Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

Here are just a few more wonderul vintage toys that you might remember.

Toucan Sam, this is probably not the Toucan that was mentioned in the story, but he's still cute!

I remember having an Easy Bake Oven myself. Couldn't really make much. I had 3 siblings and there was just never enough for all of us! I only recall using it 2-3 times.

Strawberry Shortcake is just...sweet. I didn't have her as a child, but I see that she is quite popular with children now.

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This is the Solo In The Spotlight Barbie. My MIL owned this Barbie, at one time... Mattel did a very tricky thing.. There was something different about this Barbie (I can't remember what). They told everyone that if they brought the old Barbie back to the store they would give them the new Barbie. They must have realized this Barbie would be worth something someday, and they didn't want it circulating. Kids were excited to get the new Barbie and give up the already played with one.. Till they were older and realized what had happened. My MIL never opened the new one, then she had kids.. She needed to make room in the house for her kids and their toys so she had a yardsale. And YES, this unopened Barbie was sold for just a few dollars, about 20 years ago. She regrets it now.

This story made me sooo very sad.

kjbeads says:
I have to thank my Father for all the easy bake oven cakes I sat in his lap and made himeat with no chance of ditching as much as a crumb. I should have owned my own bakery with all the crap I made. BLOG

movetheneedle says:
I loved stuffed animals, which I think never get old. My first toy I can remember was a stuffed toucan that squeaked when I shook it. But I gave it a "bath" in the sink and it didn't squeak as much after that, haha and I couldn't understand why at first. BLOG

breedingfancy says:
You just made me go on a little stroll down memory lane...If I could go back in time and retrieve just one toy from my childhood (the 80s), it would be my Strawberry Shortcake toy rotary telephone. It was the most adorable thing. My little sister and I, like all of our Christmas presents, had both received one. You picked up the phone, dialed one of the numbers, and a voice recording would play depending on which number you dialed. The only message I can remember clearly is a sweet voice saying, "Hello? Blueberry Muffin here."Oh, it was awesome!I kept it all the way through high school. Then, after sophomore year in college, I had to get rid of all of my stuff leftover back home. I couldn't very well bring that back to the dorm, right? So. I. TRASHED IT!! Or maybe I gave it to the Goodwill. Either way it goes, I totally regret it... And I've tried searching for a picture on the Internet-- no go! BLOG

Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

MORE VINTAGE TOY FUN

Here is my third segment on the Vintage Toys that brought laughter and fun into our lives.

Do you remember these toys?

My little brother had a three wheeler similar to this..(different colors) Mine was neon green and pink. I seem to remember that front wheel breaking easily, because its plastic..hmm
My daughter now has a Sit 'n' Spin, They're much cooler now, lol. Hers has lights that flicker on the top and it plays different songs while she spins.
The Miss.Beasley doll was before my time, but she seems to be popular.. I understand she was on a TV show of some sort. (?) I may have to do more research on her, I'm interested to know why she is so beloved.

Do you have a personal story with a vintage toy that you'd like to share? Please email me at lillyshay@hotmail.com.

echoart says:

I also LOVED my Big Wheel! It was so much fun to go tooling around the block, low to the ground, plastic wheels making that cool sound along the pavement! My friends and I also used to turn them upside down, sit on them, and grab the pedals with our hands to spin the wheel -- we pretended the wheel was a washing machine (how we thought clothes could fit in there I don't know!), and we called it "Playing Laundromat". :) We sat there, chatted and literally spun our wheels. :)

daisytoad says:
remember the lady on qvc who would always refer to GoBots as Go Butts? my brother and I still call them Go Butts! BLOG

vintageitville says:
Sit N Spin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALLLL day. My grandma had one at her house and it was the reason why we LOVED to visit. BLOG

kjbeads says:
I had a Chrissy doll that had a button on her back. You pushed it and her hair grew really long. Loved that doll till my brother cut her hair. Okay, that was the whole point of the freakin doll! BLOG

taissalada says:
I have some fun memories of barbie and making houses and run ways out of my mom's cook books. I used to cute up barbies clothing and play "runway barbie"with Ken too. Ken was the stage director and barbie was the top model.

PoorRobot says:
I used to love my Sony tape player/karaoke machine. I would drag it around singing songs and dance all over the house! I loved singing Seasame Street songs, Debbie Gibson, Squeeze and Billy

Joel. What a ham I was!

primitiveartdeco says:
Miss Beasley and Timey Tell were a couple of my favorites. Miss Beasley and I had matching glasses. And I learned to tell time with the Timey Tell doll.

Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

I have another feature with all the wonderful vintage toys that brought joy into our lives. It's not too late to get your stories in as well, just email me! (lillyshay@hotmail.com)

Jacks was before my time, it was a game that my parents and grand parents enjoyed (I believe) But I've heard lots of stories about them!
My mom had a couple of Wrinkels the Dog puppet toys. I never realized what these were until I read the story below. One of them wasn't a puppet though. They were very cute :)
I never owned the 'pretty pretty princess' game, but my neighbor did. I loved collecting the jewlery to wear! ...I was also disappointed when I didn't win the 'pretties'. :(

Do you remember any of these toys?

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Kymsart777 says:
We used to play jacks for hours! The boys played too! WE would play on the front porch and have competitions and our hands would be raw on the side or have splinters from the wooden porch! I was pretty good. BLOG

NiftyVintage says:

Wrinkles the dog was given to me by Santa around my 5th birthday. He was sitting on top of a brand new desk that Santa also thoughtfully left for me. Wrinkles lived with me until my college days and amongst these dazed and confused days was lost in the college shuffle. :( However, this past Christmas Santa found a New in the Box 1981 Wrinkles dog for my 4 year old who was delighted to meet her mom's childhood pup.

moonstr says:
i had a run yourself ragged board game that i played soo much. basically you take metal ball and run it threw the course and your timed. my cousin got one for xmas.and my parents seeing how much i loved it got me one too.also had a holly hobby doll i defaced with some paint and pens. BLOG

laceybabydoll says:
I used to love to play this board game that my dad got my sister and I one year as a Christmas gift. It was called Pretty Pretty Princess! You got to move your pieces around the board to land on spaces so you could wear the different pieces of jewelry. Whoever got to put on all their jewelry and the crown first won! I would always end up fighting with my sister over the crown though. It was plastic and a gray color and you decorated it with those cool puffy stickers that looked like stick on earrings! We ended up breaking it in half one time when fighting over it. We would also make my dad play it and make him wear the crown just to laugh at him! We still have it somewhere in the attic.

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kjbeads says:

Not a big doll lover but I had tons and tons of Barbie clothes for all of the ones I had (even fuzzy haired Ken). My great grandmother sewed and crotcheted outfits by the dozen. They would have sent today's Blythe collectors into a tailspin. I had cases full.My sister, 8 years my junior gave Barbie a bath and washed ALL her clothes. We discovered this months after the fact while searching for the God Awful stench. Finally opened a case from the closet. Suffice it to say, more than Ken's hair was fuzzy then.all lost. forever. I still don't like my sister very much. BLOG