Did you "Abuse" Your Toys?

[PinkRosedust]

Despite being a little spoiled and having lots of toys, I was pretty careful with most of mine. I had one small doll (Melanie's Mall) that for some reason I would abuse by doing things like wrapping her into the spokes of my bike and riding around, or spinning her around in the air attached to a dog leash (and it's not because I didn't like her - I had a lot of those dolls and I LOVED them). But other than her, I can't think of any instance where I intentionally damaged a toy. When I acquired ponies in good condition I was pretty careful to keep them that way. I never took scissors or markers to my toys that I'm aware of. I had plenty of fun while still being careful when I played. =)

[Corona]

I'd give my ponies haircuts rarely but my barbies got it worse. My favorite activity with barbies was ripping off their heads and rolling them down the stairs.

My Pokemon figures and legos I treated very well along with my childhood N64. I saved up to buy it and I still have it in working but dusty condition.

[Prince Primbrose]

I grew up without a lot, and I knew from a young age that we didn't have money for toys. I treated my playthings like they were made of glass. No markers or haircuts or anything. I had a little girl rip some of my dolls' clothes once (those rubbery outfits that Polly Pockets have) and I was so upset because I took such good care of those things.

[Twilight Pink]

I put eyeshadow on my G3 ponies from time to time, and I tell ya, they look good 

[MikeysGrrrl]

I would say that having grown up as an only child and only grandchild, I was definitely spolied with toys. I should also mention that I was a complete tomboy, I remember being chased around for hours screaming because I didn't want to put on a dress.
I had tons of tranformers, gi joes, tmnt etc that I played with just fine...
But as far as my girly toys were concerned, I wouldn't so much call it abuse, more like modfications lol.
I don't ever remember doing anything to any toys except for barbie. I despised that barbie was perfect and had long blonde hair. I thought she would look better with a pixie cut, or tattoos and piercings, darker makeup, pretty much anything punky and different from what barbie represented to me.
I used to get yelled at for doing it, but I just felt like barbie should've been more diverse lol.
I don't have any of my childhood barbies or ponies, but I honestly don't remember hurting my ponies, or putting makeup on them at all.

[ashes]

No - I tried to be really careful with my toys.  The only time I cut any hair on them was Baby Backstroke.  Since I took her in the tub with me so much, she ended up with some gnarly, ratty ends to her mane.  So I though I was doing her a service by trimming all that off.  But then I hated how short her mane was, so I never did anything like that again.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Hmmm I played with them.  This means that they flew through the air, got buried in dirt, had their hair trimmed, and even got the "pony pox" - ballpoint pen!  I chewed on them when I was stressed.  Anyone looking at my toys probably would say I was a toy abuser.  But I PLAYED with them!  Too many of my friends had toys on display they couldn't play with - ugh.  I have great memories, and experiences, and I still have all but one of my childhood ponies!

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[Stormness_1]

My first ever MLP has a hair cut... but I got my mum to do it! So Ruby Lips has a bob, just like I did when I was a kid... Other than that, my toys were kept pretty well, apart from the odd bath time!

[BlackCurtains]

I always took great care of my things but I did make improvements to some of them. For example, I have a grey kitty plush that I've had forever and I trimmed the fur around her green eyes so I could see them better (and so that she could see better too!)

My dinosaurs, although not "abused" definitely show some battle scars. But it's from actual battle with each other. They'd have tremendous wars in the backyard in the overgrown muddy patch behind the garden shed Ah, memories

[mlp4me]

I took good care of my toys as a child. I've only now had the urge to cut pony hair and cover them in paint and other abusively evil things...

[invaderhorizongreen]

nope never abused them but we did play the living daylights out of them.

[SajiNoKami]

Nothing beyond normal play. StarWars and cars got played with in dirt, ponies and Barbies did not. If I ruined a toy, I would have to pay my mom back for it.

I cut 3 of my ponies hair, nothing extreme, just shortened 2 of the tails so they wouldn't step on them. Then there was Parasol, she was a punk so I cut her tail short and made her main more mohawk like. Mentioned this to my ma maybe a year ago and she said: I thought you were just being destructive. I wish you would have just told me these things. [Would you have still gotten mad?] Yes of coarse.

Only ones that got chewed on were Brandie and Twinkle.

Well the positive is the only problem with my ponies now is general aging that could not be prevented and no faded hair. Taught me to store them in a dark bin, in individual bags.

I have been told I was destructive kid and even have seen pictures of my terror, but be damned if I remember any of it.

[SparklersOasis]

For some unknown reason, I absolutely HATED Barbie growing up!  I would have rather had a TMNT or MLP, but apparently TMNT wasn't 'feminine' enough for my mom, and MLP just encouraged my 'horse crazies!'  LOL.  As if NOT getting me those toys ever changed anything. 
As a result, most of my barbies got sharpie tattoos, mohawks, and generally ended up being amputees!  Results ended up being a little disturbing, and I ended up getting MLPs more often! 

[DazzleKitty]

I was usually pretty kind to my toys, though I had some I was rough with. I remember playing with my toy animals and dinosaurs in the dirt. And I also remember using scissors to cut the fur on some of my stuffed animals, but no major damage.

[himmie]

I never abused my toys. I did have some cars that I played with outside, but not my actual Hotwheels--those did not dare go outside!