Childhood Memories

So, this post on the redesign of Rainbow Brite has got me thinking. I never knew Rainbow Brite when I was little, so I don’t have particularly strong feelings on the issue of her “cool” new redesign. However, at the bottom of the page is a doll that I LOVED and had completely forgotten about.

They smelled like cupcakes and everything! I really loved mine.

And this just reminded me of another old favourite of mine that has been horrifically redesigned since the early 90s…

Polly Pocket! From the days when she actually fitted in your pocket. (I suppose she would be considered a choking hazard now). Anyway, even though this picture doesn’t have Polly in it, I chose it because I owned the exact same one!

Then there were…

Puppy in my Pocket! I probably had 100 of these. I remember they first came free in Cornflakes packages… but my favourites were the Animal Hospital ones, where they were “injured” if you ran them under hot water (the paw would get red), and then if you ran them under cold water, they’d be healed!

But of course, my favourite was…

My Little Pony! This was my first one. She talked!

My favourite, Fizzy! I never owned her… but I LOVED her in the cartoon.

And the pony that is currently sitting on my bookshelf beside me! Because I never really grew out of these toys…

I wonder how many of these were big in the US. But in England in the early-to-mid-90s, they were absolutely the toys to have.