Sure, fidgets spinners may have dominated 2017, but they ain’t got nothing on Pogo Bals.

Originally released by Hasbro (formerly Milton Bradley) in 1987, the Pogo Bal was a small, inflatable ball surrounded by a plastic disc (like the planet Saturn but much, much smaller and plastic) that allowed users to bounce to their hearts’ content. 

This week on The Toy Shop, Mashable’s new show where revisit our favorite retro toys from the ’80s and ’90s, we relive our bouncy glory days of the Pogo Bal. (Yes, that’s spelled correctly.) Read more…

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Sure, fidgets spinners may have dominated 2017, but they ain’t got nothing on Pogo Bals.

Originally released by Hasbro (formerly Milton Bradley) in 1987, the Pogo Bal was a small, inflatable ball surrounded by a plastic disc (like the planet Saturn but much, much smaller and plastic) that allowed users to bounce to their hearts’ content. 

This week on The Toy Shop, Mashable’s new show where revisit our favorite retro toys from the ’80s and ’90s, we relive our bouncy glory days of the Pogo Bal. (Yes, that’s spelled correctly.) Read more…

More about 80s, Pogo Bal, Culture, Other, and Kids