Old toys

Photographer Mark Nixon has compiled portraits of aging stuffed animals that were once the constant companions of their little friends.

I went thrifting today, and had some great luck. I got several old wooden alphabet blocks, a big bag of vintage white buttons, a glass jar filled with wooden spools, and a small beat up looking hardware shelf with plastic drawers (rusty blue metal!). Here's the best thing, though...I saw this wooden stacking toy from the 40's the last time I was at a local antique mall. I drooled over it then, but it was too expensive. It was still there today, but on sale! It's mine now. I just love it so…

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You can get a working Game Boy for about $30.

Collection Antique Tin Toys NFS

No thrill can compare to the joy of opening the packaging of a new G.I. Joe action figure. Ah, sweet sweet childhood. Add your favorite toys from your childhood to your Facebook Timeline!

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The National Toy Hall of Fame awarded "oldest toy" to the stick. Edward Bleiberg, a curator of Egyptian art at the Brooklyn Museum, says that Neolithic balls made from mud are probably out there, but in any case it would be difficult to determine if they were playthings.