Tomy Portable Games on Sale in 1981
December 7, 1981. Here’s another look at Tomy’s wind-up games of the eighties, with the image showing Strolling Bowling. Man, these games sure got a lot of newspaper space back when they were new. How is it that wind-up toys are no longer a thing? Oh. Right. Computers and electronics are so cheap these days that kids play with iPads and iPhones instead of quaint, silly wind-up bowling balls. In my day . . .
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