Released in 1976, Tomy’s Spars & Stripes was a new “unsinkable” sailboat that actually sailed.

“For the fashionable girl on the go.”

Mattel’s 1983 product catalogue, Mattel Delivers, captures the company at a crossroads, riding high on blockbuster brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Masters of the Universe while wrestling with steep losses from its Electronics division.

The Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider shown in this vintage advertisement were two of the four model kits released by Monogram following the 1978 premiere of Battlestar Galactica.

“She loves her kitchen.”

Mattel brought ballet to the playroom with Dancerina, a 24-inch battery-operated doll that could pirouette, toe-dance, and gracefully turn her head, all at the push or twist of a control knob hidden in her plastic tiara.

“You’re next, bone face.”

Over nearly a century, the Garton Toy Company manufactured a wide variety of ride-on toys in wood, metal, or a combination of both materials.

Milton Bradley released its first Memory game in the mid-1960s, marking the company’s entry into the matching-pairs genre.

“Your bike can have the cycle sound…”

In the late 1960s, Dinky released new Speedwheels models to compete with Mattel’s Hot Wheels, which were then gaining a foothold in the UK Marketplace.

“You don’t think I’m bad, do you?”