61 Valiant Toy

Absolutely, leave it just the way it is! It was her own little hand that played with it, banged it into things, and shook the sand out of in the sandbox. Restoring it would erase that embedded history - don't do it. Please display it on a lower shelf, where another generation of children can play with it too.

Regarding that New Old Stock tin Valiant, there's something sad about a toy that a child never played with. Worse is a toy which a child owned but was never allowed to bash around because it might get scratched.