Star wars - but not in the way you think
I inherited a load of battered star wars figures and vehicles from my brother - they'd been played with a lot by him, and then I got to work on them. I was at the stage where I'd put pretty much anything in my mouth (not in a filthy sex way, I was very young!). I've eaten: the hat Leia wears when disguised as a bounty hunter. Darth's light saber. Darth's cloak. Luke's lightsaber. The emperor's head. The chess board from the Millennium Falcom.

I think I strapped the smuggler's panels from the Millennium Falcon to my cat, trying to make her pretend she was an x-wing. She ran into the garden and they're under the hedge I think.

Despite all this (and yes, they are now completely buggered and utterly worthless), my mother carefully wrapped them, plus a lot of my other toys, in binliners, and put them in the attic; she knows that they won't fetch anything, but she thinks that if/when my brother and I finally have kids, they'll get just as much enjoyment and entertainment out of those battered figures and toys that we did.

My mum's great.

(And she's kept 3 buckets of lego as well, instead of throwing them out. Plus all my childhood books).

Edit: I've not really answered the QOTW at all, have I. Oh well.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:04, 3 replies)

My mum
has also saved all my old crap for the same reason. But I can't really see any child wanting to play with broken Sylvanian Families or crappy McDonalds toys
(pink_kittyboo was killed by many bunnies on, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:09, closed)

im not allowed
to give my nephews all my old toys as birthday or christmas presents.

This I feel is a travesty
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:14, closed)

Dead chuffed
That my neices got my Lego.

"Can you build us a car please uncle PJM?"

I also get roped into assembling whatever birthday or xmas Lego they get.

Being an uncle is great ;-)
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:36, closed)