Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Acorn Media
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1569382441
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,373 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Did you ever play with Barbie or G.I. Joe? Marvel at a Slinky as it climbed down a flight of stairs? Or build your dream castle out of LEGO blocks? If so, then take a look back at the classic toys that filled your childhood with pleasure in Our Favorite Toys. Tracing the origins of America's most popular playthings, this nostalgic program reveals the secrets of our childhood obsessions. From Slinky, a manufacturing mistake, to the Etch-A-Sketch, the world's first laptop, to the unusual origin of Matchbox cars, Our Favorite Toys opens the door to the magical people and places that created the most marvelous toys in the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Look at the Toys We Used to Play With, September 6, 1999

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Military Historian/Analyst "Karl" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our Favorite Toys [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video provides an enjoyable look back to the toys loved by baby boomers. The toy makers sure did something right, because to the best of my knowledge they are all still in production.

This 52 minute tape examines eight toys -- Barbie Dolls, G.I. Joe, Slinky, Matchbox Cars, Etch-A-Sketch, Twister, Ant Farms, and Radio Flyer wagons. Much of the video has footage of the toys in use and their commercials.

In addition, behind the scenes footage shows the toys' developers and some of the factories busy manufacturing them.

Having never broken an Etch-A-Sketch, I was glad to see inside one and now fully appreciate how it works! Also noteworthy were the lengths Matchbox engineers would go to make sure their toy cars were accurate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a fun walk down memory lane, November 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Favorite Toys [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Our Favorite Toys is a nostalgic look at the toys we all grew up with and loved. This video has clips of original commercials including the jingles we still can recite. Our Favorite Toys brings back fond memories of childhood.