[Happinow]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

My favorite toy was an erector set (standing by for comments from the peanut gallery ) and my favorite project was the motorized Ferris Wheel. The kit kept me busy for hours!

Very neat to see.

[RickinMinnesota]

Winters are 6 months long in Minnesota so we needed to use lots of imagination, my favorite were Lincoln Logs. My brother and I were lucky to have gotten a couple large sets so we were able to build rather elaborate cabins, farms, and forts. When I had my own son, he got Lincoln Logs, Legos, Erector set .....he is now an architect. Not sure if I enjoyed playing more as a child or with my own child.

[2BNTV]

I would say it was a Tonka truck that was made out of metal, remember?

I also would say that trains were a close second, Again, they were made of metal.

My brother bought the same Tonka truck toy, for his son, (my nephew), and figured he couln't destroy it. Well my nephew threw it off the balconey, from the third floor. End of story, and toy.

[elizabeth52]

Colorforms!!!! I still love playing with them with my grandson.:

[SALYBOW]

My favorite toys were a Pogostick and stilts. We made the stilts ourselves and we had one pair that was as high as the ones they use here. What fun !!!

[2BNTV]

How about the hula hoop craze, that swept the country?

[renielarson]

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[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

How about the hula hoop craze, that swept the country?

To keep it going and not drop down to the ground, it would be helpful if you were a bit hippie.

Originally Posted by brightspot01

My parents bought me a little black baby doll when I was a very little girl. I pretended with her for years (we didn't grow up so fast back then) and she was my favorite "baby". I wish I still had her.

I got the chicken pox when I was just 6 years old. To make me feel better about it, my parents got me a Zippy Doll and using lipstick or nail polish put little pox marks all over its face. I still have the doll today sitting on my BR dresser, pox and all. I have no intention on selling it, but I do wonder just how valuable the 60 year old Zippy doll might or might not be today.

[jblum315]

The only doll I cared for was a rag doll named Miss Lucy. Unfortunately I left her in he yard and the dog ate her.
My favorite toy was a fully-equipped tool box that I asked for and got when I was 8.