Do you remember your favorite toy?

It doesn’t have to be a favorite, but a toy you spent a lot of time with. What made it come alive so much that you spent more time with that toy than any other?

I used to love Tonka toys. We had several of them, and we made this little sand patch in our yard. We’d construct houses with sand walls and twig roofs. When the sand dried out, the houses would crumble. We used the Tonka trucks to build roads and dig holes. It was endlessly entertaining for a while.