Favourite childhood toy?

Adrian_Scope

It's my middle child's birthday soon and while shopping I was surprised by just how many toys from my own childhood have made a comeback.

Did you have a childhood favourite? 

April2018mom

I loved Lego. What was your favorite toy @Adrian_Scope? 

chiarieds

I remember playing with Bayko more than anything else. You put rods into holes on a base, then slot in pieces which represent bricks, pillars, windows, etc. Should have kept mine; they're quite collectable.....https://www.baykoshop.com/

My son 'blames' me for his getting back into collecting Lego a few years ago, as we bought him this as a child.....he's now 33!

Chloe_Scope

I loved catscradle, although I wasn't very good at it!

A Tamagotchi was also another favourite. 

Adrian_Scope

I loved Lego but never had the room for anything I'd built to stay in one piece. My favourite toy (if you can use that word to describe it) was a grey torch, which I pretended was a lightsaber.

pollyanna1052

cut out Bunty doll and made clothes from old catalogues

April2018mom

I also had Mr Frosty and Bop It as well given to me on my sixth birthday. I remember this toy called Perfection that was a educational toy. Who remembers Mr Potato Head and My Little Pony? I was a 90s child born in late 96. This article lists all of my childhood toys which are kept in a memory box in a closet at my childhood house now in Pennyslvania. What toys did you play with? 
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/best-toys-of-the-1990s-284143/amp

Ails

I loved my Tiny Tears doll, but I was a bit of a tomboy too and had a Tonka Cement Truck and a train set as well.  I remember Mr Potato Head and My Little Pony too, @April2018mom, but was a good bit older by the time they came along.  

M_Anthony

Mine was Optimus Prime from The Transformers cartoon, the fact that The Transformers toys could transform into vehicles like in the cartoon was amazing for kids my age. 

woodbine

This is going to age me now but in the early 60's when i was about 4 years old I had a Sooty glove puppet, whats upset me recently is that one has sold at auction for £1000

Ami2301

I absolutely loved the multicoloured plastic expanding magic ball! Used to play with it for hours!

Chloe_Scope

I remember these @Ami2301!! I used to sit and play with it all the time! 

sleepingplum

Hi I have just joined this community and still getting used to it but my favourite toy was my baby alive I don’t know whether it was because it was the last present my dad bought for us for Xmas before he passed but she was amazing eating and weeding 

Ails

She sounds great @sleepingplum!  Welcome to the Community! 

66Mustang

I’m going to exclude electric toys/games consoles from my decision, as I grew up with a lot of games consoles! And I will say my favourite toy was Airfix.

Chloe_Scope

Welcome to the community @sleepingplum.

Something else I loved was my skipping rope. I don't know why I was so obsessed with it! I have cerebral palsy so found it really difficult, yet got a lot of enjoyment from trying. 

sleepingplum

hi Chloe probably loves your skipping rope because it was a challenge for you and when you did it it was one to you nil to cerebal palsy

mrbuttons

my 'tiny tears' doll and a rag doll my mum made during her lunch hour at work were my favourites

laurasw

With me is Gyroscope Toy, I loved it when I was a kid. I recently bought Joytech Precision Gyroscope for my son, who seems to be quite hostile about him, curious about how the gyroscope works. This item is so well made that I am reminded of an item I had as a boy.

Ross_Scope

I used to love Thomas the Tank Engine trains and the Toy Story dolls   Woody was my favourite

leeCal

Air fix soldiers were my favourite.

Welshjayne2021

I had a tin bungalow.  It had a kitchen, a living room and a garage with roller shutters doors.  The interior was pre printed with wallpaper, carpets and some furniture.  And it also had free standing furniture as well.  I loved it.  Don’t know what happened to it.  Got the feeling it came from the USA.

Sandy_123

I don't really recall a favourite toy, but I used to love playing curby  

woodbine

I've been racking (whats left of) my brains and vaguely remember I must have been about 4 years old and I had a Sooty glove puppet, this would have been around 1963 and i'm sure it slept under my pillow for 3 or 4 years. I'm sure if my mum was still around she would remember as she rarely forgot anything