Released in 1976, Mattel’s Flying Aces line of toy airplanes were made of TUFLITE — a lightweight, flexible, quasi-foam/plastic material that allowed them to glide through the air.

“Very nice!”

In 1978, Kenner released the Star Wars Death Star Space Station, the first and one of the most coveted by collectors of playsets for the company’s iconic line of 3 ¾-inch action figures tied into the movie franchise.

“…with fly-away action.”

In 1965, Gilbert Toys released a super-sized Erector set that allowed junior Engineers to build rideable vehicles.

“Discover a new kind of fashion doll.”

Long before whipping up a batch of fruit smoothies became all the rage, Kenner released the Betty Crocker Juicer/Blender.

“As Micropolis grows, so does your child’s imagination.”

Released in 1951 by Ideal, Saucy Walker was advertised as a new “walking-flirting” counterpart to the company’s popular Toni doll.

“I had the case all figured out…”

Make Zenzational pretzels with the Pretzel-Jetzel, the “jet-age” pretzel baker!

“Who gives you robots to command? Robotix.”