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1970’s
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0500 - Dawn
4000 - Johnny Lightning
7005 - Charley n’ Me
Game
3000 - Ding-A-Ling
King Ding
3016 - Ding-A-Ling
Brain
7150 - Zoomer Boomer
Ash Can
1070 - Go-Go’s
Tomboy
7100 - Zoomer Boomers
7003 - Silly Safari
Game
5022 - Tigers Cannon
5004 - Tigers
Machine Gun Mike
7004 - Funny Face
Game
Topper continued to operate from 1970 to 1973. For most of this time there were two major toy lines: Dawn and Johnny Lightning. This
paralleled rival Mattel’s two main toy lines Barbie and Hot Wheels. Topper introduced two other action figure lines: Tigers for boys and
Go-Go’s for girls. They also introduced a very interesting set of robots, the Ding-A-Lings. There were also several games introduced.
The guns, spy toys, and homemaker sets were all gone, victims of changing roles for women, continuing protests against the Vietnam War,
and higher costs for plastic due to the oil crisis.
