55 Nostalgic Vintage Toys Every Kid Wanted That You Can Still Buy Today

Next to a Cabbage Patch doll, a Strawberry Shortcake Doll was the best toy a girl could have. She had a sweet look, sweet strawberry scent, and a smile that could make a cloudy day feel sunny.

Racko has been a popular family game for decades, and has been taken on many a family vacation. This one comes in the vintage packaging, which might trigger memories for your parents or grandparents.

A die-cast car was a treasured car for boys of all ages and a Ford Bronco was one of the best. Even if you’re in middle age, you’ll love the feels of running this to-scale toy over the table and making VROOM sounds.

Before there were Cabbage Patch dolls to snuggle with when you were scared, there were Monchhichi dolls. The iconic Japanese toy is still around today and just as fuzzy as ever. They're about 9" tall and have long tails and cute little faces to love.

Wooly Willy sounds like the name of a famous song from the 60s that might have played at your dad’s school sock hops. Instead, it’s a fun screen-free way for kids to learn about hairstyles, science, and enjoy some simple fun.

A battery-free favorite of dentist’s offices everywhere, the Waterful was more fun than a real video game in many cases. Press the buttons on the toy to manipulate the blast of water that sends the rings floating upward to their scored homes.

Calling all Autobots, it’s time to protect the Earth from the Decepticons! This action figure is like the ones that kids played with in the 80s and transformed from Optimus Prime into his iconic truck.

Having a Cabbage Patch doll in the 80s was basically a status symbol and a way to make friends with all the girls on the block. Make friends with all your mom's friends and their kiddos by getting yourself a new one to replace the one from your youth.

The ViewMaster classic was like the original Instagram. You could scroll through a bunch of pictures taken by other people (usually about 15) and see wonders of the animal, plant, natural, and ancient world. It was a simpler time them, a better time.

Before there was the computer version, there were fashion plates. Basically, you’d hold an outfit over a textured surface to give the jeans or shirt that texture and your choice of color. It was great fun before the apple pen, trust us.

A lot of artists got their start playing with the original Spirograph toy. If you’re in a bit of a creative rut, break out the vintage toy and give it a spin with the colorful pens and round stencils. That inspiration will come flooding back.

You kinda gotta wonder what our parents were thinking when they gave us moon shoes, they look like accidents waiting to happen but damn were they fun. The playful shoes strapped to your feet and gave you about a foot of air.

In the 80s, they told it like it was. Stretch Armstrong was stretchy, very stretchy, perhaps the stretchiest, and his arms were indeed strong. Take some stress out on his limber limbs and tie him into knots, he won’t mind.

Indulge in the OG screen, the Lite Brite! Tbh, this is better than any modern screen and encourages all kinds of brilliant, bright creativity. The toy comes with dozens of colorful pegs you can use to make your imaginative creations come to life.

Many an anxiety disorder started with Perfection, and who are you to deny the youth of today, or yourself, to develop it even further? Embrace your Type A side with the race against the clock that is Perfection.

You were either an Atari person, a Sega person, or an N64 person, PlayStation had not yet entered the chat. If you had this translucent version, every game you played was a little more exciting. Relive is all again with this refurbished model.

Have fun teaching your kid exactly what this is, they’ll be confused at first but then they’ll wonder why they’re not a thing anymore. The toy comes with a cassette, just like the OG did, and you can record and playback short messages.

Back in the 80s the Atari Video game console was one of the hardest and coolest game systems on the market. Now that it’s the 2020’s, if you try to play it again, it’ll be hard and cool all over again. What’s old is new and fun again, give it a try!