I never got much into erector sets… was so so into Lincoln logs...and was, as an older child, into Lite Brite… but my favorite toy of all time has to be
Richard The Lion.
It was a simple pattern, my mom made for me and stuffed with stuffing… lord knows how many times the dang thing was stuffed and re-stuffed but I had it from the time I was born until I was 9 years old or so.
No one, and I mean no one, could separate me from my lion.
If I went somewhere you could be sure he was there following me.
I remember his final dramatic demise too… which still brings a tear to my eye.
So.. what was your favorite toy as a child?