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15 toys from your childhood that are worth a fortune now

Well, compared to what you paid for them anyway.

IF YOU WEREN’T watching the Late Late Toy Show on Friday, then you might have missed Tubs and Bosco displaying some vintage Fisher Price classics.

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If you were feeling a bit wobbly chinned with nostalgia about your favourite toys when you younger, you might feel a bit wobbly knee-ed when you see how much some of them are worth now…

1. Nintendo Entertainment System action set

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2. 1970s Fisher Price garage

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3. Vintage Scalextric set

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4. Star Wars X-Wing with box

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5. A 1971 Fisher Price record player

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6. A complete set of new Care Bears – €6,129

care1 Source: ebay

7. One rare vintage Care Bear

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8. 1981 Subbuteo set

sub1 Source: Subbuteo-emporium.co.uk

9. 1976 Tin Can Alley

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10. 1985 Teddy Ruxpin

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11. Vintage Cabbage Patch Kid

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12. Vintage Lego set

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13. 1984 Transformers Optimus Prime toy

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14. Fisher Price doll

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15. Tracy Island and Thunderbirds toys

tracy Source: ebay

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Emer McLysaght

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