You fixed the Skip-it at your ankle with a plastic hoop and you made it turn around your leg and tried to avoid the “ball” with the other leg… very simple to explain, not that easy for me when I was a kid. It was a very popular toy in the 80s and as a boy I have to admit now that I loved playing my sister’s one when she wasn’t around

There was a digital screen to count how many turns you did without falling miserably with the skip-it around your neck…

Boglins were rubbery hand puppets that looked like small monsters.

They were sold in a kind of cardboard jail, I loved the packaging, and I guess every kids loved it too because it was impossible to find a non damaged one in the supermarket…

You could find a boglin easily 22 years ago… in 1989.

Here is the commercial :

“If you take us home, we’ll kiss your Aunt Martha, we’ll eat your peas, and we hope you know lots of girls.”

Everybody without exceptions had one…  and everybody agrees that it’s IMPOSSIBLE to draw something good with the “magic screen” or you have to spend a lot of time training, and you don’t have time when you’re a kid but still, I loved it and I bought one recently. Even 20 years after it’s seem impossible to me but I keep trying !

Of course you’ll still find these annoying (I’m jealous) people able to do artwork with it… for example this Etch-a-Sketch artist

And because everybody wants to know : how does the Etch a sketch work ???

For the more nostalgics, you can still buy this Etch a sketch iPhone case

My first car was a racing car and i was 5

When we look at it now, we have to admit it was not that good… BUT I have more memories of the Tomy Turnin’ Turbo Dashboard than any Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport. Yes, i’m that old !

Tomy start selling the Turnin’ Turbo Dashboard in 1983, 28 years ago.

Here is a video to remember it (love the motor sound) :