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Building Blocks

Wooden blocks were my favorite toy to play with for the longest time. Starting with the build-it-up-knock-'em-down game as a toddler and eventually moving on to elaborate cityscapes. I could sit for hours building the tallest towers and coolest castl...

Fun with Paper Dolls

Paper dolls take me way back to when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I remember how excited I was to receive a book with these beautiful paper dolls. The dolls themselves where actually made of a light cardboard that you could make stand up with these...

Plastic Army Men

When I was a little girl I shared ownership with my brother of brown and green plastic army men. But not only did we have the army men with their guns and the various poses, we had the full artillery of tanks, machine guns, and army trucks. Though h...

Meccano - One of My Favourite Toys

I was a relatively sweet looking little girl, according to my relatives and even the old photographs seem to confirm this. The truth was, though, I was a real tomboy inside. I didn't like dolls and never had any idea of what to do with the stupid thi...

Toys of our Baby Boomer Childhood

People who grew up in the fifties and sixties have become the biggest collectors of toys from that era. Toys of our baby boomer childhood represent a much simpler time and bring back pleasant memories of childhood. These were the days before computer...