The Most Popular Christmas Toys By Year Since 1960

By Queuebot in Toys on Nov 3, 2009 at 6:17 pm

If you are a sucker for nostalgia, this will make your day. I can remember getting that amazing trio of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Soakers, and then a Gameboy. In fact, those would still make great gifts for grown men with a penchant for walks down memory lane.

The holiday shopping season is quickly descending upon us, which means this year’s more popular toys and consumer electronics are soon to become in increasingly high-demand. In recent memory, the Sony Playstation III, Beanie Babies, and of course, the Tickle-Me-Elmo have generated a considerable amount of hype – quickly selling out, and then establishing a re-sale market. But have you ever wondered what the “it toys” have been throughout the decades? We have; and as a result, we decided to compile a time-line which illustrates the top toys from the last 50 years. Here they are, the most popular Christmas toys since 1960.

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Tags: holidays, images, memories, nostalgia, Toys

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Jimmy C
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Ain’t no way that D&D was the most popular XMas toy/game in 1974.
amber
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
trio of ninja turtles? which one did you hate?
christine
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
What’s with the Pillsbury Doughboy? And boy, when you get past the year 2000, a lot of those are not toys, they are very expensive types of electronics. SAD really.
christine
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
whats with the Pillsbury doughboy in 1986? And after 2000 the “toys” look more like electronics. Kind of sad.
pwscott
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Knock knock christine. That’s a Staypuft marshmallow man from Ghostbusters.Not the Doughboy. ( I have no idea how it made it on the list either) I too am skeptical about the D&D. I think Knevel should have made the list somwhere in the early 70′s. At 40yo the only one I had the year it was popular was PS2. Yes I had to buy that one myself.
el cad
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
This list is very wrong. Pretty sure they just made this stuff up.
MadMolecule
Nov 4th, 2009 at 11:14 am
I find it very hard to believe that a freaking Nerf ball has ever been the most popular Christmas toy.
Vorple
Nov 5th, 2009 at 1:23 am
I’m surprised Trivial Pursuit isn’t on the list for the 80′s.
Takuro Spirit
Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:09 am
The Pillsbury Doughboy was because of the movie Ghostbusters. My little brother got one for Xmas.
brandy
Jul 25th, 2010 at 3:13 am
So I am looking for the name of a toys I once had, he had troll hair (like the treasure troll chines) he had a big nose, a long neck, very skinny, and a tie die body, but, when you shook him by the neck, he would make a noise, what toy am I thinking of???? Please help….
Brandy G

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