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Childhood Toys From The Year 1973 including Walkie Talkie Sets, Crazy Buggy Car Racers, Curious George, and more with prices and descriptions

Featured Toys on this page Ice Hockey Game Table, Junior Drum Set, Hoppity Hops, Tyco Car and Train Set, View Master Projector Set, and many more from the 1970sThe prices shown for these Toys are the price they were sold for in 1973 not today

  • Aurora Penske A/FX Racing Set 1973 From The 1970s Aurora Penske A/FX Racing Set
    Price: $34.99
    Description Featuring 27ft of track for racing 4 cars including 2 Penske Porsche's a shadow Canam and a McClarren. 4 controllers, two lap counters, pylons and guard rails for the whole family to enjoy.

  • Barbie and Friends Wardrobe From The 1970s Barbie and Friends Wardrobe
    Manufacturer: Mattel
    Price: $2.99
    Description Wardrobes available include Stylish Scene, Fashion Glamour Group, Casual All Stars for Ken and Pretty Power for Francis.
  • Battery Powered Car From The 1970s Battery Powered Car
    Price: $26.99
    Description The fun dune buggy now hits the side walks and goes at 2 MPH indoors or out, runs up to 7 hours on 1 battery charge.

  • Ceramic Figure Making Kit 1973 From The 1970s Ceramic Figure Making Kit
    Price: From 6.99
    Description Mold figures with reusable models and real ceramic clay, finish them with acrylic paints or boss gloss glaze, kits include Molds, casting mix, acrylic paints boss gloss glaze and brushes, kits available include Animal Kit, Lil' critters kit and vases kit.

  • Chain Powered Peddle Cars From The 1970s Chain Powered Peddle Cars
    Price: From $18.49 to $24.99
    Description Turn your driveway or your back yard into the Indy 500 with these chain driven speedsters, the faster you pedal the quicker you go.

  • Walkie Talkie Sets From The 1970s Walkie Talkie Sets
    Price: $13.88
    Description Fireless Walkie Talkie sets send and receive important messages from across the street that operate on Citizen Band 14, no license required.

  • Crazy Buggy Car Racers From The 1970s Crazy Buggy Car Racers
    Price: $7.99
    Description Crazy Buggy "the do anything" stunt car set.


It is fun to look back in time to the 1973 toys we played with when we were children. Included on this page are Barbie and early Battery Powered Cars, Crazy Buggy Racers, Roy Rogers Guitar, Pedal Cars, Ceramic Figure Making Kit, Walkie Talkie Sets, Hoppity Hops, Pocket Transistor Radios, Silly Putty, Woodworking Tools Kit For Kids, View Master Projector Set plus many more from the 70's

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  • Curious George 1973 From The 1970s Curious George
    Price: From $3.88 to $7.99
    Description Curious George that little chimp from H.A.Reys story books is a squeezable stuffed toy, sizes range from 14 inches high to 23 inches high.

  • Boys and Girls First Bikes With Training Wheels From The 1970s Boys and Girls First Bikes
    Manufacturer: Free Spirit
    Price: $34.95
    Description Sporty Bikes with Banana Seats, Chrome Fenders, High Rise Handlebars, Detachable Training Wheels.

  • Furga Of Italy Dolls From The 1970s Furga Of Italy Dolls
    Price: $19.95
    Description Furga Of Italy Dolls are some of the most beautiful dolls in the world, with lavish gowns, creamy vinyl skin, fully jointed, shiny rooted hair, sparkling go to sleep eyes, and long long girls lashes, frilly lingerie, shoes and a posing stand are included with these classic feature dolls, dolls available are Anna, Antonietta, Allesandra, Carmen, Barbera and Kim.

  • Hoppity Hops From The 1970s Hoppity Hops
    Price: From $5.88 to $8.88
    Description Hoppity Hops are big bouncy balls you will want to ride for hours, now available the standard hoppity hop ball, hoppity horse, Hoppity Mickey and Hoppity Donald Duck.

  • Tyco Car and Train Set 1973 From The 1970s Tyco Car and Train Set
    Manufacturer: Tyco
    Price: $44.98
    Description Two sets in one, A high speed raceway inside a fun filled railway with Spirit of 76 loco pulling 54 inch long freight cars, raceway includes two high speed cars racing on 27 ft of 3 level racing track.

  • View Master Projector Set From The 1970s View Master Projector Set
    Price: $18.88
    Description Deluxe view-master theater with projector, lighted viewer and 24 color reels include: Snoopy and the Red Baron, Brady Bunch, Bambi, Partridge Family, Bugs Bunny, Walt Disney World Fantasy Land, Beep Beep the Road Runner, Lassie, Charlie Brown, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Scooby Doo.

  • Zip Fit Skates For Shoes From The 1970s Zip Fit Skates For Shoes
    Price: $7.39
    Description Indoor/outdoor skates with adjustable leather straps and push pull adjustable frame. Rubber wheels work outside and easier on floors. Toe pieces with foam rubber to hold tight, even works well with sneakers.

  • Steel Frame Rocking Horse From The 1970s Steel Frame Rocking Horse
    Price: $25.99
    Description 35 inch Cheyenne looks and feels like real, just stroke his coat, Sturdy Tubular Steel Base.

  • Ice Hockey Game Table From The 1970s Ice Hockey Game Table
    Price: $49.99
    Description You control every move on this 48 x 30 inch game room hockey table, includes scoreboard.

  • Jukebox Gamberee 1973 From The 1970s Jukebox Jamboree
    Price: $38.99
    Description Jukebox Jamboree features Phonograph that plays both 45 and 33 1/3 RPM records, Big 4 inch speaker, Separate Volume and Tone Controls, Psychedelic Light.

  • Junior Drum Set From The 1970s Junior Drum Set
    Price: $59.95
    Description 3 drum set includes 10 x 16 inch base drums with foot pedal and wood hoops, 4 x 10 inch snare drum with adjustable stand, shell mounted tom tom and 10 inch brass cymbal complete with sticks, brushes and playing instructions.

  • King Arthurs Castle From The 1970s King Arthurs Castle Model
    Price: $13.88
    Description Return to the days of gallant knights realm, includes 11 knights in shining armor, 5 horses, snap together castle with drawbridge and moat. Cross the moat and storm the walls to save the prisoners from the dungeons.

  • Little Carpenter Shop From The 1970s Little Carpenter Shop
    Price: $4.99
    Description All the tools and instructions to make 8 projects plus even the wood in included, kit includes hammer, saw, coping saw, tri-square, ruler, sand paper and nails, projects include tool box, wall shelf, mail holder, bird house, spice rack and more.

  • The Lone Ranger and Tonto 1973 From The 1970s Lone Ranger and Tonto
    Price: $4.99
    Description Fully standing models of The Lone Ranger and Tonto on their trusty horses.

  • Pocket Transistor Radios From The 1970s Pocket Transistor Radios
    Price: From $3.75
    Description New Solid State Chassis promotes long battery life and good performance, built in AM antenna, earphone for private listening.

  • Roy Rogers Guitar From The 1970s Roy Rogers Guitar
    Price: $3.89
    Description 29 inch happy trailer guitar has wood fibre sound chamber for deep rich tones which allow you to play and sing all your favorite Roy Rogers music, instruction book included.

  • Silly Putty From The 1970s Silly Putty
    Price: 99 cents
    Description Stretches likes taffy and bounces like rubber, comes in protective plastic shell egg.