“Watch out for the other guy; he can blow your bridges to smithereens!”

Released in 1993 from Parker Brothers, Elefun was a skill and action game for preschoolers ages 4 and up.

“The best game since baseball.”

In 1976, Dinky Toys produced the first die-cast metal version of the USS Enterprise. This model fired plastic discs and included a plastic shuttle craft.

“Hang around for another game, Dad?”

In 1961, Mattel released Blaze, a talking horse that wasn’t named Mr. Ed!

“Boba Fett’s on my trail!”

A 1989 print advertisement for Call the Plumber from Tiger Games.

“It keeps you on the move.”

An ad from 1978 for the Expert Builder Series from LEGO. The new LEGO sets included moveable parts that made models “more realistic and more fun.”

“Tommy, you had a rough time out there.”

In 1989, Mattel released a new line of He-Man action figures to coincide with the release of The New Adventures of He-Man, a new animated series starring everyone’s favorite defender of the planet Eternia.