What Do You Do With Old Toys You Don't Play With Anymore?

There is a secondhand bookshop in Brussels that specializes in sex books and material, all kinds of stuff from books, magazines, prints, postcards, super 8 films, paintings etc. A while ago the owner had 2 cardboard boxes full of old sex toys, penis rings, dildos, plugs and various thing-a-ma-gigs. He ended up selling them after a few months so there are customers for secondhand sex toys I guess.

There is a secondhand bookshop in Brussels that specializes in sex books and material, all kinds of stuff from books, magazines, prints, postcards, super 8 films, paintings etc. A while ago the owner had 2 cardboard boxes full of old sex toys, penis rings, dildos, plugs and various thing-a-ma-gigs. He ended up selling them after a few months so there are customers for secondhand sex toys I guess.

I wonder does the knowledge these toys have been played with by others increase their value to some people compared with new ones? I note a lot of interest here in antique enema or gyno equipment for example.

I note a lot of interest here in antique enema or gyno equipment for example.

I can usually find a fair amount of old medical and gyno/anal instruments at flea markets. I've found all kinds of things and they usually sell for a bit more than the usual run-of-the-mill medical things like retractors or dentistry equipment. Secondhand dealers at flea-markets are usually pretty attuned to what sells well and they adjust their prices accordingly. Speculae or anal probes are obviously in demand given the higher prices.

Secondhand dealers at flea-markets are usually pretty attuned to what sells well and they adjust their prices accordingly. Speculae or anal probes are obviously in demand given the higher prices.

So there must be a demand for this old medical kit. The speculae/anal probes are I would guess more likely to have had a purely medical past (or am I misjudging those past times as more innocent?), but the enema equipment is more likely from to be from home use as this was once so common, so tinged with potential past sexual pleasure. But for all our modern rationalism we still seem affected by the ghosts of the sexual past, like an item of discarded hosiery we might stumble upon and quietly enjoy imagining the unknown previous owner.

So there must be a demand for this old medical kit.

You bet there is. A while ago a tattoo parlor/fetish leather clothes shop had a gyn chair for sale, displayed right out on the street. I didn't really have any room for it at home, but went back a week later to buy it anyway, but it was already gone. I also see these regularly enough at consignment stores.

I posted some pics a few years ago in my photo albums here of medical items for sale that i have encountered over the years. Once a whole set of dentistry equipment and minor surgical instruments, table and lighting.

Don't throw anything with a battery in the trash. Batteries should be returned for recycling so drop your rechargeable toys off at the battery store. I'm just kidding about dropping off but not about keeping them out of the trash.

I'm saving mine for my kids to find when they clean out the house after I die or go the the nursing home.

I’m a fan of ‘if you don’t use it, get rid of it’.

What Do You Do With Old Toys You Don't Play With Anymore?

I'd like to divorce her.

I don't think most people would use a used toothbrush, even if it was sterilized.

I donate them to the church

I threw them out, but I was getting rid of cheap toys made from unsafe materials.

If you have custom made silicone toys there is a secondary market for them beacuse they can be sterilized.

I usually double-bag things like that in a plastic shopping bag and then drop it in a trash can at a gas station, grocery store, etc.

My fingerprints are on file from the early 90s, but I don't have DNA in anyone's database. 😁

I usually double-bag things like that in a plastic shopping bag and then drop it in a trash can at a gas station, grocery store, etc.

My fingerprints are on file from the early 90s, but I don't have DNA in anyone's database. 😁

Why would you worry about fingerprints or DNA? There is nothing illegal about owning sex toys.

But if you are really worried anyway, maybe about the proper way to recycle, you could soak them in bleach for a while though, before disposal. Something I learned from watching ‘Dexter’ and other crime shows … ha ha

I either:

modify them and try them as prototypes

put them away for a rainy day and see if I try them much later

finally drop them in the rubbish bin (not the recycle bin!!).

My husband and l travel for work upon occassion. One time us and 4 of our associates were to fly out for work.

We brought our check in baggage and carry on. Well, 1 of our associates gave us his baggage to bring along for some reason. SSOOOO, upon hearing this, my hubby grabs this absolutely huge double headed dildo left over from one our parties as a gag gift and tube of lube and shoved it into his carry on. Wrapped it in aluminium foil. Put several others in his check in as well.

We get to the airport, check in our check in. Proceed to our gate. Nothing said or asked about his bag. He puts it on the conveyer. We are split in front and behind him, watching. TSA sees his bag and obviously flags it. Asks about it. He without question is oblivious of it. So they proceed to ask and then open his bag at the line. He about lost his mind!!!! We all about died!!!! Great way to get rid of old toys!!

Why would you worry about fingerprints or DNA? There is nothing illegal about owning sex toys.

I know. I was kidding. Saw someone reference DNA in an earlier post.

I seriously doubt the police have enough time on their hands to root through gas station garbage cans and run DNA testing on random dildoes, butt plugs and disposable speculums.

If they’re rubber or silicone, I burn them in my trash pile. Always remove batteries. If not burnable, they go to the garbage.