All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys
TIME reporter Allie Townsend picks the 100 most influential toys from 1923 to the present
Full List
1920s
1930s
- Stuffed Mickey Mouse
- Finger Paint
- Sock Monkey
- Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol
- Microscope Set
- Beach Ball
- Red Ryder BB Gun
- Army Men
- View-Master
1940s
1950s
- Water 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
1960s
- Etch 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
1970s
- NERF 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
1980s
- Cabbage 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
1990s
- Little Tikes Log Cabin
- Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Car
- Super Soaker
- Beanie Baby
- Buzz Lightyear
- American Girl Doll
- Tickle Me Elmo
- Furby
- Neodymium-Magnet Toy
2000s
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