Here Are The Coolest 1980s Toys You Always Wanted As A Kid That You Can Still Actually Buy Today

Yes, you can still have the original game boy in today's time!

Sophia

• Published in Interesting
• July 22, 2022

The 1980s aesthetic seems to have been resurrected nowadays, thanks to popular shows like Stranger Things which have taken us on a wild nostalgic ride of everything that was hot and cool back then. The '80s were far from being minimal, and every single trend related to this decade was always funky and bulky.

And for a lot of us who grew up in this decade, having the coolest toys back then earned us an automatic popularity status and everyone wanted us as a friend. But compared to how easy it is now to just click on a product on your screen and have it delivered right to your doorstep, we practically had to beg our parents back then just to let us have a trip to the mall or the nearest toy store, hoping that they would buy us that one particular thing we have been nagging them about for days.

We didn't have smartphones back then, so games and toys weren't really as accessible as it is now, where we just have to choose what to play on our screens. Back then, we knew what were the latest pop culture toys via watching the tv or by looking at posters plastered everywhere, and we always had that longing feeling inside ourselves that hoped our parents would be able to afford those things.

Time may have passed by and as adults, we may have already forgotten how iconic the toys back then were, especially in the '80s, and it's always fun to recall how great they were whenever we come across a nostalgic photo of some of them. Like all other trends, toys have also defined the '80s, and let's face it, the toy industry just isn't the same at present time compared to the last decades of the 20th century.

Good thing you can actually still buy some of the most notable '80s toys at present time—a silver lining if you were unable to afford them back then! Scroll on to see which ones are actually still available in the market today, and let your inner child have some treat:

1. Etch a Sketch Drawing Toy - $32.99

2. Monsters in My Pocket Figurines - $15

3. Captain Power Action Figure - $65

4. Fraggle Rock Phonoviewer - $16

5. Max Backtalk Game - $40.98

6. Wheel Of Fortune Junior Edition Board Game - $39.99

7. Fashion Plates Drawing Toy - $21.52

8. The Magic 8-Ball - $9.99

9. Plastic Lunchbox - $24.83

10. Spirograph Drawing Toy - $21.95

11. The Original Koosh Ball - $9.98

12. Three Way Chess - $88.95

13. The Jedi Master Game The Empire Strikes Back Board Game - $106.99

14. Rollerskates - $49

15. Big Wheel - $178.60

16. Smurfs Mug - $19.99

17. Transformers Electric Handheld Game - $15.46

18. Toy - $19.99

19. Wet Head Water Game - $24.29

20. Trivial Pursuit Game - $24.49

21. Simon Guessing game $29.46

22. Colorforms Picture Play Set - $19.82

23. Water Ring Toss Game - $13.99

24. Vintage Glitter Wand - $25

25. Original Game Boy - $2500

26. Glo Worm Stuffed Toy - $18.99

27. Pogo Ball Bouncing Toys - $22.99

28. Jenga Wooden Block Stacking Game - $16.99

29. Smurf Figurines - $20

30. Cabbage Patch Kids - $59.99

31. Monchichi Collectible Soft Toy - $24.99

32. Ice Capades - $35

33. Popples Stuffed Animal - $48

34. Lite Brite - $13.97

35. Polly Pocket Mini Figurines - $33.49

36. She-Ra Action Figure - $72.97

37. Merlin Handheld Game - $159.99

38. Electronic Football Handheld Game - $59.00

39. Klik Klak Balls - $24.99

40. Atari Video Game Console

41. Fisher Price Cassette Player and Microphone - $39.13

42. Star Wars Action Figures - $9

43. Space Legos - $15.98

44. Nintendo NES - $228

45. Voltron Coloring Book - $12

46. Mr. Potato Head - $16.14

47. Strawberry Shortcake Doll - $23.57

48. Vintage McDonalds Transformers Happy Meal Toys - $10

49. Classic Rubik's Cube Game - $11.98

50. Rainbow Dominoes Set - $44.99

51. Berenstain Bear Toys - $9

52. Speak and Spell Toy - $24.99

53. Ghostbusters Action Figure - $14.50

54. Gumby and Pokey Action Figures - $25

55. Mad Balls - $35

56. Power Wheels - $314.99

57. Pound Puppies Soft Toys - $30.05

58. The Farmer Says See 'N Say Toy - $22.99

59. Care Bear Stuffed Toys - $9.89

60. Guess Who? Board Game - $28.45

61. My Precious Puffs Toys - $25.21

62. Garbage Pail Kids Cards - $128.50

63. Walkman Cassette Player - $17.30

64. My Little Pony Figurines - $29.99

65. Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine - $42

66. Roller Racer Scooter - $129.99

67. Fisher Price Little People Farm - $68.95

68. Easy Bake Oven - $32

69. Moon Shoes - $32.97

70. Transformers Action Figure - $68.79

71. Rainbow Brite Doll - $38.99

72. Giant Playable Piano Mat - $39.99

Masters of the Universe He-Man Toy - $77.77

It's bittersweet seeing all these, right? They definitely bring us back to simpler times, when we were just wee and innocent young kids who only wanted to get our hands on these things!

Which one of these are you definitely buying now even as an adult? Comment down your thoughts or share this list for all your family and friends to see!

Sophia