All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s TIME reporter Allie Townsend picks the 100 most influential toys from 1923 to the present Share Tweet Full List 1920sRadio Flyer Wagon Chemistry Set Joy Buzzer Yo-Yo Pop-Up Book 1930sStuffed Mickey Mouse Finger Paint Sock Monkey Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol Microscope Set Beach Ball Red Ryder BB Gun Army Men View-Master 1940sBubble Solution Little Golden Books Slinky Magic 8 Ball Legos 1950sWater Balloon Silly Putty Fisher-Price Little People Colorforms Paint-by-Numbers Kit Mr. Potato Head Wiffle Ball Matchbox Car PEZ Dispenser Gumby Play-Doh Tonka Truck Frisbee Corn Popper Two-Handed Pogo Stick Hula Hoop Barbie Troll Doll Plarail Toy Train Chatty Cathy Fake Vomit 1960sEtch A Sketch Rock-a-Stack Ken Slip 'n Slide Chatter Telephone G.I. Joe Easy-Bake Oven Creepy Crawlers Rock'em Sock'em Robots Johnny Seven O.M.A. See 'n Say SuperBall Barrel of Monkeys Radio-Controlled Car Lite-Brite Hot Wheels Playmobil Flatsy Doll Barbie's Dream House 1970sNERF Ball Weebles Paddington Bear Baby Alive Shrinky Dinks Magna Doodle Rubik's Cube Stretch Armstrong Star Wars Action Figure Mattel Classic Football Simon Speak & Spell Star Trek Electronic Phasers 1980sCabbage Patch Kids Polly Pocket Slap Bracelet Masters of the Universe Action Figure Glo Worm Care Bear My Little Pony Transformers Teddy Ruxpin Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine Pound Puppy Koosh Ball Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Skip-It Glow Stick Wrestling Buddy 1990sLittle Tikes Log Cabin Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Car Super Soaker Beanie Baby Buzz Lightyear American Girl Doll Tickle Me Elmo Furby Neodymium-Magnet Toy 2000sBratz Mindflex Zhu Zhu
