To sometimes fall in love with toys again.

[Stanky]

Ds 4 just got a little playmobil school bus, with flashing lights and he loves it. I've spent some time last night googling my old toys. People are asking for £100 for a mint condition Sindy doll!

My friend used to have a beautiful playmobil Victorian mansion, and I remember spending hours playing with it. I always liked to be the maid for some reason.

The Sindy horse is less than £10 on ebay too.

AIBU for going all gooey over toys, and I need to get a grip? Seeing the pictures online was like looking at old friends.

[Toria2014]

Londonrach - I have just bought some flower fairies for nostalgia. Love them! You should keep hold of them, they are worth a bit now.

I still have my Huggy Bear too!

[bornwithaplasticspoon]

Probably a bit weird but marbles were huge when I was in primary school - very competitive playing went on every play time. Just the feel of marbles in my hand and the sound of them clinking together sends me back to those happy free childhood days

[Stanky]

Get schwifty, Yes I remember Quints. I knew someone with them, and I remember the adverts.

[londonrach]

Whispers...also found some posable care bears which joined the flower fairies in the box!

[londonrach]

Anyone remember flower fairies. We packing at the moment and we found mine. Forgotten how much i loved them and spent a happy thirty minutes putting their costumes on. Dh dared to suggest i donated them to the charity shop. We filling charity bags etc with dvd, books etc at moment which we drop off when we have too many. I suggested he donated his britains farm machines. He packed my flower fairies without another word. (Im pregnant so hopefully dc can enjoy both). Photos taken from internet as my fairies are now packed!

[GetSchwifty]

Does anyone remember quints? I was googling them the other day, you can't buy them anymore. I had a boy/girl set with a row of bottles so they could all be fed at the same time.

[dynevoran]

I also got ds1 this for his birthday and I swear I take more pleasure than him at playing minifigures with him..And he really loves it so that is really saying something.

[dynevoran]

lazyarse123 that's lovely of your dd to get that for you.

[dynevoran]

I have got totally carried away with my love of Lego again. Got myself this after christmas and begrudgingly let ds and his mates play with it. took a nice 4 evenings drinking g and t and watching trashy tv to make.

Then took major delight in making him a Lego cake for his birthday. I'm all about the Lego.

[SnakeWitch]

I loved The Magic Faraway Tree too, I was going to buy it again recently until I read the back and saw the names had been changed. Might have shouted 'nooooo, it's Dick and Fanny!' quite loud in The Works

[Stanky]

Yep, I had Polly pockets and glo worms too. Toys did used to be better didn't they? They were certainly more solid and better quality I'm sure.

[waitingforsomething]

Yanbu. My mum unearthed some of our old toys a few weeks back: she found our old playmobil hospital and my box of Polly pockets (old style) bought back so many happy memories and of course can't wait till dd is a bit bigger so she can have a play with both

[nattyknitter]

I'm still an Enid Blyton fan and reread the books from time to time.

I'm far too excited about The Magic Faraway Tree being made into a film.

[fuzzpig]

Dusty we have Stay Alive, got it off ebay :) didn't actually have it as a child, but a friend has her old set and I thought it was great. I got PayDay for the same reason.

[fuzzpig]

YANBU at all. I feel the same about some books and videos from my childhood too. Sharing them with my own DCs is magical :)

[WhirlyTwos]

Huggy Bear!

I still have mine

[cherrypopsicle]

We have the Victoria playmobil mansion. It belonged to me and my sister 25 yrs ago and has been in storage for years. Got it back out a couple of years ago for my girls but I think I spend more time playing with it than them . And the piano still plays it's tune!

[ILostItInTheEarlyNineties]

Dusty My DM has our old 'Stay Alive' and the GC love it. You have to drop your opponents balls through a trap hole by pulling the Orange and white levers? What a classic.

[JoffreyBaratheon]

I still mourn the loss of the homemade dolls house I got one year. It vanished at some point after I got a stepmother who was very keen on disappearing anything from my childhood, but not the tat from her kids'...

It had little light bulbs and real glass windows. I didn't even like dolls but I loved that dolls house.

I did like Pippa dolls, though. And a rag doll my mum made me before she died which also 'vanished'.

[nattyknitter]

MooPoint I am not enabling in any way...

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=downfall+game&_sacat=0

[Hobbes8]

I still have my old 80s cabbage patch kid. When I was pregnant I went to a breastfeeding class and they told me to bring a doll, so I brought him along. Obviously I was the only person who brought something and had to pretend breastfeed the bloody thing. He's over 30 and still being breastfed.

I bought my 2 year old daughter a load of vintage care bear stuff for Christmas. We both love it. The 80s cartoon hasn't aged well though.

[DustyBustle]

Stay Alive, a marble drop board game 'the Ultimate Survival Game' - loved it!

[lazyarse123]

I told my daughter that my favourite toy when i was growing up was spirograph. It was such a surprise at christmas when she gave me an original one that she had found on ebay with all its pieces. I love it. I am nearly 58.

[MooPointCowsOpinion]

nattyknitter I have searched in vain for downfall, it no longer exists as far as I can tell. It was my favourite game and I never even owned it, my friend down the street did.

Funny seeing those troll dolls, I could instantly remember how they smelt.