Children loved to play with toys in #Roman times too: some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta #horse with a rider on wheels. It was certainly a much-loved #toy which the child was also supposed to play with in the afterlife.
🌊 Miniature octopuses, scuba tanks, life rafts, flippers, sharks and some very rare green dragons are still washing ashore along the Cornwall coast today, 25 years after a container of Lego was washed off the deck of a cargo ship.
Here's a random query. My mom is cleaning her storage and found my old 1978 Kenner Death Star playset and is sending it to me. Mostly complete, including the cardboard slide-in walls. I think in pretty good shape.
Where would one take something like this that is now vintage? I'll inquire with Golden Age Collectibles at Pike Place Market, but they're the only ones that come to mind.
Apparently, #Etsy is giving a discount this weekend, $5 off any purchase of $25 or more. Even nicer, they're actually footing the whole bill, rather than taking anything from sellers.
If you were on the fence about wanting one of my #Computron 3000 or Super-Computron 4500 retro supercomputer kits, maybe this weekend is for you. My shop:
This is a recent #crochet kids' #toy I made for a little boy, who was so excited to receive it that he took it on holiday with him and his Mum sent me photos of the two of them on the plane together 😊 I love it when I get to see their wee beaming faces. #crocheting#fibreart#toys#amigurumi
A #Roman wooden sword found in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort. It was probably a child's #toy influenced by the military in the nearby fort - maybe it belonged to a 'military brat' who liked to mimic the exploits of the father.
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