1986 HAD THE BEST TOYS! | Top nearly 5 toys, in no particular order. 

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The fact that even when the crafsman was the crafsboy his favorite toys were all about building and combining things makes so much sense.

80’s had a different feel to it. I miss it.

As an illustrator, I love the toy illustrations from the 80s. There’s a unique charm to them.

I'm a personal fan of 1989 due to the short lived toy series 'Food Fighters' released by Mattel. They were sentient food soldiers; the good Kitchen Commandos and the evil Refrigerator Rejects. They were so creative with it, each character had their own little bios on the back of the packaging (not to mention the great artwork the packaging featured). Look it up if you have never seen them. :)

Hope you have a smooth Merry Christmas...keep SteadyCraftin

Craftsman, you know what would be cool? A biscuit recipe. Those biscuits that were featured in the "Things I like" video looked amazing! So I think it's finally time for you to share with us that recipe.

You can craft if you want to, you can leave your friends behind, cuz your friends don’t craft, and if they don’t craft then their no friends of mine

The Casio loop in the background for me 🙌🏾

Steady watching other Crafsman vids to help me relax and boom that sweet notification popped up and my stresses have disappeared 🥺🙏🏼

I can always count on you for the best nostalgia and many "oh my I completely forgot about those" moments. Them magnet feet were life.

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I like your calm voice. Very soothing. Your crafting skills are amazing. I was a child in 1986 and that was a great Christmas.

The commercials were ace back in the day, no wonder 90s commercials were all "WOW! WHOA! SLIME!", all the creativity was used up in the 80s.

That was an excellent and appropriate electronic back beat.

"My face look dirty. 😕" Why did I feel that facial expression in my SOUL?

For about 25 years I've been trying to remember the name of the STAR COM toys. Thank you Crafsman!

This is my current favorite video. Something about the music, the show and tell, the chill way Crafsman talking. I watch it almost every day. Sometime I just put it on repeat until I fall asleep.

Your videos are so rewarding, educational and relaxing. You have an incredible artistic professional eye. The world is a better place with you in it. Thank you, Craftsman and happy 1986-2021.

Man, I had more fun with those Stomper trucks than just about anything else. I even remember having one that came with a little rope-bridge that it could cross.

This is why I like every video you share with us CrafsMan. Always creative, always sorrounded by life and nature, always amaze of everything, Always learning and teaching, Always calm but with a Spark from the art. Please take care CrafsMan, here far far away from you, still show me life is something to appreciate. Happy holidays and have a great 2021 much love from here to you, your family and everyone

Watching the captions during this video is hilarious. He says "steady craftin'", the captions say "still crazy".

Well this was a blast of nostalgia for me, I remember the cartoon shows and the toys, absolutely awesome! 👍

Ah man I haven’t thought about those capsella toys in YEARS! Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

The 80's were a great time for toys. I was in High School, but my younger brothers collected a lot of the toys you showed. It brought back some fun memories for me :) Thank you!

Is it me or does the Crafsman have the most soothing show on RU-vid? Merry Christmas everyone!

I love modular toys, lovely collection Craftsman!

Oh man I had those starcon figs. The vehicles were rad.

Merry Christmas from New Zealand crafsman, love ya! Kia Kaha (stay strong)

I just realized last week that The Crafsman is this generation’s Bob Ross. Other people have probably already mentioned this at this point but I’m new... He could read the phone book and I would still listen. Phone book... that tells you how old I am. And I graduated high school in 1986!!!

I swear crafsman you are my #1 favorite crafter. Your like the Bob Ross of crafts. I'm so glad I found your channel!

I was made in 86 😁 thanks for continuing to make videos that always bring a smile to my face. No matter what I'm feeling you always bring back the 😊

I was born in 86, they had the best EVERYTHING! Haha

Toys back then sure sparked a lot of creativity and imagination, and look more complex than toys of today. Thank you for sharing TheCrafsman!!

Who else nearly spit out their relaxation snack at "captain jaundice"

I love your videos! They always entertain me when I’m bored! Thanks for posting!!

Merry Christmas CrafsMan!

My son often says he’s nostalgic for the 80’s even though he wasn’t born until 13 years after it ended. Anemoia,: nostalgia for a time we didn’t experience, is real.

Oh my goodness Crafsman I thought I was the only one who had Legions of Power! Still have my two sets, thanks for sharing!

This is just what I needed in my life tonight. Thank you, CrafsMan. And merry Christmas to you and the CrafsFamily.

You know, I grew up in the 80s Westberlin- favorite thing for me on weekends was waking up early and watch american forces network Tv and all those cool Toy commercials😊

If you like the small scale figures I recommend looking up the Air Warriors line. They had lots of great little guys. I could watch you talk about toys for hours. I came for the crafting, but I absolutely love the soft spoken toy discussion. Can't tell you how helpful your videos are getting to sleep. All right, love y'all, keep on steady craftin.

Thank you for sharing these Crafsman! I was not born til the 90s so I missed these neat toys. Very cool to see innovation in its time.

I used to have some of these. I especially loved the magnetic ones. I used to stick them to my fridge. I’ve been trying to figure out their names for years. Thanks for this video and the nostalgia. A great year for toys. Awesome video.

Some of that modular space vehicle play pattern has made a comeback recently with a line called Snap Ships you might like.

1986.....graduated 8th grade. I feel old. Thank the heavens there is a Crafsman to make these lockdown days better

I was born in '85 and i remember most of these. thanks for the trip. (:

Something tells me Craftsman would love Diaclone and the Diaclone Reboot.

Crafsman, have you heard of Snap Ships? It's a new toy from Play Monster, it's a lot like Legions of Power (might even be in the same scale in fact). No mechanical parts but the concept is similar, it's more like Glyos for vehicles.

Those are pretty cool Crafman, my personal fave toys from 86 are battle beasts.

Idk why but crafsman got a really wholr aura

These videos are so well made! Thanks for always brightening my day Crafsman!

Woah, I had a Capsela Set when I was a kid, back in the 90's.

Mini-mini figures like that are so satisfying! I love those little Tonka figures as well as the classic Star Wars Action Fleet figures!

New crafsman episode dropping right before bed! Keep the quality content coming, everything you post is wonderful 💕

i was born in 2000 but just seeing these would have been for me as a kid

This was great....I’m an 80’s kid and this brought back so many memories 🙂I hope you do more videos like this👍🏻Hope you and the family have a great Christmas and New Year.

I had a SpaceLink set! I completely forgot about the figures, I just had vague sense memories of the plastic spheres. I've always wondered what that build-a-moon-base toy was. Thank you so much for bringing up that nearly-buried memory!!!

Was this a sneaky attempt to let Crafsmom know what you might want for Christmas? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family, and thank you for having such a great channel!

Very nice! My favourite year for toys was ten years earlier; we had Action Man in the UK, who was like GI Joe I think - but fully articulated, about 8 inches tall, and you could get different uniform and weapons kits. My best friend had a German stormtrooper uniform with helmet, boots, belts and a luger pistol in a tiny holster. I was soo jealous...

I have happy memories of watching Dino Riders and playing with the toys. Thank you for reminding me Kind Sir!

i had some of those spacecom figurines.. and even if it is a long time ago, showing those rectangular magnets in the shoes gave me that "feel" the toys gave me when i was but a wee boy. just like the mugged on memory lane flash that came up when you showed the dino-riders package.

Thank you so much for the fond reminder of the 80s. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Always the high point of my browsing time. When Crafsman has a new video! Toys from back in that day ARE pretty dang neat.

3:42 reminds me what I used to love to play with as a kid in the late 90s was the micro machines sets that came with small figures. Army sets and deep sea sets lol

Wow, it says "Starcom US Space Force". Prophetic.

That little Spacelink ship looks fantastic on it's own. Many thing passed me by in 1986 as I was really into GI Joe, but I did get a few Starcom sets. They were a lot of fun and i was so amazed at what they could do without needing any batteries! I had the Starmax Bomber and the Starwolf starfighter and I loved that you could either put it on the top or store it in the cargo area in the back. I remember pretending that the little pilot could hang out in the bigger ship while traveling and he could climb a ladder to his fighter and deploy for action. Today, I only have the Dash figure, but he's complete with his backpack and pistol. I had to get one as he was my favorite Starcom figure :)

I remember having construction toys called Zoids. They were fun in the 80s sort of robot dinosaurs.

Ooh I had all of these... except the Stomper toys. Thanks for taking me on a trip and telling me the names of those things. The starcom guys stayed on my fridge for years

Your content is amazing whenever I'm sad I just watch your videos

My brother in relative age!! (Or taste in toys from a certain period) Would love to see more of your favorites from mid to late 80s!

I had practically all those toys mentioned as it's from my era as well.. I had completely forgotten about Stomper 4x4s! I ran mine all over the place. my friend had the Capsela floaty floaty thing.. My mom also got me some Meccano but as a kid I still preferred Legos

Crafsman... Thank you. Things have been super rough and I've found almost nothing to smile at this year, with your videos being one of the few exceptions. I hope your holidays are as wonderful as you have been and that your new year tries to show you up on the amazing-ness. Thank you again.

Just so happen to be the year of me coming into existence! I grew up loving My Little Pony (G1), Trendmasters Starcastle, Littlest Pet Shop, Puppy and Kitty in my Pocket. Those were the days. :) These days I customize dolls and love me some steady craftin'.

Thanks for sharing these! I missed these. I did have the original Stompers though. Still probably one of my favorites as a kid!

I like toys too! Starcom was one of my favorite toy lines.

Starcom changed my childhood...i absolutely adored it! But also...M.A.S.K and GI Joe. Boulder mountain was a toy i played with all the time and i remember being so excited one christmas to get the brown and black camo twin blade helicopter for the GI joe toys. What a fantastic childhood.

Me and my friends saw the Dino Riders show as kids on a VHS we found in our school. I never heard anybody else talk about it til this video.

Man, Crafman. Taking me back right there. I forgot that I even had some of these toys! Reminds me of my youth playing with my brothers. And wore that Dinoriders VHS out! Merry Christmas, Craftfam!

I recall taking apart the Empire Strikes Back mini vehicle tank (with the bubble canopy) and putting a Stomper in it so it drove....I was king of elementary school for a day or two.

That was a great video. I love 89’s toys. Instant subscribe. Thank you

Legions of Power reminds me of one of MY favorites, but from the late 70s... MICRONAUTS!

Hope you have a great Christmas Crafsman ❤️

Merry CHRISTmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours crafsman, let’s keep steady craftin to the the next year

I was born in 88 and had a Starcom figure my whole life. Stuck him to everything. Never knew where he came from! And yeah he never had a visor as long as I can remember haha. Thank you for the lesson Crafsman.

In general the 80s was great time for toys. It was a very experimental time for toys and we got alot of great lines that are still continuing to this day. I really love toy lines that had tiny figures with a big playsets and vehicles like computer warriors and Starcom. I wasn't born in the 80s but I love some 80s toys.

Hope you're feeling better CrafsMan! Love you!

Always love the toy videos from the 80s. Wish you could do more!

1986, my friend, is the year I was born. Glad my birth year had such cool toys!

I love love love starcom. The use of magnets is genius and the mechanics are incredible.

Love the video. Starcom was a favourite. You didn't mention that the magnets on the feet actually triggered hidden switches that did things in some of the toys. Absolute magic for a kid in the 80's.

I imagine your Christmas tree being covered in interesting handmade ornaments.☺ Merry Christmas Crafsfam!

Great Video Craftsman.. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

These are so cool! I have no memory of these, they would have been awesome to play with... there were tinker toys and erector sets, but I was bereft of those too. But when those teeny tiny action figures turned up, I'd be obsessed with them. Micro Machines were big with me, too.

I was 4 in 1986. That said, I miss those metal Nestle Quick cans...

Hey, Crafsman! I know you tend to focus more on action figures rather than vehicles & other toy accessories, but this video reminded me of the 1980s “Micro Machines.” For being so tiny, they had some awesome variety & details, too. 👍🏻

Thanks for the memories Craftsman, I used to love Capsela as a kid and had a ton of the first generation ones. Before the remote controlled ones or Spacelink.

Great video as always! Always stop to enjoy a birds song!

this channel always makes me smile

Starcom was my jam. I wish I was more responsible as a kid though, since I didn't really take care of my toys back then and I think all I have left now is one of the figures.