I'd say join the American Museum, but I've got a personal beef with them right now over the way they treated one of my best friends.
I'm not really up on toys specifically designed for girls, but given the number of girls that play with my boys, I know for sure that trucks are genderless. As are trains. If you don't have a Thomas or Brio layout, it's a good investment, especially if you get the wooden track (it's easier to manipulate by little hands since it's more forgiving and less brittle). My soon-to-be-3-year-old will build train layouts for an hour if uninterrupted. And he wants an adult to help. It's fun.
On of the other big hits in my house are the dress-up outfits. "Astronaut" is the current favorite, but the firefighter, jet pilot and construction worker are all big hits as well. We've also got some battery operated toy landscaping tools that all the kids love to the point where I'm changing batteries once a month. It's a set with a Toro logo.
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