Toyland, toyland,
little girl and boy land,
when you dwell within it,
you are ever happy there.

Childhood toyland,
mystical merry toyland,
once you pass it's borders,
you can never return again.

We all passed it's borders a long, long time ago, but I'm going to return you back to toyland.
Do you remember the toys you grew up with?  Toys you received for Christmas?  Or your birthday?  Or maybe for no special reason?  Come on, let's take a visit in the MLC Toyland:

Lincoln Logs - I remember getting this for Christmas

Tinkertoy - I got the Lincoln Logs, my brother got Tinkertoy

Mattel "Crackfire" Winchester rifle - Santa brought me this one

Hot Wheels - Remember the familiar orange track with the purple connectors?

Spirograph - I used to spend hours with this thing

Electric Football - This was about as high-tech as it got

View-Master - The scenery pictures were okay, but the cartoons were the best

Lite-Brite - I never had one, but did play with the neighbor's one once

Coon Cap - My 2 older brothers made my mom look all over town for this.  Right, big bro?

Mr. Potato Head - You know this one is vintage - he still has his pipe

    
Do you remember the other Vegetable Heads?  They kind of creep me out now

Gumby & Pokey - Played with them until the copper wire poked through

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots - Our day version of robotics

Easy-Bake Oven- I didn't forget about the girls

Trolls - Another one for the girls

Pick Up Sticks - Seeing these containers brings back memories

Whee-Lo - Hours and hours of mindless fun

Wizzzer - Man, I loved this toy

Barrel of Monkeys - Remember playing this game?  Loved the storage container too

Time Bomb - This was another fun game.  I imagine this game would be banned today

Monster Magnet - Remember this toy?

Rat Fink - For all you hot rodder's

Panasonic 8-Track Player - Not really a toy, but had to throw this one in

Okay, those pictures should've shaken up your toy memories.  What toys do you recall from your small kid days.  Not necessarily a toy that you owned, but maybe a neighbor's toy that you always played with.  Or a favorite toy at your pre-school/sitter's house.  Or that cool toy at your cousin's house.  Why is it that the cousins always had better toys than us?  I remember my small-kid-time friend (and his brother) both having their own Panasonic 8-Track player.  I thought it was so cool.  Share with us what are some of the toys you remember growing up with.  We can add them to the MLC Toyland memories.

Special mahalo to Shoyu Burner for the topic idea.