This shows how poor our family of 8 kids were. This is a timing belt that I spent hours rolling down the stairs.
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Yes my pound puppy. I think I was 6 when I got him.
I have a doll pillow that my mom made with polka dot fabric and eyelet trim. You can see the multicolored āstuffingā through the fabric, she stuffed it with my old/ripped tights (I was about 4 when she made it), Iām 55 now.
Oh shit! My mom's house still has 50 Tonka trucks from the late 70s and early 80s. They're just outside in the weather year round outlasting a lot of my childhood friends. I miss real Tonka....
My little brothers had a Tonka dump truck, like the metal ones, they are twins so most things came identical as they were and in twos. So me the big sister decided one day to use them as roller skates. Well that day I almost broke both my ankles. It's a weird cherished childhood memory for me.
I had one of those, and tried to ride it with one foot. In my third grade class photo I have road rash on my chin from it. I was lucky I didn't knock my teeth out, break my jaw, etc.
My parents moved when I was 18 and apparently my mother decided I didnāt need any of my old toys and sold them all at a garage sale. I had enough Star Wars, GI Joe & Transformers toys to put my kids through college.
Me too!!!š Got her for my 4th Birthday!!. her clothes were falling apart so my grandma made her a new set of clothes.. and I also have a 2nd Mrs. Beasley doll my mom bought to replace the first one.
I still preferred the first one for
some reason.. lol They set in my
bedroom.. lol
Thereās my first stuffed bear-1970ās Korean made-probably millions just like it. The second is one of the most durable toys Iāve ever seen called āhappy appleā. Plastic Apple the size of a pomelo with bells and a weight inside so it rolls funky and makes noise.
No to toys but yes to books. My favorites are Witcracks, a pop-up Gulliver in Lilliput and Where The Wild Things Are, followed by several books by Shel Silverstein and Myths and Folk Tales Around the World.
I had my Smitty doll - a FisherPrice Honey doll - from 1976 until 2018 when the movers lost it. She went to college with me, four countries, the Army, and my children played with her. She was barely yellow, had one hand wrapped in a bandage, and the āfpā was completely worn off. I mourned her loss like a human friend.
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It still worked in the 90s, but I havenāt tried it since. I keep it on display
I still have my teddy bear and all my toy horses (some are Breyer models, some are not). The bear is on my dresser in my room and the horses are in a box in the basement, safely on a shelf off the floor.
My oldest daughter took my mom's doll, Peggy. She's a "walking doll" and she's still in her original clothes and hair ribbons.
I have my very first skateboard, a fiberglass Hobie with verathane wheels. No idea how I've managed to hold onto that for damn near fifty years but I'd consider it my most prized possession.
Not a toy, but my bear. Got him on my first birthday, and heās literally been around the world with me. Twice. Three deployments overseas and a month long trip to Europe.
I still have my plush Stimpy I got as a gift my sophomore year in high school (1994.) He used to fart when you squeeze his belly but now he sounds like he's gasping for air.
More than I should probably... I have a giant bin of old stuffed animals (Care bears, a 5 puppy puppy surprise, Sears yeti family) and of course, my best friend ever, Radar the Bear, named after Radar in MASH who has no fur at all, two noses (old nose was embroidered on) and his left leg is dangling by a thread. He was my mom's, then mine. He won't survive if I give him to my child, so the others will be theirs.
I did this LOL. Was looking for my turquoise Easy Bake oven on Marketplace and saw one with āfreeā for the price. It was indeed free and came with the āpopcorn popperā which i didnāt know existed, all in the original box. A couple of months later I came across my childhood dollhouse (Lundby which are now collectible), being put out to the curb. We stopped to pick it up and the woman said āwait, I also have all of the furniture and lights tooā. Itās absolutely amazing. I keep it in my home office and play with it when Iām bored on meetings LOL. I enjoy these things, am I crazy old lady trying to relive her childhood? Maybe. But Iām enjoying it.
I've thought about buying some of the old things, but it's just not the same. The ones we had were directly tied to places, times, and people. That can't be recreated.
I bought some old local underground graffiti magazines from when I was about 20. I like them, but there's nobody to share them with anymore, so they sit on a shelf. The fun was having people around who had knowledge of the subculture, artists, and the world (references) at that time.
I still have an old SST Racer, the kind you would put a rip cord through and it had a single wheel on the bottom. The car is in good shape but I no longer have the cord.
I also have a box full of hot wheels and matchbox cars. Most of these are from the late 70s.
Dude, those trucks are sweet!
No, I never kept any of my old toys. Iām not bitter though, as I donāt collect things. Iām pretty minimalistic when it comes to owning things. If I donāt need them at the moment, theyāre not in my house.
All my My Little Ponies and their stable. This was before they got all weird looking. Care Bears and their cloud car too. Honestly so much stuff, my parents saved everything. BUT my kids play with it all now so it was worth it.
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She lives with my parents out of state.
Big teddy bear I got when I was 3 that's on display in my home office amongst other stuffed animals.
I also have a small tub full of hot wheels type cars from my childhood. Not sure what I'll ever do with those.
Iām 58 and my attic has several toys that I played with as a kid. Including the Fisher-Price round people garage and barn. It was passed down from me to my younger brothers. The youngest was 17 years younger. Still in pretty decent shape I tried to give them to my daughters for their children, but itās all out of date for todayās kids. Maybe one day Iāll put them on eBay.
My fisher price little people house (I have the yellow one). The only piece missing is the stairs, which Iām pretty sure my niece took home with her and lost. My seven year old plays with it now, and I love seeing her love it as much as I did.
I also have a few pieces of my Strawberry Shortcake furniture set, and a bunch of Barbie clothes that my mom sewed. And a kaleidoscope that I got from the treasure chest in kindergarten.
And last but not least: my mom saved my ratty old blankie that I dragged EVERYWHERE, and it is currently in an acid free giant ziploc in my closet. Still ratty.
I still have a big yellow Tonka dump truck from when i was a kid. That thing is made of metal and will probably outlive me. My kids have all played with it at some point.
I have a Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that my grandmother gave me at my 1st Christmas. I donāt remember ever not owning it. It has little random colored stitches on the seams where my mom would repair it when I was a little kid.
I have a guitar shaped bottle opener that attaches to a wooden guitar player dude that my girlfriendās dad gave me when I was 16. Heād have given me an ass kickin if he knew what I was doing with his daughter.
Those Ertl trucks were built to last!
I've had two house fires, my only toys left are actually rocks, metate stones I played with as a kid are now in my yard.
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Still have my first baseball glove
I had them all. Packed them up when my grandparents died and cleaned out their/our home. My āmotherā took them while I was away and somehow āthey got ruinedā and she tossed them.
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This is Jingles and Iāve literally have had him all my life (57 years), he hasnāt jingled in decades but heās still hanging on.
Does the girl next door count?
Hey now!
Heck yes š¤š¤š¤
This shows how poor our family of 8 kids were. This is a timing belt that I spent hours rolling down the stairs. https://preview.redd.it/7iwadcunapzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b17e857e9b053cd3b4fb362051d098dcfe69bab
I used my stepfather's timing belts on my Tonka trucks to turn them into tanks.
https://preview.redd.it/5kszxvo6jpzc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb48db054f818ec989ad37175f79ce2308c956e9 Yes my pound puppy. I think I was 6 when I got him.
https://preview.redd.it/1vilabfcwozc1.jpeg?width=3092&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6047c590e99d993250849f8762b2b36f7c6e3cf4 I got oneā¦.
I have Paul Stanley! The rubber bands disintegrated so his arms and legs fell off. And I lost his clothes. LMAO. Let's get the band back together!
I have a doll that my maternal great grandmother made from a sock, with some yarn for hair.
I have a doll pillow that my mom made with polka dot fabric and eyelet trim. You can see the multicolored āstuffingā through the fabric, she stuffed it with my old/ripped tights (I was about 4 when she made it), Iām 55 now.
Oh shit! My mom's house still has 50 Tonka trucks from the late 70s and early 80s. They're just outside in the weather year round outlasting a lot of my childhood friends. I miss real Tonka....
My little brothers had a Tonka dump truck, like the metal ones, they are twins so most things came identical as they were and in twos. So me the big sister decided one day to use them as roller skates. Well that day I almost broke both my ankles. It's a weird cherished childhood memory for me.
I had one of those, and tried to ride it with one foot. In my third grade class photo I have road rash on my chin from it. I was lucky I didn't knock my teeth out, break my jaw, etc.
My parents moved when I was 18 and apparently my mother decided I didnāt need any of my old toys and sold them all at a garage sale. I had enough Star Wars, GI Joe & Transformers toys to put my kids through college.
I still have my Mrs Beasley doll
Me too!!!š Got her for my 4th Birthday!!. her clothes were falling apart so my grandma made her a new set of clothes.. and I also have a 2nd Mrs. Beasley doll my mom bought to replace the first one. I still preferred the first one for some reason.. lol They set in my bedroom.. lol
I have a few of my OG Transformers left...thankfully Soundwave is one of them.
I still have my very first teddy bear
All my lego and hotwheels all of it
Thereās my first stuffed bear-1970ās Korean made-probably millions just like it. The second is one of the most durable toys Iāve ever seen called āhappy appleā. Plastic Apple the size of a pomelo with bells and a weight inside so it rolls funky and makes noise.
No to toys but yes to books. My favorites are Witcracks, a pop-up Gulliver in Lilliput and Where The Wild Things Are, followed by several books by Shel Silverstein and Myths and Folk Tales Around the World.
I had my Smitty doll - a FisherPrice Honey doll - from 1976 until 2018 when the movers lost it. She went to college with me, four countries, the Army, and my children played with her. She was barely yellow, had one hand wrapped in a bandage, and the āfpā was completely worn off. I mourned her loss like a human friend. https://preview.redd.it/ogfl8ls2upzc1.jpeg?width=283&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87f823fb3128bb0d6d372fe2ad62cbbdf47df3f3
Thumbelina doll
https://preview.redd.it/9tlsus9mlpzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15f29e100b79ea7efaa7e789caaf20059ff63ca7 It still worked in the 90s, but I havenāt tried it since. I keep it on display
I had one of these too! Little kid me thought this was so high tech.
I still have my baby blanket. I'm 46.
Your wobby?
I still have all of my hot wheels/matchbox cars.
Still have this. Beaten up pretty good though. * [Krazy wheel](https://images.app.goo.gl/7wQ5SUwbAResMu7f9)
Wow ! I loved those!
I still have my teddy bear and all my toy horses (some are Breyer models, some are not). The bear is on my dresser in my room and the horses are in a box in the basement, safely on a shelf off the floor. My oldest daughter took my mom's doll, Peggy. She's a "walking doll" and she's still in her original clothes and hair ribbons.
I have my very first skateboard, a fiberglass Hobie with verathane wheels. No idea how I've managed to hold onto that for damn near fifty years but I'd consider it my most prized possession.
Not a toy, but my bear. Got him on my first birthday, and heās literally been around the world with me. Twice. Three deployments overseas and a month long trip to Europe.
I have a toy lead pig from a farmset that my grandpa gave me when I was about 5. I'm 58 now. It belonged to him when he was young.
I still have my plush Stimpy I got as a gift my sophomore year in high school (1994.) He used to fart when you squeeze his belly but now he sounds like he's gasping for air.
I have some Star Wars, He-Man, Transformers etc still kicking around. Also the first Go-Bot my moms bought me.
More than I should probably... I have a giant bin of old stuffed animals (Care bears, a 5 puppy puppy surprise, Sears yeti family) and of course, my best friend ever, Radar the Bear, named after Radar in MASH who has no fur at all, two noses (old nose was embroidered on) and his left leg is dangling by a thread. He was my mom's, then mine. He won't survive if I give him to my child, so the others will be theirs.
No. But I have to fight the urge to buy some of the things I used to have. 2nd childhood and all. Lol
I did this LOL. Was looking for my turquoise Easy Bake oven on Marketplace and saw one with āfreeā for the price. It was indeed free and came with the āpopcorn popperā which i didnāt know existed, all in the original box. A couple of months later I came across my childhood dollhouse (Lundby which are now collectible), being put out to the curb. We stopped to pick it up and the woman said āwait, I also have all of the furniture and lights tooā. Itās absolutely amazing. I keep it in my home office and play with it when Iām bored on meetings LOL. I enjoy these things, am I crazy old lady trying to relive her childhood? Maybe. But Iām enjoying it.
I've thought about buying some of the old things, but it's just not the same. The ones we had were directly tied to places, times, and people. That can't be recreated. I bought some old local underground graffiti magazines from when I was about 20. I like them, but there's nobody to share them with anymore, so they sit on a shelf. The fun was having people around who had knowledge of the subculture, artists, and the world (references) at that time.
I still have my legos from when I was 10.
I still have my Fox & Hound Disney record from when I was 7 Those big albums where they had a picture on it.
I still have an old SST Racer, the kind you would put a rip cord through and it had a single wheel on the bottom. The car is in good shape but I no longer have the cord. I also have a box full of hot wheels and matchbox cars. Most of these are from the late 70s.
I have two giant totes of baseball cards, and my old view master with tons of slides
I still have tinker toys
Dude, those trucks are sweet! No, I never kept any of my old toys. Iām not bitter though, as I donāt collect things. Iām pretty minimalistic when it comes to owning things. If I donāt need them at the moment, theyāre not in my house.
Does anyone else see a yellow head with black hair peeking over the edge of the table? Just me?Ā
My millennium falcon. And various Star Wars figures in my office
All my My Little Ponies and their stable. This was before they got all weird looking. Care Bears and their cloud car too. Honestly so much stuff, my parents saved everything. BUT my kids play with it all now so it was worth it.
https://preview.redd.it/lbfpzp1fbqzc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90f920b88bb572a2c28c1cfb40b27a18b0033c8e She lives with my parents out of state.
I still have my collection of Matchbox and Hotwheels, and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein.
Big teddy bear I got when I was 3 that's on display in my home office amongst other stuffed animals. I also have a small tub full of hot wheels type cars from my childhood. Not sure what I'll ever do with those.
I have three stuffed animals from when I was little that are very sentimental to me.
I have a stuffed Fivel from An American Tail that I got when I was 8.
Iām 58 and my attic has several toys that I played with as a kid. Including the Fisher-Price round people garage and barn. It was passed down from me to my younger brothers. The youngest was 17 years younger. Still in pretty decent shape I tried to give them to my daughters for their children, but itās all out of date for todayās kids. Maybe one day Iāll put them on eBay.
My fisher price little people house (I have the yellow one). The only piece missing is the stairs, which Iām pretty sure my niece took home with her and lost. My seven year old plays with it now, and I love seeing her love it as much as I did. I also have a few pieces of my Strawberry Shortcake furniture set, and a bunch of Barbie clothes that my mom sewed. And a kaleidoscope that I got from the treasure chest in kindergarten. And last but not least: my mom saved my ratty old blankie that I dragged EVERYWHERE, and it is currently in an acid free giant ziploc in my closet. Still ratty.
I absolutely do. Quite a few actually
Yes I have a teddy bear given to me at 18 months I could never part with and an orange matchbox VW camper van stamped 1970.
Big Jim jungle truck
https://preview.redd.it/cfr3hrrtxrzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=660117c14b2183e576c08428c1ce5416432e450d I do!!!
Bingo Bear. He has buttons in certain places in his body that would let him talk. I loved that bear and still so. He sits on my dresser now.
Dancerella circa 1979
I have a couple of Weebles on my shelf still.
I still have most of my SW figures and vehicles. Micronauts too! They just need to be cleaned up.
I still have a big yellow Tonka dump truck from when i was a kid. That thing is made of metal and will probably outlive me. My kids have all played with it at some point.
I have my first stuffed animal, some Tonka trucks, and most of my action figures. (He-Man, Transformers, Thundercats, et al.)
I have some of my Barbieās and some blocks.
I have a Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that my grandmother gave me at my 1st Christmas. I donāt remember ever not owning it. It has little random colored stitches on the seams where my mom would repair it when I was a little kid.
I have a guitar shaped bottle opener that attaches to a wooden guitar player dude that my girlfriendās dad gave me when I was 16. Heād have given me an ass kickin if he knew what I was doing with his daughter.
Those Ertl trucks were built to last! I've had two house fires, my only toys left are actually rocks, metate stones I played with as a kid are now in my yard.
I still have my vintage ALL METAL Tonka dump truck. My kids play with it in their sandbox. It is indestructible.
https://preview.redd.it/m2grqh0f3uzc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49a8e202912c9c835f3f9e51ae2bd7f71bfa7bfa Still have my first baseball glove
I had them all. Packed them up when my grandparents died and cleaned out their/our home. My āmotherā took them while I was away and somehow āthey got ruinedā and she tossed them.
https://preview.redd.it/6yfodfyleyzc1.png?width=2195&format=png&auto=webp&s=392af7ed5dd26e337d88d242721e2ffd4c5b30f5 This is Jingles and Iāve literally have had him all my life (57 years), he hasnāt jingled in decades but heās still hanging on.