Category: Art’s Toybox

Hot Wheels cars were introduced in 1968.  They were the coolest die cast cars that kids could play with.  They were similar to Matchbox cars, but they had cooler designs. They also had a better axle design so they rolled smoother and faster than any other die cast car on the market.  I was 6… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Hot Wheels

Toymaker Mattel created a toy in the 1960’s call Creepy Crawlers.  It consisted of molds that you would fill with colored liquids called Plastigoop.  Then you would put the mold in a special hot plate call the Thingmaker.  The Thingmaker heated up to about 400° F and cured the liquid into a soft rubbery, plastic… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Creepy Crawlers

The television series Dark Shadows started in 1966 but really became popular in 1967.  In 1968, a board game company named Whitman came out with a Dark Shadows board game. It was a typical 1960’s game that wasn’t that outstanding. In 1969, game company Milton Bradley came out with another game called the Barnabas Collins… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – The Dark Shadows Board Game

I received a Marx farm playset for Christmas on the very first year I have memories of a Christmas.  I remember that year as much as I do because we have home movies of me getting presents from under the Christmas tree.  The farm set had a metal barn and silo.  It also had plastic… Continue reading Art’s Toybox – Hide The Cow