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80s Toys You Forgot About. How Many Did You Have?

You remember He-Man. You remember the Transformers. But somewhere in a loft there's a box of toys you haven't thought about since 1986, and you'd know them on sight. We picked 25. Did you have them?

25 80s Toys You Forgot About

Mostly the ones that didn't make the other lists. Go through them one at a time and see how many you owned.

Brimstone

1 of 25•Rock Lords•Evil Rock Lords•1986

Scheming Brimstone is always ready to take command in Magmar's place, and he charges into battle with The Torcher, a flame-throwing weapon.

Showtime Beetlejuice

2 of 25•Beetlejuice•Wave 1•1989

My Pet Monster

3 of 25•My Pet Monster•My Pet Monster (1986): Plush•1986

Shlump, Boglins 1987

Shlump

4 of 25•Boglins•Small Boglins•1987

British boxes called him Boink. Shlump is one of six small Boglins, a step down in size from Drool, Dwork and Vlobb.

Hannibal

5 of 25•The A-Team•Soldier of Fortune•1984

Overlord

6 of 25•Blackstar•Villains•1983

Tex Hex

7 of 25•BraveStarr•1986

Once a greedy prospector, Tex Hex was brought back with dark powers by Stampede. His figure carries a pair of knives.

General Mc-Anther

8 of 25•Army Ants•Blue Army: Special Forces Team•1987

Blue Army boss General Mc-Anther came in his own eight-ant Special Forces Team, the one Blue pack bigger than three.

Hackahackasilliae (A Cough), GERMS 1988

Hackahackasilliae (A Cough)

10 of 25•GERMS•Germs•1988

Tendril

11 of 25•Inhumanoids•1986

A giant plant monster with rubbery vine arms. Early ones have long fangs, which Hasbro later cut shorter for safety.

Kraken

15 of 25•Action Force•Red Shadows•1983

Crimson Guard

17 of 25•G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero•Series 4•1985

Bengali, Vintage ThunderCats 1987

Bengali

21 of 25•Vintage ThunderCats•Series 3•1987

Bengali, blacksmith to the ThunderCats, swings his hammer when you push the lever on his back.

AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport)

22 of 25•Star Wars•Vehicles•1980

Cop-Tur

23 of 25•GoBots•Series 1•1983

Cop-Tur is a helicopter and one of the Renegades the cartoon used most, always at Cy-Kill's side and voiced by Bob Holt.

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Forgotten 80s Toys FAQs

What 80s toys have people forgotten about?
More than you'd think. This list runs from Rock Lords and GERMS to Food Fighters, Army Ants and Inhumanoids. These 25 are our picks, not every forgotten toy of the decade.
Why isn't He-Man on this list?
Because you haven't forgotten him. Even from the big lines we went for the toys you'd only remember once you saw them again: Fisto rather than He-Man, Grimlock rather than Optimus Prime.
How do the stickers work?
Go through the list and say which toys you had. 3 earns Bronze, 7 earns Silver, 13 earns Gold, 20 earns Platinum.

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