“Make charming lizard pins or spider rings.”

Kenner’s Steve Scout High Adventure Scout Base was a 28-inch tall log-constructed lookout tower, proportioned to the size of the company’s Steve Scout action figure line.

“…you better be sharp, you better be quick.”

In the mid 1930s, the Kiddie Brush & Toy Co. of Jonesville, Michigan, released a line of housekeeping toys under the brand name Susy Goose that remained on store shelves through the late 1960s.

“And they’re off again!”

When loaded with beads, Jewel Magic produced “oodles of baubles ‘n bangles” at the turn of its handle.

“Danger, Will Robinson.”

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

“For the fashionable girl on the go.”

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.