That also means that if I'm buying a puppet, I'll tend to pick one that could play different characters, rather than one that is limited to being just Little Red Riding Hood, for example. In our home, we have chosen not to have toys such as these that we feel might be a potential stumbling block by appealing to the child's sinful nature or encouraging violence, strife, materialism, vanity, etc. Since I have to live with the toys, literally, I never buy noisemakers. Toys should, ideally, teach our children something good. Dolls can fit into this category if they encourage our children to roleplay family roles, practice being motherly or fatherly, of mimic us.
Some toys teach physical skills or hand-eye coordination.
Others teach problem solving skills. Toys should be of enduring quality. Junk that breaks easily only frustrates our children and does not teach them to take good care of what God has given us. Better one good quality toy than a toybox full of cheap trinkets. Our children have a toolbox, filled with real tape measures, little saw, hammers, screwdrivers, etc.