One parent family with 11 kids, couldn't afford toys, never even had a teddy bear or anything cuddly.
We used to make stuff from what we could find and rescued things from rubbish bins or dump sites.
Many a skateboard fashioned from a plank and old roller skates, go karts make from wooden boxes and pram wheels etc.
When I was working , paper round etc. I got myself a Hotwheels set and track, used to like that and then graduated on to Scalectrix.
Now I am on to Saxophones and Clarinets etc. can be quite an expensive hobby !
similar with bass guitars . . . I do sell one every now and then in a vain attempt to appease the wife. Apparently 10 is too many, who knew! I still have my forst bass, I got when I was 14 . . .I actually played ot for a few songs in rehearsal last night. Collection fully justified IMO!