Favourite Toys - What Would Yours Be?

[kengillam]

Meccano and Aifix models for me.

[nykmedia]

Tressy has a y not an ie, hope you don't mind me saying . I played with and still play with Tressy, Barbie and Sindy and have a huge credit card balance to prove it, their clothes cost an absolute fortune, and shoes well, they are so hard to find for the girls.

Thanks BandB, I didn't think anyone would even remember Tressy! LOL Are yours originals or are similar dolls still available?

[damian_steele]

Are we just talking about (and no comments from the peanut gallery, please) solitary pleasures or toys involving other people as well?

For example, as a kid I greatly enjoyed playing chess, but obviously it required an opponent. Monopoly was fun too, but only with several other people.

When I was very small I enjoyed lego, weebles, Action Man (with his different clothing/accessory sets and vehicles) but could never get the hang of the Etch-a-sketch.

Later on I moved into remote control toys, football, balsa wood kits and archery.

I can't honestly say that one thing or another was better than the others, I just used them at different times of my life.

So, to create a poll, I think you're going to need to separate toys by age group and/or number of participants.

[nykmedia]

Another update, please feel free to keep adding to the list and we'll get the poll compiled this week

Sticklebricks
Fuzzy Felt
Lego
Meccano
Scalextric
Sindy
Barbie
Tressy
Tiny Tears
Troll Dolls
Action Man
Stylophone
Etch-a-sketch
Matchbox/Dinky toys
Airfix models
Scraps
Toy shops / toy post offices
Weebles

Damian - the original plan was for toys that are still 'played with' even as adults but it kind of diversified, so I am now thinking we'll need to split it, like you say, into kids' toys, non age specific toys and board games LOL

[buttons-and-bows]

Thanks BandB, I didn't think anyone would even remember Tressy! LOL Are yours originals or are similar dolls still available?

They are all originals If you type tressydoll into google with a dot com behind you will see some there and Some of my sindy's and Barbie's on petradolls on a co dot UK nothing for sale on the sites ( just incase peeps think there is) Some of the pictures are a bit inferior but will all be re done at some point. They are a work in progress
I have American Tressy, Canadian, Afro American Tressy, French Tressy, UK, Mexican and Spanish and I just Have one missing from the whole of the dolls that were sold world wide. A French Bella 31-12. If anyone goes to France please keep a look out for me

[Rednosty]

Toy plastic soldiers and Tanks etc

[SashasTreasures]

I luvved my etch-a-sketcher.................so much so that I took it apart to see how it worked! (thought only boys were supposed to do that sort of thing lol) Needless to say I never got given another one.....was most dissapointed

xx

I was never allowed one of those, but I did love my spirograph set, used to go over and over the design until there were holes in the paper - I wonder what ever happened to it...

Sue x

[damian_steele]

I luvved my etch-a-sketcher.................so much so that I took it apart to see how it worked! (thought only boys were supposed to do that sort of thing lol) Needless to say I never got given another one.....was most dissapointed

xx

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Re-live the glory days!

[*artsbanquet*]

Does anyone remember the "calculator game" from the 80s? It used to be a normal Casio calculator which had a game on it where you had to make different combinations of numbers to add to ten and then little "n" shapes would pop up which you had to blast away with the + and - buttons. I absolutely LOVED it as a child, but can't find them anywhere any more. I can't help thinking what an excellent teaching aid it was for teaching number bonds to a child as well.

[Gothicina]

Scalextric for me, & I too loved the Britains figures, not only the farm ones but the Cowboys & Indians as well.