What toy(s) every child should have?

[MNDude]

Everyone has a memory of their favorite toys they grew up with. Which toy or toys do you think every child should grow up without? GI Joes for boys? A doll for girls? what do you think?

[fruser1]

Junkyard-refrigerator playhouse.

[bk1000]

Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)

And G.I Joes. Lots of them.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

A crystal radio. Get a 100 ft coil of copper wire for the antenna.
An Erector Set. Or the modern equivalent, enroll the kid in a local “Maker” place and build real mechatronic stuff.
For teen boys, they need to protect the most important weapon of all. Trojans will do.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Don’t forget Pick Up Stix. We had a lot of family fun with those.

[gigster]

A Tonka dump truck. When I was about two years old, my favorite toy was a ride-on dump truck. I don't know if it was a Tonka or another brand but it could've been a Buddy L. I also had a very large Olive Drab Tonka U. S. Army dump truck that had a air cylinder to operate the dump box. I imagine it would be worth a couple of bucks now. Also, my father was an electrician in Detroit where we lived and he used to set up stores for a company named Wisconsin Toy and Novelty Company. Every Christmas season, they would open toy stores named Union Co-op Toy Sale in Detroit. Only union members could shop there and I helped my dad set up the stores with the register drops and alarm photo-cells. I literally had my pick of any of the returned toys that could not be salvaged. I had the complete set of G.I. Joe nationalities, including the German soldier, the Japanese soldier, the Australian soldier, the British soldier, and the French soldier, who wore a beret and sweater. They would be worth some pretty big bucks now if they were still around.

[CaptainPhilFan]

Books, a climbing tree, a dog, walkie talkies

[Pollster1]

I still have my father's single shot .22, and each of my kids learned to shoot with a bb gun and then that .22 before they moved on to other firearms.

That's not mine, but it's almost the same - a simple classic.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I hit an WHOLE roll of caps with a big sledge hammer when I was 8. On the garage concrete floor. I think that was the day my tinnitus started. Ears are still ringing.

[moovova]

Lincoln Logs and an Erector Set...and a Slinky.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Did you say log?

[gigster]

Also, Cox .049 Gas-powered cars and airplanes with the smelly fuel and glow-plugs. I had a dune buggy and a programmable Van.

[PAR35]

Sounds like good fun. I never used anything bigger than a regular 16 ounce hammer.

[Secret Agent Man]

Lego bricks.

[txnativegop]

I wished I still had the toys from my youth, but oh well . . .

[semaj]

Rocks, sticks, and dirt.

[twyn1]

Legos, Art Supplies (including sidewalk chalk), Puzzles, easy family games like Uno, Old Maid, Memory, Sorry, Connect 4 ...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I used a regular claw hammer then got the “AHA!” moment to go all the way. I still remember how loud that explosion was. I’m surprised the neighbors didn’t come running and the fire department didn’t show up.

[T-Bone Texan]

Hells yeah to the Legos and the Estes rockets.

They have Legos for girls now. 3 different shades of pink. Its crazy.

[JBW1949]

Every boy should have a Mattel Fanner 50 and holster....

[Deaf Smith]

Lawn Darts, Thing Maker,Wood Burning Set, Ronco Glass Bottle Cutting Tool, BB Guns, Time Bomb, Chemistry Set (for black powder), Hammer & Saw AND Stingraw Bike with Bannana Seat.