Mumsnet users share the childhood toys that make them feel nostalgic with BRIO

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For many of us when we see or a hear a reference to a toy from our childhood, we are immediately transported by to a specific time when we were younger playing with that toy...queue all the nostalgic feelings. BRIO would love to know all the toys that give you that nostalgic feeling and what it is about them that makes you feel that way.

Here’s what BRIO have to say: “We just turned 130, yet we feel more vital than ever. And that’s a good thing when working with toys. Because just as play develops children, play has developed us as a company. Smart Tech is the latest integrated technology from BRIO which is adding extra layers of functionality and play value to our timeless toys. The Smart Tech trains can stop, turn around, go slower or go faster using the accessories that are in the range, bringing even more magic to the BRIO World. In a world full of technology and computers, traditional play is at the core of what we do at BRIO. Our Smart Tech range combines clever train technology with traditional play patterns, meaning as parents you don’t need to feel nostalgic for those classic toys as they’re at the heart of everything we do.”

Watch this video on the BRIO Smart tech Engine with Action Tunnel Set:

Is it the Troll Dolls that make you feel nostalgic as you remember spending hours styling their bright pink hair? Perhaps seeing your DC talking to imaginary people on your phone makes you remember you doing the same on your Chatter Telephone? Did you think of yourself as a highly-skilled chef with your Easy-Bake Oven? Would you just spend hours drawing out things on your Etch A Sketch? Or is it good old Play-Doh that always make you feel nostalgic whenever your child plays with it?

Whichever toys make you feel nostalgic, share them on the thread below and everyone who comments will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list) and another four MNers will win a BRIO Smart Tech Engine Set with Action Tunnels, worth £89.95 each.

Thanks and good luck.
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Most 80's and 90's toys, like Lego, Barbies, My Little Pony, Sylvanian Families. Though my favourite thing to do was draw, so crayons, pencils and felt tip pens make me feel the most nostalgic.

I used to love playing with Fuzzy Felts as a child. I also had a Sindy doll but my Mum threw her away when her arm snapped off because she couldn't do the gymnastic move I made her do!!

Whenever I see a picture of this toy it transports me back 30 year...desperately wish I still had it for my own children!

I had so much fun with my Lights Alive which was on my Christmas list for several years!

Definitely the Lego

I loved my bike, there were always places to ride a group of us would spend hours out riding. The roads were a lot quieter and there were also lots of open ground to ride in, not like today

Every time I see lego im transported to when I was a kid building lego houses with my two cousin, ive not seen them since childhood but always think of them when i see lego

I loved the Paul Daniels magic set one year I got it for Christmas and I kept trying to practice all the tricks on my family I was sad over the years I eventually lost of the pieces from it but I will never forget how much fun it was

I absolutely loved the big red fun bus. I think it was the only toy I ever had that I'd seen on the TV, asked for and got!

for me it has to be Trolls. I had a huge collection of them and remember saving up all of my pocket money to buy one that has Rainbow hair!!

Thomas the Tank Engine toys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures and Sylvanian Families playsets.

Pick up Sticks and twister remind me of many a rainy day inside in the 60’s & 70’s every other minute was spent outside playing with a ball against the wall of our house.

i loved my tiny tears doll that did a wee and cried! i had a lovely wooden crib to go with it and it was my favourite xmas gift

Lego - so much fun was had with those!

Polly Pockets! I was absolutely obsessed with them!
Also Barbies of course, I loved spending hours playing with them and letting my imagination go wild :)

A Millennium Falcon space ship i got for my 11th birthday. Absolutely loved it and played with it for years and years.

Lego and sindy. My dad used to make me loads of sindy furniture and an elderly aunt used to make her clothes.

my weebles playground

So many... the Fisher Price record player with multi coloured records to play, Tiny Tears, Kerplunk, my lull along wooden dog with springy tale!

The one I loved the most was Kerplunk... Never got tired of playing it!

Has to be weebles. 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down'.

Action Man and Tonka Toys.

Oh, Mr Frosty! God I miss him, I wonder if it's still in my parents loft.

Scalextric, Subbuteo and The I-Spy Books are the things that make feel nostalgic!

I absolutely loved my Sindy with her horse and stables. I used to spend hours making the horse jump over the ramps. I bought a barbie and a horse for my daughter but she was more content with having it pull a princess carriage.