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Hello! I would like help identifying this toy from the 70's. It was a plastic owl, maybe 12 inches high, purple in color. It emitted light from it's eyes which you projected on the wall or ceiling as I remember. But I dont remember the purpose or the name of this toy. I just remember my sisters and I having a great time messing around with it. Anyone know what this was?

Comic Strip light desk tracing toy? This is similar to the toys by Lakeside, Emenee, and Cox, but this one I remember didn't use licensed characters; it used generic, cartoony western characters and backgrounds. I had the western kit, but I'm sure there must have been others. I don't remember who made it. The light desk was much smaller than any of the above toys. Anyone remember this?

Dev, I think I had the same owl toy. Didn't it have yellow plastic rings around its eyes? Maybe I'm thinking of a different toy but I think you put a card in it's neck and it would light up a ghost image or whatever on the card that would glow in the dark? It must have been part or a game or something. I remember the eyes lighting up though. Aarrrgh, what was this thing? Was it a game called Who's Hoo or something?

Trying to remember the name of this toy. It was an oval-shaped clear plastic thing that was sort of a flat see-through case and it had blue and white sand in it. You just sort of manipulated it in your hands to make different sand pictures inside the oval. Maybe something by Ohio Art?

Im trying to remember the name of these toys i used to love I thought they were nemed Kittles but i guess not. They were tiny people with round heads with either plastic hair of a hat on them and the body was like a plastic cylender that fit into the furnature you bot it or say the car or hourse or wat ever it was sitting in or on. I had the complete house with toilet and all that they fit into.....hope someone remebers the name of these things lol

Holy smokes I should have checked my spelling lol

Hello. There was a toy that looked like a section of the ground and grass. It was all in plastic. It came with 3 worms or caterpillars. It had a spout on top that when you turned it, the elevator in the middle would rise and one of the worms would pop up out of a little door. I am trying to find that toy. Please advise.

For Bev - your toy was the Magic Window by Wham-O and was my favorite, too! I googled it and came up with a few fun pictures to "take me back"

Bev have you looked at Fisher Price Little People yet?

Does anyone know about a teddy bear, red-ish color, terry cloth fabric, and he cried when you fed him & had a rubber face... I called him "cry teddy" but I cannot locate info on him anywhere!!! I know he was given to me 1975-1980 but I have no other info.. HELP!!!

Does anyone remember those cool blue sand things; they were a thin (0.25in or so) oval (oval was maybe 8in x 12in) when you moved them around the sand would move around inside and create cool "sand art" scenes. I know that you can buy art-quality things like this, but I don't know what they are called

Trying desperately to find the name of a toy dog I had as a kid. It was a plastic dog.. I believe it was a pull toy. It had a leash with a plastic dog bone at the end. When you squeezed the bone it would make the dog's mouth close. It had plastic biscuits with ridges that you would put in the mouth and the dog would "eat" them. I have done several searched with no luck! Anyone remember this!?

Does anyone remember two pirate figures from the 70's? One had a wooden leg which had a treasure map hidden inside. One or both had a button in their side which would move their sword arm. Any clues? Also, when i was a kid i inherited some toys i can't recall the name of. There was a white translucent space age character made of hard plastic but with a soft head. He had a nemesis which was a different colour. i remember some of their limbs were interchangeable. They were advertised on tv. Sorry to be so vague!

The plastic owl was called Screech and was made by Parker Brothers. You can see the tv advert by typing "70's toy commercials" in youtube - it was uploaded by someone called bolt70. The ad is near the end. i had this as well but had totally forgotten about it!

Does anyone rememember a toy football game from the early 70s where the field was a giant roll out plastic mat? The players were red and yellow plastic and stood about 4 or 5 " tall, the runner was on a wind up base and the defense was on metal dollys. The name of this game has been driving me crazy !! Can anyone help ?

Can you help? I remember having a portable doll house/room that would close up so that you could take it with you. It had all the furniture attatched inside (ie. bed, dresser/vanity etc) I think it generally had 2 rooms main room and sleeping. I used it with barbie but I don't believe it was intended for her. The height of the sides when open was only 3-4" and very compact. It had stickers for the details like the bedspread. Can you help with the name?

Hiya Connie, Kris, the blue-and-white sand toy you are writing of is called "Magic Window" and is described on this very site: http://www.inthe70s.com/toys/magicwindow0.shtml

Thank you JAW you are completely right!! Little people thats what they were. I googled it and low and behold there they were

when i was small (mid 80's), i had an old "fashion plate" type toy (a garage sale find even then) that i CANNOT remember the name of. I believe it was from the 70's. it was a doll body & a plate that closed over it. the plate had the shape of the doll body cut out, and you could lay scraps of fabric over the dolls body & close the plate to make her new outfits. i remember spending hours with bits of material making different "clothes". i want to say it was a barbie, but i could be off there. it was not the actual "fashion plates" toys that you color... you just use fabric scraps. i think my daughter would love it & i am sad i don't still have it somewhere. anyone know what it's called? my google-fu is failing me.

I am looking so see if anybody remembers the name of a stuff monkey with a yellow belly and a banana for a thumb. I have most of my stuff toys from when I was a kid but I am missing this one toy and I would like to find it. If you can help it would be wonderful.

Nankie, I believe the doll was called the "Chic a Boo". I don't know about the yellow belly (there were several different versions of the doll), but it you could pop his banana in his mouth, or his thumb, or also a toe. Do a search online for "chic a boo" and see what you come up with!

Does anyone remember a doll that use to have copper wire through her hair that allowed you to style it any way you wanted? I remember the commercials use to say "mess up her hair, fix up her hair." What's the name of that doll?

Tiffany, I think the toy you had was the "Flip & Fold Fashions", had one as a kid, my daughter loves it now!

When I was a kid, my aunt had a really neat toy that had 2 long ropes with handles on both ends, one person would pull their ropes a part and send a football shaped ball with the ropes running through it flying towards the other person. Make any sense? I would love to know what this toy was called and get one if I can.

2 things-NANKIE,i dont know the name of that monkey but i had 2 of them with a banana and vinal sneakers yellow tummy red suspenders. i recently bought one in the cracker barrel store(connected to the restaurant). its real cute. 2ND does any one remember a toy called "has anyone seen my rex?" or just "REX"? he was about 4 ft tall styrofoam dinosaur you put together on a frame bone by bone. my brother had one and i chewed it up(i had a thing about liking the feel of biting down on styrofoam)unfortunately i ate rex bone by bone (which was a daily mystery for my poor brother who wondered why every day another bone was missing)imagine his suprise when he walked in on me-bone in hand-foaming at the mouth! i wish i could find one to repay him with.

Does anyone remember this? It was a game consisting of a plastic barn with swinging doors on each of 4 sides and a open chimney at the top. You would set up plastic animals outside of each of the doors, then each player on their turn would drop a ball into the chimney. The ball would then randomly come out one of the 4 doors and roll over the plastic farm animals. Whomever's animal(s) were the last ones standing was the winner. I know I got this as a gift in 1975, but can't remember what it was called.

Binary: Your pirate was part of a series called the Fighting Furies, and was named Captain Peg Leg. other in the series were Hook (bald save for a pony-tail)The Ghost of Captain Kidd, and Captain Patch. Photos of them are at the Toyhead Classics site.

We had a light-up building toy in the 70's. It had a black plastic base, and clear straight or curved rods about 6" long that you could connect together. You inserted the rods into holes in the base and turned the light on for an almost fiber optic effect. There was also a color wheel you could turn to make your creation shift colors. Sound familiar, anyone?

You can also find the monkey w/ the banana in Vermont Country Store's catalogue. As for REX, my bro had one. When he didn't want it anymore, I gave it to my 5th grade teacher. He set it up, and had all my classmates sign it. My 5th grade teacher STILL teaches and STILL uses it-30 years later. Anybody remember the plastic box (approx. 8"x8" square) you placed a drop or 3 of water in and then tried to maneuver it through a maze? I think they were called Quicksilver or Slicksilver, not sure. Thanks!

man I hope someone can help...I am making myself nuts...okay here is the toy...they were animals, chipmunk, a squirrel, and rabbit maybe,they were about as tall as little people..but they were made of vinyl and their heads were larger than their bodies. They were out around the same time the weebles were...I thought it was the tiny tot treehouse...but it's not...though i think these animals had a tree house as well. I also believe their heads were hollow, you could "squish" them...their faces kind of looked like beatrix potter characters...fingers are crossed, thanks.

Hi, Thanks for the help. Im looking for the Name/Toy of a flying type ship from the early 70s. There were a "fleet" of different ships that could be flown on wires from person to person. The specific one I remember was red, with a canopy that would open, with wheels that would decend or withdrawl. The ship was only about 6 to 8 inches from tip to tail. If you can help, please let me know mrmiles42@hotmail.com Thanks!

Does anyone remember a doll house that was in the shape of a tree. You pushed down on the top and the top popped up and there were little rooms inside. There were people and an elevator that moved the people up inside the tree if you wanted. Would like to find one if I could. Thanks.

Help! I'm looking for an old toy from the late 70's early 80's...It was a white plush Rabbit named Jack. He has 3 outfits..a jogging suit (Green shorts & yellow & white stripped tank top) and a silver racing outfit/suit and I Tshirt that said JACK. (I think...) ANYWAYS,I tell my daughter about Jack every Christmas (Theres a long story behind it) and I would LOVE to find one for her (EVEN A PHOTO!) If ANYONE knows how I can find Jack PLEASE let me know! Thanks!

Did anyone ever have a large green plastic train, it didnt come on a track, it had removable carriages,about three or four. The carriages opened up and there was a stove and loads of things to do inside. It was quite a chunky toy i could imagine fisher price making it but i cant find it, can anybody help, it must of been brought out in the 70s.I loved playing with this toy.

Does anyone remember Baby matchbox dolls called Baby Pernios? They were so cute collectable, beenie babies all different colours outfits and came in a matchbox sized boxes. I am fro Cornwall so maybe just a crazy Cornish Fad!!

I have these Super Cool Pirate dolls over my Parents house. They came with a Fold out vinyl Pirate ship. I think they were the "Original" Pirates of the Caribbean.I've been gooling my fingers off but can't find a single trace of them. One pirate has brown hair with a mustache a peg leg with a map in it, the other is cooler, with an Asian look, purple velvet vest, bald with a scalp lock,(a kind of ponytail)and a tatoo on his chest. he has a button that moves his arm for his sword. Can anyone help me with this? It was was around the "Big Jim" with his Camper era.

Kristi I found that tree- google "magic klorofil tree"- but it's only in France now. very strange b/c i had it as a kid too!

Kristi- also look on e-bay at Kenner Family tree house there are a bunch of them!!

There was a pattern-drawing device that had two big flat plastic plates of odd shapes with grooves in, and a stylus and a pen-holding device with three fat short pens in (blue, red, black). It could draw the most amazing mind-bending patterns as you traced the stylus round the groove. I thought it was an early spirograph but it's NOT as that has much smaller cogs and you draw with the pen directly (and no search on spirograph has ever brought it up) - so it must have been called something else. This was the late 70s! Hope someone else can remember it.

Lily: Was the dog you mentioned this one? Digger the Dog--Digger, he goes with you when you explore--just pull on his leash, he'll go with you anywhere, he's your dog for sure

I remember a toy that was a yellow ball with several handles/spikes/udders--one of which was red or orange. I think the object was to toss it into the sky and catch it by the red udder? Does anyone know the name of this toy?

Hi, I'm looking to identify a tiny 2 inch rubber doll that came with a ladybug car, some other hard plastic figurines (a tree with eyes?) and a game board that had a road through a magical landscape drawn on it. It came in a yellow square box and there were 4 different sets of them.

Hey, back around 1973 or so I had this plant growing type toy that was basically plastic petri dishes with clear gel in them. It came with seeds, I think like watermelon or beans or something. I remember thinking it was really cool but the gel kind of dried up shortly after the seeds sprouted. I guess it was some sort of educational toy. Does anyone remember this or what it was called??

Yes, John I remember that sooo well. I myself have been searching for it on the internet. No one I know remembers it. I loved it. If you come across the name, please let me know.

Lily, your dog was "My Good Puppy"...when you squeeze his bone he "chew" and eat his bones (one yellow, one red, and one white) that he came with...if you lifted his bone and leash he'd sit, and if you squeezed his bone quickly he'd "bark" a little squeaky noise...I LOVED him...he's still in my mom's attic!

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Does anyone remember a toy that had rotating mirrors inside a half-dome shaped top with a hard paper screen, I believe. A light from the base was directed at the rotating mirrors and it reflected a colorful design onto the inner side of the paper screen. I believe the controls were levels that controlled the mirrors and colors. It was an amazing toy that came out in 1969 or 1970 and I've never been able to find anything about it. If anyone can help me, please write to rybergadams@hotmail.com. Thank you.

I can't stop thinking about a dollhouse I had in the mid-70's. It was an A-frame lake house. There were two girl dolls, about 4 inches tall, and the cabin had cots, a firepit, a kitchen unit and a motor boat.

Cool site. I'm looking for a black plastic space ship, single cockpit, red clear canopy, you held it on the bottom like the handle of a gun, and it shot out a clear red plastic missile from the nose. It may have been from the early eighties. It may have had the word "hawk" in its name. similar shape to Battlestar Galactica Viper.

i have a magic roundabout doll, florence made intirely from plastic, cant seem to find one anywhere to get more info...can anyone help?

Does anyone remember this plastic circle you put over your ankle and attached to the circle was a rubber cord with a LEMON? I think the lemon had these tiny beans in it that made it whiz. It was like a hula hoop for the ankle. What was it called?

The lemon toy is called "lemon twist" and i used to play with that thing all the time lol

Does anyone remember a toy where you bought a scene (like underwater or space) printed on paper and it came with a sheet of things to put onto the scene? They weren't like stickers--you had to rub the back of them to affix them. What was this thing called? Many hours of fun were had with this.

Colorforms was my favorite thing to play with when I was a kid. I had a snoopy set and it was so much fun. Does anyone else remember these?

Lemon Twist!

In the 70's I had a toy. I THINK it was called "Klutz"? It was a purple furry creature with a wooden nose, and it's eyes were hidden under it's fur. You attached it to the ceiling. Everyday I would pull it down and it would "Sproing" and bounce up and down and sideways, and make cool high pitched "Sproing" noises. It smelled really awesome, like wood, and clean fur, and nice toy smells. (LOL)

Mandy, this sounds like the dolls rooms I had as a child, I only had the 2 one was a bedroom which the bed folded out when you opended the case and the other was the living area amd I remember the front door had a battery operated door bell. Did you have any luck finding out the name/brand??

I am trying to remember the name of a toy I had in the early 70s (no later than 1976). It was a stock car (about a foot long, maybe?) that came with air tools and you take it apart and put it back together.

Richard RE: JUNE 1 question. Did the "tool" spin plastic rivets that melted and held the car together? The plastic was blue, and the detailed parts of the car were printed panels that snapped in...I came here looking for it and your inquiry matched a little...

Looking for an electronic toy/game/puzzle. Globelike, maybe 8" diameter. White base with a clear blue lid that lifted to reveal the white keys and red lights.

Ken: No it didn't. It had actual nuts and bolts. I believe it was red with lots of sponsor decals. It also had hand tools as well.

Does anyone remember a toy from the early 70's-it was a box-like plastic container with the decal of a body of a griaffe on both sides. You'd stick what I think were cubes into one end and eventually the giraffe's "neck' made of cubes would emerge from the other side. My sisters and I all remember this and could never come up with the name.

I remember a toy. It was a game with a big game board. You contructed a haunted house on the board. There was a scary plastic witch figure with a broom at the top of a staircase (and another you could see in a window). And if you did something wrong, the witch would sweep (with a broom) a big silver ball bearing down the staircase and the bearing would knock your game pieces off the board. And you'd lose. Was it called "Which Witch"?

I had this little 6 wheeled car that you could ride in and it was made of plastic. I can't remember if you peddled it or you had to be pushed in it, but I think it was called a Crazy Cart or something of that nature. It was orange or a yellowish orange color if I'm not mistaken. Does anyone else remember this toy or have a picture of it? It's driving me nuts that nobody knows what I'm talking about..I know it existed somewhere...lol

I believe that the monkey doll may have been called ZIPPY.

Does anywone remember a game from the 70's that consisted of a big plastic sheet that you laid out on the table...it had streets and houses on it and it came with a crayon that you would drawn a line around the streets and a battery operated dog would follow the crayon line? At least that is how I remember it!!

Okay, going crazy trying to remember the name of this toy. It was almost like a "magnadoodle", but it was a mans face and you would use a fake pen and you could move these stringy magnets and give the guy hair, moustache, eye brows... help!

In the 70's I had a toy dog consisting of a plastic head and tubular bendable legs with plastic feet that I believe were green ? T-Bone was the name or Tee-Bone. I loved that dog ... anyone know it ? PLEASE email me SAKOTU@aol.com

i had a semi transparent red atlas rocket,that you would fill up partway with water.and using a small hand pump would launch the thing pretty high.any info on ot would be appreciated.

Kim--I had that doll, too! I think it might have been "Quick Curl Barbie"? I am often reminded of her whenever I have a bad hair day-lol

Looking for the name of a series of toy trucks that steered when you tilted them to the side. They were the size of Tonka (maybe made by Tonka) but had unique almost unrealistic shapes, with tall cab areas. Mine was a red metal firetruck with plastic white ladders on each side. The axles were held in a loose slot, so that when the vehicle was leaned to the left the two left wheels moved closer together, and the right wheels moved apart.

Looking for the name of a set of small foam rubber airplanes that you could launch with a slingshot type device. These would have been made in the mid 70's.

Roy do you mean the Flying glider? I know the gift times shop site have something that look alike what you search for....

Binary, the space age characters you are talking about are called Micronauts.

Looking for the name of this toy... was a similar concept of the Big Wheel, you could ride on it but this one was like a big circle and you could seat in the middle, in each side have two big circles and each one have a handle so instead of your feet you move turning the circles....

Jessy, I'm not sure. I don't know where the gift times shop site is.

I remember a toy I received at christmas that was a soft plastic cylinder filled with water and some sunken tresure tyupe items..It had a submersible in it and when you squeezed it a certain way the sub would go down and you would try to grab the items and bring them up

Tanya - may 31 That description sounds about right! I still have had no luck in trying to find out the makers/distributor of this product. It is driving me insane!

Hey bob, I remeber that was called "wooly Willy" And nic, I am also trying to remember that dog/crayon line toy. I was VERY young when I played with it, and was hoping it wasn't just a fgment of my imagination, like Snuffleupagus.

VAN - ANIMAL HOSPITAL - 1970's This was a blue van featuring one brown dog, two orange cats, and possibly one bird. The tools were not very technical in nature, actually quite unrealistic considering the size of the animals (3 - 5 inches). A bandage, a needle and a stethoscope come to mind. This toy was popular in the early to mid 1970's. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

I am looking for the name of a toy, probably late 60's, early 70's. It had a screen and records. You put on the record and a song with pictures would appear on the screen. One of the songs was about rose colored spectacles. Any info would be greatly appreciates. Is starting to drive me crazy. Thanks.

When I was young, my grandmother had a wonderful toy at her house my sisters and I loved to play with. It was a plastic post office, complete with handheld truck and little colored plastic "envelopes". You would load the envelopes in the back of the mailtruck, back the truck into a special slot on the building and the letters would "magically" unload into a mailbox. Does anyone remember something like this? I almost want to say it was a Fisher Price type of playset, but I've never seen it anywhere else.

I'm looking for a toy, it was in the 70s. It had a triceratops head, and a spiky shell. It also had 6 or 8 legs, and it walked. It came with a flashlight that you could shine into a rectangle (sensor maybe?) on it's neck, it would stop walking and it's eyes and mouth would light up if I recall correctly. I've looked all over the internet trying to find it, and I can never seem to find any info on it. I think there were action figures that were in the set, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated!

Mazinga-i had that too i belive it was called space hawk, had a trigger on the handle you coud make lasers kinda lioght up and shoot lol

Ken I have been dyng to find out what that white plastoc blue pastic dome toy was. Vic- they were called presto-magix and you can still find them on ebay.

I think it had the look of a circus tent of mirrors that you put on a record that had little pictures and they would move.Does any one remember that toy?

I am looking for a toy for my husband who was born is 1977. When he was a small child he had a ride on toy that was orange and had six wheels. That is all I know and I would love any bit of information anyone could provide. Thank you!

I'm looking for the name of a toy, I think I remember my mother referring to it as "moon buggies" . It consisted of a hard plastic track with these little cars that had a tinted blue window in front to conceal the battery. On top of the "buggy" was a "V" that was parallel to the top of the car. The cars would pass through these see-through clear plastic domes. On the top of each dome there was wheel you could turn that would lower a "bolt", for lack of a better word, that would either catch on the V part of the car or let it pass. It is difficult to describe. Does anyone know this toy?

I'm looking for a toy that my brother used to play with. It was a clear plastic man that when you pumped a ball on his hand it would show blook pumping through his veins. It showed his heart and lungs too I think. It's driving me nuts.

help me out if you can….I don’t remember what it was called but I’ll describe it……it was a warm furry….ahhh worm I think,…..I think it had eyes. It was flat (like a piece of rug) measuring about 3X9”. When you “pet” it, it would curl upwards like an inch-worm. They came in a variety of colors

Please help me....Around 1969-or 70 there was a remote control type car. Instead of a remote control it had a flashlight and the car would follow the flash light beam of light. The commercials showed a red car going under a table in a "dark kithcen" I never owned it but wanted it sooo bad . Mom said it was too expensive. I held it in my hand at the toy store. ANYWAY does anyone know this toy?

Shuler-Perez -- do you mean the Spin-Out 360?

I just got back from a garage sale... I bought a teddy bear for my son, (who's five) because I remember having one just like it when I was little. He has a red heart on his chest, and when you squeeze his paw, the heart lights up and he records a few seconds of audio and then plays it back to you. There is ONE tag on the bear, but it doesn't give a name or anything, just materials it was made out of. I'm pretty sure the bear I had when I was a kid was already 'old', and secondhand (from my aunt I think), and I was born in the early eighties, which leads me to believe the bear was from the seventies. The 'new' bear I got my son is 'broke'. (The wires for the battery terminal need soldered back on) and I don't have the tools to do so, so... Any tips on how I might repair the bear so it works would be GREAT, as well. :D