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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[tourogal.livejournal.com]

i was more of an sports-oriented girl, so balls and sports stuff were big on my list. also fun were the lego freeform kits, matchbox cars, and my brother's GI joe guys.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

I never had an Easy Bake oven, I had the Holly Hobbie version.

I loved when I was *really* little my Fisher Price castle. I was disappointed the newer versions are more "boy" or "girl" oriented.

I loved my Barbie dolls and had a killer Star Wars collection, at least for the first two movies.

And man, would we play a lot with my dad's monopoly set.

And Merlin! That's dating me. I had that Merlin toy that was all the rage. You could play tic tac toe and name that tune and a few other games on it.

[cosmicbob.livejournal.com]

Major Matt Mason and the moon adventure stuff. Also I liked the plastic dinosaurs that came in little bricks and you put them in a heated chamber and they expanded into dinosaurs. I forget the name of that.

Cosmic Pre-Schooler likes Pokemon. He used to like Thomas the Tank Engine, but not so much any more.

[lovelypoet.livejournal.com]

Weebles, The Fischer-Price little people Sesame Street playset, both back when they were a choking hazzard. Stuffed animals were really my biggest thing, though.

[rainbow.livejournal.com]

cindy always wanted an easy bake oven but mama arlene could nto afford one. insted she got the little pans and regular cake mix put int he little pans. you could not watch it so much but it aws still neat.

lite brite and barbies and a bike with a banana seat and hands down and mousetrap and life and monopoly and latter scarbble, i member. and jacks and chinese jumprope and regular jumprope and the monkey bars at school.

[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.