Childhood Toys - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Here's some toys I had as a kid!


I got these in chip packets, probably Smiths chips. They just seemed to appear around my house. Some were thin and softer plastic, some had lines etched into them, but the most valuable ones in my opinion as a kid were these ones. I guess because they were thick plastic and shiny.


These style of Tazo's were most common. I remember the Looney Tunes and The Simpsons ones the best!


I WISH I had this many! But I didn't because we weren't allowed McDonalds much. Good for my health, but it was sad to be a Neo-obsessed kid unable to collect the coolest Happy Meal toys ever. I still have a blue Lupe!


I had the pink one and another colour too. I never watched Power Rangers. I thought it was boring, but my best friend Cassie loved it so I liked it because she did. I also had this bigger one my mum got at K-Mart. The lady scanning it made a mistake lol and the price didn't register. I got it for free. I remember it was the red Ranger, with an awesome red motorbike. The motorbike had a little stand you could flick up so it could stay upright. You could pose the Ranger on the bike, in a riding positon. I felt like I won the lotto that day.


I adored this toy of Tramp from TOMY brand and am a little sad I gave him to an op shop.


I got these Wizard of Oz dolls from (I think) a real life show. I would've been about 4 years old. Maybe there was the Wizard of Oz on ice? I also had an awesome big plastic Rex from Toy Story that I got from Toy Story on ice, which I saw with my mum and sister. :')


Russ Berrie Zulu Lion. My nana gave me this during a sleepover. It was just me at my grandparents house alone when I was about 5-6. I slept in the spare room, on a small bed which folded out from a single loungeroom chair. I was almost as low as the floor, and this lion was a great comfort to me. I loved it when they gifted me soft toys. They always got me the best ones.


Russ Berrie Bullet Dog. I misread the label as "Bolter" so his name was Bolter. It made sense to me, since I used the word "bolt" to describe running fast, which dogs do.


Crazy Bones. I had a decent collection. I barely played with them as they were intended to play with. The collectible factor was what I really liked.


Knuckle Heads. I had the same one. I think I got it in a Melbourne show bag. In 2024 I was SO tempted to buy this on eBay.


Mighty Beanz (from Moose) and their "Bodz". I didn't get many bodz since... well, you didn't do anything with them, except place the bean inside and look at them. Mighty Beanz were sensory toys for me before I even knew what sensory toys were.


I had one or two Bionicles toy. It was sort of like lego in how you have to put it together. I remember displaying it on my bookshelf for years but never really playing it with. I don't even know why I got it. I didn't even know what they were. I think I just wanted to fit in. My one was red and that's about all I can recall.


I had this white haired guy and a dinosaur. I gave the white haired dude away sadly but I have the dino still! I decided the boards they came with were terrible so I op-shoped those too. These guys just looked super cool to me and I wanted so many more! I also wanted shirts with the World Industries designs.
Further reading: The Tech Deck Dude Archive


During my research into my childhood toys, I came across this photo and realised I had this as a kid! I don't remmeber the eyes looking so uncanny though. This guy is from Johnson and Friends, which for some reason, adult-me thought was apart of Bananas in Pyjamas.

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