What toys did you play with as a kid?

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

With the news of the new Buffy Polly Pocket and the general "resurgence" of the early 2000s, I'm curious: what decade did you grow up in and what toys did you play with as a kid? What were your favorites? Was there a toy you desperately wanted but never got? Let's discuss!

For me, as an "elder" Millennial kid who graduated HS in 2002, I loved my Barbies, The Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, Polly Pocket, and when I got older, in high school, you wouldn't find me without my Gigi Pets and Hit Clips. Interestingly, these are now among the toys that are in the most demand that I re-sell on eBay. I also played with older toys inherited from my sister.

And the toy I desperately wanted but never got was a Barbie car.

 

[TamsinValencia]

I played with Bratz dolls and a burnt looking Barbie doll that had bald patches in her hair and a broken leg. I also loved Scooby doo and had the mystery machine van toy that would move on its own and the Scooby doo figurines set. I had a my little pony tales DVD that I would watch all the time along with Scooby Doo (2002) and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) on a loop.

 

[Taake]

, I loved my Barbies, The Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, Polly Pocket,

And the toy I desperately wanted but never got was a Barbie car.

Yes, yes and yes! So many Barbies! So many outfits! I always wanted a Barbie sports car and a Barbie kitchen, but my dad in a fit of feminism I guess, got me - Barbie’s travel office, Barbie’s pet grooming, Barbie’s post office (!? why did this exist?), Barbie’s camper
van, and Barbie’s spa. Whatever the weather he wanted my Barbie’s to have a job and to come home to a good soak, I guess.😂

But I also loved My Little Pony, Polly Pocket and the Littlest Pet shop.

Another favorite was making paper dolls and clothes for them.

 

[Stake fodder]

I had a lot of toys, but what I remember best are board games, which I loved playing with friends or my long-suffering mom. Favorites were Clue, Chutes 'n Ladders (Mom hated that one!), and Which Witch.

I grew up in the '70s and '80s, before the era of "must-have" toys that sold out at Christmas. We poured over the Sears "Wish Book" before every Christmas!

I was never that into Barbie, but I did have her yacht.

 

[machinewolfhear]

im an old geezer from the 70/80's, but in my youth i played with playmobil cowboys vs indians, had toy soldiers and aso played outside. Good times, the youth today are glued to their mobiles, its a blessing mobiles but sometimes i wish they never existed. Never got the Skeletor Castle.And the tv was my best friend on sunday morning..