The 80's & 90's were a great time, a time of amazing toy fads. Pogs, Skip-It, Tamagotchi, Beanie Babies, Furbies, and best of all micro play sets!
It all started with Galoob's Micro Machines, those awesome little cars my brother and I would play with for hours, making itty bitty little off-road race circuits in the back yard. Micro Machines were crazy profitable, and other toy companies wanted in on the craze. Enter Bluebird toys, Polly Pocket and Mighty Max are a huge hit and more companies decide to cash in on the craze.
Years later the craze has died down, law suits abound and toy companies don't make teeny tiny toys anymore because some poor kid might choke and sue them for millions. "Micro" play sets are still made, sure, but they're not as teeny-tiny and as cool as they used to be.
This blog is my feeble attempt to catalog the gigantic world of micro toys. Just trying to catalog the Polly Pocket toy line is sheer madness, let alone all micro play sets! This will truly be Micro Macabre.
UPDATE-Blog Features
I have added a list of "Micro Worlds by Brand and "Micro Worlds by Toy Line" on the side that will link up to all posts relating to those toy lines and brands. I have also created a "List O' Brands" and a "List O' Toy Lines" that I will add to as I discover new micro play sets. If you know of a micro toy line/brand I have missed please let me know in the comments below!
This is a great ideal and i can't wait to see what you will be posting.
ReplyDeleteThank you John! I hope to post and write up about every micro set I own, plus other I would like to own.
DeleteI recently passed up a huge box of Micro Machines Star Wars because the price was high and now I kind of regret it. Oh well though, maybe next time.