The 1970s are well remembered for a number of different fads.  The fads of the 1970s included fads like Star Wars action toys, Hula girl dashboard dolls, Pet Rocks, bell bottom pants, hip huggers, and of course, the mood ring.  As a silent way to express one’s mood, the mood ring was first conceived of when its maker saw how a thermo tropic thermometer gauged one’s temperature.

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Pet rocks are perhaps one of the funniest holiday fads in American history.  The fad hit its height during the Christmas of 1975.  It was a short-lived, but nonetheless long-remembered, piece of American nostalgia.

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Any child of the 80s remembers the Cabbage Patch Kids. Cabbage Patch Kids were perhaps one of the biggest holiday fads of the 80s. So what was the appeal of these not-so-cute baby dolls?  Why did American children (and their parents) go nuts for the pudgy-faced kids?  The answer lies in the history of the toys.

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The Atari 2600 was a revolutionary video game system that hit the market in October 1976.  Prior to the Atari 2600, video games were played on clunky computers, which needed to have video games pre-installed by the manufacturer.  The Atari 2600 was the first major system to utilize video game cartridges that could be purchased individually. 

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During the 1980s the Rubik’s Cube was an amazingly popular pastime; so much so that the Rubik Cube quickly became a fad – nearly everyone you met either owned a Rubik Cube or had used one at one time or another. As fads go, the Rubik Cube was enjoyed by the young and old alike, and the Rubik Cube seemed to meld into almost every corner of the culture during the 80’s.

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