Toys

[dancerjodi]

I bought my first vintage toy for our babe on Etsy this morning. I'm not sure why, but I was thinking of this plastic brick set that we used to play with over at Gram and Papa's house. It belonged (I think) to my Dad and his sisters.

Googling around helped me find that it was an American Plastic Brick set http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/apb/aboutapb.htm . I'm not sure how old or which company made it (out of the two that produced them), but I found a box of random bricks/parts on Etsy for $10. Whoot!

What kind of vintage toys did you play with that you'd want your kid to have? At some point I know I'll be picking up one of the vintage little people garages too http://www.etsy.com/listing/83798555/fisher-price-little-people-play-family?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=vintage+garage+toy&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet= (though, we used it with matchbox cars).

Though I did have my share of "girl's toys", the "boy's toys" were always the most fun for me! As far as "girl's" items, I'm looking forward to sharing the original Nancy Drew stories with her. :)

Comments

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

I spent a lot of time playing with the Fisher Price barnyard and house, and with my Matchbox cars. But my grandparents had Lincoln Logs, those wooden sticks and round blocks with holes in them to connect the sticks together, and Lite Brite, those were awesome. (and absolutely none of these are for really little ones, but eventually s/he can play with them ;)

[dawntreader]

have you ever checked out http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/ ?? they have plenty of vintage toys that are newly minted. :D

lordy, the memories!! they have actual tinkertoys and old style Parchesi boards. and Raggedy Ann dolls!! i love that site.

[alonewiththemoon]

Britains Ltd animals and knights--they made nicely detailed wild animals and farm animals in a huge variety of different species and breeds, and the knights were very cool as well. Originally they were all lead, as the company was a spin-off of the W. Britain lead soldier company, and we had a few lead animals that had been my mom's, but later they switched to plastic. I don't think the plastic line is made any more, but the German company Schleich seems to have filled that niche pretty well, though the animals and people are at a larger scale than the Britains were. If I were a kid that's how I'd be spending my weekly allowance, especially with all those fantasy creatures in the Bayala line :-)

[futurenurselady.livejournal.com]

Weebls!