Forgotten Soviet toys. Forgotten Soviet toys Soviet toys of the 80s
Hello dear associates! Something nostalgia hit me today. I felt sad, I remembered a carefree childhood. How many toys and dolls I had! And so little remained. I would very much like to return some toys now, in order to at least just hold them in my hands. Where did everything go? My mother gave away a lot, I don't even know to whom. But I kept some toys, and when I got married they moved with me. Some I gave to the game to my daughter, and some still live inviolable))))
Today I decided to show what little I have left from the 80-90s))))
Nostalgia!!!
I'll start with my oldest toy, which I loved very much, and then my children loved. 1985 emblem toy!
It was necessary to roll the balls into the holes and not drop a single one into the pan.
The following toys are egg toys. It is 92-96 years solid. I loved them very much. I gave it to my children, they lost everything. There are very few of mine left. But I have all the hippos, I didn’t give them to my children, because it was my favorite collection. 
Then, when in two thousand some year, I won’t lie, the second collection of hippos appeared, and I, already being a mother, bought eggs and collected them too. And I don't give it to my kids either. For some reason, hippos do not stand for a year. 
Also the size of hippos, I have 6 cats bought in Moscow for a crazy price in 1992 
The seals are collectible and were sold near Red Square. Mom told me to choose any two, but I could not, and she bought me all, while spending a lot of money.
Now I have a very large collection of different cats and seals, but these ones from my childhood are very dear to me and they lie together with hippos in a place inaccessible to children.
Next are the dolls. Small. Rostik 11 cm. 
The first to appear was a ballerina from the 90s, I can’t say exactly the year. Pleasant to the touch, rubberized, such a small Barbie. There is no label on it. 
After her appeared Barbie dolls branded by Mattel 1995. I had 4 of these dolls. But I gave them away to my girlfriends, leaving myself one. She has bendable legs made of soft plastic. Her clothes are painted on. 
Another Ariel doll. Ugly. Disney sticker on the back. 
And one of my favorite dolls without a stigma, but the first articulated one! 
All dolls are from the early 90s.
And the size to compare with the standard Barbie - Ariel. 
By the way, my Arielka is 1994. One of my surviving Barbies. 
She participated in the competition "Doll with a pet" 
Another childhood toy is the troll. I remember there was a general fashion for them and all the girls and boys in the class had several of them. And I didn’t want much, because I loved my one troll Diana))) 
She came up with the name spontaneously. She sewed clothes as a child, so Diana stands in it. And the shoes from some baby doll were taken away. 
I still have a nesting doll. Small, 3 cm tall. Issue - the end of the 80s.
They were sold in a set with one large matryoshka mother and 20 small ones. Holes were drilled at the bottom of them, because they went on a large stand with pins, where they were inserted. I really loved these matryoshkas. And I gave each matryoshka a name, and I still remember all these names! But only one survived - Inga. 
In 1995, I got a doll that looked like a Barbie, but a little shorter, with rubber limbs and a plastic body. I don't know what factory it is. If anyone knows - tell me. I named the doll Marina. Her clothes were not preserved. And to sew a new one for her until her hands reach, so I have a poor girl wrapped in a handkerchief, like an Indian sari. 
Also, in my feeds, a rainbow spring was preserved, brought to me by my dad from Moscow in the distant 90s. How many such different springs my children had! But all this is not the same. Neither the quality nor the colors compare to my rainbow from the 90s 
And of course dollhouses! Every little girl's dream. I only had one. But very expensive and good quality. 
And 4 tiny dolls 1 cm tall lived in it, but only two survived 
And the furniture was in the house. But half already lost by my children 
Now my daughter has a lot of such similar houses and furniture, there are a lot of different puppeteers, but their quality is not the same 
Of my small inhabitants, in addition to two pupae, various animals remained.
Puppy, kitten, chicken and pig from chocolate eggs. They were with their mothers, but for some reason I can't find their mothers. 
There are also two kittens from chocolate eggs and a nesting doll 1.5 cm tall, I don’t even remember where I got it from. 
And bears. I had 8 of them, and besides the chairs with them, the set included houses, different swings, benches and much more. 
I also have a big bear cub from the Krasnoyarsk Siberian Toy factory, but I can’t take a picture of it, because my daughter took it to my mother and forgot to bring it back. He is like this: 
Sorry for using someone else's photo. We have the same one, only purple.
And my last toy is Shrek. It's not the 90s anymore. Its release is 2001, right after the cartoon. I bought it when I was in college in my first year. This is not quite childhood, but I can not show it. I love him very much. And he is also considered an old toy, because next year he will be 15 years old! 
His head and hands are vinyl, and his body is hard-packed. And he looks a lot like his cartoon character.
I didn't have anything else left. I’ll have to rummage around at my mother’s house, maybe I’ll find something else, but for now that’s all. It is a pity that not a single doll of the Krasnoyarsk factory “Siberian Toy” has been preserved. I had 4 of them. I found their photos on the Internet. It's not my photos. I beg your pardon from the authors, but can I still show them?
This is Severyanka: 
Dasha, my favorite childhood doll: 
And the girl, in my opinion, Sveta, I can be wrong. I had two of them, one is exactly the same as in the photo, and the second with a bob haircut: 
And there are many other toys that have remained in my memory, and for which I sometimes feel nostalgic)))
Come visit. Show off your childhood toys
Sincerely, Svetlana.
USSR toys
Children's toys of the USSR produced durable, safe and in large quantities. Unlike modern ones, they were not bright to the point of pain in the eyes, but this is just a plus, because it was impossible to get an allergy from close contact with a plush hare. Everyone who was lucky enough to grow up in the USSR remembers what extraordinary energy the toys of that time had. They carried a certain sacred meaning, despite all their simplicity and unpretentiousness.
Current toys for buyers (especially small ones) look more attractive, but sometimes we cannot understand who is in front of us in the window - we have to look for information on the price tag.
Are the toys of the USSR in demand now, which the antique store "Lavka Antiquities" offers you to buy? Oddly enough, yes. Both collectors and people who were born and grew up during the Soviet period hunt for them. Most often, such acquisitions are made not for children, but for history and for the sake of memories.
Until now, many can find old toys on their mezzanines and garages, but even so, people continue to look for them, find and buy them. This is because it is not always possible to find a favorite childhood toy among the preserved treasures, or for some reason it turned out to be lost.
Like now, dolls, cartoon characters and kitchen sets were especially favorite among girls. The boys could not imagine their lives without car models, constructors, weapons and soldiers.
The USSR produced plastic and metal cars in abundance, their size could vary from 7 to 32 cm. There were also mechanisms that could be controlled using pedals and a steering wheel. Such prototypes of bicycles, only made in the form of a car.
Metal cars of the USSR are considered attractive even for men who are far from collecting. If a single model of such a car falls into the hands of a representative of the stronger sex, then we can assume that he has already joined the army of collectors.
The persistent tin soldiers of the USSR conquered with their strength: they could not be broken, they could only be lost. But buying them was more difficult than plastic warriors. The sale also included medieval knights cast from metal, representatives of Russian squads and sailors.
In the antique store "Lavka antiquity" you can freely buy USSR cars, without shortages and queues. The same applies to tin soldiers, characters from favorite cartoons, soft toys and legendary Dymkovo figurines. Soviet toys are sure to please those who appreciate quality and want to return to their carefree childhood, even for a minute.
I don’t think I’m exaggerating much if I say that the most popular toy in the 80s was the Rubik’s Cube. And not only in the USSR - as I read, this wonderful puzzle conquered almost the whole world. I remember very well how we went everywhere with these cubes, twisted almost every free minute. At recess, the school held a speed cube assembly competition.
I'll be honest - I myself could not collect it. The maximum that worked - two sides. Until they brought me the "secret assembly formula" in a big secret. It was drawn in a notebook, from where I carefully redrawn it and kept it like the apple of my eye. After all, she was not immediately remembered, she periodically had to peep.
Then it became interesting to collect various color combinations. The simplest of them were the so-called "windows" and "goat bridge", if my memory serves me right. I was trained in them even before I had a formula.
The enthusiasm for this interesting puzzle in the country was so strong that even serious printed publications such as the journal "Science and Life" devoted entire articles to it.
By the way, here is a scan of one of the pages of "Science and Life" with the same "secret formula"
In general, there were many articles in the press devoted to the Cube. In the same "Science and Life" from 1981 to 1985 there were about 15 articles about him. And there were also publications in "Young Technology", "Quantum" and probably somewhere else
Often on the Internet I meet memories of a terrible shortage of Rubik's Cube. What frantic queues defended behind him, got through acquaintances from under the floor, bought at three prices from speculators. I don’t remember this - we had them on sale freely. I don’t know, maybe it was in those days when the USSR did not have a license for their production. And only branded, original puzzles were on sale.
After buying the rights to release this toy, more than 20 enterprises began to produce it in the USSR. This is what the standard packaging of the Soviet Cube looked like
Moreover, the background could be either black or white. Though crack, I don’t remember which one we valued more
But there were other packages as well. For example, at the Kislovodsk souvenir factory, the packaging was like the original, branded Cube
And we also did a smaller version, more pocket
Sometimes when I see this entertaining toy in the store, I even think, should I buy it, will my hands remember the formula ...
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We continue to recall our cheerful and carefree childhood in the 80-90s of the last century :) Whoever joined us just now, I recommend starting with and. In the comments, everyone reminds me of a slide projector. Of course, I remember it, and I will definitely mention it in the section "Our electronics and gadgets" :) The same applies to chewing gum with liners and our other goodies. In addition to them, I remembered something that many of you have already forgotten :) As, for example, some people no longer remember that there were iron rubles in the USSR, and not just paper ones :)
And now I want to remember our favorite toys. Starting from a very young age, and ending with "diseases" and "epidemics" of middle and high school :)
OUR TOYS.
We had a lot of toys. "Gingerbread Man" on the Upper just bursting with monotony dolls, cars, pistols, robots and all sorts of Soviet puzzles. The Kolobok store on Zhukovsky Street was the sacred Mecca of the children of our time (now there is an office of MegaFon). Who could calmly walk with his mother by the hand past the "Kolobok"? :) Me not.
Here is one of the most popular group games of our childhood - "Hippos":
Hooked, right? :)
And also this one, the progenitor of computer car simulators - the game "Behind the wheel":
It was battery operated and even had an ignition key. The magnetic machine went around in circles. Rather, she stood still, and the circle rotated and you just had to dodge obstacles.
But such toys could only be obtained for the New Year or birthday:
But such a lunar rover was brought to me from the Moscow "Children's World" - it was not to be found here.
I just have no doubt that all the boys had such revolvers:
A strip of caps wound into a roll was inserted into the drum, the end was pulled out and the trigger was pressed. "Striker" slapped on the piston and "fuck-bang!" - fire and smoke :)
But the coolest weapon in the courtyard "Voynushka" was considered a plastic PPSh assault rifle:
True, only a photo of the original was found - do not be alarmed :) But the toy was quite similar to it. I will never forget his characteristic "chirp" from pressing the trigger. Whoever had one was the "most important commander" :) And the rank and file ran with sticks "a la three-ruler or a pistol."
Do you remember clockwork, walking robots?
And the wonderful "calais n doskop"?
They could sit and stare at him for hours:
We had a lot of logic and educational games.
"Rubik's Cube" :
I assembled it in my childhood in 2 minutes. Re-sticking colored stickers :)
Or this variation:
Domino "Berry":
A game "Fifteen" :
Puzzle "Snake":
"Pythagoras":
Or like this:
But the boy's most desired toy was cars. For the street, for the sandbox - these are:
For home - "souvenirs":
There were many different ones. Basically - the domestic auto industry. And they weren't cheap. They were also given on major holidays or for good behavior. I inherited my collection from my older brother. True, he parted with her with great regret, despite the big difference in age - they were so dear to us ...
I remember how my mother bought me as many as 2 cars by September 1, when I went to school, in grade 1. It was "UAZ-loaf" and "Volga-Aeroflot". Oh, what happiness! I also had a "Niva" - it had a complex suspension of many parts, a full-fledged spare wheel and all the doors opened. And also "Moskvichs", "Ladas".... The decoration of the collection was a black "Seagull" and the only foreign car - "Maseratti Mistral Coupe". For many it was made of plastic, but for me it was made of metal!
Now there is almost nothing left of the collection: (Nephew, my children completed the destruction I started ... Only now the Maserati didn’t let it be torn to pieces - I hid it away as a keepsake :)
The most expensive were buses and "KAMAZ".
I didn’t even see a bus from anyone - maybe you had one?
And key chains-cars were also popular:
There were several types:
Oh, how nice they lay in the hand! :) Cold, metallic, heavy.
And there were also such crafts from the system in use:
Or fish:
Usually trudged from nothing to do as patients of hospitals :)
In my opinion, skeleton keychains were also very popular in the early 90s:
I don’t know why, but there was also such a souvenir plate lying in my toys:
And what serious battles unfolded when someone came to visit and got soldiers!
Crusaders against sailors, cowboys against Indians:
The metal soldiers were cool.
And the planes from the board game were also used:
They crashed into the thick of the enemy, repeating the feat of Captain Gastello. Iron tanks and armored cars, Katyushas, steam locomotives - there were a lot of military-themed games.
But the "dashing" 90s came and the soldiers were driven out by hordes of alien brethren. ROBOTS!
Remember how fast they ran to the cherished kiosk when mom succumbed to persuasion and allocated 200 rubles for a robot? I even remember how much they cost and what 200 rubles looked like then!
My first robot I bought was with the head of a sawfish. How many of them were there!
At first, only their arms moved, then their legs. There were also those whose head and tail moved. Weapons were sold separately for robots. It's hard to call it a hobby - this one was a whole EPIDEMIC !
Until now, somewhere there is a bag of robots - you need to throw off the children :)
Heroes of the then popular cartoons were put up against robots:
And then they ran ads at Disney hour on Sundays TRANSFORMERS .
And a new epidemic began...
In general, with the advent of the 90s, the epidemic became a constant companion of our childhood. The flood of bright goods from China, Poland and Turkey excited our minds, accustomed to faded and monotonous colors ...
Take the Walking Springs Epidemic:
We also saw them for the first time at the Disney Hour. Advertising did its job and information about new games spread across the country like an epidemic.
Rubber bouncy balls:
Even the coolest Soviet ball flew up from a blow to a height of no more than two or three of our heights. The same jumped up to the 5th-6th floor ... It was generally perceived as magic. True, some low-quality balls quickly shattered into pieces (often glossy). But the low price made it possible to pack them in armfuls and even change and give:
Once, on a dare, I threw such a ball on the roof of my native nine-story building, standing on the ground ... :) Don't believe me? Bet? :)
Jumpers have become a replacement for the usual glass balls and we quickly forgot this game:
The newfangled "zabugorshchina" gradually replaced the games we once loved. They came stinking of diesel fuel "lizuns", which left indelible greasy stains on the wallpaper, glamorous Barbies with Ken stinking of chemistry, whose hair changed color. Advertising sold us "Kinder Surprises" and a lot of other things, which I don't remember anymore. Advertising has changed our consciousness, behavior, habits - we are all re-re-stra-iva-lis. After all, we were children perestroika .
And then the good world of children's games was finished off by this:
And officially our childhood ended, giving way to youth.
In the next part, let's remember about the electronics and gadgets of our perestroika childhood. Just don't write about "Tetris" in the comments - I remember it very well and sometimes even play it :) I'll write about it too.
