Your first toy

[Keith]

My first toy was a diecast BMW given by my grandfather when I was just a newborn. I've loved cars ever since.

 

[tlc]

Some of my very early toys were a homemade car shifter, and also a board with pegs and about 20 real steel gears that meshed if I assembled them right, and 2 of them had a crank. Both made by my grandpa. Later on he built me a steel drawbridge with crossing gates and when you turned the crank the gates went down and the bridge went up. I also used to play with the bathroom plunger and imagine it was a shifter.

Before that, I didn't really have toys as much I used to tear things apart like old washing machines, TVs, radios, typewriters. I clearly remember tearing apart my grandma's old washing machine in the basement when I was 2 or 3.

 

[Ste11aeres]

I had a toy rabbit. It may have been my first toy, or one of the first.

 

[Sparticus]

1st toy@! Are you kidding me...how can anyone remember that....hmmm either Steel Soldiers or matchbox cars. Of course, candy fit in there somewhere ;D

 

[Vanilla]

Well, I can't remember my first toy, and I had a fair few, but I do remember I was pretty keen on a toy train set I had.

My mother is old fashioned, and believes that girls should play with girl-toys, which is why I think it actually concerned her that I played with it too much. She bought me Barbie dolls, Barbie assessories, pink convertible car, Barbie's friends, and a custom made doll house.

Unfortunately for her, I never found Barbie particularly interesting.

 

[doordoctor]

my first toy was a stuffed skunk (Pepe La' Pu?) I don't remember much about it, but my first toy I really liked and played with alot was a toy tow truck and a rubber skeleton.

Vanilla, about barbie, only real barbie toy i played with the longest was the full jointed barbie, (arms, legs hinged like a human's body parts, was "bicycling barbie" that even came with a bicycle, another was the barbie motorhome/RV camper, which I later stuffed all my barbies into (used it as a barbie storage container on wheels)

 

[Flinty]

I don't know what my first toy was because I don't remember that far back, but it was probably something popular during Beatlemania because, you know, my parents couldn't be bothered to buy anything new for me.

 

[umbrellabeach]

I don't remember what my first toy was, but I had a lot of dolls and stuffed animals, and I also played with Duplo and my brothers' Matchbox cars.

 

[Kittily]

The toy I know is definitely my first toy, is a stuffed little puppy toy I got the day I was born from my grandma. I still have "Little Pup" somewhere lol! I also have a stuffed bear I got for my first Christmas just a month later, who I still have next to my bed.

 

[sometimesunaware]

I can't recall my first toy, but I do remember my favorite toy as a young child. A McDonald's Bambi toy. Oh I loved that one. I was devastated when mom gathered up all of my McD's toys and tossed them when I was a bit older. Even Bambi!!! She apparently had no idea that they could be very valuable down the road, nor that I actually loved Bambi. When I think about it still today I am upset.

 

[tlc]

Oh I know, my mom tossed out so many of my things too. Like I had the entire collection of Sweet Pickles books from the late 70s to early 80s. I have found a few here and there and my daughter and I have read them, but I would have loved to pass down my whole series. I do have a handful of other things, like my Rubiks Magic puzzles from the mid 80s.

 

[gonzerd]

Here's my little teddybear. It's been with me ever since my first day in this mess. It got stuck in the attic for a few years, then I found it again and carried it around everywhere. Just under my shirt at first, but it would fall out and get lost, with much drama as a result. But I'd always find it again. It was sort of a security blanket for me I suppose. It has been through many things, if that wasn't clear by it's ragged state. One ear got chewed of by a dog and I think one of the feet fell of too at some point, but I glued it back on.

 

[Mira]

I can't remember which toy was my first but my entire childhood was spent with a massive number of stuffed animals on my bed. I had tons and they all had names and stories. I was also surrounded by books as far back as I can remember. I had so many I had my own bookcase. I still have one stuffed frog that I keep in my closet but the rest were donated to charity. I like the thought of other children being happy with those toys.

 

[Ste11aeres]

Well, I can't remember my first toy, and I had a fair few, but I do remember I was pretty keen on a toy train set I had.

My mother is old fashioned, and believes that girls should play with girl-toys, which is why I think it actually concerned her that I played with it too much. She bought me Barbie dolls, Barbie assessories, pink convertible car, Barbie's friends, and a custom made doll house.

Unfortunately for her, I never found Barbie particularly interesting.

I actually hated Barbie. I regarded her as the epitome of all that was wrong with current culture.
I had strong opinions as a kid.

I've noticed that in the case of baby dolls, in preschools (where the same toys are accessible to all) the kids playing with baby dolls were usually boys.

 

[Vanilla]

I actually hated Barbie. I regarded her as the epitome of all that was wrong with current culture.
I had strong opinions as a kid.

I've noticed that in the case of baby dolls, in preschools (where the same toys are accessible to all) the kids playing with baby dolls were usually boys.

Yeah, I never understood the Barbie craze, or why my mum thought it was important that I did.

 

[Judge]

I don't honestly recall my first toy. However the earliest one I remember the most was a little stuffed rabbit. I remember carrying it around even when it became a rag with only one ear. My mother was kind enough not to relieve me of it though until I was ready to let go.

 

[wyverary]

I actually hated Barbie. I regarded her as the epitome of all that was wrong with current culture.
I had strong opinions as a kid.

I've noticed that in the case of baby dolls, in preschools (where the same toys are accessible to all) the kids playing with baby dolls were usually boys.

Yeah, I never understood the Barbie craze, or why my mum thought it was important that I did.

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As for my first toy, I honestly can't remember. I do, however, have a stuffed bear that was given to me when I was a year old, which I still sleep with nightly.

 

[Vanilla]

I actually hated Barbie. I regarded her as the epitome of all that was wrong with current culture.
I had strong opinions as a kid.

Someone who is really in to Barbie.

 

[ExplosiveTMT]

I think I remember my mum once telling me that I got a teddy given to me after I was born. His name was Mr. Grizzly.
He was bloomin' HUGE!
I think if I stood him up, he would be the same height as my knee, and I'm almost 6 foot tall!
When I was younger, I was sharing my bed with this teddy bear who took up half the mattress.

 

[Nitro]

I had a teddy bear with a music box inside it

Imagine if they made stuffed toys today with a metal music box inside you could access thru a zippered opening
my second toy was a 1959 Impala convertible that was a stamped steel car with sharp attachment points and trim
I asked my mother one if I ever got hurt on it...she said "only once"