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Parents are now paying up to 20 TIMES more for Christmas best-selling kids toys than they used to
IT’S enough to haunt any parent – the cheap toys of Christmas past compared with today’s.
In 1980 kids were thrilled to unwrap a £1 Rubik’s Cube – £4.66 in today’s money.
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But now hi-tech play- things have sent the average price of the season’s best-sellers soaring to £82.99.
Even with inflation, Mum and Dad proportionately pay up to 20 TIMES more for gifts.
The first high-tech toy was 1991’s Game Boy at £69.99 – equal to £146.28p today – and the rest is history.
Discount site MyVoucherCodes got the prices from the Toy Retailers’ Association.
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boss Chris Reilly said: “Toys today do cost more.
"Families should search for deals.”
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The prices of these hit toys will haunt you...
Rubik's Cube
1980: £1/Price equivalent today: £4.66
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Star Wars
1982: £1.99/Price equivalent today: £6.47
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He Man
1984: £3.99/Price equivalent today: £12.37
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Transformers
1985: £9.99/Price equivalent today: £29.57
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Sylvanian Families
1987: £6.87/Price equivalent today: £18.75
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990: £1.99/Price equivalent today: £4.56
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Game Boy
1991: £69.99/Price equivalent today: £146.28
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World Wrestling Federation
1992: £4.99/Price equivalent today: £9.83
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Pog
1995: £2.99/Price equivalent today: £5.47
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Teletubbies
1995: £8.99/Price equivalent today: £15.46
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Furby Babies
1999: £24.99/Price equivalent today: £40.48
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Furby
2012: £59.99/Price equivalent today: £67.19
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