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The Hottest Ride in Town: Remembering Marx’s Green Machine

In the year 1977, if you were just too big for a “Big Wheel,” there ...

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Test Your Flight Skills: Remembering Mattel’s Vertibird (1971)

In 1971, Mattel produced one of the greatest toys of a generation: the Vertibird. ...

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The Slap-Happy Game: Remembering Parker Brothers’ Gnip-Gnop

Gnip Gnop: it’s ping pong, only backwards! Get it? Gnip-Gnop, from Parker Brothers first hit ...

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Coming to a Galaxy Near You: Star Wars Burger King Drinking Glasses

One unforgettable Star Wars original trilogy collectible came straight from your local Burger King restaurant ...

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Invincible Guardians of World Freedom: Remembering Mattel’s Mighty Shogun Warriors

The years between 1978 and 1980 were magical ones as far as fantasy and ...

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Equip Your Star Trek Landing Party, 1970s Style

Many of my posts here at Flashbak this year have been written in ...

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The Fastest Ship in the Galaxy? Remembering Milton Bradley’s Star Bird (1978)

One of the great toy lines of the immediate post-Star Wars era comes from Milton ...

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Battleship! Celebrating Nearly 50 Years of Milton Bradley’s Strategy Game

Difficult though it may be to believe, 2017 will make the 50th anniversary of the ...

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Powerful Living Rocks! Remembering Tonka’s Rock Lords

Thirty years ago, in 1986, toymakers Bandai and Tonka introduced a generation of kids to…the ...

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Grab Hold and Pull: Remembering Kenner’s Stretch Armstrong (1976 – 1980)

Stretch Armstrong is a strange but beloved toy from the mid-1970s. The character of Stretch ...

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From Outer Space to Your Toy Store: Rom the Space Knight (Parker Bros, 1979)

In 1979, ads from toy company Parker Brothers blared “The age of ROM has ...

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They’re Ideal: Three Amazing Toys of the 1960s Designed by Marvin Glass

In The Chicago Tribune on November 5, 1961, the late Marvin Glass (1914-1974) ...

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