Who knew that there was a toy hall of fame?

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I didn't. But there is and one of this year's inductees is the Easy Bake Oven. I loved my EBO when I was growing up. In fact, I was just thinking about it the other day. I may have to see if it's still tucked away somewhere at my parents' house. And if so, dig it out.

It's not mentioned in the story, but I also loved my Lite Brite.

What were some of your favorite toys when you were growing up?

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[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I was a total tomboy, and I have to admit that some of my favorite toys were my fake machine gun (it would make a noise when fired) and the cap guns we used to have back in the olden days. They looked just like real guns, which would be scary nowadays, but we lived in a world of imagination where real people didn't get hurt.

But...I think one of my most beloved toys, for a while anyway, was Dancerina. She was a doll who came wearing a pink tutu and wearing ballerina slippers. You could pose her up on one leg, and then press the crown on her head, and she would spin around--just like a real ballerina not!. Hee.

My friends and I played elaborate pretend games where we'd act out long stories or scenarios, each of us playing various parts--kind of like improv, except it wasn't humorous at all. We were deadly serious. *g* We didn't need any toys for that.

Oh, and RadioFlyer sleds were the best.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Oh, and EasyBake Ovens... I had a Suzie Homemaker over which was *much* better. It was like an real oven with a door that opened and everything. The pans and cake mixes and stuff were also larger. It was probably too dangerous, but we loved it.

And that reminds me of Creepy Crawlers. *g*

I never had a Lite Brite. I'm not sure those were around when I would have been of an age to have one. My kids had them, though. And lyraeinne had an Easy Bake Oven, too.

I also don't think the Fisher Price Little People were around when I was young, but my younger sister had the first version of those. She had the airplane. She also had an InchWorm ride-on toy that she really loved.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

It was probably too dangerous, but we loved it.

Heh. At another forum I frequent we were talking about this and all of the toys that were popular when we were kids that wouldn't/couldn't be on the market now.

In the last generation or so, childhood in America has become much less of "survival of the fittest" proposition than it used to be. ;)