Your Favorite Toy Growing Up

[ericadawn16]

LiveJournal had a Writer's Block a while back that was "Your Favorite Toy When Growing Up".

I had a number of toys I loved as a child so it took some time to figure out which would be my favorite.

Starlite

There he is at the back...I always had him at the back because he was tall and I didn't want him blocking the others. He and Twink were the only ones I got that weren't secondhand from a thrift store. I don't know why Twink's not in the picture, maybe I hadn't gotten him yet.



Rainbow Brite ended in 1987, that picture was 1988. As such, I could make up how special Starlite could be. He didn't just gallop across rainbows. His magical star could do anything from healing a My Little Pony on the verge of death, to transporting Barbie and Rio to a tropical beach, helping He-Man visit the Moon Dreamers or sending a stranded dinosaur back to their own time.

It almost feels like the norm for horses to have rainbow manes, but he was the original.

Comments

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh... I had that Starlite. That...exact... toy. I used to braid his main and use color-coordinated hair-ties to keep the braids from unraveling. If I remember correctly, he had a British accent in the cartoon, which probably made my six year old brain make the British = trustworthy and AWESOME connection quite young.

I still have him, by the way. He's in a box at my parents' house. This makes me want to go get him.

[cassiopaya.livejournal.com]

Dude, the '80s was an awesome time to be a child. I see you pound puppy! Those wee awesome as well.

[miss-bekahrose.livejournal.com]

A few years back, I went on this massive shopping spree in an attempt to regain all the toys from my childhood that had been lost over the years. I got a Starlite, several large Sprites, Shy Violet, Lala Orange, Patti O'Green and a second Rainbow Bright doll, along with Murky and Lurky and my parents hunted down an original Strawberry Shortcake - Strawberry scented kisses doll for me. I also got the Rainbow Brite dog and cat as well.

80s was definitely the best time for kids cartoons and toys. :)

[aye-seaturtle.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely photo of you, Erica! :)

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Well, you GOTTA braid that mane, it just demands it!

If I remember correctly, he had a British accent in the cartoon, which probably made my six year old brain make the British = trustworthy and AWESOME connection quite young.

Between him, Owl and ObiWan and then later, Giles, it's a wonder I haven't made this connection before! You're totally right!

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I now have an urge to round up all my Rainbow Brite collection for a photo. Again except for Starlite and Twink, they're all secondhand from thrift stores but I was able to get quite a bit of it over the years.

Kids nowadays don't know what they're missing. Even kids born in the early 90s...it's not the same. They didn't have the full experience of before cable destroyed Saturday morning and weekday afternoon tv.

Oh, those hard decisions facing a ten year old...to watch Disney Afternoon or Animaniacs? Animaniacs always won for me unless it was a repeat...and before the internet took over all those point redemptions, we had actual order forms that had to be fill out by hand!, attached with points we cut out and mailed away! Or sometimes, the grocery store itself would have promotions like folders or hats for buying a certain number of certain cereals.