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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 735291" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I liked dolls mostly. Baby dolls that looked like babies and did not talk or do anything. But I loved to play House with them. My mom wouldn't let me own a Barbie because she thought they were ugly. She didn't care what I wanted. Frankly I wasn't that into teen dolls anyway. I liked baby dolls. I had a Chatty Cathy and had to beg for that since Mother thought they were "dumb." Most of my dolls were generic. My grandma bought me most of my dolls. We would go shopping and she let me pick them out. We called those times Shopping Sprees. Great fun! I had so many baby dolls!</p><p></p><p>I put my babies to sleep each night and covered them with blankets. I did this until age 12. If a friend came over, I hid them. I thought I was too old to like dolls.</p><p></p><p>But I didn't have many friends and I was more of an introvert so I didn't have to do that often.</p><p></p><p>I remember jump ropes, marbles and Chinese jump ropes for school recess. I wasn't into board games but remember Candy Land which is still around. Pink, a lot of what you mentioned are still around. I didn't use them, but Legos and Lincoln Logs are still in stores. My boys had them. My grandson used to like Legos. My granddaughter has both Legos, Play Dough sets plus an Easy Bake.</p><p></p><p>We had a swing set.</p><p></p><p>Trolls have made a comeback. I loved my trolls. I had two. We used to bring them to school and play with them at recess. I'm surprised I was allowed to own one.</p><p></p><p>I had a Schwinn bike. I didn't use it all that much. Schwinn was cool when I was a child.</p><p></p><p>I played with my brother a lot. He had a hockey game with little men that we had to turn to hit the puck and we made teams and standings and named the men on our teams. I loved sports but girls didn't play much back then and I wasn't talented athletically. But I spent tons of time with my brother watching baseball and doing a form of Fantasy Baseball before it was even invented. We always say we invented Fantasy Sports.</p><p></p><p>Pink, I never heard of most of your toys but I am older and you are in Canada. Maybe that's why.</p><p></p><p>Interesting thread. I very much enjoyed being a child and had a wild imagination. I was in no hurry to grow up so grown up toys didn't appeal to me. But my granddaughter loves housework toys. She has brooms, vacuum cleaner toys etc. and follows my daughter around with them.</p><p> It's so cute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 735291, member: 1550"] I liked dolls mostly. Baby dolls that looked like babies and did not talk or do anything. But I loved to play House with them. My mom wouldn't let me own a Barbie because she thought they were ugly. She didn't care what I wanted. Frankly I wasn't that into teen dolls anyway. I liked baby dolls. I had a Chatty Cathy and had to beg for that since Mother thought they were "dumb." Most of my dolls were generic. My grandma bought me most of my dolls. We would go shopping and she let me pick them out. We called those times Shopping Sprees. Great fun! I had so many baby dolls! I put my babies to sleep each night and covered them with blankets. I did this until age 12. If a friend came over, I hid them. I thought I was too old to like dolls. But I didn't have many friends and I was more of an introvert so I didn't have to do that often. I remember jump ropes, marbles and Chinese jump ropes for school recess. I wasn't into board games but remember Candy Land which is still around. Pink, a lot of what you mentioned are still around. I didn't use them, but Legos and Lincoln Logs are still in stores. My boys had them. My grandson used to like Legos. My granddaughter has both Legos, Play Dough sets plus an Easy Bake. We had a swing set. Trolls have made a comeback. I loved my trolls. I had two. We used to bring them to school and play with them at recess. I'm surprised I was allowed to own one. I had a Schwinn bike. I didn't use it all that much. Schwinn was cool when I was a child. I played with my brother a lot. He had a hockey game with little men that we had to turn to hit the puck and we made teams and standings and named the men on our teams. I loved sports but girls didn't play much back then and I wasn't talented athletically. But I spent tons of time with my brother watching baseball and doing a form of Fantasy Baseball before it was even invented. We always say we invented Fantasy Sports. Pink, I never heard of most of your toys but I am older and you are in Canada. Maybe that's why. Interesting thread. I very much enjoyed being a child and had a wild imagination. I was in no hurry to grow up so grown up toys didn't appeal to me. But my granddaughter loves housework toys. She has brooms, vacuum cleaner toys etc. and follows my daughter around with them. It's so cute. [/QUOTE]
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