I remember my grandad Harry rollerskating/rollerbooting down Mederia Drive in the Eighties and early Nineties. Surreal sight but a fit man who would give the youngsters a run for their money.
Those skates were great if you couldn't stretch to a proper skateboard. Wack a Beano or Dandy album on top of one and sit on that to fly down the hills. Happy days!
Yo yos always seemed pointless to me. Mainly because I could never get the bloody things to do what they were supposed to do.
Did anyone ever play Mousetrap properly? If I recall you were meant to construct the trap mechanism as you went along. However, everyone I knew used to cut to the chase by putting it up on one go beforehand and then it was a case of who landed on the cheese square. Utterly dull with the only "thrill" being that 80% of the time the mechanism would fail. Unless of course you gave it a nudge when it was your mate facing doom!
Flightdeck looked great on the tv advert but was also white people in reality
By rights, Play-Doh should just have been called Doh, it was that stupid. You only had to play with it once and you ended up with a shit brown lump of plasticene with a couple of coloured swirls in it. Might as well have played with a dog turd.
Total pants, was only any use if you had rooms the size of a village hall and with smooth floors. There is a 12' youtube video someone has posted, I have chosen to spare you that!
Trik Trak was also rubbish for pretty much the same reason. Both available on eBay I note.
Buckeroo. I'm sure it's a great game but my dad stood on mine on Christmas day when I was 8. He said he was going to replace it but he never did, not that I'm bitter or anything. 32 now, still waiting and would still be a happy recipient of a new Buckeroo.