I Remember Electronic Toys of the 70s and 80s

"Fabulous Fred"?
I still have this toy at my Mom's place.  It has great sentimental value to me, since it was an infamous impulse buy from my parents to me during the holiday season one year!

(This post is mediocre quality pictures... Please open up post to view them)   Radio Shack 2150/2150L chess computers were pretty hot looking in my opinion...           And what I love is that they had...

I'm way too old for toys, even electronic ones. I played Nintendo in the 80's but couldn't do very well.  It was fun though.

My sister had the calculator that is this group's logo!  Such cool memories!  My speak and spell was my favorite present of all my childhood.  I spend hours on that thing!

This is still by far one of the best Christmas gifts I ever got.  I was entertained for months.  The battery life was horrible.  It took 4 C batteries and the a/c adapter eventually broke.  Finally the screen just...

The one that stuck out the most in my mind was that little football game that was nothing more than some blinking lights on a painted makeshift field. I remember my friend having one of those and I wanted one of my own so badly but they...

Little Professor
Speak & Spell
Speak & Read
Speak & Math
Pong
Blip
Simon
Quiz Wiz

Help me remember more!

Coleco Alien Attack was addicting...

Hungry Monster was a Bandai pacman-type game resold by Radio Shack.

Sears Follow Me was a cute little octagonal Simon clone...

Microvision was fun...

Amaze-A-Tron was another weird little...

I remember when I got pong - what an exciting game - the first video game.  It's so laughable now.

I don't have much to say this time, but oh I'll be back.
I just wanted to say I loved my speak n spell!! But it freaks me out Everytime I see poltergeist 3 I hate that one!

I thought I'd posted this lovely little girl from the 80's a while ago, but I just couldn't find her, so posting again (oddly enough her picture is in my photo album though)   Anyway, here she is... she was basically intended as a...

OMG! And the first baby doll I got was called baby alive. She chewed her food and peed...I thought she was real so hey.