Fisher Price record player

We have a little brown and white dog with a clacker which DGD loves pulling round (donation from friend whose children had grown out of it). He is minus a tail but she loves him.

We used to have a Big Yellow Tea Pot as well.

And now, of course, I just want to go on eBay and buy all these vintage toys for my GC, haha!

I want another camper!!

You're not having mine!

They are for sale on ebay but we have a houseful of toys - again!

roseq I was going to ask if anyone remembered the 'big yellow tea pot' I saw it advertised last week, I didn't know they still made them.
DD had the TV too and pull along phone but DGC have now outgrown them.

You stay off ebay rose - I want them!!

I have the teapot-found it sitting on the ground next to village recycling bins. I took it home and cleaned it up and bought the little people/furniture on eBay. Dgc loved it!

Dd2 had the little FP radio which played 'Raindrops keep falling on my head' over and over and over...and over.............!

I looked on ebay last night at the camper vans - got very nostalgic. Now about five years too late .

Still have the FP garage after 34 years, so sturdy with a hardboard base although unfortunately some of the plastic is brittle now and snaps off. We also have a small plastic FP work bench which is the same age. It has screws, a hammer, screwdriver, spanner and folding tape measure. All of my five grandsons have played with it endlessly and one still carries it down the garden to DH's workshop to 'help' Grandad. Wouldn't part with it for the world!

I like the buttercream ending Indinana

In ours it was always...

Row row row your boat gently down the stream
if you see a crocodile don't for get to scream

(EEEEEAAAHHHHH)

Row row row your boat gently down the river
if you see a polar bear don't for get to shiver

(Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

My GS loves playing with the playhouse and camper van that was my children's, must be at least 30 years old now. I keep meaning to replace the sponge bits on the beds as they've rotted away! But apart from that they are both still solid and play worthy.

Oh yes, we know the crocodile verse, forgot about the polar bear! Thank you gillybob

Just been on the Argos website and they have a range called FP Classics! The clock is there, the Ferris wheel, the tugboat and the Chatterphone!!

I've still got the FP record player and, as far as I know it still works, but was surprised to see a new one on John Lewis the other day. Also got the play village; the grandsons played endlessly with that. I stupidly bought an old dolls pram from a fair the other night only to realise when I got it home that it was very corroded; no idea what I'm going to do with it. Realised that I keep buying old toys etc because my mum threw everything of mine away.

We had the FP garage with the wind up lift, and I still have some vintage playmobil which the GC love now they are that little bit older, I have the camper, the police car and lots of people. I also have a lundby dolls house from the 70s with lights and a pink bathroom suite. I have also aquired a couple of Sasha dolls ( remember them?) from the 70s/80s which the GDs aren't allowed to play with as they sell for a fortune on eBay. I think mad doll ladies buy them. ( I am becoming one of those! )

I still have all my daughters Fisher Price toys, now my grandaughters play with them all, still have the camper van, the little dog that you pull along, the pull-along train, the clock, the little magnetic desk and it even still has all the letters! And a little carry along radio that played

"When ever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect, and whistle a happy tune, so no-one will suspect, I'm afraid!"

The little ones have more fun with the old toys than their newer ones! x Love the memories they bring back! x

Fisher price play street, cottage and camper van played with by eldest daughter 38, her sister 34 then played with by their baby brother 21, now waiting to be played with again by 1st grandchild 20 years later. All still good apart from one poor soul who got left in the garden and decapitated by the lawn mower! But beaten by my dolls house that was 2nd hand when my sister had it first 62 years ago. Must be 70 years old, made by its 1st owners grandad from the wood of old tea chests! How many times its been redecorated I don't know but it will be again soon for its next little owner.

My radio got broke a few months ago; had worked up till them . Still can't throw it away.

My daughter always wanted the FP record player but I wouldn't get it on the basis that everyone else had one and she could play with those whenever we visited. A few years ago I realised what a cruel mother I had been and bought one for her birthday - she was 32 I think. Of course it was much more expensive on eBay than it would have been originally.

So the lesson learnt was 'always give your children whatever they want, it's cheaper in the long run'. My DGD reaps the benefit now.

If you see a giraffe
Don't forget to laugh
Hahahahaha

My boys had the chatterphone, campervan, record player and garage. However, though Fisher Price were incredibly durable they were also expensive so these were passed down by a neighbour with an older child.

In turn I passed them on too. Did they ever wear out I wonder?

Our FP record player is 34 years old, still works perfectly and is much loved by our 4 grand children .

It's treated like all the other toys but is incredibly robust and looking back was well worth the money although I thought it was expensive at the time.

The kids are fascinated by the concept of a 'record' player and we've had a lot of fun googling it with them.

My daughter's record player was given to her by her granny 42 years ago.
I kept all our good toys but used to do respite care for children with learning difficulties and one little boy broke them all.