My Favorite Childhood Toy

I had a lot of favorite toys as a child, but the one that sticks out the most in my memory is a baby doll. But it wasn’t an ordinary baby doll. It grew, crawled, learned to walk, learned to talk, ate and slept. I thought it was amazing, and it was on the top of my Christmas list. When I opened it on Christmas morning, it was the first thing I played with. It never left my side; I even brought it out with me. I remember going through the cycle a few times, but soon I grew tired of it and moved on to new toys. I don’t really remember what became of it. It’s most likely packed away in storage somewhere. I bet I lost many of the pieces it came with long ago. I remember it had pretend food and it would respond to each one. For instance, if I fed it peas it would say “oh, peas yum” if it was at the talking stage. I remember that it was made of hard plastic, and its joints had rungs that pulled out to symbolize the child growing. It was pretty heavy, and not very pleasant to hold or cuddle, but it was about the actual raising that was the fun part. It wasn’t a normal doll, it was like a simulation.

Comments

[Preston Viveiros]

That's a pretty impressive doll, I never knew such a thing existed O_O. In any case, that does sound like something that would hold one's interest for awhile. You're right when you point out the fact that because of all the growing that this doll did and the talking and walking, it wasn't a "doll" in the literal sense but more of a simulation of what it would be like to have a baby (many little girls' dream apparently); I can see why it was your favorite toy. I like the message inspired by your love for the doll even though it was heavy, uncomfortable to cuddle with, you still enjoying it more than any of your other toys because of the simulation it provided you with. You were using your mind to find fun instead of taking the doll at face value and measuring its worth that way.

[alexandria cruz]

When I was a kid I LOVED dolls. I vaguely remember something like this but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it. IF I had when I was a kid, I probably would have wanted it bad. Another love of mine is simulation type games (i.e. The Sims). The Sims was another obsession of mine that I can’t believe I didn’t write about. That was when I was a little older though, middle school. Even now, from time to time if it were a night where I have nothing else to do I’d still play it. I remember last Christmas I think my parents bought me the latest one (lol). It might be dork-ish, but it made me smile. This doll sounds pretty amazing. I remember being a kid and carrying dolls everywhere thinking they were your child (I still see that now). I guess girls for some reason have a lot of joy that comes from dolls, maybe because we want to be like our mothers. I feel like now with the better technology they could make a very realistic doll. However, they seem to be using the newer technology to create video games and such that will encourage kids to just sit around all day and watch tv. I think it’s a sad reality. Growing up I NEVER watched TV because I had my toys to play with. Now though, you never see advertisements for those types of toys that used to be around. I remember even the commercials were about dolls, Barbies, Polly Pockets, etc. Now they are about the Harry Potter games or Mario. I think that there should be more toys like there were back then. Great post, it made me want to be a kid again!