Your 10 best toy purchases - and your 10 that were a waste of money

[danita]

We love:
Lego
The play kitchen and accessories ( not plastic accessories but mini real ones like frypan whisk etc)
Good quality cradle and high chair
Art and craft stuff
Cubby house
Trampoline
Gyro cars/ bikes
DDs dolls
iPad (for both speech therapy and games)
Dress ups
Cars


Waste
Barbies and accessories
Plastic car tracks that r in pieces
Cheap junky toys
The weapons toy guns etc(other people buy these we don't use them)
Trashies
Dolls nappies and plastic food


Hmm this was pretty hard we cull regualrly and my son has different interests that aren't toys as such like a crystal collection. So not a waste of money but not played with as such.

[Artechim]

Best toys

Trampoline
Sandpit
Slip'n'slide
Bikes
Kids foam foldout couch
Fluffy single blankets
Beanbags
Lego/Duplo
Little plastic bugs
Matchbox cars

Worst
Barbie and barbie cars
Doll's house
Cot mobile
Console systems
Meccano

[Livinthedream]

Best

Wooden train set
Little tykes crazy coope car thingy
Sandpit
Plastic tub of matchbox type cars
Blocks

Worst

Play doh and accessories
Remote control stuff
Soft toys
Any 2 dollar shop toy that breaks within 2 hours

[*Ang*]

Kids are currently 4, 7 and 10

Best Toys:

Trampoline
Swings
Scooters and Bikes
Lego and Lego Friends - love that they now make a girls range! Duplo when they were younger.
Little People (when the kids were younger they spent endless hours playing with them)
Thomas Train Table and wooden tracks - as someone else mentioned this table has housed so many things, it was always a great height. Currently has unicorns and Peppa Pig on it
Chess Set
Etch a sketch - still used. We have 2 and they have drawing competitions.
Pick up sticks
Snap cards
Light Sabres
For DS - figurines eg superheros and dinosaurs

Worst

Numerous Board Games - they don't seem to get the consistent use out of them, will play them once or twice and forget about them for a while
Trashies
Remote control cars
Various craft things. Again used once or twice and then end up with half empty boxes.
Baby Dolls and accessories
My Little Ponys
Tonka Trucks and Matchbox cars and tracks - Kids never really got into them

[nothing2lose]

In terms of stuff that has been played with/used....(some now, some when younger)

Best -
Schleich horses
Copic markers and sketch pads
Sims PC games
Littlest Pet Shop stuff
Plastic food and crockery
My Little Pony
Studio Ghibli DVDs
Cardboard boxes, glue, icy pole sticks, etc (the kid loves box construction....still :/ )
Barbie horse and rider
Fashion style sketch books
Monster high dolls

Worst:
Stuffed toys (although she has her faves)
Board games (not helped by only child status)
Puzzles (once they're done, she won't do them again)