Polly Pocket

Polly Pocket was a craze that captivated children in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the bold parents who spent their credit cards buying them. The miniature worlds housed in those iconic jewel-tone compacts constituted choking hazards. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a slew of them vanished as kids moved on to newer, more excellent toys.

Despite spending decades accumulating dust, Polly Pockets began making a successful comeback in 2018, which also happened to be the first time Mattel debuted a new range since 1997. The old toy was one of the hottest commodities on the resale market in a flash. Do you think you have a vintage Polly Pocket? Polly Pocket toys released between 1989 and 1998 are the most valuable.