22 Historical Toys That Kids Actually Played With

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 07/28/2024 in wtf

For as long as children have been around, they've played with stuff. But while some toys like weapons, vehicles and dolls have been around forever, other stuff has come and gone with the times. And even old dolls look like they came straight out of a horror movie.

Here are 22 weird toys from both distant and recent history that kids actually played with.

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Space Lizard Toy from “V” 1985.
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German children trying out the latest in war toys. German Empire, WWI era.
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April 30th, 1952, 72 years ago, Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television.
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Toy cosmonauts line a shelf in the Moskva department store, 1967.
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Children playing with a toy guillotine, France, 1959.
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Motorwheel toy from the 1920's.
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A variety of dolls run over by toy testers at the Ideal Toy company in 1955.
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"My Dad taking me to meet He-Man at a toy shop in the UK, 1984."
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“Me and my best toy as I was in nursery school, 1972-1973.”
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Vin Diesel plays with Street Sharks at a 1994 toy fair.
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1979 Spiderman Muscle Meter! Squeeze the trigger to find out how strong you are!
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In 1950, A.C. Gilbert released a toy laboratory set that contained actual uranium.
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Boy 'playing' with a Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, 1950.
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1950s toy robot.
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NYC, Tony the Pony toy by Marx, 1960's.
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80s boxing monster toy.
21.
“70s kids toy from my Grandma's attic.”
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1.
Space Lizard Toy from “V” 1985.
2.
German children trying out the latest in war toys. German Empire, WWI era.
3.
April 30th, 1952, 72 years ago, Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television.
4.
Toy cosmonauts line a shelf in the Moskva department store, 1967.
5.
Children playing with a toy guillotine, France, 1959.
6.
7.
Motorwheel toy from the 1920's.
8.
A variety of dolls run over by toy testers at the Ideal Toy company in 1955.
9.
10.
"My Dad taking me to meet He-Man at a toy shop in the UK, 1984."
11.
“Me and my best toy as I was in nursery school, 1972-1973.”
12.
Vin Diesel plays with Street Sharks at a 1994 toy fair.
13.
14.
1979 Spiderman Muscle Meter! Squeeze the trigger to find out how strong you are!
15.
In 1950, A.C. Gilbert released a toy laboratory set that contained actual uranium.
16.
Boy 'playing' with a Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, 1950.
17.
18.
1950s toy robot.
19.
NYC, Tony the Pony toy by Marx, 1960's.
20.
80s boxing monster toy.
21.
“70s kids toy from my Grandma's attic.”
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