Originally Posted By chickendumpling Do you have any special toys from when you were a kid that still have deep sentimental value to you? I was thinking about a very small collection of horses I had when I was a kid and I got to wondering what all you guys might have that were special treasures to you. I'd love to hear about it if you'd like to share. And you know I love pictures so feel free to post those too.
Originally Posted By alexbook Nothing I still own, and no pictures I'm afraid, but... Lincoln logs Matchbox cars a teddy bear (named Winnie, of course) Some records that got played to death: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Mary Poppins", "Doctor Dolittle", "Sound of Music", "Curious George" Some books that got read so many times they were in tatters: "This Is San Francisco" by M. Sasek, "Around the World in 80 Days," A. A. Milne, an almanac from an old copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Oops. I forgot to say that you should feel free to share *why* they have such sentimental value to you. You don't have to if you don't want to though. I just wanted people to feel free to if they wanted to share. And AlexBook - I loved Lincoln Logs when I was a kid too. My best friend growing up was my neighbor Brian and he and I would play Lincoln Logs and Hot Wheels for HOURS and hours.
Originally Posted By Ursula I had a rub-a-dub dolly that I loved so much I criend when I got it for Christmas! I'm sure it was all marketing, but I wanted one so bad. I played with her until her hair got that "used dolly" hair.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Hmm. Can't think of one special thing that had any sentimental value. I loved art, my dog and taking care of my little garden. Strange, I know.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz A Think Maker Creepy Crawlers set that I sepnt hours and hours with making bugs and flowers and dragons. Mmmmmm the smell of burning plastigoop.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 Due to a house fire in 1984 neither I nor my kids possess many treasures from the past. Somehow, my Barbie doll (circa 1961)survived though she now has Barbie cancer. There is no cure. I also have a LiddleKiddle (circa 1966) given to me by my best friend in Jr. High. It is a tiny little doll whose hair engulfs her. I think it goes without saying that these are especially precious as they are all I have. I also have a blackened plastic case that holds a melted pen and autographed ticket to a Jim Stafford concert. It also holds the cracked glass that contained the Tequilla Sunrise he bought me after the concert.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad RAM1984 that is sooo sad. I am sorry to hear that! I have a gas powered model airplane that doesn't work now, but it was my dad's from his early 20's (God rest his soul) and it is very dear to me. I also have a White New Testament that my mom says, "I let you cut your teeth on that so that you would not depart from it when you grew older." Yeah, it sort of freaks me out a little too, but I still have it. I guess I am yet to depart from it, but I don't think that is exactly what mom had in mind.
Originally Posted By smeeeko I still have this one "baby tender love": <a href="http://www.i5nomads.com/aboutjudy/70adoptionday.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.i5nomads.com/aboutj udy/70adoptionday.jpg</a> my mom gave me outfits for it.. but it only has the one it was wearing when we put it (and the dress I was wearing that day) in a box.. not sure what happened to the mirror set my mom is holding in the photo.. and yeah I do have a dumb look on my face.. (you would too if you had what seemed like a gazillion new clothes and books & toys thrown at you all at once). I have no idea what I was thinking other than what do I do with this stuff or what are they going to do to me now? =P
Originally Posted By DlandDug We moved often when I was growing up, and every time we somehow seemed to leave behind any toys my parents decided I had outgrown. I loved stuffed animals and at one point had many, many. It was a tremendous wrench to me every time some would simply disappear. I loved building sets, especially American Bricks. I still have some of my originals-- totally battered and played out. A few years ago I bought some vintage sets. <a href="http://www.personal.u-net.com/~lilleker/con-am-bricks.htm" target="_blank">http://www.personal.u-net.com/ ~lilleker/con-am-bricks.htm</a> I also had trolls-- those odd little plastic figures with the long hair. <a href="http://www.hersmine.com/Troll" target="_blank">http://www.hersmine.com/Troll</a>%20Dolls%2004/TD2502A.jpg Most of all, I miss my Matchbox cars. I had the Matchbox City that folded up in a case, too. Here is an image of the cover of the case: <a href="http://www.vectis.co.uk/images/vectis/160305/1301.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.vectis.co.uk/images /vectis/160305/1301.jpg</a> (Wish they showed it folded out!) Another odd toy I remember quite vividly was Bizzy Buzz Buzz. It was an odd, vibrating scissor device that looked kind of like a bee or a dolphin. Just by turning it on, it could cut through paper without risk of cuts. (Yes, I know that THE Bizzy Buzz Buzz was a pen, But ours was scissors. I don't know why...)
Originally Posted By DlandDug Also loved, loved, LOVED ViewMaster. I now have a very large collection, much larger than the one from childhood. I am most pleased with the vintage reels of Disneyland.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<I now have a very large collection, much larger than the one from childhood. >> Ah, yes. One of the funnest parts of being a "grown-up".
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Yes I have a few things. I actually still have my baby blanket ( if you can believe that ). I saved it as I always really liked it, its scottish plaid. From my childhood I saved a lot of Corgi cars, a very old copy of The Hobbit in hardcover, a few G.I. Joe's. Since then I have collected a lot of G.I. Joe's ( we have the same birth month and year I'm just six days old than he is). I have saved a lot of things from my childhood.
Originally Posted By officerminnie I loved dolls. I still have my Thumbelina, the doll with a knob on her back that you wind up and her head moves around slowly (not like the Exorcist, just small movements like a newborn might make). I got her for Christmas 1959, and she still works. ALso the Betsay Wetsy doll I got the Christmas prior is with her in my spare room. RAM1984, I also had a bunch of Liddle Kiddles but I don't have them any more.
Originally Posted By teddibubbles My mom was a packrat. so I still have a few of the things from back then.. but mom got what SHE liked back then.. so I have bought things I like now.. I was more into kids books.. I now have a bookcase with many of them.. the dolls she got. ahhh I only seem to care of the ebay value now.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 It's funny I don't really remember toys that I had. I loved my plastic horeses. I really was a tomgirl, so I can remember my mom buying me girls stuff. Like the easy bake oven and a huge doll house. I never played with it. I loved to go roller skating. I did it all the time, roller rinks and around the neighborhood.
Originally Posted By beamerdog ^^^You remind me of me! I had a pogo stick that I used to travel around the neighborhood. I got it for a gift (probably from my parents who wanted me to jump off some steam) and never liked it until I realized that I could go really far with not much effort, lol. Two other girls in the neighborhood got them too after they saw the advantage of mobility.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad DlandDug, that is awesome! Thanks for showing the links! I love having the visual to actually SEE what someone is talking about, as you may can SEE from my posts, I am a very visual person.
