Nothing will take you back to your childhood quicker than the advert for that one toy you wanted more than anything else in the world. With catchy jingles, bright colours, and lots of smiling faces, toy advertisements drive kids wild and parents demented all at the same time.
As children prepare to open Lalaloopsy Rag Dolls and Mike the Knight toys tomorrow morning, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and relive some of the best toy ads from the 1950s and beyond.