Toys etc

Ok I have to post my kids' toys. I don't think we have heaps but it may just be that they're spread out.


This is our bookshelf in the lounge - the two bottom shelves in the middle (including 3 black boxes) and the bottom shelf (above the brown cupboard).


This is our 'computer nook' - just a couple of things...


This is in our 'playroom' - the kids' books


This is the other corner in our playroom...


This is the boys' room


The other end of the boys' room.

Cas

yes cas you have heaps just spread out. ours are spread out now to the clean room never lasted.

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I’ve not seen a Thumbelina doll which one is it?

this is her, but she is a little one, do you know that she is worth about $150/200 as she still works and does have her original clothes. You pulled a string in her back and she wiggles. Who else has kept their stuff for their kids? My dolls are worth quiet abit now. The ones on the shelves Cathy are all from overseas and are very hard to find here.

And here is Amarli's toys in one corner of her room, notice how her sister donated all her care bears to her.



And well what can i say about the wardrobe notice how i didnt take a pic of the top shelf but in my defence it, some of the clothes have to come out for my DD's baby due in Sept. And some toys are packed away till Amarli is older. And i didnt even take pics of the loungeroom

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this is her, but she is a little one, do you know that she is worth about $150/200

she is beautiful I want her

Yep I imagine you could get even more for her than that too. If I didn’t have a DH I would offer you more than you could refuse

My sister paid $75 for one little Strawberry short cake I’ll post some of her DD’s room so you can the see Strawberry shortcake collection.

can I just say I love toys and lovvvveeeee....... this thread

These are the ones that were around when we were kids except the ones on the self above her Daughters bed, she has all the horses too and she still has many of these in boxes (doubles to what is in the bedroom) in the shed

They live in the dolls house

on the second shelf of bookshelf

Under the top of the dolls house

On the pelmet

One on the floor and on the bed

One on her bed

And on a shelf

My niece also has one of those “My Child dolls” that they make to look like the child it’s pretty good also

Mundi's room use to look like that i think we have some of those Strawberry Shortcake dolls here too. I've packed heaps away and will have to cull them soon. Mundi also had everything that you could buy for baby born . And those dolls with the big eyes on your nieces shelf we have about six of those i'm just about to put them on ebay and sell them. I have a My Child from one of the big girls put away and remember those bloody cabbage patch dolls, got an original of those too. Dolls are my down fall but i like the old ones.

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can I just say I love toys and lovvvveeeee....... this thread

me too i'll post you a pic of the dolls that i made.
And i have all my brothers matchbox cars too

Robyn wait dont put them on ebay till you email me some pics and I pass onto my sister
I wish I could cut lose and buy up but my DH would never allow it.

I love The little mermaid and would love to collect them, oh how much I love the little mermaid sigh

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me too i'll post you a pic of the dolls that i made.
And i have all my brothers matchbox cars too

PS I wish we could come play
This is a tad embarrassing but my other sister and I, played with our daughters Polly pockets lol we stayed up for hours Christmas night dressing them. yep we felt silly and it wasn't quite the same as it might have been when we were kids but it was fun


Robyn I dont have toys from when I was little except one sad stuffed bunny.
when i was about 10 my step father through them all away. I still remember seeing all our toys in the hallway I managed to save a lamp of my little sister but that was about it I think. it was horrible and I still miss my "what's it's face doll" not the kids you get today or 10yers ago when my Daughter was little. it was a material doll and had faces made from material that you could flip over. I've never seen one and really the only reason for this post is the desperate thought that you "doll keeper lady" might have one??????????? oh please have one I'll happy pay for it

Anyone know the doll?

I haven't heard of that one Cathy. Sounds intriguing. Is it any of these by chance:

http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue31/iss31p5.html I'm not sure if there's a reference to it in there at all?

I have my doll that I was given when I was about 3. It used to laugh when you threw it in the air. I really loved it but for some reason my brother saw fit to pull it apart and see how it worked One day I'd like to take her to dolly hospital and get her head sewn back on and give her some new hair

I can't believe your sis' collection Cathy - she should go on the Collectors

Cas

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I wish we could come play

Me too
And the polly pockets you and your sis played with are the new ones the ones i have are they tiny little ones that you couldnt dress. the ones today are nothing like them.

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when i was about 10 my step father through them all away.

This is why you have so many now, your making up for that. Me i have no excuse.

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"what's it's face doll"

Was this a handmade doll, like the ones that are little red ridinghood and then you flip her over and she's the big bad wolf?
The one that im looking for is GIGGLES remember her head wobbled and her eyes went from side to side and she giggled like she was on crack
I have this one that when you rotate her arm her face changes expressions, oh im going to have to get them all out of storage now. Did you notice that my thumbelina was sitting in an original Tearie Dearie cradle, i lost the doll
Cas you shouldnt have posted that link, i'll be up all night looking at dolls
Just looked on Cas's link have a look at the one called Saucy thats the one that i have that changes faces, she's a crack up but i never knew what she was called. thanx Cas.

None of those Cas thanks for looking for her
She was all material and her skirt lifted up to cover her face, on the back of each skirt was a new face.
Hope that explains it better.

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I can't believe your sis' collection Cathy - she should go on the Collectors

Cas what is the collectors? is it a forum your part of

Tell you how my sister’s addiction started. She loved Strawberry short cake and wanted them for her daughter. She didn’t like the new ones in the shop, so went onto eBay. End story. No. she would buy all the cheap ones that no-one else bid on so she would pick up a few dolls with missing bits then find the same doll again with other bits, slowly she built up her collection. Also buying the really grubby ones and cleaning then restitching their hair…
A few she had to pay big money for as they are so rare I think the boy, the witchy thing and the Pie man. Then there are all the horses too.

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And the polly pockets you and your sis played with are the new ones the ones i have are they tiny little ones that you couldnt dress. the ones today are nothing like them.

My Daughter has some of those tiny ones, she was 2 so 12 years ago they weren’t in the shops long so we didn’t’ get many, they must have been on the way out.

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Was this a handmade doll, like the ones that are little red ridinghood and then you flip her over and she's the big bad wolf?

No not like those always wanted one like that too. You know I’m going to have a sook I never owned a Barbie doll, I don’t particularly like them now but I so desperately wanted one when I was little, my cousin had a huge collection that I would play with, but….

Robyn I think you get the award for crazy doll collector.

OK Robyn you have to post all that you have. All the dolls Polly pockets everything. Do you have My little pony’s ? we have a few not many. Do you have smurf’s ????
What else do you have? I have to know lol I’m hanging out

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Cas what is the collectors? is it a forum your part of

The BEST show on the tele, that's what!! Gotta love all those loons so passionate about whatever peculiar or conventioanl objects they collect - I love 'em all!

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Robyn I think you get the award for crazy doll collector.

Definitely - do you know what those plastic material ones are - the oldies - maybe 1940s?? I really like them.

Oh and my FIL is obsessed with doing Meccano at the moment - he has all these kits from whenever - inlcuding a grandfather clock type mantle clock that he and my DH made many years ago. He has just finished making a ferris wheel with Kit - it is pretty good.

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He has just finished making a ferris wheel with Kit - it is pretty good.

My sisters DH mad the ferris wheel not so long ago, it looked great
I'll have to watch the show thanks

Oh I just remember that my dad has all his Dinky cars from when he was a kid - some still in their boxes....It would be great if he dug them out of the garage and put them on display

Cas

Cas you'll have to get onto him so we can see

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I'm not just posting in the hope to keep this toy thread alive honest
but forgot to say Robyn look at all her clothes

She's got more clothes than me!

Cas

She's got more clothes than me too
Ok im guilty, she is the Imelda Marcos of clothes
Alot of these have been saved from her sisters as they had sooo many they only got to wear things once or twice so i packed them away for my grandkids but Amarli came first

Hi All,

Most of you probably already know about this site but I was wanting to buy a toy for Blake to help him with his feeding and asked our speechie where to buy it from. The website address is www.therapytoyshop.com - it is an Australian distributor. Some things are pricey but it may give you ideas of things to look out for at the toy shops that you can use as a substitute.

Kylie

Thanx for that site Kylie, i didnt know about it.
What kind of toy are you getting to help with the feeding?

OMG poor Tori-Shaye is getting ripped off in the toy dept. Her toys consist of 1 big toy box and thats it!! Maybe I need to get used to having a girl I've not had to get all those prams and dolls etc before and its been a while since we've had lotsa toys (her big bro's have gotten rid of all theirs now).

It sure would be cool to come and play at your houses!! She would love that.


In all honesty, we don't have a lot of room here. She doesn't have her own room she shares with Mum and Dad.

Thanks for the link Kylie. I've only ever looked there for books - didn't think of looking for toys... great idea!

Cas

Paige has heaps of toys, more than poor Summer! I havent even gotten Summer any of her own toys yet, but have for her birthday and christmas. I personally love blocks as it helps Paige put them into appropriate holes etc. and she loves her babies and pram! She loves pretend playing! I wanted to get her Dusty The Talking Vacuum but decided against it!

She loves it when our EI lady comes over and brings her toys! She cant contain herself and loves to take everything out of her trolley!