Originally Posted By DVC_dad I had a really cool Matchbox city too going wayyy back to the early 70's.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>I also had a bunch of Liddle Kiddles but I don't have them any more.<< Believe it or not, I found one in nearly new condition at a thrift store awhile back. So now my original, slightly scorched one has a friend.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I still have some of my stuff, but the item I love the most is a wooden sword that my dad made for me. I was so obsessed with medieval times and sword play (still am, actually), most likely inspired by Disney's Robin Hood, and the sword he made for me was just so lovely and simple.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess I loved my Breyer horses that I spent countless hours playing with (with my friend, Cindy). My Sunshine Family dolls meant the WORLD to me! I have considered buying some on eBay "just because." I loved my baby dolls. My mom made all of their clothes, and I always took really great care of them. There was nothing I wanted more in life than to be a mom! (Still hasn't changed. ;-) I adored the dollhouse that my dad built for me, and that my mom decorated. They surprised me with it one Christmas. (It fit my Sunshine Family dolls.) I *stupidly* sold it at a garage sale, as a teenager, along with my horses. I miss my Little Animals! My friend Cindy and I would collect these tiny rubber animals at the toy store, and we would spend *HOURS* building houses for them, out of wooden clothes pins broken in half. (The clothes pins were the "walls.") We would draw out cardboard, one-dimensional furniture to fit the animals. We spent more time designing and building their homes than we did actually playing with them, but it was so much FUN. I loved my roller skates. I spent so much time at roller rinks, skating to disco music (4th-6th grades), thinking I was really hot. LOL
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>I adored the dollhouse that my dad built for me<< This just reminded me of a family story. My mom grew up during the depression and asked Santa for the doll house she had seen in the Sears catalogue. When she opened the one her father had made for her she got mad. She has felt guilty for hurting his feelings all these years.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I had My Little Ponies and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, lots of Barbies, and some beenie babies (before the beanie baby explosion). I also had a "Kid Sister" doll.
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Originally Posted By Labuda I still have quite a few of the stuffed animals I had as a child. Most importatly, I still have Jenny, aka Ginger Bear, whose full name is Jennifer. I got Jenny for Christmas from my Aunt Judy when I was 2, and she is what sparked my lifelong love of koalas. She's been with me every time I've been to the hospital (even was allowed in the OR when I got my ew eardrum back in 1981). And, I'll try to get a pic of her up on my Epson site soon. She's 30 years old ow, so keep that in mind if I do get a picture up.
Originally Posted By Labuda Ok, just took pics of both Jenny and Woody and will upload them once they're off the camera. Woody is aka Woodrow Theodore Bear - got him from a friend as a gift whe I was 14, ad Woody was with my Daddy when he died, travelled with Eric on his cross-country walk, and sleeps with Eric every night.
