1980's toys and games

It was like Colorforms, but instead of cling they were rubons. I have been trying for years to remember the name.

eta ~ Oh my gosh. I just Googled and was able to find them. Presto Magix. I've been Googling for years!

One of my all time favotite toys!!!

And I loved colorforms and Spirograph!!!

I pretty much loved all toys of the 80s and 90s - especially dolls.

I looked for years and finally found out what my favorite was called. A sparklin. It was a pet of the pj sparkles doll.

I also really loved magic nursery dolls, magic bottle baby, crimp n curl and sunbathing cabbage patch dolls, the heart family and smooshies/keepers. I still have all of the above I believe and probably everything else I owned as a child. Unfortunately it seems it can never be found when I ask where it is for my child.

Chinese Jacks! In elementary school we used them as markers for hop scotch! If you had a cool marker you were the shit! 

Colorforms were the best!
I loved the fact that there would unlimited possibles to make pictures.

I had this generic glow in the dark haunted house one and a Peewee's Play House one that I remember.


Some of my favorite toys that weren't mentioned yet were Alphie, Questron books system ( did anyone have those? They were a little similar to Leap pad ) ,castle blocks, and Labyrinth the board game.

Probably more of a 70s thing but I loved my Fuzzy Felt sets, I had a circus one that I played with for hours.
I also loved my head with pull out hair that you could put make on, no idea what that was called!!

Tuesday Taylor was the best! I had her penthouse, too. It had a spiral staircase to the rooftop patio.

I also had a Barbie-like doll named Darci whose arms and legs could bend. She was taller than Barbie, though, so they couldn't share clothes.

This is the one I had Girls World  looking at it now it was a bit creepy. I think this is where my interest in make up stems from though.

I was obsessed with my Speak & Spell as well as Monchichis. Monchichis means happiness. Lol.

Now I'm going to to have that jingle running through my head.

I played with Colorforms back in the late 1960's

Colorforms were these thin opaque colored vinyl pieces that were diecut into shapes and they came with a glossy cardboard insert in the box that the vinyl pieces would stick to. Initially they were just primary colors and basic shapes but eventually they had printed ones that went with a themed set.

I had the Raggedy Ann set twice as a kid because some of the small pieces got lost. The board had a printed Raggedy Ann in her bloomers and striped stockings and the Colorforms pieces were her dress, apron, bows for her hair, flowers, etc. that came in different colors. I also had a Mickey Mouse set and not sure if we had a Snoopy set too but we probably did. All that stuff is considered collectible now.

Colorforms were so much fun. Like MerryMom I played with them in the 60's, but also the very early 70's. I had paper dolls up the wazoo. I loved those things. I'm always fascinated when I see a vintage toy collection on tv. So cool.

I forgot about Mandy. I had her, too!