While the Big Wheel wasn’t created in the 80s, they were a leader toy seller and almost every young child remembers riding their red, blue, and yellow Big Wheel into the world of exploration. Racing into parts unknown as their parents watched in terror. Joining you in this mission will be Optomis Prime and his team of Transformers, Robots in Disguise.

The word creepy, crawlers, and gross are a few words to describe a new line of toys from the 1980s. Creepy Crawlers Bug Maker allowed children to melt their very own “real” plastic toy bugs. The Garbage Pail Kids were the new collector’s items. They came in the forms of movies, dolls, and trading cards. Mad Balls were the hit for the most disgusting toy of the time. They were gross looking, squishing balls to throw to your friends. Many of these balls had floating eyeballs, fingers, or bugs inside of them.

On a sweeter side of toys you would find the Cabbage Patch dolls in 1983. The Cabbage Patch Dolls came with their very own special birth certificate. The Care Bears joined the scene in 1981 and we got Funshine Bear, Birthday Bear, and then who can forget the pink Love-a-Lot Bear with two hearts on her belly. Every little girl’s dream of having their very special pony were answered when My Little Pony joined us in 1981.

The world’s greatest minds enjoyed the Rubik Cubes challenge. The fastest record in unscrambling the cube was just 22.95 seconds. If you preferred a different kind of challenge, then the Simon Says game may just be your speed. Both of these mind challenging games made their appearances in the 80s and both are still very popular today. Beware these games may be eaten by the Hungary Hungary Hippos if your aren’t careful.