25 Toys From the 80s You Might Have Forgotten About (But Your Inner Kid Absolutely Hasn’t)

We, the children of the 80s, are basically toy sommeliers. We grew up in that magical Goldilocks zone of playtime: right before everything required batteries, internet, or a firmware update, and right after toys were just a stick you hit another stick with. We didn't have iPads, but we also didn't spend afternoons rolling a hoop down a dirt road like Victorian chimney sweep trainees.

No, no. We had proper toys. Plastic. Neon. Slightly dangerous. Designed by engineers who apparently thought, "What if fun… but also fire hazard?" And honestly, those were the best ones. Toys that could slice your finger, take your eye out, or melt if you left them in a sunny car for five minutes. Toys that made noise, lit up, launched things, or transformed into other things entirely. Toys that lived rent-free in our brains for forty years.

So here's your hit of nostalgia: 25 toys from the 80s you probably forgot existed… but the second you see them, your brain will go, "OH MY GOD, I had that!"