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murielm99

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32. It may have been Scrabble, 1948.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2014, 06:20 PM

Dec 2014

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What was a very popular toy the year you were born? [View all] Kaleva Dec 2014 OP

The Cuban Missile Crisis onehandle Dec 2014 #1

Twister! NewJeffCT Dec 2014 #2

This: femmocrat Dec 2014 #3

In the early fifties my brother set his bedroom on fire with a snappyturtle Dec 2014 #7

:rofl: femmocrat Dec 2014 #9

Irwin Mainway would be proud pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #20

Barbie got a boyfriend the year I was born! nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #4

Koosh ball (1987) sakabatou Dec 2014 #5

I was four months old on my first Christmas in 1947...how that hurts to say! ha! snappyturtle Dec 2014 #6

Rocks, probably. I'm pretty old. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #8

1949 and I am guessing�toy six guns rurallib Dec 2014 #10

1956 popular toys - xmas benld74 Dec 2014 #11

Mr. Potato Head adirondacker Dec 2014 #12

We had a Mr. Potato Head game with just the eyes and feet, etc. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #18

That's funny! I hadn't realized there was a more organic Mr.Potato Head prior to the adirondacker Dec 2014 #19

I remember that. The aroma... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #28

1976: Stretch Armstrong Recursion Dec 2014 #13

Mostly pipi_k Dec 2014 #14

Can't remember! ha ha I was six months old Christmas 1939. oldandhappy Dec 2014 #15

1968 d_r Dec 2014 #16

Sparkle Plenty doll (from the Dick Tracy comic strip) frogmarch Dec 2014 #17

1956 it appears to have been......... mrmpa Dec 2014 #21

fire ,it was a new invention us kids played with olddots Dec 2014 #22

HAHAHAHA! elleng Dec 2014 #23

Damn, I AM getting older! mimi85 Dec 2014 #24

And my husband - yikes! mimi85 Dec 2014 #25

How would I know? I was born in 1939. n/t RebelOne Dec 2014 #26

Me, too. I'm sure some toys were invented that year. I dunno, tho... CTyankee Dec 2014 #33

I won't say the year but this was popular.... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #27

1951 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #29

We used to spend hours looking at the View-Master. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #30

Operation sharp_stick Dec 2014 #31

It may have been Scrabble, 1948. murielm99 Dec 2014 #32

Terri Lee Dolls swilton Dec 2014 #34