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Claus at Cordova Mall said children often are requesting traditional toys. “Girls are still going strong for the Barbie dolls, Strawberry Shortcake, and believe it or not, roller skates,” he said.Rubik’s Cubes — plastic puzzle cubes where the trick is to get, all of the sides to match colors is a best-all-around seller. Shemaria said he sold between 100 and 150 this month — mainly to persons aged nine and older. Mildred Sanderson, a merchandising assistant at University Mall’s J.C. Penney, said the store’s supply of 1,000 Rubik’s Cubes had dwindled Saturday to 200.MORE: See all kinds of vintage toys here!Most of the merchants said “Star Wars” dolls were the most popular toys last Christmas. This year, children aren’t requesting them as often. The Miss Piggy Doll also is losing ground this year.“I only had one request for Miss Piggy this year. I had lots of requests for it last year,” the Cordova Mall Santa said. Most of the merchants say television popularity and advertising play a big role in which toys are popular each Christmas.“Whatever is advertised on a Saturday morning cartoon, they’ll be in here to buy it,” Darlene Aldridge, Playland’s manager, said. She said the Dukes of Hazzard race car, General Lee, also seems to sell fastest on Saturday mornings — the day after the “Dukes of Hazzard” television series airs.Gary King, assistant manager at Cordova Toy and Hobby, said he believes the country’s political climate also has a lot to do with the toys children choose.He said war toys, such as the G I Joe and toy guns, were popular at the beginning of the 1960s, and lost popularity at the end of the decade and during the early 1970s because of the anti-war mood. But dolls, western toys and technical toys have become popular again with the conservative mood of the Reagan administration.
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IStock In this article 01 Vintage Toys Worth Between $200-$400 02 Vintage Toys Worth Between $300 - $900 03 Vintage Toys Worth $1000+ The ’80s and ’90s get a lot of hype, but us millennials were positively thriving in the 2000s. Once we discovered that all the computers in the world would not crash and end civilization as we knew it at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999, we collectively went full steam ahead. The fashion. The music. The movies. The toys. What a time to be alive.Whether you were desperately trying to keep your Tamagotchi alive, glued to your Nintendo Game Boy, or rocking your CASIO Baby-G watch at the mall, chances are you felt so damn cool. Flash forward 20-plus years and if you’re anything like us, those vintage toys are likely gathering dust in a box now somewhere deep in Grandpa and Grandma’s attic.If that’s the case, you’re gonna want to pay attention because some vintage toys worth money could be sitting on your shelf right now. Yes, really. What’s old is new again and while a Beanie Baby may have only cost $5 growing up, certain ones could fetch as much as $20,000 today. Published August 23, 2021
