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31 Trivia Tidbits About Childhood Toys and Games

June 04, 2024

While looking back at all the fun times we had with these magical playthings, we thought, “Why did it have to end?” Our preteen selves made us think we were too cool to keep playing, but what did we know? We were preteens!

Today we’re righting the wrongs of our pimplier selves. We’re going to buy every toy and game on this list and have us some long overdue playdates! Care to join us?

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Viking funerals used to include board games Playing pieces were found in over 36 burial boats across 12 counntries. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The creator of Beanie Babies was charged with tax fraud. The billionaire creator Ty Warner had to pay a $100,000 fine but no jail time (?!) for hiding millions of dollars. CRACKED.COM — Source

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So many tie-ins for Ninja Turtles and PIZZA HUT Cowabunga! Get our radical debut audio cassette, official Concert Tour Guide and autographed poster for adidas - . $399 TURTLES PIZZA TOSSIN RAPH TEEMAGE MUTANT MAKAA with any excellent pizza purchase. A 19200 retail value. - - Pizza free - PassPa - Hut. Makin' it great! Audio cassettes. VHS concert movies. Mutagen Ranch dressing. PICAL PIZZA Offer CRACKED.COM But don't tell the Hut -- there's a Pizza Tossin' Raph action figure that spews Dominos pies. — Source

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Comic books are evil! IVORY SNOW - - TRACILE CRACKED.COM After the Depression, plenty in America blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency. Some places banned selling them to kids. Plenty of other places burned books publicly. — Source

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Real-life James Bonds hid maps in playing cards. In order to sneak a map past prison security, the Brits would cut one into 52 pieces and hide them on playing cards. 48 of the cards would form the main map, the four aces made a small map of Europe, and the Joker held the map's key. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first DE LEGO toy fondensator 3 Le for LEGO didn't get into the brick game until the 1940's, more than a decade after producing this wooden duck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Play Doh was originally invented to clean wallpaper in the 30s. ULEN 8 Play-Do Play-Doh Since it was turned into a toy in 1956, over 3 billion cans of the stuff have been sold. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A man in Pennsylvania is on a mission to make the Slinky the official state toy. The Slinky was invented by a Penn State graduate in the 40s and originally sold for a dollar- or around 14 dollars today. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Institution from CASTA A 1883 It contains The Teddy bear is Washington to Pier to honor the pres visible for future 8 named after Teddy Roosevelt. e uis Marx Wiley as American Presidents in Ministure ARX 5 CO The story goes that Teddy Roosevelt was on a bear hunting trip where he was failing to catch any bears. His assistant caught a bear and tied it up for Teddy to shoot- only for Teddy to refuse because he thought it was unsportsmanlike. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It's been reported that the Queen of England bathes with a rubber ducky. Buckingham Palace didn't deny the report, they only said We never comment on personal items in royal apartments. CRACKED.COM — Source

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He-Man was a toy before it was a TV show. When trying to sell the toy a Mattel sales rep told distributors a TV show was in the works- which was a lie. However, the lie sold the toy- forcing Mattel to create a TV show around the action figure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED SILLY PUTTY WAS DEVELOPED AS A RUBBER SUBSTITUTE. It was originally thought to be useless until the scientists examining it whipped it out at parties, which were really boring in the 1940s. — Source

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CRACKED THE SLINKY WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE NAVY. The strong spring was supposed to secure objects on ships, but then its inventor dropped it and realized it was a lot more fun to play with. Slinky COLLECTOR'S EDITION EDITION COLLECTOR LA EDICIÓN DE COLECCIONISTA HECHE MADE - 5+ Slinky — Source

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CRACKED FRISBEES USED TO BE PIE TINS. The Frisbie Pie Company unwittingly ushered in a new era of lawn games when, in the grand tradition of broke student upcycling, Yale students figured out they could throw them really far. Fries PIES 46 — Source

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In the 1980s, the struggling HASBRO toy company released a new action figure for its GIJOE line. The new character SNAKE EYES was clad completely in BLACK because Hasbro couldn't afford COLORED PAINT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED ВЕВОР AND ROCKSTEADY WERE CREATED SOLELY FOR TOY SALES. They didn't appear in the live action movies, but were created by Peter Laird as more characters for the cartoon's toy line. They weren't given much personality or backstory, just Shredder's henchmen for the Turtles to beat every time. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES — Source

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Disastrous Comedy 1983 Rubik, the Amazing Cube He-Man was a highly successful show based on a toy, because look at the characters they had to work with. Giving a Rubik's Cube an alien-like face and random powers only lasted 13 strange episodes, and did nothing to help hawk the product. CRACKED — Source

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Lego is the world's largest tire manufacturer. The company produces over 318 million tires every year- or about 870,000 tires a day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Super Soaker was invented by a Nasa Engineer. In addition to the Super Soaker, Dr. Lonnie Johnson also invented the Nerf Gun and holds over 100 patents. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John Lloyd Wright, invented the Lincoln Logs. Не got the idea when he saw his dad employ a similar interlocking style in order to earthquake proof one of his buildings. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Potato Head used to be a real potato... that you had to provide. TRY НЕТ ВОД POTA E! BA Pie F J any Inela bod ma Originally MR the toy came with Lot to e stick into a had In 1964 potato you Mattel began providing the plastic potato body. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Barbie and Ken are named after siblings. Together since 1961, it still took them until 2004 to break up. The couple reconciled in 2011. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Silly String is used to find tripwires around bombs. Soldiers shoot the string into the air and if it falls to the ground they know there aren't any wires- if it hangs in the air they know otherwise. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nerf's first slogan was You can't hurt babies or old people. eR The world's first INDOOR BALL NeRF NeRF TM The world's BALL first INDOOR The motto helped sell millions of Nerf balls in just its first year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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You can watch a Cabbage Patch Doll be born at BabyLand General in Georgia. The doll hospital is staffed by LPNs (Licensed Patch Nurses) who facilitate births from Mother Cabbage on the hour. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1991, The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe was America's best selling car. little likes For over 40 years, the company has sold 457,000 cars each year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Furbies were banned from the Pentagon. Officials feared the toy would record classified information. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pogs were a rip-off of the Japanese game Menko. Menko's been popular since the 1600s, travelling to Hawaii when Japanese people imigrated in the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1992, Sony and Nintendo briefly 1992 1990 joined forces. 1997 1998 1999 1995 1996 1997 SONY SONY PlayStation + START SELECT Their love child was a single 096 1997 prototype that played both Nintendo cartridges and Sony CD-ROMs. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1999, we were all using the pause trick 199 in 1990 Super 1996 Smash Bros. 1990 98 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 + It was 1993 a super-sweet 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 996 1997 Nintendo 64 move that'd 095 freeze the game in action. NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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