70s Inspired Bedroom
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Atari 2600
In the annals of toy history, the Atari 2600 console was the one that truly introduced video games to the world — even if the system cost an insane $200 at the time (nearly $800 after inflation).
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Pet Rocks
If one toy could sum up the decade of goofy clothes and disco dancing, it would be the pet rock. The guy who tricked kids into buying rocks is a true hero.
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Rubik's Cube
You probably remember this toy as the ultimate challenge or an infuriating logic problem, depending on your level of patience.
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Skateboards
An entire youth subculture exists around skateboards and skateboard parks, and it reached its first peak in the 1970s.
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Weebles
These chubby little characters were introduced in 1971, which means that kids have been immediately reciting "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down" in their heads when they see them for the last 45 years.
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Six Million Dollar Man Action Figures
The TV show The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-off The Bionic Woman led to many plastic figurines that helped kids imagine a world where people were part robot.
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Boggle
With its blocky letters and simple grid, Boggle remains a less time-consuming, still brain-bendy Scrabble.
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Connect Four
It's a game so simple that the cavemen probably played some variation of it, but Connect Four officially emerged on the toy market in 1974.
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Hungry Hungry Hippos
There's an extremely good chance that your mother is still fishing these little white marbles out from under the couch, as playing the game guaranteed they'd fly everywhere.
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Nerf Balls
"THE WORLD'S FIRST INDOOR BALL" was the promise Nerf made. It's pretty incredible it took until 1970 for someone to think up a soft foam ball that would keep kids from breaking windows.
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Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
Unlike many of the toys on this list, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots haven't had one single substantial update since their introduction. Why mess with perfection?
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Baby Alive Doll
A baby doll that ate powdered food, vomited, and had bowel movements proved to be a wonderfully disgusting addition to any girl's toy chest.
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Battleship
Trivia: The Battleship game is the plastic update of a paper-and-pencil game played by soldiers during World War I.
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Magna Doodle
Add this to the list of toys that anyone, of any age (even babies!), would play with right this second if they could. The Magna Doodle lets users manipulate little magnetic shavings to create different shapes or designs.
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Simon
How '70s was the electronic memory game Simon? It was regularly played at Studio 54.
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Star Wars Figurines
The Star Wars movies have never ebbed in popularity, with resurgences with each new chapter of the epic bringing new corresponding toys. That said, the original figurines of the 1970s will nab you a pretty penny on eBay today.
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Starsky & Hutch Cars
A TV show with an iconic car always needs a toy version of said car, and Starsky & Hutch's red Gran Torino is no exception.
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Easy Bake Oven
The toy has become a bit more controversial in recent years (a little pink oven to prepare young girls for a life in the kitchen?), but the product keeps right on selling.
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Lite-Brite
The only thing more addictive than playing with the little glowing pegs of Lite-Brite was singing their catchy jingles.
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Shrinky Dinks
Two housewives invented the melting-shrinking-colorful plastic designs circa 1973.
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Spirograph
A new way to color, the swirling, geometric Spirograph inspired a whole lot of ugly neon posters in the 1970s.
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Stretch Armstrong
You could pull on the limbs of Stretch Armstrong to, yep, stretch him out — that is, until your little brother cut into the latex to see the gel underneath.
Source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g3556/popular-toys-from-1970s/
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