I can't speak for you, but when I was a child the toys with staying power for my brothers and I were always the least complicated of all. Stuffed animals, lego, card games.
Well, early video games were the one exception. Other than them though, "re-play" value was almost inversely related to technological complexity.
In my family, it was always the toys you built things with: wooden blocks, Tinker Toys, Lego, Lincoln Logs, and Erector Sets, plus clay. Also drawing and painting tools.
Well, early video games were the one exception. Other than them though, "re-play" value was almost inversely related to technological complexity.