Few will ever forget bolting out of bed and running down the stairs to check what Santa left you on Christmas morning, waking up the adults in the house in the process. The smell of a newly opened tin of sweets, trying on your news clothes, going to Christmas Day services, the big dinner, selection boxes and running out to the street to show your friends what you got and check out what Santa had left for them. It was magic.
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Remember the funny bone? Operation was a big hit in the 80s. Photo: YouTube
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Little Strawberry Shortcake and her scented pals with their little pets were a firm favourite and are still popular today. Photo: YouTube
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By the 80s, Action Man was already a well established toy, as shown in this picture of seven-year-old John Rider examining a display of Action Man toys made by Palitoy at the British Toy Fair in Brighton, way back in 1966. (Photo by Leonard Burt/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Leonard Burt
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They could walk, talk and some even had flashing moving images so it's no surprise toy robots were big business back in the day. These are some earlier examples from the Paul Lips collection. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: CARL DE SOUZA