Calculator Watch [Details] A calculator watch is a digital watch with a built-in calculator, usually including buttons on the watch face. Calculator watches were first introduced in the 1970s and continue to be produced, despite falling from their peak popularity during the 1980s. — versus — Spirograph [Details] Spirograph…
Simon [Details] Simon is an electronic game of short-term memory skill. The device creates a series of tones and lights and requires a user to repeat the sequence. If the user succeeds, the series becomes progressively longer and more complex. — versus — Transformers [Details] The premise behind the Transformers toy line…
View-Master [Details] View-Master is the trademark name of a line of special-format stereoscopes and corresponding View-Master "reels", which are thin cardboard disks containing seven Stereoscopic 3-D pairs of small transparent color photographs on film. — versus — Etch A Sketch [Details] An Etch A Sketch has a thick, flat…
Rubik's Cube [Details] The Rubik's Cube is a 3-d combination puzzle originally invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. — versus — Legos [Details] Lego consists of variously colored interlocking plastic bricks accompanying an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various…
G.I. Joe [Details] The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure". G.I. Joe's appeal to children has made it an American icon among toys. — versus — Slinky [Details] The Slinky was invented and developed by American naval engineer Richard T. James in 1943 and demonstrated at Gimbels department…
Nerf Blaster [Details] A Nerf Blaster is a toy gun made by Hasbro that fires foam darts, arrows, discs, or foam balls. The term "Nerf gun" or the more common term “Nerf blaster” is often used to describe the toy. — versus — Super Soakers [Details] Super Soaker is an American brand of recreational water gun that uses…
Lazer Tag [Details] Lazer Tag is a brand name for the pursuit game using infrared toy guns, generically known as "laser tag". It was developed by Worlds of Wonder and launched in 1986. — versus — Electric Quarterback [Details] Electronic Quarterback is a handheld electronic game made by Coleco in 1978. It differentiated…
Thomas the Tank Engine [Details] Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945. He became the most popular and famous character in the series, and is the titular protagonist in the accompanying…
Speak and Spell [Details] The Speak & Spell line is a series of electronic hand-held child computers by Texas Instruments that consisted of a TMC0280 linear predictive coding speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library modules. — versus — Chatty Cathy [Details]…
Sock'em Boppers [Details] Pillow fights are so 1982. Let's box, but with "safety" in mind. You all know the toy that's "more fun than a pillow fight!" At least until you challenge that older cousin with a significant reach advantage. — versus — Tekno The Robotic Puppy [Details] Tekno's basic functions included walking,…
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