Comments on: 1940s Toys: What Did Kids Play With?

By: John rushton.

John rushton. — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:57:38 +0000

I played for hours on end with my whip and top in the 40s. I used chalk patterns on the top and it spun it made lovely designs. Happy days

By: Ben Hacking

Ben Hacking — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:09:14 +0000

I believe you’re thinking of Tanagrams.

By: Unicorn888

Unicorn888 — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:29:54 +0000

its four squre were there are four squres and you have a ball and pass it along I am younger then 10 and at my school we play it ALL the time

By: Nival nunkoo

Nival nunkoo — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:30:37 +0000

Yes I remember in 1940s I use to play this game which my dad made for m with wood it was exactly like you explained .onle we called it toopee in Mauritius.

By: Nival nunkoo

Nival nunkoo — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:25:40 +0000

Yes Pam Smith I use to play this toy we called toupee which translate for spinning top my dad made it for me with a piece of wood .

By: Austin Portz

Austin Portz — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:13:40 +0000

Lionel Trains anyone?

By: Garrett Dempsey

Garrett Dempsey — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:35:59 +0000

In the late ’40s-’50s cowboy outfits and silver pistols which “fired” rolls of paper caps (tiny firework charges) were very popular for young boys; they usually were sponsored by such movie stars as Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy (Bill Boyd). BTW, I believe that Boyd’s character got his name from the fact that he had a wooden leg and limped in the early novels upon which the character was based.

By: Garrett DEmpsey

Garrett DEmpsey — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:08:25 +0000

I had that game, too. I believe that the “bombsight” was an angled mirror which reflected the pattern on the corkboard. The whole apparatus resembled the virtual reality goggles like Occulus Rift so popular now.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:24:11 +0000

We had plastic army men as well as plastic horses and cowboys. My dad did a lot of carpentry, so our blocks were odds and ends from two by fours that he used on his projects. My brothers and I played for hours using the blocks to build ranches and buildings for the plastic pieces, and then moving them around.

By: Bonnie Weiss Neidermann

Bonnie Weiss Neidermann — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:22:47 +0000

does anyone remember toys from the 1950s that were rubber molds that you filled with plaster. They were soldiers or cowboys I believe and then my 4 brothers and I would paint them when the molds came out dry. I would love to see or have one of these again. We spent many hours playing with these.