[Faith-Abigail]

OMG, we were so poor growing up we never really had toys...but it make me extremely crafty! The best toy I ever had was this ginormous doll house I built out of old boxes. I used wrapping paper inside for wall paper, I cut old towels to make carpeting, I painted little pictures for the walls, I used sponges to make bed and sofas, I made fake plants out of old film canisters, playdough, and yarn, and I even saved old toothpaste caps and bottle caps for dishes. It took a good year to finish but I loved that thing and I played with it everyday!

I also took some old boxes, drew little squares on them, painted them bright colors and pretended they were makeup compacts. A glimpse of things to come, perhaps?? My mom used to argue with me that no one would wear bright blue and yellow eyeshadow but after ten years or so I proved her wrong.

[bCreative]

I remember getting so much Barbie!

I miss my childhood days!!

[purpleRain]

Great topic

haha, yes, polly pockets, barbies, leggo...

http://events.clowningaround.com/ima...bracelets.jpeg
slap bands


LOL. Oldschool games

OMG I loved those slap bands whaha

Oooh!


GloWorm
http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikiped...worm-photo.jpg

Popples
http://www.go-go-rpm.com/oscommerce/...ples_0552b.gif

My Little Ponies
http://www.lifelounge.com/resources/...ittle-pony.jpg

Easy Bake Oven
http://www.thecookinginn.com/easybak...ke%201983a.jpg

Yeah The Gloworm & Popples aaw isn't that sweet I loved them.

I had lots of barbies and I liked My Little Pony, also the tv serie of my little pony! Also Puzzles and Pacman.
And this thing



And these little animals you can clip on anything, I don't know the word for it in english.





Sticky hands LOL



Spirograph




And this thing was fantastic omg:

[magneticheart]

Cool thread!

Furbies: They were really popular when I was younger. Personally they scared the crap out of me.
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Baby Annabel: There were stampedes in the shops when this came out one christmas. I remember getting one and not letting it out of my sight for months

Gameboys: I wish I'd have kept mine now, I could have sold it on ebay lol

A lot of the stuff me and my cousin got as kids was board games. Hungry hippos was our favourite

[kaylin_marie]

OMG Rosie I loved Duke Nukum!!! lol!!

And I was also a huge avid collector of Lisa frank, barbies (I also had the baywatch barbie...still have the dolphin!! lol) , My lil ponies, goosebump. I had the gloworm (think I still have it), a tamagotchi, Mr Potato head, and the creepy crawlers. I also had a posessed furby that woke up in the middle of the night.

Somehow I got really lucky cause we didn't have a lot of money, but there was this awesome goodwill thrift store near my grandparents house and I was able to get the coolest toys. Except for like the tamagotchi or the furby which were christmas presents and stuff.

Here's some of the stuff I liked that hasn't been mentioned yet:

Original Littlest Pet shop



She ra




Mcdonalds toys



Teddy Ruxpin



Ghost busters



Little people



Sky dancers

[Dragonfly]

My favourite toys were Johnny and Jane West.
I had their two kids, and a side kick of Johnny's plus all their horses and accessories.
Johnny, Jane and the other people stood about 12 inches tall and had movable joints.
The horses were about 14 inches tall - some had movable joints.

I use to make stables out of boxes and made the bedding out of kleenex. Hours of fun!

[Darla]

Johnny West wasn't that a TV show too?







This is turning out to be a fun thread. thanks everyone.

[Dragonfly]

That's Johnny - and his horse (or one of his horses)! Thanks for searching and posting Darla.

[Anthea]

When I was a child oh so long long ago in the 60's I remember having a chitty chitty bang bang car



I remember moving the gear lever and the wings flipped out into place, I have no idea what happened to it. However I still have the 1960s child picture book of that movie at home.

Another toy I remember





I do not know what happened to my batman belt but I still do have the gun at home, exactly the same as in this picture. This belt sold for $16,662.62 Source

I still have this batman book from the 60's at home I found a picture of it



I also had a batmobile, could not find a photo of he toy but I found an advertisement for it.



Ahh memories

[brewgrl]

What an adorable story!!!
I used to make my own paper dolls and I would sew my Barbie clothes (I got a sewing machine when I turned 7)
the things you make are always the ones you love the most.

OMG, we were so poor growing up we never really had toys...but it make me extremely crafty! The best toy I ever had was this ginormous doll house I built out of old boxes. I used wrapping paper inside for wall paper, I cut old towels to make carpeting, I painted little pictures for the walls, I used sponges to make bed and sofas, I made fake plants out of old film canisters, playdough, and yarn, and I even saved old toothpaste caps and bottle caps for dishes. It took a good year to finish but I loved that thing and I played with it everyday!

I also took some old boxes, drew little squares on them, painted them bright colors and pretended they were makeup compacts. A glimpse of things to come, perhaps?? My mom used to argue with me that no one would wear bright blue and yellow eyeshadow but after ten years or so I proved her wrong.

[blueangel1023]

Great topic



OMG I loved those slap bands whaha



Yeah The Gloworm & Popples aaw isn't that sweet I loved them.

I had lots of barbies and I liked My Little Pony, also the tv serie of my little pony! Also Puzzles and Pacman.
And this thing

http://www.hotfrog.nl/Uploads/PressR...2501_image.jpg

And these little animals you can clip on anything, I don't know the word for it in english.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78...jpbeestjes.jpg



Sticky hands LOL

http://image.orientaltrading.com/otcimg/39_1649.jpg

Spirograph

http://www.tomwilsonusa.com/gallery/Spirograph.jpg


And this thing was fantastic omg:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/conte...03_203x152.jpg

OMG I remember I had a few of the animal clips. How can I forget Spirograph! I remember bringing it with me to my mom's job and I'd sit there for hours playing with that darn thing til I got bored and started reading (haha)

Weirdly I never got into the Barbie doll craze. I did have like 2 Barbies but they either ended up being decapitated or being paraplegic...lol. I loved my Legos though!

Now that we're down memory lane remember Treasure Trolls?



Sea Monkey Growing Kit



I remember the 80's scratch n sniff stickers too! haha



Somehow I remember in grade school we got into the trend of collecting pacifiers? lol was it just me who thought that?



We got into the whole craze with the Polaroid sticker pictures!

[pinksugar]

Ange, no, I used to have several of those pacifiers, I'd have them attached to my friendship bands or around my neck and I'd suck on them, LOL.

These pics are bringing back major memories!

Faith, I used to do that kind of thing too! it was fun finding the perfect item to make into a barbie accessory, whether it be a toothpaste lid or whatever

[Darla]

THanks everyone. You know this is a great time to remind everyone that there are those out there who are less fortunate this holiday season. If you can this year help support a charity, shelter or a family in need.


I am a big fan of Toys for Tots.

[Duchess Ravenwaves]

When I was a child oh so long long ago in the 60's I remember having a chitty chitty bang bang car

http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/21/db/1079_1.JPG

I remember moving the gear lever and the wings flipped out into place, I have no idea what happened to it. However I still have the 1960s child picture book of that movie at home.

Another toy I remember

http://bp3.blogger.com/_2kjisMm3M9Y/...0/16362_62.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_2kjisMm3M9Y/.../16362_62b.jpg

I do not know what happened to my batman belt but I still do have the gun at home, exactly the same as in this picture. This belt sold for $16,662.62 Source

I still have this batman book from the 60's at home I found a picture of it

http://www.1966batmobile.com/storybook.jpg

I also had a batmobile, could not find a photo of he toy but I found an advertisement for it.
http://www.1966batmobile.com/batmobilecorgi.jpg


Ahh memories

Those are too cool!

[purpleRain]

OMG I remember I had a few of the animal clips. How can I forget Spirograph! I remember bringing it with me to my mom's job and I'd sit there for hours playing with that darn thing til I got bored and started reading (haha)

Weirdly I never got into the Barbie doll craze. I did have like 2 Barbies but they either ended up being decapitated or being paraplegic...lol. I loved my Legos though!

Now that we're down memory lane remember Treasure Trolls?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Not_Smurfs.jpg

Sea Monkey Growing Kit

http://www.shinyshack.com/uploads/im...a_monkeys1.jpg

I remember the 80's scratch n sniff stickers too! haha

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...ffstickers.jpg

Somehow I remember in grade school we got into the trend of collecting pacifiers? lol was it just me who thought that?

http://www.all4birds.com/parts_files/pacifiers.jpg

We got into the whole craze with the Polaroid sticker pictures!

http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/6...500_AA280_.jpg

oow yes, those pacifiers, I had them too LOL, I didn't know that was also a craze in other countries. It's interesting whaha. I had a whole bunch, we all wore them around the neck.

And I wish we had those sniff stickers

[Shelley]

I had a few barbie dolls, rubix cube, scratch n' sniff stickers, hungry hippo and operation game.

[Kimmers86]

Fingers= oh my god your quints reminded me I had barbie triplets! They were so cute!!! Hilarious!

[kaylin_marie]

Now that we're down memory lane remember Treasure Trolls?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Not_Smurfs.jpg

I actually collect trolls, I don't know why I just love em. I have real tiny ones, and huge ones, I have the old lunchbox, lol kinda wierd I guess. I go to the flea markets and stuff all the time looking for new trolls.

And these little animals you can clip on anything, I don't know the word for it in english.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78...jpbeestjes.jpg

I don't know what they're called either, but I had one of the lil ducky ones like in the picture. I totally forgot about it till now!!