80s Toys: They Were Better in the 80s, Weren’t They?

Old Mates New Laughs Podcast · 2025-04-17

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It’s time to get nostalgic for grazed knees, broken bed slats, and the sound of a cassette rewinding inside your Speak & Spell 🎮

This week on Old Mates New Laughs, Brendan, Andy, and Mike dive into the magical world of 1980s toys—the ones we begged for, battled over, and still remember like old friends.

Expect chat about:

🦸 Action figures that ruled our bedrooms

🧱 Classic toys like LEGO, Spirograph & Etch A Sketch

🛷 Playground fads and must-haves

🤖 Battery-powered chaos and toys that made actual sparks (cheers, Health & Safety!)

📺 The toy/TV cartoon synergy we didn’t realise was marketing genius

Whether you were Team Transformers, obsessed with Care Bears, or spent hours reconfiguring your Rubik’s Cube (wrongly), this episode will take you back to simpler times—and probably make you want to check eBay for vintage goodies...

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Old Mates New Laughs Podcast

Welcome to the Old Mates, New Laughs Podcast page – a place for those of us who grew up in the 80s, survived the 90s, and are now wondering how the hell we got to middle age so fast!

We’ve been mates for 40 years, which means we’ve seen it all – from dodgy 80s haircuts and 90s Britpop, to the joys (and struggles) of being responsible adults (sort of). Our podcast is all about looking back, laughing at ourselves, and figuring out how we got here. Expect nostalgia, bad jokes, and a healthy dose of sarcasm!

We know that our podcast is nothing without it's listeners, and this is where you come in:

Reminisce – Share your favourite memories from growing up in the best decades. What were your favourite kids TV shows? What toys did you play with?

Debate – Whether Blur or Oasis was better (or if you were too cool for both)

Laugh – At the stuff we all thought was normal back then

Relate – To the joys and disasters of hitting middle age

So, if you remember life before the internet, still miss Woolworths, and wonder how we’re now old enough for back pain… you’re in the right place!

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