Toys

[RastaPope]

What was your favorite toy as a kid? Is it still being made?


Being one of the Nintendo generation, it's gotta be 8-Bit NES all the way.

 

[tassie]

sega master system featuring alex kid in miracle world and sonic the hedgehog 2, also 8-bit.

classic.

 

[plasticman33]

Pong

 

[The Squid King]

8- bit nintendo all the way.

My friend has a working one and we play Baseball Stars all the time.

I wish they would bring the original nintendo back.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

Mine was a cardboard box and fingerpaints. And wooden blocks to build with.

My family didn't have much money when I was a kid, and I look back on it and I'm grateful... my parents provided me with toys that nurtured my imagination, and I hope to do the same with my children someday (when I've got them)

 

[markb325]

Pong

Hey I loved that game.... well at least until I got the atari 2600

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

my strawberry shortcake doll

when ya'd press her tummy and she'd blow ya strawberry kisses' still actually own the doll its a shame they don't make them anymore same with what they've done to the cabbage patch kids i still have like 8 of the originals!!!!

 

[alexandraaah]

As for video games? Probably Space Invaders on Atari.

I loved mind games though, likes Rubik's Cube and puzzles.

 

[Azure819]

Being of the tom-boy persuasion, I loved playing with the GI Joe soliders, especially Snake Eyes. Hours of fun there. Loving cars, I used to always play with the Matchbox set.

Most likely, the Matchbox cars are still being made, but I'm not sure about the GI Joe figures.

 

[Guest]

 

[TWB]

When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling
My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling

When I was little boy In Grammar school
Always went by the very best rule
But Evertime the bell would ring
You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling

Once while climbing the garden wall,
Slipped and fell had a very bad fall
I fell so hard I heard birds sing,
But I held on to My ding-a-ling

Once while swimming cross turtle creek
Man them snappers right at my feet
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holding my dingaling

Now this here song it ain't so bad
Prettiest little song that you ever had
And those of you who will not sing
must be playing with your on Ding-a-ling

 

[morninggirl5]

When i was 8, they renovated my elementary school and my grandfather worked on the construction crew. He brought me home one of the old blackboards that was being discarded. He nailed it up for me on our back porch.

I spent hours on that back porch "teaching" my students. The porch wasn't heated or even insulated so my students (my younger sister and cousins) would quickly get cold and skip class. I'd stay out there until someone came and made me come inside or my fingers were so cold they were burning.

 

[ScarlettRose]

hmmm, had to be a slinky

 

[lavender]

 

[Sillyman]

My mind. I did everything in my own head. No props no playmates, just little Sillyman dancing with the shadows.

I had other toys, and I did love my old Nintendo, but it was my mind all the way.

 

[sexy-girl]

mine was a little teddy dog thingy ... it was a labrador puppy and i use to leave it everywhere ... supermarkets parks ... i remember i cried all afternoon one time because i'd left it in a supermarket and my granddad who was nearly 70 i guess rode his bike all the way there and got it ... probably just to shut me up

 

[Cheyenne]

Easy Bake oven.


I think they will be made until the end of time, as long as there are little girls around who want to bake "just like mom."

 

[WhiteRose]

I was more into books than toys really, though I did have some favorites. Lincoln Logs, wooden blocks, and Legos were probably my longest lasting favorites because I liked to make things.

 

[sacremento]

Plaything: My outdoor lifesize playhouse.

I had one of those in my backyard too

All day fun picking leaves and berries and 'cooking' them, playing house, getting my brother to be the baby

I had a collie dog AM radio - anyone remember those? do they still make them?
I remember lying on my bed listening to the radio, reading books. Those were my favorite toys really.