Toys you had as a kid

starflake

Was just talking to my sister about toys we owned in the late eighties/early nineties! Does anyone else remember these dolls?

Tonka Cupcake dolls!



We also had this skating doll...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZdCNh6zqKM

Anyone else remember these? What toys did everyone else have as a kid?!

Rubberlegs

I remember the roller skating doll !!. Was it called Baby Skates? I can remember the ad on the tv " Here comes that pretty little show off, Baby Skates". Would have been about '84/'85?
The toy I absolutely loved as a small child in the late 70s was the Fisher Price tree house. It had a pop up tree top, and inside it was a little house. There was a handle on top you could carry it around with. There were little figures to play with, and a car, and even a little dog:). There was a lift that you put the figures in and you turned a handle to bring them up to the house. Hours of endless fun. I remember my Aunt , who would have been in her 50s at the time liked it so much, she bought one!

starflake

Yeah I remember our childminders kids had one of those! We also had one of these... The fisherprice clock! It used to play 'my grandfathers clock' God! The memories and feelings toys can bring back!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/28045057/free-shipping-fisher-price-music-box

lord lucan

These were the mainstay of my xmas presents for much of the 80's.:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydmTjUwVpM

BrookieD

this was one of mine, Rough Riders but i had the A-Team version and knight rider version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4rgcXfUtc

i had a rainbow bright and apple blossom and apple jack - they were two very unattractive big dolls! there was also this dog called poochi everyone had at the time (mid 80's) care bears were big then as well.

ChopShop

M.A.S.K. and G.I.Joe were my two big things really.

I like the IDEA of Transformers, but most of them weren't that well executed.

Asphyxia

Mr. Bucket! One of my most treasured toys

Lawrence1895

I had loads of toy trains, some of them caught fire. Well, I had some toy fire engines as well

rednik

I got this around '70 or '71.

bonerm

Asphyxia wrote: »

Mr. Bucket! One of my most treasured toys

Familiar story?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GukmQE-WIlM

ratmouse

Remember Stickle Bricks? Not sure if you can still get them.

tan11ie

Big Yellow Teapot
I had hours of fun with this:D

Demonique

I had some sort of Knightrider stunt shed. You'd rev KITT up and he'd shot into the shed, there was a ramp inside and he's come out doing a wheelie

ger vallely

I work in a preschool and stickle bricks are still in high demand. I loved spirograph, tiny tears, barrel of monkeys and a skipping rope.

lord lucan

Used to have this as a kid,was great craic. Used to drive my parents around the bend though!:D

Praetorian Saighdiuir

i had a rake load of Micro Machines.

Other favourites include:

• Mr. Frosty
• Glo Worms
• Starcom

13spanner

Tamagotchi's anyone?

xzanti

tan11ie wrote: »

Big Yellow Teapot
I had hours of fun with this:D

Awe that brings me back.. my pride and joy that was

Also loved my retro Barbie bus



and my Weebles haunted house

eager tortoise

A la Carte Kitchen!!


It was my favourite toy ever and even had mini versions of real-life, brand name groceries. At least I think they were real life

Also Popples!

The soft toy you could tuck into itself
I got one for my 4th birthday and have never been able to part with it even though it's been...ahem, 24 years

ElleEm

eager tortoise wrote: »

Also Popples!

The soft toy you could tuck into itself
I got one for my 4th birthday and have never been able to part with it even though it's been...ahem, 24 years

I still have my Popple. It's purple, I love it

I think EVERY home had one of these.



Remember these? Keypers.. I loved all things snaily! I collected them (real ones!).



And the Cabbage Patch Kids. And they had birth certs and all

eager tortoise

Keypers!! I'd forgotten those, what a blast from the past! I had that exact set in the picture
Good times

ElleEm

Oh, and Glow Worms

MeerKat17

Polly Pockets!

xzanti

Awe Keypers and you got the little 'Finder' aswel and he glowed in the dark.. Class!!

ratmouse

Had completely forgotten about the Keepers!

rainbowtrout

Jeez there's a blast from the past. Have seen one of those snails in years.

Had sticklebricks and one of those fisher price phones in one of the posts above. My brother had loads of lego so I used to play with that too.

Remember getting a bag of those small plastic moulded soldiers one year from Santa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_men I wasn't much into Barbie or Sindy or any of that craic.


Also I got loads of My Little Pony stuff one Christmas. Just found a webpage with all the accessories on it and got a few flashbacks. Roller skates for horses :eek:





http://franshouseofdollsandtoys.com/My%20Little%20Pony/Acces-04%20-%20Stable%20-%20cropped.JPG

Also had a few Sylvanian families.

rainbowtrout

My brother was far worse for these guys, my mother uses to find them hanging out of the tassels on lampshades or the cords for the blinds or staring at her from behind an ornament :pac:

bobbytables

Most memorable Christmas present I received as a child, without a doubt. I didn't have the disk drive, software was on cassettes. In the above pic, I had that joystick and the game looks like either IK+ or Way of the Exploding Fist if memory serves.

The after school routine became

1. Insert cassette
2. Shift+Run/Stop
3. Run to shop for sweets or messages for home
4. Be back a few mins later, just in time for game fully loaded
5. Happy bobbytables

When I was 9, I first taught myself to develop some primitive programs in BASIC on this machine. I remember really enjoying it and thinking, Wow! I want to develop software when I grow up.

So now I do.

ratmouse

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Also I got loads of My Little Pony stuff one Christmas. Just found a webpage with all the accessories on it and got a few flashbacks. Roller skates for horses :eek:


Also had a few Sylvanian families.

Yeah, the My Little Ponies were great. I remember having a My Little Pony Sea Horse Pony!



Had the Sylvanians too! Loved them! I had the brown bear family and a good bit of the furniture and house. I see they're back in the shops again.

ratmouse

Also just remembered fashion Wheel!

Aglomerado

ratmouse wrote: »

Also just remembered fashion Wheel!

Ah! A great toy, got loads of fun from such a simple idea!

splendid101

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056260728


Anyone remember the guys I've photographed and posted in this thread?

Degsy

tinyjiney

Degsy wrote: »

Is that the HSE or Vhi version..............:D

SuiteCheex

bobbytables wrote: »

Most memorable Christmas present I received as a child, without a doubt. I didn't have the disk drive, software was on cassettes. In the above pic, I had that joystick and the game looks like either IK+ or Way of the Exploding Fist if memory serves.


The after school routine became

1. Insert cassette
2. Shift+Run/Stop
3. Run to shop for sweets or messages for home
4. Be back a few mins later, just in time for game fully loaded
5. Happy bobbytables

When I was 9, I first taught myself to develop some primitive programs in BASIC on this machine. I remember really enjoying it and thinking, Wow! I want to develop software when I grow up.

So now I do.

We had a Spectrum 48K, it was the most tempremental thing to load!! You used to have to tip toe out of the room to let it load the game. If you slammed the door, you'd have to start all over again!!!

Anyone remember Centurions? POWER EXTREME!!!

Is got this guy (Ace McCloud) for Christmas when I was around 7/8. Endless hours of fun, although I still haven't gotten over the loss of the red rockets which went missing on Stephen's Day.

TheNeXus

ratmouse wrote: »

Also just remembered fashion Wheel!

i had that too but my fav toy i had was my dennis the menace doll i had it for years until it mysteriously disappeared

tro81

check out this forum it will bring you down memory lane. plus check out the toy fair thead too

tro81

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

Irish Guitarist

I had loads of Transformers. Astrotrain was one of my favourites. He was a Triple Changer. He transformed into a space shuttle, a train and a robot. I also had a Six Changer (that's a Six Changer, not a sex changer) that I bought when I went to visit my sister in England. Obviously he transformed into six different things. If I remember correctly they all looked crap though.

I never got Optimus Prime Or Megatron. I did have Galvatron though (he was the new version of Megatron from the Transformers Movie).

I also loved Masters Of The Universe and had loads of the toys. I gave them to my nephew (or rather my sister did, I was going to wait until he got older) when I grew out of them and he destroyed them all. They might actually have been worth some money now if the arms and legs hadn't been ripped off of them. :mad:

Degsy

Ann22

Funtime Sindy

Lovely Lively Sindy

Active Sindy(blonde)

Active Sindy (brunette)

These were the Sindy doll's I got from Santy...I just loved Sindy. I remember the outfits I had for all of these...a bed and wardrobe. I think she was a beautiful doll.

Anyone remember Girl's World? I really wanted one of these but I never got one...I think when Xmas came around there was always something more important on my list.

Poutbutton

Just posted this in another toy thread, I loved Sindy too & have a few collectible pieces now. I loved Betsy Clarke dolls too anyone remember her?

Iron Hide

Daniel S

My new toy:

Skerries

remind me not to let you buy toys for the kids

Beeker

Christmas in the 70's. My three favourite toys:)

Rubik.

milli milli

I was reminiscing about the toys I had as a kid and I've included the ones I got lots of enjoyment from.

A plastic picnic basket with lots of plates, cups, cutlery and a little flask. I used it for years and even brought the flask to school. I think it was Fisher Price but I cant find a picture of it.

A Homepride Fred scales:

This thing was so clever. His face was a bowl, his hat was a sieve and his arms were a scale.

I had lots of dolls, Tiny Tears and Sindy and Barbie. Also had a Daisy doll:

I had the one on the right with the dog. Of course I cut her hair so she always had short hair! And I had Holly Hobbie, which was a treasured doll:



I also had a Holly Hobbie bag with a small doll in the front pocket. I used that bag for years also!

God there is loads more!

A My Little Pony soft toy:

and grooming parlour:


I must have lost half the accessories because I don't remember half of them.

Of course I was also a complete toyboy and played with my brother's Star Wars and He-man figures!!

Zapho

milli milli wrote: »

Of course I was also a complete toyboy and played with my brother's Star Wars and He-man figures!!

I had feck loads of star wars and he-man figures as well, like:

Dull and Boring

starflake wrote: »

Was just talking to my sister about toys we owned in the late eighties/early nineties! Does anyone else remember these dolls?

Tonka Cupcake dolls!

I think I had one of those when I was younger. They used to smell very sweet didn't they?

Also had pollypockets. I always lost the doll though

And a baby Get Well doll...



I never got the Mister Frosty that I wanted though:(