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The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys

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Everything started in the 1980s. As you know, most toys, movies and TV you see being rebooted in pop culture today originally came from the '80s. Toys were what captured the imaginations of kids in that time before home video game systems were ubiquitous, before the internet and back when people still had to "tune in" to be able to see the TV shows they loved. Saturday morning cartoons dictated what people played with. The 1980s were the golden age of toys.

He-Man, Cabbage Patch Kids, Teddy Ruxpin, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (back when they were still teenaged and mutants), Transformers and more. These are the best toys of the '80s. Upvote the ones you had, downvote the ones you either wanted and didn't get or just the ones you plain old hated. Add any you can think of that are missing and have fun going through what you can find in a lot of flee markets, swap meets and yard sales that force you to make the decision of "do I want this or will it become junk?" Enjoy ranking the greatest vehicles and toys from the 1980s. Toys have gotten a lot worse. This was the golden age of toys.

But which ones did you like the best?
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    Transformers

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    G.I. Joe

    In this one, I mean the action figures. The action figures that informed the toy industry exactly how posable an awesome action figure should be. That is, unless you broke their limbs like I did and everyone's arms and legs basically ended up looking like the thing in this video:

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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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    Masters of the Universe

    Look at those 1% ass kids having that giant playset.

    Here's another collection of later, awesome, Masters of the Universe toy commercials:

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    ThunderCats

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    1. Keren Parraz
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 10/30/2012 1:30 AM
      excellent Best 80s Toys, eh.
    2. Ela Cumens
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 10/29/2012 12:30 AM
      excellent Nostalgia 80s Toys, dude.
    3. Darius Grodin
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 8/01/2012 4:30 AM
      excellent Best Toys from the 1980s, dawg.
    4. Genna Ganis
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 6/09/2012 9:30 AM
      excellent Top 80s Toys, huh?
    5. moose with a J
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 4/04/2012 3:22 AM
      Those were the top toy sellers in the day...But did anyone notice the kid in the first transformers toy looks like all the rest but with a different dye job minus the one token black kid. 5 stars on this article it left me feeling older but happier
    6. John
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 3/28/2012 11:03 AM
      WTF? No Battle Beasts? Shenanigans
    7. Jester
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 3/28/2012 8:47 AM
      Wow! You totally whiffed on "Shogun Warriors" and the "Godzilla" toys!
    8. Guest
      The Most Nostalgia-Inducing '80s Toys at 3/28/2012 8:08 AM
      Jeez, no M.A.S.K.???

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