The BEST toy you ever received or gave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My favorite gifts of all time were a typewriter (an item which of course no longer exists) and a Barbie make-up head (you got to put makeup on a Barbie bust). They both sound pretty drippy now.

Microscope lady here:

The Barbie Make-Up Head was the best gift I never got, but my neighbor (who had everything, including a pin-ball machine, did). If I had to choose between the microscope and the Barbie Make-Up Head, it'd have come down to a coin-toss. Fortunately/unfortunately for me, my parents were never going to get me a Barbie anything! :steamed:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Microscope lady here:

The Barbie Make-Up Head was the best gift I never got, but my neighbor (who had everything, including a pin-ball machine, did). If I had to choose between the microscope and the Barbie Make-Up Head, it'd have come down to a coin-toss. Fortunately/unfortunately for me, my parents were never going to get me a Barbie anything! :steamed:

That's so funny. I was never the cool kid with cool toys. I never realized my Barbie Head may have been coveted by some of those cool girls in 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

My 2 best gifts ever received:

1. Sweet Cookie doll (Hasbro, mid 1970's). She had a little battery-powered hand mixer and could sit with a mixing bowl between her legs, and her arm would go around with the mixer in the bowl. My best friend and I would set up a card table outside and sell pudding all summer. All the neighborhood kids would line up to watch Sweet Cookie make the pudding and then buy a dixie cup of it! She was SO AWESOME!!

2. Jordache jeans (1980's). Opened all the gifts Christmas morning and did not get them, then Grandmom showed up with one last
gift - I immediately called the same best friend from #1 above to tell her I actually got a pair of Jordache jeans!!

My Huffy 10-speed bike was my other totally fantastic gift. But nothing could top Sweet Cookie . . . .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Microscope lady here:

The Barbie Make-Up Head was the best gift I never got, but my neighbor (who had everything, including a pin-ball machine, did). If I had to choose between the microscope and the Barbie Make-Up Head, it'd have come down to a coin-toss. Fortunately/unfortunately for me, my parents were never going to get me a Barbie anything! :steamed:

That's so funny. I was never the cool kid with cool toys. I never realized my Barbie Head may have been coveted by some of those cool girls in 2nd grade.

Microscope lady again:

I gotta ask: could you actually style her hair? I mean, did it really work? [I guess I just never got over the fact that I. Did. Not. Get. One. And, look, Ma and Pa, I still cannot style my hair for crap! This is why I spend $$$ at the salon!!!! Argh!]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
1. Sweet Cookie doll (Hasbro, mid 1970's). She had a little battery-powered hand mixer and could sit with a mixing bowl between her legs, and her arm would go around with the mixer in the bowl. My best friend and I would set up a card table outside and sell pudding all summer. All the neighborhood kids would line up to watch Sweet Cookie make the pudding and then buy a dixie cup of it! She was SO AWESOME!!

This is hy-sterical!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Microscope lady here:

The Barbie Make-Up Head was the best gift I never got, but my neighbor (who had everything, including a pin-ball machine, did). If I had to choose between the microscope and the Barbie Make-Up Head, it'd have come down to a coin-toss. Fortunately/unfortunately for me, my parents were never going to get me a Barbie anything! :steamed:

That's so funny. I was never the cool kid with cool toys. I never realized my Barbie Head may have been coveted by some of those cool girls in 2nd grade.

Microscope lady again:

I gotta ask: could you actually style her hair? I mean, did it really work? [I guess I just never got over the fact that I. Did. Not. Get. One. And, look, Ma and Pa, I still cannot style my hair for crap! This is why I spend $$$ at the salon!!!! Argh!]

Barbie head again. Dear Microscope lady, it's time for you to move on. Let it go.

Actually, I think you could style her hair. For me, I just liked smearing on that blue eye shadow and changing her lipstick colors over and over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
1. Sweet Cookie doll (Hasbro, mid 1970's). She had a little battery-powered hand mixer and could sit with a mixing bowl between her legs, and her arm would go around with the mixer in the bowl. My best friend and I would set up a card table outside and sell pudding all summer. All the neighborhood kids would line up to watch Sweet Cookie make the pudding and then buy a dixie cup of it! She was SO AWESOME!!

This is hy-sterical!

Agree. Hilarious. I have to google Sweet Cookie! There's probably a Facebook fan page for her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Microscope lady here:

The Barbie Make-Up Head was the best gift I never got, but my neighbor (who had everything, including a pin-ball machine, did). If I had to choose between the microscope and the Barbie Make-Up Head, it'd have come down to a coin-toss. Fortunately/unfortunately for me, my parents were never going to get me a Barbie anything! :steamed:

That's so funny. I was never the cool kid with cool toys. I never realized my Barbie Head may have been coveted by some of those cool girls in 2nd grade.

Microscope lady again:

I gotta ask: could you actually style her hair? I mean, did it really work? [I guess I just never got over the fact that I. Did. Not. Get. One. And, look, Ma and Pa, I still cannot style my hair for crap! This is why I spend $$$ at the salon!!!! Argh!]

Barbie head again. Dear Microscope lady, it's time for you to move on. Let it go.

Actually, I think you could style her hair. For me, I just liked smearing on that blue eye shadow and changing her lipstick colors over and over.

Dear Babrie Make-Up Head Lady,

I will let it go. But only because now there's Sweet Cookie to obsess over.

Warmest regards,
Microscope Lady

[Anonymous]

Speaking of toys of Christmases long past:
One of my friends had the Snoopy Sno-Cone maker, and oh, how I coveted that thing. My mom tried very earnestly to convince me that it was actually quite difficult the shave the ice properly (friend's dad always turned the crank, friend's mom made the syrup, and we just did the pouring and eating) and that I would be very disappointed.

I also was not allowed to have an easy-bake oven, because one of my mom's bridge friends had a fire in her basement when her daughter left hers on. Mom said I was welcome to use the regular oven, as long as I cleaned up after myself blah blah. Where's the fun in that??

As for what I DID get: a microscope. An Apple IIE. A 10-speed bike. Endless legos. Nothing cartoon-branded or plasticky or specifically girly or frivolously fun. And yes, other microscope lady, I think that I might have better hair-skills now if I'd had at least one style-me type doll! (I really enjoyed getting new art supplies. My happy Christmas morning memories all involve nice new colored pencils and whatnot.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I bought those cardboard large blocks for my kids 5 years ago. The ones that come 12 to a pack, and you have to put them together. I got two packs. They still play with them all the time.

Ooo, I think my son would love something like this. Where did you get them? I'll try Amazon, but figured I'd ask which ones in particular these were.

I am not sure where. They were from one of those earthy toy catalogs, and they are all brick red, no multiple colors, which to me is important. I made sure I got two sets, b/c they can't build forts with just 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaking of toys of Christmases long past:
One of my friends had the Snoopy Sno-Cone maker, and oh, how I coveted that thing. My mom tried very earnestly to convince me that it was actually quite difficult the shave the ice properly (friend's dad always turned the crank, friend's mom made the syrup, and we just did the pouring and eating) and that I would be very disappointed.

I also was not allowed to have an easy-bake oven, because one of my mom's bridge friends had a fire in her basement when her daughter left hers on. Mom said I was welcome to use the regular oven, as long as I cleaned up after myself blah blah. Where's the fun in that??

As for what I DID get: a microscope. An Apple IIE. A 10-speed bike. Endless legos. Nothing cartoon-branded or plasticky or specifically girly or frivolously fun. And yes, other microscope lady, I think that I might have better hair-skills now if I'd had at least one style-me type doll! (I really enjoyed getting new art supplies. My happy Christmas morning memories all involve nice new colored pencils and whatnot.)

Microscope Lady #1 here:
Holy snikkies. Are you me, living my childhood in a parallel universe, travelling here from the fourth dimension? This IS my life. Except, for the Apple IIE. We had a PC Junior. Maybe the fourth dimension offered personal computer upgrades.

And now I sign off, never to post to this thread again, for I have become a thread hog...

[Anonymous]

Barbie Make-up Head Lady again. I realized something else I loved: colorforms. They seem so rudimentary now. But I was so thrilled when I got them.

The best gift I ever got, however, hands down was from my son when he was 3. He got me a Cinderella Barbie doll which he chose himself from the toy store. A few nights before Christmas, he told me "Mommy, I got you a Cinderella Barbie!"...I told him it was a Christmas present so it needed to be a secret. So then he whispered to me, "mommy, i got you a cinderella barbie". So sweet.

[Anonymous]

Scooter for 4 year old who is afraid to ride a bike.

[Anonymous]

pogo stick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barbie Make-up Head Lady again. I realized something else I loved: colorforms. They seem so rudimentary now. But I was so thrilled when I got them.

God, I loved Colorforms.

(This may or may not be Microscope Lady.)