From a 1984 Toy Industry publication, we have this excellent ad for Street Hawk, which ABC was banking on being the next Knight Rider (narrator: “It wasn’t.”) However, I tuned in every week, and so did a lot of kids, so we mourned some of the cool toys they had in the pipeline. Below is a link to the Kenner toy line prototypes and what we missed out on.

Kenner Knight Rider and Street Hawk in 1985 Palitoy Catalog-

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I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that Santa and Barbie has a close working relationship….

I have zero recollection of Charmkins, most likely because I was a pre-teen male at the time.

Unlike Charmkins, I remember “My Little Pony”, mostly because I’ve had it’s jingle in my head since 1983!

Space Lego truly was one of the most perfect toys in the universe, why have they not been reissued?

The Fisher Price Adventure people still got a little love in ’83.

Star Wars was still a big deal in ’83 but the finale of the trilogy signalled the end for action figure series as well.

It’s interesting to see how many toy concepts from this era are still widely available today.

Yo Joe! Another long running item from the 80s.

I’d like to see David Hasselhoff on that KITT bike.

I made a very organized pitch for the Vectrex system as a teen, I was shot down with great impunity.

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