which, Witch? Board Game (One of my all time fav games, still wish I could find one somewhere, got any ideas?)

Please help me find a good copy of this game!

I had fun doing this…guess I am just a kid at heart…ya think?

Just a thought I caught flying by… what do you think?

~ by veritas07 on December 13, 2008.