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Powered Fun and Thrills: Remembering Schaper’s Telesonic Toys of the Mid-1970s

In the 1970s, Schaper Toys was a big name (and was so until 1986, ...

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His Evil Brains Glow in the Dark: Remembering Kenner’s Alien Figure (1979)

One of the most legendary and sought-after toys from my youth in the 1970s ...

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Remembering The Parker Brothers Situation Games (1968-1970)

In the late 1960s, Parker Brothers -- manufacturers of Sorry!, Ouija and other great ...

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The Robot with a Personality: Remembering Mego’s 2-XL

In 1978, Mego introduced a small, toy robot that could play 8-track tapes: the ...

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I’m Making the Galaxy Safe for Humanity: Tomy’s Shoot Out in Space (1978)

Here’s another great collectible from the disco-decade and the post-Star Wars (1977) sci-fi boom. Now, ...

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The Product that Revolutionized Amusement Games: Remembering Atari’s Pong (1972)

If memory serves, my first reckoning with the video game revolution -- home or arcade ...

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Child Soldiers: Vintage Photos Of Kids With Guns

"My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around ...

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Would You Believe…Don Adams Pitch Man for Skittle Games?

The late, great Don Adams (1923-2005) gained long-lived pop culture fame for his role ...

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No Batteries Required: Remembering the Fisher Price Movie Viewer (1973)

In 1973, Fisher Price introduced its popular “Movie Viewer and Cartridge” toy: a camera-like device ...

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Remembering ‘The Wonder Computer of the 1980s’ – The Commodore VIC-20

The first home computer to sell a million units was the Commodore VIC-20, an 8-bit ...

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Christmas 1973: It Wasn’t Pretty

Let's take a long, hard look at Christmas '73, but be warned - it ...

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You Can’t Beat the System: Remembering the Colecovision Game System (1982 – 1984)

I’ve devoted much space here at Flashbak recently to the Vectrex, Atari 2600, and Intellivision, just ...

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