Anonymous wrote:I read the question as What's an inexpensive toy that I can buy for my daughter to give her as a reward? I think that the issue is that she's not looking for Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars but rather something else that's small, cheap, plentiful, and easy to find but that are more girly in nature than cars.
OP--I have a boy and a girl and I don't know the answer. My son loves his hot wheels and matchbox cars. I've never found an equivalent but different item for my daughter. As an example, on a rainy day in OBX we ended up in walmart to pick up some groceries. My son was bored and I remembered that we hadn't packed any toys for him. So I picked up a 5 pack of cars for $5. I ended up buying my daughter some nail polish. One it was more expensive than the cars, two--it's messier than the cars but I couldn't find anything else that she wanted that had the quantity and cheapness of the cars. I wasn't going to buy 5 My Little Ponies.
Why can't you buy a few mini My Little Ponies? Works for us. The Littlest Pet Shop idea is good, too.