What Was Your Favorite Childhood Toy?

So, I am very fortunate to have met some wonderful people through Steemit and Discord. I am especially fond of the Steemitmamas. Don't get me wrong, I love my other Discord groups too, but there's something about those friends who are in the same boat that just allows you to let your hair down and be yourself even at your worst. And we all understand when people have to hop off in a hurry or aren't around for a few days. We all are Mama's first, Steemians second.

Anyway, the @Steemitmamas are hosting a Write Along Challenge and although I missed a couple, well, better late than never, right? So today's prompt was:

"What Is Your Favorite Childhood Toy?"

This was tough to pin down because I had two younger brothers so I spent a lot of time playing with them. My Barbies would be ringside as their He-Men and G.I. Joe's battled it out in the little WWF wrestling ring. (Yeah, we were major Hulkamaniacs back then!) So my Barbies were something I did play with often, but I was also a music lover from a very early age. My favorite doll was actually a Jem doll that I got for Christmas because it came with a cassette tape!

I remember loving the TV show because:

1. The music!
2. The outrageous hair & makeup!
   
3. And Jem's secret identity! What kid doesn't dream of being some type of spy or having a secret identity! Hello Hannah Montana! Jem did it first! With a touch of an earring, she went from Jerica to Jem!
   

And this small obsession may have led to my love of makeup and big hair. My poor younger cousin was often my guinea pig as I would try out the latest and most "rad" hairstyles on her along with some crazy makeup.

Anyway, my girls still have the Jem & Rio dolls and they get regular rotation with the other old Barbies and even their newer dolls. Nearly 30 years later and Jem's earrings were still lighting up- up until last year. I even found the cassette in an old box but was sad to realize I didn't have a player to play it in.

Anyway, there you have it, My favorite Childhood Toy!

So, now I'm curious about what your favorite toy was! Share below, or feel free to enter the Freewrite Challenge! The more, the merrier!

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