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Missing diverse toys

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Girlmama123 · 28/06/2025 16:00

Does anyone else miss diverse toys?
I have a girl and she loves cars. She also loves pink. And there are like no pink cars available.
I was also looking for dolls for our dollhouse and all the available dolls are white.
I am not even talking about normal dolls which are all white girls in pink clothes.
I also want to include different disabilities into her environment and there are no toys for that.
Am I weird for wanting diverse toys for my baby?

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Girlmama123 · 28/06/2025 16:40

reversegear · 28/06/2025 16:36

Get watching on F1 academy Netflix they have a Charlotte tilbury car on there, all female drivers. 🥰

Ok, thanks. We went to a garage to fix my van last week and she was so excited pointing at each car saying car haha. She is just one and "car" was one of her first like five words 😀😀 There was F1 on BBC last week accidentally and she was shouting so loud asking what that is 😀😀

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MolkosTeenageAngst · 28/06/2025 16:58

You’re just not looking very well!

A wooden pink car and caravan set which includes a diverse set of doll figures: https://www.scandiborn.co.uk/products/little-dutch-wooden-toy-car-caravan?variant=41031985561671&srsltid=AfmBOoqjcB_F-ZZ1iBKAXznTuLZpxfLqg4mAAmizKgZ_Gyzc0W57fY8afV8

Baby dolls with Down’s syndrome: https://www.scandiborn.co.uk/products/miniland-baby-girl-down-syndrome-doll-1?_pos=70&_sid=733d0d3a4&_ss=r

Wooden wheelchair toy for dolls: https://smallkins.com/products/miniland-wooden-doll-wheelchair-31183?variant=54914889580924&country=GB&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoqtrWxIj-z2IvMnhJwx1-dgq5ufaBYeBkWbaHNkJ87mWDutsdlF2ss

Baby doll with vitiligo: https://smallkins.com/products/miniland-girl-with-vitiligo-dressed-baby-doll-38cm-33202

Pink dump truck: https://smallkins.com/products/little-dutch-dump-truck-pink-2014368?_pos=23&_sid=a6b6745af&_ss=r

Pink car racer: https://smallkins.com/products/little-dutch-ramp-racer-fairy-garden-ld7355?variant=47193276874998&country=GB&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17048705694&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpf7CBhCfARIsANIETVoQSOuo7JG-xZo5gLJ48a6GGcBzfyhfsMyVgcJqlLC8jqzDYI0TuFsaAvMYEALw_wcB

Miniland Girl Doll with Down Syndrome

Part of the Miniland Dolls collection, this doll promotes the value of equality, embracing children of all races, genders, and conditions.

https://www.scandiborn.co.uk/products/miniland-baby-girl-down-syndrome-doll-1?_pos=70&_sid=733d0d3a4&_ss=r

MotherWol · 28/06/2025 17:08

Girlmama123 · 28/06/2025 16:18

Thanks. My baby is one year old. But i will look into these. We sadly have limited budget so cannot really afford handmade

Loads of Lanka Kade and Melissa & Doug on Vinted/FB marketplace, also try the charity shops in the more upmarket 'crunchy' parts of your town. As a general rule, kids need a lot less than you'd think in terms of toys/clothes/stuff, so if you're on a budget, buying less but better quality, particularly used, will save money in the long run and mean you're not surrounded by broken plastic tat.

JesssIsCrazzzzzy · 30/01/2026 10:30

Had so much trouble finding diverse dolls! Have white children and black children, and found that I was able to find some good black girl dolls, but no good black boy dolls. Eventually found a place I really liked and have only really bought from there since.
Maplelea Dolls
The 'Core' dolls were all white or Indigenous, but they have had some really nice black dolls over the years, and right now they have a good black boy doll. Unfortunately, I did have to pay a little bit extra for shipping from Canada.

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