Vintage Toys & Games

Released in 1976, Milton Bradley’s version of the classic word-guessing game, Hangman, featured Vincent Price on the box cover in an Old West setting, complete with a cowboy hat, gallows, and Hangman’s noose.

Released in 1978, Schaper’s Tobor promised “imaginative science fiction fun!” in the form of a remote-controlled robot.

In 1966, Transogram completed the Mighty Comics Super Heroes Game that pitted superheroes from the MLJ/Archie Comics universe against the evil Ultra-foe.

Released in 1960, Hasbro’s “machine that thinks like a man” was inspired by the mammoth room-filling mainframe computers of its day.

Released in 1959 by Milton Bradley, Casper the Friendly Ghost Game sent players on a journey down a spooky path and into a haunted house.

Kenner’s 1979 18-inch Alien action figure took the nightmare-inducing monster off of the silver screen and into the home.

Released in 1977 by Parker Brothers, the Laverne & Shirley board game was a race to accumulate the most dating hours in a single week.

Released in 1971 by Hasbro/Romper Room, Weebles were a series of small, egg-shaped figures that quickly became one of the company’s most popular toy lines for more than 10 years.

Released in 1974 from Tomy, Nuttsy Tennis was a tabletop tennis game for 2 players.

Tiny marshmallows and gum drops were the house specialty at Transogram’s Kandy Kitchen.

In 1962, Ideal released Dr. Kildare, a board game based on the popular TV show of the same name. Players ages 7-14 assumed the role of the fictional physician, completing rounds in the hospital and diagnosing patients.

Released in 1965 by Transogram, the Pretzel-Jetzel toy promised kids they could bake their own “zenzational” pretzels using the heat of a light bulb.

Released in 1996 by Mattel Media, the Barbie Fashion Designer CD-ROM allowed children to create custom clothes for their Barbie dolls.

After releasing the Puppet Love line of finger puppets in 1977, Mego next provided amateur puppeteers with Puppet Love Theater, a stage to put on their own shows.

Frantik from Kenner (1979) saw players urgently spin a wheel to keep a marble in play through a pachinko-style peg maze on a rotating board.

Released in 1978 by Romper Room, a division of Hasbro, Snoopy’s Doghouse was an interactive toy featuring popular Peanuts characters, Snoopy and Woodstock.

Released in 1978 by Ideal, CHECKPOINT: Danger! enticed players into the cloak-and-dagger world of secret agents.

Released in 1960 by Hasbro, Adding Machine was a functional mechanical calculator with some kid-friendly quirks.