Beautiful Chrissy Growing Hair Doll by Ideal

Cool commercial from the 1970s starring Beautiful Chrissy, the growing hair doll by Ideal. The little ladies loved this one!

Trik-Trak Dare Devil Stunt Car Set by Transogram

This is a neat television ad for the Trik-Trak set from Transogram. From the 1960s, this toy required patience, planning, creativity, dexterity, physical movement and participation from the user. Hours of fun brought to you by Transogram.

Aurora Stunt and Drag Race Set

In the late 1960s, Aurora released their imitation of Mattel's extremely successful and popular Hot Wheels. This gravity-driven Stunt and Drag Race Set by Aurora featured dual tracks with loop-the-loops and two sleek, shiny cars.

Snack Time Cabbage Patch Kid by Mattel

The Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kid is ironically one of the best-functioning Cabbage Patch dolls ever made. The doll comes with plastic food that it "eats". They became the "must have" for Christmas of 1996. Recalled because it also eats the fingers and hair of their owners.

Major Matt Mason by Mattel

Major Matt Mason, a Mattel action figure, was an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon. Originally released in 1966, the figures were based on design information found in aviation and space-interest publications. Subsequently, Mattel attempted to transition the Major Matt Mason line into science fiction.

The Mighty Zeroids by Ideal

The Zeroids were toy robots from the Planet Zero, released by Ideal in 1967. The original three robots were Zerak, Zintar and Zobor.

The ads boasted, "Moving across the landscape, overrunning all obstacles as inexorably as the future itself, these amazing, efficient and powerful automatons have but one purpose - to serve their masters at work and play!"

Gilbert Toys promotional film, long version, 1963

Gilbert toys promotional film for 1963. Highlights the new American Flyer Musketeer airplane with automatic co-pilot and muffler, the "plane away" launcher and "bomb away" target set. This flim also promotes the Erector Set, Autorama Race Set, Fun Chemistry Set, Microscope, Game Train, Tuggy The Turtle, Scrubble Bubble, Magic Recipe Machine and the Wing Thing. Enter the special world of children with Gilbert!

Gilbert Toys American Flyer Train Factory

Nice promotional film for the Gilbert Toys American Flyer Train Factory. See how they're made, assembled and tested. Hear from the Engineers and inventors about their roles in making dreams come to life!

Gilbert Toys Autorama Race Set

Great television commercial for the Gilbert Autorama Race Set.

Gilbert Toys American Flyer Train commercial

Great television commercial for the Gilbert Toys American Flyer Train.