Recall the Toys & Items from Christmas 1983. What we had been getting as Christmas Items 40 Years in the past. So much has modified in Christmas Presents for youths, see what was sizzling in 1983 and the Finest Christmas Items below the tree 40 Years In the past.
Concerning 1983 because the Christmas of Violence, click on this hyperlink for the story of the Cabbage Patch Youngsters that yr:
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I finally have the strawberry shortcake house in my bedroom,also the minis,thanks to my 26 year old son that gave it to me for Christmas! 🍰I’ll be 50 this year
I had that exact purple my little pony (i was born in 1983, so they stuck around for some time with that same model)
My brother had one of those Simon Sez ventriloquist dolls. Even he was a little scared of it and kept it in the box in his closet and only took it out when he wanted to play with it lol. I loved the Glamour Gals and I'd forgotten all about Charmkins. And I most definitely got a Cabbage Patch Kid that year. She was a redhead named Gertie Elenore.
Sooo, like we kept our Odyssey II… its on my porch now…. for sale if anyone likes 80s tech!,
Love this video! I was born in 1998 but I collect vintage toys. My favorite in this video is definitely the ventriloquist dummies. Idk y but I love odd novelty stuff. The nostalgia is great! Great video 👍🧡
I remember getting the Sgt slaughter with the little vehicle my brother getting the cobra stun with motor viper we both got the Tonka truck with metal face and some more things I can't remember oh yeah last but certainly not least my aunt comes in late and gave us both gijoe storm shadows 😮
I got a Sony Walkman 😂
So Bud was grooming kids even back then.
i got the jabba the hutt throne play set with several of the characters, the g i joe mms, falcon glider and he-man w battle cat. may have received a few other joes for christmas that year. now, christmas in 84 and 85 was a banner year for me. got multiple copies of junkyard and mutt and cobra troopers and many small playsets/vehicles. wish i could relive those days
In 1983 , santa claus was bringing me shotguns and rifles. 70's and 80's
Kids today just don't know, back then you had to have something called an imagination and play pretend. Mr. Rodgers and my mom helped spark my fun time. Just try and put a blank piece of paper and color crayons or markers in front of a kid and then they look like what am I supposed to do with this? Sad
I think I got Mer Man that year from MOTU.
We had record snow in 1983, so I had a fort to build. No time for presents.
I thought i got the Rattler, maybe wrong year.
I was 8!! Thank you!! I got almost everything you listed & my cuz got the boy stuff!! Altho I never got into Barbie or Cabbage Patch. ❤❤The Good Ole Days❤❤
I have a box full of those ventriloquist dolls
1977 electric football Oakland raiders vs Minnesota Vikings
Now we can get some toys we wanted but at a price.
Awesome toys my little pony ❤😊
I still have the Santa head ornament from when I was a kid. That was awesome to see!(@6:00)
That Christmas I got Castle Greyskull
Oh when you got to the handheld game section, I was getting flashbacks. I remember the Mattel Handheld Football then later the Football II with passing! They also had Baseball, which I loved, and three very similar games, but all different sports. Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer. Different colored cases, and screen images, but similar play styles. I know I had the Hockey and Basketball one, maybe the soccer too. My parents got me one for our long vacation drives to keep me quiet….lol, and it worked. There were so many other varieties of games too. Coleco if I remember correctly had a Boxing game. It was in a larger white case. Not like a handheld, bigger, but still was able to me taken places. On your lap, or on a table. The Head to Head games were also pretty unique and fun. There was one that a classmate of mine had, 8th grade. It was either called Microvision or Macrovision? It was a flat color scheme like the gameboy. It had cartridges too. I can remember one game being Breakout. The wall or walls of blocks and you had a sliding Pong type paddle on the bottom that slid back and forth, knocking the ball back into the wall "breaking" one the bricks until all were gone. I'm not sure what it was called specifically. I think they also had a racing game. Sliding back-and-forth avoiding oncoming cars. On Friday at school in 7th and 8th grade our two teachers gave us, IF we behaved all weak, didn't mess around or cause any problems, we could bring in some of our own handheld games for either 30 minutes or an hour depending on time and again our behavior. Now if you were the kid who did screw around and you did cause it to be canceled, well you weren't too liked for that week and some kids really showed it. I think that was one of the reasons why they stopped before we "graduated" to High School. Oh I forgot there was also a few thefts of games from people's desks, backpacks, etc. I lost quite a few items. Sad when 7th and 8th grade kids have thievery as a expertise.
I was born in 1967, so the 70's were my childhood and I loved it! From the Mego Superheroes action figures, to the Planet of the Apes, to Evel Knievel Stunt Cycles, to SSP's racers, to TYCO/AFX, to Star Wars. Throw in the Electronic Football game, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, etc and you had toy heaven for kids. And one place every kid loved, Toys R Us! But also there were 2 books/magazines that came out a few months before Christmas🎄. The JC Penny's Christmas Catalog and the Sears Wish Book! Those two publications were absolutely the most iconic pre-Christmas items you could get. I'd spend HOURS & HOURS & HOURS paging through those books. From 1972 to 1984 I'd try and make sure to get one or both. Those were the most amazing times. Christmas back then seems so different now compared to then. Obviously my age has changed and has something to do with it, but Christmas back then was special! The anticipation was incredible! After 🎃👻Halloween👻🎃 it began! After Thanksgiving it got REAL….LOL. The Shopping Malls were lit up, decorated, and music was everywhere! It was special everywhere you went. Going to Church with Grandma and Grandpa was special. And when you'd hear the CBS spinning Special Presentation on 📺🖥TV🖥📺 you knew you were in for an hour or so of great Television! Such a wonderful experience to be a kid! It was truly amazing! Really enjoyed this video, and I definitely subscribed! Thank you for sharing this with us. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and God Bless you all!
10:17 Ah, the Baby Land Hospital in Cleveland, GA. I visited it once. Good grief that was weird!
This was an awesome year to be a kid. I had 2 Cabbage Patch dolls and I don't even know how my mum managed to get them. Also my brother and I got the AT-AT walker and several Star Wars figures each. You could get Smurfs at the petrol station and we had quite a few of those too. I got a Walkman for my birthday and I felt like the coolest kid on the block. It was also the year my dad got the indestructible thermos of his dreams. So many good memories.
I remember having a strawberry shortcake doll that blew strawberry kisses when you pressed the plush stomach
I think that was in the 80s
I was 2 days old Christmas of 83
Gargamel wasn't homeless.
We couldn't afford the entire Star Wars sets, but we had friends whose parents did. We just played at their houses.