{"id":5005,"date":"2010-09-13T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2010-09-15T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T21:34:48","slug":"my-childhood-toys-of-the-1970s-and-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=5005","title":{"rendered":"My Childhood Toys of the 1970s and 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently something made me think of My Little Pony (btw, special post in the making on this topic); probably a longing for simpler times.\u00a0 In the early &#8217;80s, my sister and I were both given MLPs by our parents as Christmas? gifts.\u00a0 She had Firefly (pegasus) while I chose Glory (unicorn).\u00a0 They were some of the best Hasbro toys we ever received.\u00a0 I also had a fascination with Strawberry Shortcake and Blueberry Muffin but never owned either of those dolls.\u00a0 Later we moved onto Cabbage Patch Kids.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;m five years older than my sister, she graduated to the Jem &amp; The HoloGrams, Popples, and Troll Dolls phase while I became more interested with clothing and makeup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights of Toys etc. I Cherished:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fashion Plates<\/li>\n<li>Fisher Price Doctor&#8217;s Kit<\/li>\n<li>Kenner Darci Doll (blonde version) *<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jemdolls.com\/jemauntdarci.html\">Jem dolls share the same mould as Aunt Darci.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barbie (blonde version)<\/li>\n<li>Barbie Colorforms<\/li>\n<li>Raggedy Ann<\/li>\n<li>My Little Pony (Glory, unicorn)<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage Patch Kids (Catherine Delta, blonde pigtails version);\u00a0 \u2665 Toys R Us!<\/li>\n<li>Anything from Sanrio, especially stickers<\/li>\n<li>Science Discovery Set (microscope set)<\/li>\n<li>Hasbro Fresh N&#8217; Fancy<\/li>\n<li>Kenner Spirograph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Photocredit: Various Sources<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5005 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>*One of the most comprehensive doll blogs I&#8217;ve found online: <a href=\"http:\/\/dolllinks.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/doll-id-and-reference-links-1980snow.html\">Doll Links Blogspot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently something made me think of My Little Pony (btw, special post in the making on this topic); probably a longing for simpler times.\u00a0 In the early &#8217;80s, my sister and I were both given MLPs by our parents as Christmas? gifts.\u00a0 She had Firefly (pegasus) while I chose Glory (unicorn).\u00a0 They were some of &hellip; 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