Top Ten Toys From the 80′s

The theme went something like "Pogo ball is what'cha call it when you're rockin' and a rollin' everywhere..." This was an inflatable ball with a platform to stand on while hopping that was attached to the ball. If you were really good, you could go down small sets of stairs, spin, flip the pogo ball and jump rope while on the pogo ball.

Originally greeting card characters, soon the Care Bears were the most popular bears around with TV shows, movies, and of course the squeezable stuffed versions. Each Care Bear came in a different color and had a specialized insignia on its belly that represented its duty and personality. This insignia was known as their "tummy symbol." However, the movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! renamed them "belly badges.

Remember Glo Worms and Glo Friends? These were rubber, plastic, or plush toys in the shape of worms, that would light up at night. That made them the perfect bed time friend for every 10 and under kid in the U.S. And of course there were books, key chains, and other relative novelty items as well.

More than meets the eye! Cars and planes and such that would transform into robots. Later it became a TV show and then a comic book.

Actually a holdover from the 70's, but Lite Brite still was one of the most popular toys through the 80's and even into the 90's. Colored mini "bulbs" that fit into the holes to create pretty illiminated pictures, and also a pain in the foot when you stepped on one later that night. It also had the black paper which had the design to follow - by putting the "bulbs" where it instructed you to!

Another seventies toy that didn't go away, now shrunken in 1982, all plastic and hundreds to chose from. The cartoon of the same name is probably very responsible for the immense popularity they enjoyed. Major players in the Joe line included Duke, Hawk, Snake Eyes and Sgt. Slaughter (also a professional wrestler).

In the 80s animatronics weren’t merely just for movie magic and Disney. A little bear named Teddy Ruxpin dared to venture into our hearts and minds by telling us stories of his great adventures. Teddy was equipped with a built-in tape deck in his back. When a special Teddy Ruxpin tape was inserted, he’d come to life, moving his eyes and mouth, and talking. Grubby, Teddy’s fellow adventurer, was also available as a toy. When connected to Teddy via a cable, Grubby became interactive too.

When you’re talking about hot 80s toys, you can’t leave out Cabbage Patch Kids. No other toy in history was fought over as much as those cute-yet-ugly little dolls we were all dying to own. Yes, those who lived through the Cabbage Patch wars scoff at the mild skirmishes that broke out over Elmo and Furby. Come on people! Mothers BLED over Cabbage Patch dolls. They kicked, they scratched and they LITERALLY BIT each other. There are still newspaper copies lying around somewhere to prove it. If you want to talk about hot 80s toys, Cabbage Patch dolls are it.

The brain teaser to end all brain teaser puzzles, you had a 6 colored cube which you had to reorganize. To date, over 350 million of these 80s toys have been sold, and that makes Rubiks Cube the number one selling puzzle of all time. Some say it’s not only the biggest selling puzzle, but the bestselling toy as well. You could either peel off the stickers or pull it apart with pliers if you were like me. Rubik's Cube hails as the king of 80s toys and the mother of 80s fads.