What was your favorite childhood toy?

Ailbe1
Ailbe1 Posts: 164
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I just had a conversation with my brother about what his kids wanted for Christmas this year. The kids are between 7 and 12 and they all want some sort of electronic device. It got me thinking about the toys I really loved when I was young, and my Lite-Brite has to be at the top of that list. What was yours?
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  • bunnybutler29
    bunnybutler29 Posts: 291
    I wasnt very interested in toys growing up. I would much rather be outside in a tree or trying to dig a pool in the back yard filling it with water and putting turtles in it that we would find. Only problem with that was I didnt know box turtles were land turtles. Poor things...oh well I had fun then we set them free. Imagination was my toy. Even as an adult im not much into electeonics and would rather be out doing something.
  • THECaptainObvious
    THECaptainObvious Posts: 399 Member
    I have two favorite toys: one was a giant stuffed gorilla and the second was an old keyboard my mom brought home from her work.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    LEGOS!
  • linzchapates
    linzchapates Posts: 135
    My popple!
  • sapphyreskye
    sapphyreskye Posts: 26
    Hot Wheels and lots of track to go with them!
  • LisaBeateith2012
    LisaBeateith2012 Posts: 346 Member
    My favourite was the Glow worm!! :happy:
  • Ailbe1
    Ailbe1 Posts: 164
    My popple!

    Oh my gosh, I forgot about Popple!!!
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Pogo Ball.
  • Followingsea
    Followingsea Posts: 407 Member
    My stuffed dog. A gund Muttsy. I named her Ginger. She looked like this:

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    Some twenty years later my real dog ate her face off. I did basic reconstructive craniofacial surgery but I am no great seamstress so she looks a little smashed up these days.
  • youngcaseyr
    youngcaseyr Posts: 293 Member
    I wasnt very interested in toys growing up. I would much rather be outside in a tree or trying to dig a pool in the back yard filling it with water and putting turtles in it that we would find. Only problem with that was I didnt know box turtles were land turtles. Poor things...oh well I had fun then we set them free. Imagination was my toy. Even as an adult im not much into electeonics and would rather be out doing something.

    This. Climbing trees and getting "lost" in the woods and catching frogs and toads and discovering birds' nests was my life. I wish I could go back, but I'm an adult now and I have to go to work, instead. I get still my kicks from running outside, though :) While I wouldn't mind a tablet to play with once in a while, I'd rather get a new pair of VFFs :)
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    bb gun
  • askeates
    askeates Posts: 1,490 Member
    My bike, and then on rainy days when I wasn't allowed outside I would play for hours with my spirograph experimenting with different patterns and colors! Loved that thing!
  • Ailbe1
    Ailbe1 Posts: 164
    bb gun

    You'll shoot your eye out!!!
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Barbie dolls....I asked Santa for one every Christmas :smile:
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    bb gun

    You'll shoot your eye out!!!

    BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    Barbies for sure, especially over at my cousin's house cuz she was spoiled and had mass amounts of awesome barbies and clothes lol
    Other than that, I played outside a lot. My bike and roller blades were my fave outside things to do after I stopped climbing trees.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I could rock some Capsela or K'nex.
  • Ailbe1
    Ailbe1 Posts: 164
    bb gun

    You'll shoot your eye out!!!

    BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!

    I know right???
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    It went "Zip" when it moved
    And "Bop" when it stopped
    And "Whirrr" when it stood still
    I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will

    Peter, Paul & Mary - The Marvelous Toy .


    That song always comes to mind.
    For me... I remember a toy that was a long rectangular shape, divided into many compartments, with marbles inside. You had to turn dials and move levers to get the marbles down to the bottom. I loved that toy.

    I just googled and found it :-D
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1971-Fisher-Price-118-TUMBLE-TOWER-Marble-Toy-Puzzle-Game-21Y-/151171137973
    HAHA
  • lydbug08
    lydbug08 Posts: 73 Member
    definitely my barbies. my favorite barbie was the pretty and pink barbie. she came w/ the hair twirler. i used the old tin band-aid container to keep all their shoes. when i would outgrow my clothes, my mom would take them and somehow shrink them down to make miniature size clothes for my barbies. she made a beautiful wedding dress, inc veil, out of old curtains. i still have all my barbies and their accessories. i store them in a silk-lined case. they're very sentimental for me. :heart:

    lite-brite
    quiz whiz
    roller skates
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I could rock some Capsela or K'nex.
    And Construx! I couldn't remember the name of them, but I rocked the crap out of Construx.

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  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    I had this blue bear with a music box inside given to me by my great grandma. That bear went everywhere with me probably longer than it should have growing up. But a couple years back I was moving boxes out of the old moms house and found out that she saved him. Spent a good deal of cash getting him cleaned and music box inside if him working again.

    Now my son can't nap/sleep/go anywhere without the blue bear. Feels good to see him with it.

    Saw this posted one day and reminds me so much of the situation.

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  • Ailbe1
    Ailbe1 Posts: 164
    I had this blue bear with a music box inside given to me by my great grandma. That bear went everywhere with me probably longer than it should have growing up. But a couple years back I was moving boxes out of the old moms house and found out that she saved him. Spent a good deal of cash getting him cleaned and music box inside if him working again.

    Now my son can't nap/sleep/go anywhere without the blue bear. Feels good to see him with it.

    Saw this posted one day and reminds me so much of the situation.

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    Aw, I love this!
  • mmedjjon
    mmedjjon Posts: 511
    legos
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    GI Joes. :D
  • heymirth
    heymirth Posts: 448
    My Green Machine
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Anything Barbie
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
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    SNES-FinalFantasyIII-complete-06_zps172e216c.jpg **Actually own 6 copies of the game i've acquired from a kid

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  • Ailbe1
    Ailbe1 Posts: 164
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    SNES-FinalFantasyIII-complete-06_zps172e216c.jpg **Actually own 6 copies of the game i've acquired from a kid

    omg_pogs.jpg

    Sooo...you're a hoarder???
  • BrotherBill913
    BrotherBill913 Posts: 662 Member
    Stretch Armstrong followed up closely in 2nd by a wind up Evil Kneivel

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