Tag Archives: Childhood toys

My Little Pony: A Retrospective

When I was a little girl in the 90’s, I was surprisingly disinterested in Barbie. Sure, I had a few and I would take them along when I went to sleepovers, but they just didn’t kindle my imagination. No, I didn’t care much for toys in the likeness of people, but give me a My [...]

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Guys and Dolls: A Male’s Retrospective on Barbie

If you haven’t been paying attention, I’m a boy. Shocking, yes? I was born a boy, grew up a boy, and am currently still a boy. This is relevant because today I’m going to talk about Barbies. What could a boy possibly say about Barbies? Plenty, because while I grew up as a boy, all [...]

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Sweet Memories of Childhood Cars: A Matchbox Retrospective

I wrote an article last week about Hot Wheels cars, but upon posting it something started gnawing at me. While talking about Hot Wheels, I had completely neglected to mention Matchbox, the opposing brand. What makes this worse is that as a kid, I couldn’t distinguish between the two as both brands made little toy [...]

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