Last night I was looking through an old Women's Day magazine from December of 1980. I love looking through old magazines for their ads. They are useful in helping identify the ages of collectibles and sometimes they are just plain funny. Last night brought a little bit of nostalgia for my childhood. This page especially.
When this magazine was published, I had just turned 5 so this page was basically all the best things in the world for me. I had many of these toys and if I didn't personally own it, I'd played with them at friend's houses. I remember that Woodsey family log house being one of my favorites for years and years. I still had my Lolly doll until last November when I sold her
on eBay
.
Many say that this kind of nostalgia is what made the movie Toy Story so famous. Maybe. I know it certainly made the classic toys featured in it become popular again.
I just can't get that Woodsey family out of my head. It makes me so sad because my mom, who was awesome by the way, saved this toy for me but sometime in the 90s her basement flooded and many of the toys were ruined. Unfortunately my Woodsey family ended up molded and I had to throw them out. I found this family for sale
on eBay
and I'm so tempted to buy it.
)
It's wonderful how a picture can so quickly take us back in time. How would I feel if I was able to play with The Woodsey Family again? Young, I would imagine.
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