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Most Loved Childhood Toys

EmilyLock
EmilyLock Posts: 32 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I run a retro and collectable toy shop.

Half our buyers are adults - some are collectors, but others just enjoy a trip down Memory Lane.

What were your most loved toys when you were a child... and why?
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  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Fisher Price castle, because it was awesome.
  • lklegra
    lklegra Posts: 23
    LOL, my Teddy Rugspin I think it was called? I just thought it was cool to stick a Metallica tape in it and watch it sing along :laugh:

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  • Sl1ghtly
    Sl1ghtly Posts: 855 Member
    I got a rope for Christmas one time. True story.

    I loved that rope. Father took it away when I tried to lynch my sister.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Teddy bear, star wars, transformers, silly sea serpent.
  • lynn7298
    lynn7298 Posts: 18
    My favorite toys were my weebles. I had the treehouse and the disney magic kingdom. Lol....all my weebles lived right next door to my fisher price little people. I had the circus train, schoolhouse, airplane, etc. They were the best! :)
  • _LilPowerHouse
    _LilPowerHouse Posts: 365 Member
    The old school "Bumble Bee" Transformer.. oh yeah..

    **forgot to add why**

    Because of their AWESOMENESS... need i say MORE>> :laugh:
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    Moon shoes
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    Weebles Wobble ... but they don't fall down.

    Weeble Treehouse:

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  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Polly Pocket, Beanie Babies, and my favorite stuffed animal.
  • teeley
    teeley Posts: 477 Member
    My popple,

    I would roll it into the ball, and have the tail hanging out, then I would dangle it from my bed by the tail as I fell asleep...it would protect me from anything under my bed
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    My transformers. I liked Soundwave best. I tried to mimic his voice. Eject!
  • cynma
    cynma Posts: 77 Member
    cheerful tearful doll. You could pull down its arm and its face would change to a sad expression and cry.
  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    Legos. I had thousands opon thousands of Legos and used to build fantastic creations of my own design.
  • AlmstHvn
    AlmstHvn Posts: 376 Member
    MOON SHOES WERE AWESOME! Except when a bee was chasing me, then it was just... hilarious.

    I loved the Shopping Sheryl, because it's the only thing I've ever seen my name on that was spelled "right"
    My Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that I got on my 5th birthday (he's 45 now and looking well-loved)
    Boardgames: Clue ... played it LOTS.... and "Cross Over the Bridge" - loved that pop-a-matic dice thingy!
  • BIGJIMMYU
    BIGJIMMYU Posts: 1,221 Member
    STAR WARS figures! The fantasy of being in outer space. Still miss them!
  • AmyEm3
    AmyEm3 Posts: 784 Member
    The Little People A-frame house. I loved that thing. I can still picture playing with it in my house. I want one now. :)

    I still have my Cabbage Patch dolls from the early 80s.

    I loved the Rainbow Brite dolls.

    Pound puppies

    Barbies--I had about 15 Barbies and a few Ken dolls and a bunch of accessories. I always wanted the Barbie dream house but never got it.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    I can't exactly say they were toys but...my grandma worked for a Dr. and he gave her a huge box of glass eyes. We used to spend hours goofing around with those things. I wish I had them now, they are probably worth a lot of money.
    Real toys? I'd say my Easy Bake Oven, Creepy Crawlers bug maker thingy, my rock polisher and a little, red, metal cash register. lol
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I was busting ghosts all over my house with this...
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  • Myslissa
    Myslissa Posts: 760 Member
    My big wheel and my parents left it behind when we moved to TN from OH. I was so upset.
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    Barbies! Me and my sister played with them endlessly - made up complicated stories to act out. I also had quite a big Smurf collection...
  • memcd911
    memcd911 Posts: 230 Member
    Barbie. That bia had everything. Also it was fun to make them act out the soap operas my grandmother taped religiously. [shakes head] And I wonder where I went wrong. lol.

    Oh, and the other day when visiting Mom she hands me this Lemon Meringue happy meal toy. I open it and immediately stuck it under my nose, and it smelled like the dolls did when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure she thought I was on crack when I said "It smells like my childhood."
  • GuruOnAMountain
    GuruOnAMountain Posts: 489 Member
    I was really lucky that in my church there were quite a few retired men who had been joiners etc. in the past and my mum paid a group of them to make me a doll's house. It was awesome! Was 100 times nicer than any of the plastic crap that you could buy in the shops....it was really a work of art.

    My mum would take me to a local toy shop to buy furniture and dolls for it every so often (Sylvanian families!). I loved it and still had it in my room when I was a teenager 'cause it was so beautiful.
  • bhalter
    bhalter Posts: 582 Member
    On one hand, my Barbies. I was super imaginative and made TV shows, played "1996 Summer Olympic Magnificent 7 team," even did time-period play (colonial, prairie, etc.) And then on the other hand, I love love loved my Batman action figurines and Batman castle.
  • AlmstHvn
    AlmstHvn Posts: 376 Member
    and don't forget the quintessential little red wagon - drug all my stuff around EVERYwhere.

    Hot Wheels & /or Matchbox cars and that orange slip-together-track. Had a great collection until my little brother came along and STOLE them. *harrumph. ;)
  • casinostamper
    casinostamper Posts: 24 Member
    I'd have to say my beloved Easy Bake Oven. Guess I've always been food driven lol.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I loved my Barbies to be honest... I just liked dressing them up... and recreating the soap operas I used to see on tv (I was homeschooled and usually done by that time... :wink:)

    My husband is trying to rebuild his Teddy Ruxpin bear.
  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    I loved to play with:

    Barbies
    Fort Apache - cowboys and indians metal fort set up
    Tinker Toys
    Battling Tops game
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    Lego castle. GI Joes were cool, so were transformers, but nothing topped the lego castle.

    My cousin and I built it into the tower of london.
  • determined2lose89
    determined2lose89 Posts: 342 Member
    My play kitchen. It started my love for cooking!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Evel Knievel all dresssed up in his outfit and on a motorcycle. It came with this windup stand...hours and hours of fun.
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    A green machine!

    Any kind of race track play set.
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