What was your favourite toy as a child?

[beautywithbre]

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Originally Posted by LittleMaryJane I want to say I loved playing with my easy bake oven but I think I made two things with it and called it quits--this was the earliest sign that I would grow up hating to cook

I loved my Easy Bake Oven! My parents would never let me play with it though because I always made a huge mess haha.

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by banana1234 i loved my little pony the most, and then my barbies. i liked the way barbie could be whoever you wanted her to be, doctor, gymnast, vet, teacher etc.

aww yeah! i had lots of my little pony's! gusty was my fave! a white unicorn with green hair and a leaf pattern on the rump

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Originally Posted by coppertone Oh man, I was the same! I have my brothers to blame for that though! I liked all the ones people loved to hate - Kurt Angle & Edge and Christian! haha. Aw, brings back memories! I also loved Beanie Babies. I got pretty obsessive about those back in the day!

lol! i used to have a crush on Edge! when i see him now though i cringe! and back when i was young it was proper 80's wrestlers like Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage... the 90's were the best for wrestling though!

 

[elegant-one]

Barbie, Barbie Dream House & Ken <----

Colorforms!

Thumbelina Ballerina doll that spun around when you pushed down on a button on a pink crown on the top of her head.

Trolls

and they have a whole new meaning these days

 

[Senoj]

My kitchen set. Every day I would get up and play with it. I had the toy food, child's table and the toy dinnerware set. I loved that thing! It was made out of cardboard and very sturdy. All the ones today are made out of plastic and I've been searching high and low for a better kitchen set and can't find one!

 

[elegant-one]

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Originally Posted by GlamQueen21 Barbie was my favorite!! Me and my twin sister were so obsessed with Barbie and how much we wanted our parents to buy more Barbie dolls, clothes, and all that stuff. Those were the awesome days!

I was in love with Barbie's (maybe it was Skippers) grey poodle dog. It even had a small bowl of dog food, bone, leash & doggie vest/harness

 

[Bjarka]

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Originally Posted by bellaboomboom My favorites were: that Chrissy doll (she had red hair) and you could pull her hair to make it long and press something to make it short again. And she was a pretty big doll from what I remember.

OMG I remember having one of those dolls to.. made a lot of noise, my mum used to tell us to stop it after half an hour lol.

My little pony, Barbie (I did cut the hair of one), toy cars, soft toys (I too still have my old fav teddy bear I got when I was 2), make up head, scented dolls (can't remember their name), I loved drawing, a doll I named Helga

my koala bear back pack, yellow umbrella, and a big blanket (also yellow) plus a souvenir cane. I pretend to be traveling and camp out around the house

I also like games like: yatzy, ludo, kalaha, mikado, the ant hive, a card game called casino, fishing game, snail race,

and I really adored playing dress up.

 

[sinergy]

I had a ton of My little Ponies with the Pony mansion or whatever it was, lol they had blow up furniture and everything

I also had Rainbow Bright dolls, I remember when my daughter was young they brought them back for a bit and so I bought her Rainbow Bright, she took one look at that doll and threw it haha.


also, one of the first reasons I gravitated towards the Specktra website, was cause it reminded me of one of my fave dolls...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/...83bb9ca6a0.jpg


http://www.thedollpage.com/photopost...555/Lot_15.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/...4bc8ab0702.jpg



the Spectra Dolls! they were called Shimmeron? i loved their colored hair. lol. I was pulling up pics to post of these dolls and my 7 yr old is next to me saying, 'woah. that is one creepy doll mom.' hahaha

 

[LMD84]

ok those dolls are crazy!!! cool but crazy!

 

[tamarindi]

My favorites were plush toys and Barbies obviously but the most precious to me was a Snoopy plush doll I got when I was 2 months old, I took it everywhere, I think I still have it somewhere...

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by tamarindi My favorites were plush toys and Barbies obviously but the most precious to me was a Snoopy plush doll I got when I was 2 months old, I took it everywhere, I think I still have it somewhere...

awww! snoopy rocked!

i remember having a freaky lisa simpson plush toy when i was about 8-10... my grandparents got it for me because i liked the simpsons but this plush was just weird looking! it was flat and floppy!

 

[spectrolite]

Barbie and the Rockers and Nintendo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dby9y...eature=related

 

[tamarindi]

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Originally Posted by LMD84 awww! snoopy rocked! i remember having a freaky lisa simpson plush toy when i was about 8-10... my grandparents got it for me because i liked the simpsons but this plush was just weird looking! it was flat and floppy!

Yeah Snoopy was and still is amazing I still love to see snoopy cartoons, maybe MAC should do a Snoopy collection! I would buy all of it!

Once when I was little I forgot my Snoopy at my grandma's place and my father had to drive an hour an a half in every direction back to her place to get it back to me or I wouldn't be able to fall asleep... (I think I was about 2)

 

[LittleMaryJane]

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Originally Posted by spectrolite YouTube - 1980s Barbie and the Rockers Commercial

I'm so distracted by those little girls' hair styles and accessories, haha.

 

[paintitpink]

Fashion Plates!!

 

[kaliraksha]

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Originally Posted by paintitpink Fashion Plates!!

Yay you reminded me of something I had totally forgotten about! Which I really enjoyed.

I loved Barbie... which led to an easy love for Polly Pocket because then I could carry a little house full of actors with me.

Completely aesthetically, I loved how pretty My Little Ponies were and then I started collecting trolls for their jeweled belly buttons.

Good old puzzles too... up til college I was always working on a jigsaw puzzle on my dresser while I got ready for school in the mornings.

 

[Nicala]

My favorite toy... destroying Barbies! Does that count? haha

 

[moonlit]

I always wanted a barbie but my mum wouldnt buy me

It was expensive I guess.

however what I wanted most was my little pony.

oh and I used to play with a BIG brown teddy bear.. it had a baby teddy bear too.. so cute

 

[MzzRach]

I loved Barbie - I never got a Barbie Dream House (I remember a school mate of mine had one and I was enraptured with it) - so I built my own.

It was more like "Barbie's Ghetto Apartment" then a dream house but what can I say? I worked with what I had - I remember the stairs were made of the inserts from toilet paper rolls. I'm serious.

Speaking of Barbie, most of mine became mangled because I always wanted to "improve" them - by cutting and styling their hair. I also loved those Barbie "heads" that you could apply makeup to and do their hair. I guess I knew from a very young age that I loved all things beauty.

I also loved Garfield - the comic strips and books. I had a stuffed plush Garfield that I loved.

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by kaliraksha Yay you reminded me of something I had totally forgotten about! Which I really enjoyed. I loved Barbie... which led to an easy love for Polly Pocket because then I could carry a little house full of actors with me. Completely aesthetically, I loved how pretty My Little Ponies were and then I started collecting trolls for their jeweled belly buttons. Good old puzzles too... up til college I was always working on a jigsaw puzzle on my dresser while I got ready for school in the mornings.

yes i loved trolls too! and had the ones with the jewls!

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Originally Posted by MzzRach I loved Barbie - I never got a Barbie Dream House (I remember a school mate of mine had one and I was enraptured with it) - so I built my own. It was more like "Barbie's Ghetto Apartment" then a dream house but what can I say? I worked with what I had - I remember the stairs were made of the inserts from toilet paper rolls. I'm serious. Speaking of Barbie, most of mine became mangled because I always wanted to "improve" them - by cutting and styling their hair. I also loved those Barbie "heads" that you could apply makeup to and do their hair. I guess I knew from a very young age that I loved all things beauty. I also loved Garfield - the comic strips and books. I had a stuffed plush Garfield that I loved.

yup i had the barbie head that you could style up!

i still didn't cut the hair on it though!

but i'd go crazy putting make up on her

Garfield is something me and a work mate love even today! love it! i used to have a little plushy garfield many years ago but no idea where it went. my work mate still has his though!

 

[Susanne]

I loved Barbie.

And cars.

But Barbie more!