Most of the toys that I played with as kid were action figures.  I loved the Power Rangers, the Ghost Busters, and of course GI Joe.  But I also really enjoyed playing with Brio trains.  When I was a kid, the first computer games were coming out and those were fun, too! My parents bought me an Etch-a-sketch but I think they played with it more than I did!  I got tired of that one pretty quickly!

And of course, I loved musical toys, the toy pianos were great! Not as great, however, as the toy pianos of today’s toy companies, like the one from Smart Builders!  That is one cool little piano for a kid to play with!

Over the years, I think that most toys have gotten more expensive, but poorer quality.  The amount of lead in the paint on so many toys from China is scary!  I do like the electronic games and toys, though, especially the magnetic ones like the toys from MagNext.  I think building things with their magnetic catches would be a lot more fun than the old fashioned tinker toys!  And their magnetic Mantis race cars look totally awesome to play with!  In fact, I’m thinking I should pick up a few of them to keep here at our place to entertain kids when they come over for a visit!