# 80s Toys Are Coming Back **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541 "2001-10-25T14:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/1 "2001-10-25T14:17:57Z")
I saw a commercial for “My Pet Monster” or something like that this morning while watching “Sponge Bob Square Pants” on Nick. The horned purple beast with the bright orange handcuffs that are snapped off. Never had one as a kid personally (I was actually scared of them–I don’t know why), but was amused to see that advertised. Also know that Transformers are coming back. Anyone know of any others? ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/2 "2001-10-25T14:23:41Z")
Aaaargh, the eighties! Begone foul and midnight decade! Death to anything eighties! Arrggh…mullets…I’m melting…I’m melting…arggghhhhhhhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/3 "2001-10-25T14:24:16Z")
Transformers have BEEN back for some time now. As have Star Wars figures. There’s talk of GI Joes (the 80s versions) coming back, if they haven’t already. Masters of the Universe are returning. Why? Because all of us who grew up with this stuff can now afford to buy them. The days of “Okay, you can have ONE Star Wars figure” are over. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/4 "2001-10-25T14:59:30Z")
Popples. My sister saw a commercial for them the other day. Course, I still have the one I got when I was 6… ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/5 "2001-10-25T15:10:48Z")
My daughter saw the commercial for the new Popples. She said, “I want one!” I told her that the next time she was at her grandma’s house, she should check her aunt’s closet :). My husband is very disappointed with the quality of the new Transformers. He says that they are very “Go-Bot-like”, implying an inferior product. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/6 "2001-10-25T15:45:10Z")
Yeah, the new Transformers are too…too…Japenese. The Beast Wars ones were cool (and mad props to the poor designers who had to get a robot to turn into a rhino, rat, dinosaur, etc…) But the new ones, along with the series, make me ashamed to say I’m a transfan. (That’s ‘nerd-talk’ for transformer buff, :D) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/7 "2001-10-25T16:02:59Z")
“I’ll stop the world and melt with you!” We’ll have a _Perfection_ game going at the Dope-A-Ween. We know how to entertain! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/8 "2001-10-25T16:43:29Z")
The return of the '80s toys? Hell, there are toys first produced in the '50s, '60s and '70s that never really left! [li][Easy-Bake Oven](http://www.hasbro.com/default.asp?x=easybake)[/li][li][Lite-Brite](http://www.hasbro.com/default.asp?x=litebrite)[/li][li][Play-Doh](http://www.hasbropreschool.com/default.asp?x=playdoh)[/li][li][Spirograph](http://www.hasbro.com/default.asp?x=spirograph)[/li][li][Mr. Potato Head](http://www.hasbropreschool.com/default.asp?x=mrpotatohead)[/li][li][Tonka](http://www.hasbropreschool.com/default.asp?x=tonka)[/li][li][Kerplunk](http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/s/m/smc258/KB/Kerplunk.htm)[/li][li]Even [Lincoln Logs](http://lincolnlogs.knex.com/), which were first introduced in 1916. And [Tinkertoys](http://www.hasbropreschool.com/default.asp?x=tinkertoy) are from 1913.[/li]I’m sure there’s more but I don’t feel like finding 'em. There’s also a new “battling tops” sort of game that is little but a cheap imitation of the [1968 original](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/toys/ty1005.php) with a smaller “arena”. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/9 "2001-10-25T16:43:37Z")
Damn. I knew I shouldn’t have given my Members Only jacket and jazz oxfords to the Purple Heart Veterans. I still have my Tabletop Arcade “Donkey Kong” game and my Colecovision, though. . . ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/10 "2001-10-25T16:45:03Z")
Rmember that you heard it here first, folks! 80’s fashion’s are coming back in style- I kid you not. Over here in Prague I’m seeing colored eyeglasses (a rave thing) transform into rhinestone studded shades. Next, people are starting to wear big hair. Plus, the jeans and jean-skirts are all sold with frayed edges. Look out for thin tie’s! I guess it eventually had to happen, but damn, so soon?!? -TCat ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/11 "2001-10-25T19:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > **…There’s talk of GI Joes (the 80s versions) coming back…** Your worst fears have come true. I saw a comercial them on TV just the other day. Gosh I loved the 80’s. Course I only lived in them 5 years, but they have GREAT music! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/12 "2001-10-25T20:23:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tomcat \* > \*\*Rmember that you heard it here first, folks! > > 80’s fashion’s are coming back in style- I kid you not. Over here in Prague I’m seeing colored eyeglasses (a rave thing) transform into rhinestone studded shades. Next, people are starting to wear big hair. Plus, the jeans and jean-skirts are all sold with frayed edges. > > Look out for thin tie’s! > > I guess it eventually had to happen, but damn, so soon?!? > > -TCat\*\* I coulda told you that. Several months ago, punk 80s styles were all the rage. I couldn’t open a magazine without some crazy weird eyeshadow and at least a faux mowhawk or two. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/13 "2001-10-25T21:06:03Z")
~ I had a toy from the 80’s that I’ll never forget… It was a super-duper strong man type thing that stunk like hell… You could tear his arms off and then put it right back together… that thing had to have been made from stuff stuck to the bottoms of toxic waste bins or something… I mean it stunk, stank, stunk… ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/14 "2001-10-25T21:13:23Z")
What!? No My Little Ponies? Those were the best 🙂 The other day I saw a commercial for this back-pac thing that was supposed to double as a locker or something. I can’t remember what it was called, but I remembered those from when I was a kid (in the 80’s). The funniest part was that it was the same commercial that they used to show. The little girls were wearing 80’s clothes and everything. It was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/15 "2001-10-25T22:43:05Z")
I saw Popples the other day! Couldn’t believe my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/16 "2001-10-25T22:49:50Z")
We have in our basement _every_ My Little Pony ever made, according to my wife (OK, 1 example of every one). What I want are a couple of those smash-up-derby cars. Remember the kind that had the little zip-strap that you pulled through it, let 'er rip on the floor and when it something the doors and hood would fly off? Those were kewl. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/17 "2001-10-25T23:01:43Z")
Sorry, the little post Arab-fricking-oil embargo G.I. Joe doesn’t cut the mustard. The original 11" tall plastic fighting man is the only one for me. My Joe kicked ass in backyard when I was a tyke. A family friend even sewed some civvies for him, a little Hawaiian shirt and blue jeans. Just the thing for liberty call. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/18 "2001-10-25T23:32:38Z")
It’s baaaaaaaack … Mattel Football. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BULI](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BULI) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/19 "2001-10-25T23:41:41Z")
I hope Cabbage Patch Dolls make a comeback. I’m fairly sure you can still get them… they’re just not cool like they used to be. I want the fad to come back! Kids these days just can’t sympathise when I say I was sooo jealous of the girl who played Punky Brewster because she had over 60 Cabbage Patch Dolls. They’re all like “Jealous of who?” and “What patch dolls?”. Pfff. Where’s the culture gone? I wish I could find my Rainbow Brite doll, but at least I know where Strawberry Shortcake is - she still smells like strawberries! ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-toys-are-coming-back/89541/20 "2001-10-25T23:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > It’s baaaaaaaack …Mattel Football. ~Ohhhhh…hay’yull! I bet you still have to run 350 yards for a touchdown…