Looking Back
Hold On to Those Nerf Balls: Snakkle Looks Back at Some of the Hottest Toys of the Past 40 Years!
We begged and pleaded, wrote letters to Santa, and rummaged around in hall closets to see if we could find it—the hot holiday toy of the moment. Before the seasonal shopping mania fully sets in, take a look back with Snakkle at some of the hottest holiday toys of the past 40 years. By Lisa Angelo
Speak & Spell, 1978
The handle. The keys. The ubiquitous primitive computer voice. After its peak in 1978, Speak & Spell became the last word in learning disguised as a toy. There was also a Speak & Math version, but you couldn’t spell swears on that one, so who wanted it?
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