Submitted by K Mack

Originally, this game was called “The Captain’s Mistress.” From mastersgames.com:

The classic game of ‘Four In A Row’, (aka 4 In A Line), that has been enjoyed by children and adults for centuries.

During his long sea voyages, Captain Cook was apparently often absent of an evening and eventually the crew began to joke that he must have a mistress in his cabin. When they discovered that the Captain had simply been playing this game with the ship’s scientists, the game was christened ‘The Captain’s Mistress’!

They now make a giant version of Connect Four! This rocks (and makes it harder for sis to be sneaky):

Photo via mastersgames.com

Submitted by J Gaulden

Unlike us, Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.

Super awesome Weeble Circus:

Submitted by luckylakeway

Did we ever learn how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Toosie Pop, or does that remain one of life’s great unanswered questions?

Submitted by katsak

Fisher Price made some serious toys of win back in the day. The mooing barn was awesome, as was the bubble mower. But the parking garage ruled them all! Car goes up, car comes down…. good times!

Check out what the parking garage is going for on ebay right now. Hope you hung on to yours!

Submitted by T TR

John Hughes was the MAN as far as 80’s movies are concerned. “Weird Science” is a bit different than Hughes’ typical boy-meets-girl high school stories: in this movie, boys BUILD girl. Who hasn’t wanted to build their perfect mate? After one too many bad dates, the idea sounds better and better, doesn’t it?

“Weird Science” also had one of the best themes ever, by the excellent Oingo Boingo: