Playing with Science

"This toy is damaged from being thrown out of my bedroom window."

• Action Man Mercury Capsule

"I was a bit of a tomboy and my lego motor was my only battery powered toy."

• Lego motor

"It represents a cool bit of design engineering, since each robot must be like a toy in its own right and also transform."

• Merged Transformer

"We used to recreate action scenes in our living room. The coolest toys of a generation - definitely!"

• Vintage Star Wars AT-AT model

"I used to play this when I was eight years old. Me and my friends had lots of fun."

• Beyblade

"My pony is my little friend. She makes me happy!"

• My Little Pony

"I like the blonde haired one because it had plaits in it. I like the other one because it has a fringe."

• Two child princess dolls

"This hovercraft and ferry are very special to me because I built them with my daddy."

• Hovercraft and ferry

"Le Flying Elephant said 'good morning' to me every day when I was a baby."

• Le Flying Elephant

"His name is Cheeky and he is named after me! If I squeeze him he wolf whistles."

• Cheeky