What children’s toys do you like an adult?

My middle aged daughter still has her Sacha dolls from the 1970's. In recent years she has bought more on Ebay. I have always thought these dolls are beautiful. It's 50 years this Christmas since my daughter received her dolls house which was made by her daddy. For my son he made a fort. Britain's Roman soldiers'
lived in the fort. We used to buy the soldiers from a fascinating toy shop in Chester. I loved taking my son there. The Sasha dolls came from the same lovely shop. Happy days.

I have a loft full of GS’s (now 16) toys. I particularly liked PlayMobil. So well made and lots of fun we had with the little figures and all their bits and pieces. I bought a small set for my neighbour’s child last year and he was thrilled to bits with it. I also have a large set of Brio wooden trains. Many happy hours spent with those, by GS, and subsequently by visiting small children - kept them occupied for ages just putting the track together in different formations.

Anything Fisher Price and we have loads of very battered stuff.

We also just bought Spirograph for the 'Art Drawer' - that was huge fun and slightly addictive!

We kept our childrens' wooden Brio train set which was quite extensive, having added to it when they were young, intersections, stations, bridges etc. Many hours scrabbling around on the floor laying out different configurations. Grandchildren enjoyed playing with it. Also kept dinosaurs of varying sizes, my granddaughter loved them often asked to "get all the dragons out". We also had a Sylvanian House and various animal families but that went a while ago to a charity shop along with Duplo Farm, Playmobil Pirate Ship. The things I've kept tend to be for sentimental purposes..

Some toys that are old that we still love:
* Chinese chequers - should really call this Sternhalma I suppose.
* Pull-along Tri-ang milk float with plastic milkbottles which is out every time the children come over.
* Fruit-ominoes
* Jigsaws - various
* Battery operated trains (and track)
* Pegboards and pegs
* Loads of board games - especially like the co-operative ones at the moment.
* Push-along (balding) horse that used to be mine

And things that are new (to us):
* Bilofix - bought an old set and truly love this.
* Flower lights (and other crafts) - these are made over many visits then (mercifully) go home
* Acrylic pens - for crafty activities

I haven't bought new things for us to play with here except the old Bilofix set but I do also have some old things we don't get out.

I think I have mis-answered the question in the OP.

The NEW toys I love are not here in my house:
*Brio Bumblebee - www.brio.co.uk/en-GB/products/brio-toddler/learning-educational-toys/code-and-go-bumblebee-63015400
*Acrylic pens for crafts
*Monster Jam biggest size of Remote Control Monster Truck, Megalodon.

I'm sure there are other "new" things I love!

I would love to have another go on my old Spirograph. I don't know where it got to. You can probably still get them.

I still have my spirograph from when I was a girl.
Only one grandchild has ever been at all interested in it once they could "do" it! The little ones (age say 3/4) like it but need a lot of help.
Apparently there are easier ones now for tiny people.
The grandson who likes it is interested in the "gearing" and treats it as a maths toy. He is not really interested in the patterns - just the relationships between the wheels.

A wooden box of wooden bricks plain and coloured is working its way down the generations and has led to lots of imaginative games.

JackyB

I would love to have another go on my old Spirograph. I don't know where it got to. You can probably still get them.

We got one in a tin from waterstones approximately £8.

Waterstones have fabulous bits and bobs (as well as books obvs)

Loads of them.
I only ever threw out the kids toys that were broken.
Having lots of fun now, playing with them with Grandchildren. And I have picked up a few cheap ones from charity shops to plug some gaps - for some reason I dont have a whole heap of young boys toys. Perhaps they broke them?!

Duplo

Every week my dgs and I make something different. Yesterday we made Santa's grotto with a sleigh and toy store.

Sadly we have no grandchildren and I had kept all my children's toys in case.
Now I have condensed the large quantity and just kept the favourites. I gave to my neighbour's 4 children lots of things recently which they were pleased with.
I am very fond of the Fischer Pice school house and we still have the spirograph, guess who and connect 4. And a lot of lego still which my AC will have to sort one day. At least it all takes up not a lot of space anymore. It would all pack into a large suitcase.

I have my own toy cupboard and wish my GC was still little to enjoy it. I had an unhappy childhood and maybe it’s a compensation. All sorts of things, the more unusual the better.
I love snow globes, toy theatres and pop up books.
I’m in heaven in Pollock’s toy shop in Covent Garden💕

I agree about Pollock’s.

I have no daughters, so I bought myself a dolls’s house. My boys had rag boy and girl dolls when they were small, but I don’t think they would have appreciated a Sasha doll - I would, though.

We have a very young child in the family, not GC and whenever they visit they love playing with the toys we had for the GC and take some home. They also get books.
My favourites from childhood are mainly books and board games, I treated myself a couple of years ago to a very old edition of "Little Grey Rabbits Christmas at the Rose and Crown". and the Night before Christmas, they are staying with me and the wooden dolls house with furniture.

We still have a small wooden pull along horse on wheels belonging to DH that his father made by German prisoners in the POW camp in his village. He says he also had a beautiful Noah's Ark, but his mother passed that on to a friend's child.

I love Marble Run! Unfortunately I have nobody to play with at the moment. My two older grandchildren are 12 and 13, so all the bits are boxed up under the bed in the spare room. My youngest grandson is only 11 months, so I guess I'll just have to be patient

I have an old Jenga set which we bring out very now and again, kids love to see it collapse.

Spirograph, which we still use, but my favourite was Britain’s miniature garden sets. Planted out endless gardens with my sister. All you needed was a simple pointed tool to plant the flowers. Grape hyacinths were my favourites.

I'm with you on the Sylvanians! Yo-Yo's! Pippa dolls. Sindy Ballerina. Space Hoppers! All kinds of lovely goodies!

I’m looking forward to my granddaughter being old enough for a dolls’ house! I have such fond memories of mine, and of spending pocket money on little packs of furniture from Woolworths.

My daughter-in-law, aged 41, has bought herself a vintage dolls' house and made endless bits and pieces for it (pic attached). I made a tiny piece of knitting for it by using cocktail sticks as knitting needles and sewing thread as wool. My favourite toy is Woody from Toy Story, who sits on a shelf in my art room. I wish I'd kept my Spirograph, but you can still buy it.

How lovely. I am envious!