30 Toys from the 80s – Which Ones Did You Have?

Growing up, I didn't just have toys—I lived in toys. I'm pretty sure my bedroom had a floor at some point, but for most of the 80s it was buried under a glorious avalanche of action figures, handheld games, glossy kids' magazines, random McDonald's Happy Meal toys, and an inexplicably massive collection of bouncy balls. (Seriously, why did we all have so many bouncy balls?)

Looking back, I think my parents were making up for lost time. They grew up in an era when entertainment meant kicking a rock down the street, so when it came to their kids, they went full throttle into the toy aisles. Whether they were trying to live vicariously through us or just desperately hoping we'd stop climbing the furniture, the result was the same: toy chaos. Glorious, wonderful chaos.

This list of 30 classic 80s toys is a portal straight back to that wild, candy-colored decade. I did a rough mental count and I'm pretty sure I owned at least 70% of them—and probably broke 40%. How many did you have?

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