Q. did you happen to have as a kid the Barbie outfit design kit? Itâs like this plastic thing where the lid flips up and you can put different types of fabric on front of a doll and when you close the lid it looks like you designed a new outfit? Itâs tough to explain, but one of the volleyball parents let Adison play with the one that was their daughters 15 years ago and she absolutely loves it. I want to try and find one, but Toys R Us doesnât carry it anymore, and I canât find it on ebay or craigslist because I donât know what itâs called.
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http://ebay.com/vintage-barbie-toy-hunt/3856866.html
http://ebay.com/vintage-barbie-toy-hunt/3856866.html
What toys are vintage?
Q. I want to grab toys for my kids that will be a great buy for the future. Should I just look for unique toys or what? My friend had the McDonalds magic maker for French fries. Now the Nugget maker is $80.
Answer
What you buy your kids now depends very much on the age, interests and personalities of your kids.
If/when they're old enough to appreciate toys as collectables rather than as toys, then you can begin to start a joint hobby for you and them of collecting vintage/antique toys as a more or less separate thing from the toys they actually play with.
The most valuable antique toys are not normally "unique", indeed their value often depends on them being known as a commercially made item, but are very, very, rare to have survived in reasonably good condition, even rarer still in their original box.
Perhaps the best way to kindle an interest your kids in the right directions for this purpose is to gently steer their interest towards the general types of modern toys which have been made a very long time, and have a 'back catalogue' of similar, very collectable, antique counterparts, such as toy cars, trains and soldiers for boys, and dolls, and doll houses for girls, and board games for both. If they grow to like the modern products, they are more likely to appreciate vintage examples of the same thing.
What you buy your kids now depends very much on the age, interests and personalities of your kids.
If/when they're old enough to appreciate toys as collectables rather than as toys, then you can begin to start a joint hobby for you and them of collecting vintage/antique toys as a more or less separate thing from the toys they actually play with.
The most valuable antique toys are not normally "unique", indeed their value often depends on them being known as a commercially made item, but are very, very, rare to have survived in reasonably good condition, even rarer still in their original box.
Perhaps the best way to kindle an interest your kids in the right directions for this purpose is to gently steer their interest towards the general types of modern toys which have been made a very long time, and have a 'back catalogue' of similar, very collectable, antique counterparts, such as toy cars, trains and soldiers for boys, and dolls, and doll houses for girls, and board games for both. If they grow to like the modern products, they are more likely to appreciate vintage examples of the same thing.
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