Writer's Block: Toy story
Jan. 4th, 2010 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I think I actually still have all of the most significant childhood toys. The ones I don't were things like electronics that either died or were given away to younger relatives (I being the third-oldest of many, many second cousins, and the two older ones were "poor"). I still have two of my little Casio keyboards, (which weren't actually supposed to be toys) and both still work. After some battery corrosion one of them has some trouble with a few keys (you have to press very hard) and the other is missing a few keys, but if you press the little buttons under them you can still get the notes. They're how I learned to play piano by ear (right side only... so I guess it's not that much talent, but still.)
For me my dolls were of vast importance, and still living in pride of place on my bed are Babydoll (a Raggedy-Ann doll my late paternal grandmother mended many times over, and which my mother sewed new yarn on for hair) and my Kupkake, a Cabbage Patch knockoff from Walgreens (she has three sisters who look similar, as well, and obviously all of them are still in my room). I can't sleep without K right up against my cheek (poor thing looks awful). There are pictures of her in her better days on my facebook, actually. I have all of my Barbies, too. I miss the old 80s/90s Barbie face; she had the sweetest, happiest Barbie face ever. The one after her was alright, and the one now looks like a sleepy drug addict or something. Too much makeup. This year's Christmas ornament was alright though, probably because the face was smaller and if they'd used as much makeup as the full-sized doll you'd lose her eyes completely.
My kids will have a ton of stuff to play with someday. :D
-ivybbarbieflower @ 8:56 AM
I think I actually still have all of the most significant childhood toys. The ones I don't were things like electronics that either died or were given away to younger relatives (I being the third-oldest of many, many second cousins, and the two older ones were "poor"). I still have two of my little Casio keyboards, (which weren't actually supposed to be toys) and both still work. After some battery corrosion one of them has some trouble with a few keys (you have to press very hard) and the other is missing a few keys, but if you press the little buttons under them you can still get the notes. They're how I learned to play piano by ear (right side only... so I guess it's not that much talent, but still.)
For me my dolls were of vast importance, and still living in pride of place on my bed are Babydoll (a Raggedy-Ann doll my late paternal grandmother mended many times over, and which my mother sewed new yarn on for hair) and my Kupkake, a Cabbage Patch knockoff from Walgreens (she has three sisters who look similar, as well, and obviously all of them are still in my room). I can't sleep without K right up against my cheek (poor thing looks awful). There are pictures of her in her better days on my facebook, actually. I have all of my Barbies, too. I miss the old 80s/90s Barbie face; she had the sweetest, happiest Barbie face ever. The one after her was alright, and the one now looks like a sleepy drug addict or something. Too much makeup. This year's Christmas ornament was alright though, probably because the face was smaller and if they'd used as much makeup as the full-sized doll you'd lose her eyes completely.
My kids will have a ton of stuff to play with someday. :D
-ivybbarbieflower @ 8:56 AM
