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June 2, 2012
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I don’t like new toys much. Oh no. New toys are built to run out of steam. New toys are made of new materials in new colours for new babies.  I don’t mind the new babies, but I kind of like the old toys which were built to last. I like the cute graphics, sweet colours and  retro typography of the vintage kind.

Vintage toys are full of soul. They are wrapped up with the kind of nostalgia that speaks to me and reminds me of happy times as a wee girl.  New toys will probably do that for a whole generation of kids, I think, but I’m going to fly the flag for the retro stuff, because that’s my era, I suppose.

Sometimes, new meets old, as enduring companies like Fisher Price cross generations. Founded way back yonkers in 1930 and creator of toys played with through EIGHT decades of childhood, Fisher Price is still making cute toys today (and reissuing some of the classics our Mums or Grandmas might have bought back in the day!)

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(via Vintage wooden toy Giraffe Fisher Price Junior Circus by ismoyo)

Take a peek at our trip through vintage Fisher Price. Perhaps there is something you might like to gift to a kidlet you like? I’m thinking the Movie Camera and the Turntable are super awesome for kids who might be messing about on iPads or Wiis.  And for weenier kids, the Fisher Price Farm can NOT be beaten (did you have one!?!)

If it’s a baby you are buying for, then a vintage music box from FP would be perfectly at home in the nursery, and  a super cute way to be part of baby bedtimes.

I’m a huge fan of the A-Frame Doll House too, because I’ve always wanted to live in one of those A-Frame houses and that’s the closest I will ever get. Perhaps your favourite kidlet would be in to A-Frames, like me?!

Whichever it is, enjoy your Vintage Shopping Tour Fisher Price style, won’t you? AND do comment and tell me which is your favourite, or if you ever had any of these toys!

 

  • che

    What is this past tense you speak of :) still have my Fisher Price camper van – well ahh that is mum still has it. My mother is the antithesis of a hoarder so it says a lot that this is the one toy that is still in the house all these decades on (the nieces and nephews now pull it out).
    - oh but if I’d known there was an A-frame house, hmm does that mark me as a child of the 70s??
    Much joy, thanks for sharing Pip

    • http://www.justbaustralia.com.au/ Pip @ JustB

      I think you need the A-Frame. One of us should get it… and I choose YOU! x

  • Beachrife

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Toys just don’t seem to last in the same way now. I wish I had held onto some of these gems.

    • http://www.justbaustralia.com.au/ Pip @ JustB

      They ARE lovely, aren’t they? Such great colours and cute faces, too. x

  • http://opeshopehope.blogspot.com/ zigsma

    Oh, I feel this post was written just for me!

    I didn’t have Fisher Price toys when I was little (!) but I remember loving playing with friends’ toys. I have been scouring op shops, quite successfully, the last couple of years for my toddler. I’ve found the barn (missing those cute little chickens), the carousel with records, the camper (missing the boat) and we were given the bus by a very kind friend.

    Just have a look at this image:

    http://opeshopehope.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/arrrrrrrggghhhh.html

    Love this post, Pip!!

    • http://www.justbaustralia.com.au/ Pip @ JustB

      Oh I am so glad it struck a chord with you, lady! I did not think you were toddler shopping, rest assured! xx

  • http://opeshopehope.blogspot.com/ zigsma

    Ha, that sounds like I was looking for my toddler in op shops. I’m not that remiss a mother…

  • Libby

    I had the Fisher Price record player, I also remember a Fisher Price train that you inserted records into the back of and it would merrily toot along for hours playing this ol’ man and driving my parents insane! I always wanted the Little People tree house and secretly envied anyone who had it!! I still have my little people, <3 the little people.