false 2129790 1 Do you remember tearing down the stairs at five in the morning, in wide-eyed anticipation of the mountain of wrapped boxes under the fireproof, silver-tinsel tree? Do you remember the sense of disappointment when what youd asked for wasnt among them? Or worse, when youd been bought a cheap, knock-off version of a toy you really wanted? As the marketing divisions of the worlds toy companies go into overdrive for the latest must-have plaything, we inevitably start to ponderwas it all like this in our day? This book celebrates the toys that turned up in the stockings of yesteryear. From Big Trak to Buckaroo, Mastermind to Merlin, Sorry to Strawberry Shortcake, each desirable toy from the 1960s through to the 1990s is examined and catalogued (in the Grattans, rather than the scientific, sense). 2135237 1 11 2007 TV Cream's Toys total:3|5:2|3:1| 3 13 13 1 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 18 02:43:41 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:12:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 07:16:22 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:16:22 -0800 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Wed Sep 02 12:15:17 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 12:15:17 -0700 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Sat Jul 04 04:15:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 04:15:43 -0700 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 5 0 false Thu Jun 18 11:06:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 11:06:46 -0700 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Sat Apr 04 06:37:02 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 06:37:02 -0700 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Fri Mar 06 02:14:56 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 02:14:56 -0800 2009 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Wed Sep 17 19:56:14 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 19:56:14 -0700 2008 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Wed Sep 17 08:36:58 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:37:04 -0700 2008 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Fri Aug 29 10:06:06 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 10:06:06 -0700 2008 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Tue Feb 19 13:25:27 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 13:25:27 -0800 2008 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 5 0 false Mon Jan 21 08:20:49 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 08:20:49 -0800 2008 2129790 1905548273 9781905548279 3 1 4.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2129790.TV_Cream_s_Toys 0 0 false Sat Nov 03 13:37:01 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 13:37:33 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2129790