Published by Milton Bradley in 1960, the Men into Space board game put players in command of a fleet of rockets tasked with delivering supplies to the moon.

Ohio Art’s Carnival Shooting Gallery (#575-K) offered a compact, mechanical version of a midway-style shooting game, complete with moving ducks and rotating rabbits.

Nicolas Ricketts looks at three essential board games from game designer Sid Sackson.

Released by Playmates in 1989, the Muppet Babies Imagination Park Playset capitalized on the popularity of the Jim Henson Muppet Babies characters that were introduced in the 1984 theatrical release of The Muppets Take Manhattan. 

In Flap Jack: The Flip-Flop Game, Remco turned the art of flipping pancakes into a dexterity game for children.

An early entry in Remco’s line of educational science sets, the Electrocraft Beginner’s Electrical Workshop (No. 405) introduced children to the basics of circuitry through a variety of simple, self-contained experiments.

Released in 1972 by Schaper, the London Bridge game invited players to move their colourful vehicles across the bridge before it collapsed.

Released by Hasbro in 1973, Knuckle Busters was a fast-paced tabletop boxing game for two players aged 6 to 12.

Nicolas Ricketts looks at vintage board games that feature the lineup of classic Universal Monsters.

Released by Ideal in 1954, Robert the Robot was one of the earliest mass-produced toy robots in the United States and the first to be made of plastic.

Released by Pressman in 1989, Acrobats was a dexterity game that challenged players to hang colourful plastic bats to form a hanging chain without causing it to collapse.

In 1974, Hasbro released Ricochet Racers — action toy playsets that combined target shooting and race cars.