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To want to know the childhood toy/game you'd still love to have now?

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WeShallHaveFogByTeatime · 09/11/2023 21:41

Mine would be the flat bed of the Fisher price campervan. He was my best friend growing up, I pulled that truck everywhere (he also had a name)
I can't justify buying one from eBay, but if I see one at a charity shop it's coming home with me and I'm in my fifties.
If I could gift you one of your childhood toys now what would it be?

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LoreleiG · 09/11/2023 22:03

My mum still has the FP campervan. (I think it’s worth an eBay purchase!) You never know though, a friend found the garage in a charity shop last year.

KMM87 · 09/11/2023 22:05

My polly pockets and Little Miss Pepperpot story books!

WeShallHaveFogByTeatime · 09/11/2023 22:09

MrsDrudge · 09/11/2023 22:00

Cowboy outfit and cap gun.
or the Native American style headdress my dad made for me out of chicken feathers.

Oh I can still remember that smell of cap guns. It was lovely!

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WeShallHaveFogByTeatime · 09/11/2023 22:23

ZaphodBeeblebroxArthurDent · 09/11/2023 22:00

ShakerMakers! (Child of the 70s 😉) And fuzzy felt that actually stuck down (rather than the abomination of the modern version my DS had 😥)

You actually brought a tear to my eye with fuzzy felt. Oh I loved that so much. Can't believe they ruined it!

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DisforDarkChocolate · 09/11/2023 22:25

We had some sort of fortune telling robot game, I loved it so much.

I'd still love a Spirograph, very relaxing (off to add to my Christmas list).

Wellhellooooodear · 09/11/2023 22:27

Charmkins

Coolblur · 09/11/2023 22:32

Saffrom that brought back lovely memories! I loved my My Little Pony Castle with Majesty and Spike the dragon!

MonkeyPuddle I bought DS a Spirograph set because I had one as a kid. He was astounded at the patterns I could create. Hours and hours of whirling those wheels round as a kid!

VeronicaSawyer89 · 09/11/2023 22:34

My fashion wheel. I was convinced I was going to become a famous fashion designer when I grew up. 😂

To want to know the childhood toy/game you'd still love to have now?
Thismummyrunstheshow · 09/11/2023 22:34

idontknow54789 · 09/11/2023 21:52

Dream phone - I'd love to still have this

Buy yourself one, I've seen them online!

They were great

Soopermum1 · 09/11/2023 22:35

My Dad built me a replica Sindy dolls house, like Sindy's house, but better, slightly bigger, with carpet. I would love to still have that. In terms of generic stuff, I'd love a Girls World, as I think my make up could still do with some practice

CassTheFox · 09/11/2023 22:37

My little Sylvanian Families red fox girl. I loved her as a kid 😊

MossBross · 09/11/2023 23:01

Tiny beanie baby dolls that came in a match box. My sister and I used to collect them and we loved them so (1970s).

My Fisher Price hospital. I loved the 'ting' sound the lift made and tiny baby in the maternity ward.

I liked the teeny tiny baby toys Grin

mejon · 09/11/2023 23:06

My Pippa dolls - I had loads, and the house, furniture etc. No idea where they all went but I'm sure my DDs would have loved them as much as I did.

Yupppp · 09/11/2023 23:07

My fisher price wind-up TV that played row row row your boat as one picture picture wound repeatedly across the screen. I’d give up Netflix if I got that back

Happyhibiscus · 09/11/2023 23:12

I loved my Palitoy family treehouse and my walkie talkie doll.

Mapletreelane · 09/11/2023 23:15

Another vote for the palitoy treehouse. True 70s icon!

SkiingIsHeaven · 09/11/2023 23:20

Etch a sketch

Mistressofnone · 09/11/2023 23:24

I never had this but my cousin did and I envied her - the Big Yellow Teapot house!

booksandbrooks · 09/11/2023 23:25

I can't tell you how many of these items I either repurchased on eBay or had on my Christmas list the first year after DC1 was born.

I want to have a really big think before deciding but I do miss filo faxes, notably the spy file. I remember dreaming about that whilst waiting for it to arrive from red house books (was that what it was called?)

margotsdevil · 09/11/2023 23:31

SkiingIsHeaven · 09/11/2023 23:20

Etch a sketch

I've just bought one as a Christmas gift!

steff13 · 09/11/2023 23:34

Spirograph. I actually got myself one at Target last year. I use it all the time.

anonimoxyz · 09/11/2023 23:34

Happy families or scrabble

MardiBras · 09/11/2023 23:44

@Farmersweeklyreader I too had all the Britains farm toys and would love to have them back. No idea what happened to them. The Land Rover Defender and horse trailer were the best. I loved the grey stone walls that clipped together and the post and rail fencing. I even had a five-bar gate. I was horse mad and had every horse model in different colours- grey, bay, black. I can remember it all in such detail.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 09/11/2023 23:48

Polly pockets