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The Entertainer is celebrating its 40th birthday by walking through memory lane of some of the best Christmas toys of all time.
The family-owned high street retailer has been looking back over its four decade history at its top selling toys.
LEGO wins out overall as its most popular toy of the last 40 years.
While, our favourite board game was revealed as the classic property-trading game Monopoly.
We’ve been having so much fun celebrating The Entertainer’s 40th Birthday this month. Have you visited one of our stores to join the party? 🎈https://t.co/YDDwHjNmC6 pic.twitter.com/NjJZt42Bli
— The Entertainer (@EntertainerToys) September 24, 2021
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The Entertainer’s top selling Christmas toys of all time
Top toys in the 1980s
80s kids fo you remember what you Christmases looked like?
The Entertainer expects them to include all of its favourites from Cabbage Patch Kids and Care Bears to Rubik’s Cubes.
Its other most popular toys were Sylvanian Families, My Little Pony and Transformers.
Unsuprisingly, Star Wars toys were also popular due to the releases of Episodes 5 and 6 of the franchise.
The 80s were unique for their iconic rainbow-coloured Koosh balls that used to appear in millions of Christmas stockings every year.
Toys through the decades- 1980s and 1990s. Credit: The Entertainer
Top toys in the 1990s
Every 90s will remember the desperation to find a Buzz Lightyear following the release of the 1995 hit film Toy Story.
The intergalatic hero was originally called Lunar Larry and we have to say, we’re glad that they changed it.
Other popular toys in the 1990s included Furbys, Power Rangers, Tamagotchis and Teletubbies.
It was also common to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thunderbirds Tracy Island and Pogs.
WWF Wrestlers were popular Christmas toys before the…
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Source : times
