Friday fun: Childhood toys

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

There are many influences in our childhood that contribute to who we become as we get older.  I think the toys we favour or become attached to when we are little affect us throughout our lives.

I still have my very first cuddly toy, who looks down on me in my study and judges my coding to this day.  I have an obvious trait I associate back to it, in that I've always thought penguins were pretty damn cool.

He's 46, faded, down one eye, and has a lot of tea stains because he used to live on my desk in my old house which was regularly trashed by the cat.  Sadly, I can't find the photo of him and I together in the early 70's

 

So, what was your favourite or first memorable toy when you were little?  Do you think it has left a permanent impression on you?

Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_

There is a toy, that I never owned, but very much wanted after my dad bought it for my older cousin.  We had gone to Disney, and there was a robot there, which would pick things up and dance and all sorts of things, and my dad said that he worked on them, wiring them up, running them through diagnostics and such.  I thought it was *the coolest thing*  That Christmas my Dad bought this for my cousin. 

I wanted one soooooo bad after seeing that toy.  I never did get one, but I think seeing how much I wanted to play with it too, and how excited I was by it, made my Dad change his mind a bit on what sort of toys a girl might want to play with.  A few years later I got one of these. 


I do still have it, though it has been a long time since I have last seen if it still works.