Toys: How many toys do they need? | Stuff.co.nz

How many toys do they need? | Stuff.co.nz:

"The other day, my children, aged 8 and 5, did an unusual thing. They picked up some rocks from the garden and began to decorate them. They did this for some time, adding detailed features, colouring in eyes, creating personas for each rock using pens and paint."

[This reminds me of my cat, who enjoys rolled up-paper better than any toy we buy at the store]

The world of toys, once a source of shared enjoyment between generations, has become a foreign land to the average parent, suggests United States historian Gary Cross in Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood. "Shopping for toys has become saddening, irritating or bewildering for many adults."

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And are today's toys all distraction and zero stimulation, as lamenters argue?

Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood

Collectibles: Washington woman fills home w/ heirlooms + Unrelated articles

Washington woman fills ranch home with heirlooms - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com:

"'I went to my girlfriend's house to deliver her Tupperware. She owed me like $12 or $13 for it. She had this above her kitchen sink on her windowsill. I commented on it, how much I liked it, and she said, 'Here, take it for the Tupperware.''

Peoria Pottery (1873-1904) is one of many types of pottery that DeBolt collects and displays."

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Biggest Train Collection in the world > 27,00 different items 1850-1930

A Model Train Collector's One-Track Mind - CBS Sunday Morning - CBS News:

Full story also on video below - caution: brief commercial opening

"For nearly fifty years, Green has been accumulating model trains and the paraphernalia that goes with them. 'All of these trains were manufactured by a company called Bing,' he said. 'I believe they went in business around 1860 or 1866; they stayed in business up until 1933. 'I eventually collected every accessory and station that Bing had made, from when they went into business until they went out of business.'

'That's how many pieces, you think?' asked Teichner.

'Over a thousand.'" [That's just the Bing collection, there's +27,000 items total that will be sold to one bidder!]