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According to the philosopher and writer Johan Huizinga, toys are vital for human development, because by playing, the child models their future activities in adulthood, and besides, the game itself, no matter what, is our life in miniature. Therefore, it is necessary and vitally important to play, at literally any age.
Just don't tell your kids about this, or you'll have to buy them whatever toys they want in any store, and buying toys will take up most of your family budget! And for us, adults, in childhood, everything was definitely not like that...
Well, let's agree, each of us - unless, of course, our parents were in the Forbes Top 1000 - had some special toys that we longed for as children, but alas, we never received them. For one it may have been some kind of stunningly beautiful doll, someone else may have desperately wanted a computer game, and someone else was a huge fan of a Transformer car. And all this is united by the fact that we never got the opportunity to play with them. In our childhood, that is.
Recently, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the author of which asked readers this question: "What is a toy you always wanted growing up, but never got?" Now there are already more than 700 different comments in the thread - and we could not even imagine that there are so many different cool toys in this world!
Bored Panda has compiled this selection of the most outstanding, interesting and simply popular comments from the original thread especially for you, so please feel free to scroll this list to the very end, upvote the best submissions and, of course, add your own favorite toys in the comments below the post. After all, we all come from childhood, so let's dive into our memory once more!
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#1
The Brave Heart care bear. He was my favourite. I asked for him many times, and I never got him (or any care bear for that matter).
This casually came up in conversation once early on in my relationship with my boyfriend. He bought it for me for my 35th birthday that year.
pat manna 2 years ago
my husband bought me trains for our 1st xmas. that was 1975. i kept him
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Dan Padgett 2 years ago
I had my SNES stolen in a house burglary. My other half bought me a new one for my 30th.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
Oh, I would have loved to have had ANY Care Bear. I have never received one, but now, at 31, I may be inclined to buy one of my own.
Clément D. 2 years ago
Tell you BF about that pony you never had. No unicorn, try unicorn. Who knows
LovingKnuckle 2 years ago
Remember the days when you were able to teach children in an age appropriate way the values of compassion, empathy and understanding without forcing subjects they couldn’t possibly understand yet and shouldn’t? “Forest of feelings, care a lot and earth aren’t far apaaart, they’re different in some ways, some ways not, cuz home is on your heaaaart”
Patricia Stilwell 2 years ago
So wonderful to have someone who really listens to you. Worth his weight in gold
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#2
The Barbie Jeep that you could actually ride in. But once I had kids, I bought them one (not the Barbie version, but still). And guess what? I was five pounds under the weight limit so I was able to ride in their battery-powered Jeep. I mean, it was a couple decades late, but I eventually got to do it.
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
I wanted a little car so bad I tried to win one every morning phoning up Agros Cartoon Connection. I saw them on Mac and Me and I was sold, I wanted to race around too
Effseven Six 2 years ago
I wanted one sooo bad as a kid and the year they were gonna finally get me one I was over the weight limit
queenofthecastle15 2 years ago
I HAD THIS!!! We found it at a yard sale for very cheap. It was absolutely amazing especially because we lived right in a hill.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I never got one of these growing up - although maybe I'm too old? So I've made sure my niece and nephew always have the coolest Power Wheels for their age. My nephew had a little Harley and his sister got an Elmo car. :)
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
My bro and I wanted this but never got one. Then years later we both have kids and my mother buys it because her grandkids need it. Thanks mom!
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
I wanted one too,though not necessarily barbie, just a little car
#3
Castle Grayskull, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Mad Dragon 2 years ago
I wanted that SO badly! My best friend had everything He-Man, so I still got to play with it when I was at her house, but I wanted my own!
OurLadyOfLunch 2 years ago
This is the reason I was "in love" with my kindergarten boyfriend. He had Castle Grayskull.
Dontyouwishyouknew 2 years ago
My sister had this. I also enjoyed it when she would let me play too. Lol
#4
A chemistry set. This was during the 1960s, before the 1969 Child Protection and Toy Safety Act. I didn't get a chemistry set, but I did get a Thingmaker, which at the time was an open hot plate that metal molds were set on, to cure Thingmaker goo into rubbery shapes. Releasing fumes that would set off coughing fits if breathed too deeply, and sometimes getting burned by the hot plate. 'Twas a wild time for children's toys.
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
I had something similar, but it was called "Creepy Crawlers." I shudder to think about what toxins were released during the hearing process.
Julia 2 years ago
After Creepy Crawlers was out awhile, Mattel made fluid that created edible bugs. We went through a lot of that.
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Mitchell 2 years ago
I wanted and got a chemistry set. To this day I love chemistry equipment. I use flasks in the kitchen and keep salt im a test tube rack.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
That would make a cool spice cabinet on the wall !
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Contrariwise 2 years ago
OMG I had a ThingMaker set for both Mini Dragons and Creepy Crawlers when I was a kid. It was AWESOME! One of my favorite toys. Yes, I got my fingers burned a couple of times but it was definitely worth it
Rob Williams 2 years ago
I always wanted a proper chemistry set but never got one. I remember recreating some experiments at home by buying stuff from the pharmacy. Yes, when I was eleven I could walk into the local chemist's shop and buy little brown bottles of sulphuric and hydrochloric acids as well as other chemicals!
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
I had the Creepy Crawlers sets and the Incredible Edibles sets too! That "Thingmaker" would burn the living hell out of you with the "plastigoop" and the edible goop! Also the chemistry sets with the Sodium Ferrocyanide etc! How we didn't blow up the house.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
The chemistry set I think was changed because it had a vial of real mercury and a small vial of something radioactive too. Lol. Ahh, well kids had *real* toys back then lol
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
I discovered my cousin's old chemistry sets in my late mother's basement recently. Potassium cyanide is in there. What can possibly go wrong with a kid playing with that?
#5
Lite bright 🥲
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Same! I used to sit my stuffed animals in front of it & pretend they were at the movies, LOL.
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Austin Sauce 2 years ago
I actually had one of these. I think my dad threw it away after I kept dropping the little light nuggets everywhere. Also I’m color blind so my finished product probably never looked that great
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Aww, this is sad. I thought everybody had one of these in the 70’s. Eventually, the pegs get lost all over the house and stepped on in the middle of the night. Lol
Elizabeth Butler 2 years ago
We bought one for our girls. Years and years of finding the pegs everywhere, and stepping on them.
i believe in dendro supremacy 2 years ago
oooooo ok if anybody ever goes to the houston area color factory they have a huge one, and its so much fun to play with
#6
Easy - Bake Oven
GoddessOfChaos 2 years ago
I mean there’s a decently good reason, here’s my theory for anyone who wants to read it (probably no one but anyway) : Many kids like to help their parents bake. Kids also love the desserts made by baking. Now put all together into a relatively easy to use toy that allows kids to cook real, edible food on their own and you have the reason
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Janet Johnston 2 years ago
I wanted one so bad when I was a kid. Joked with my mom how she never got me one. For my 30th birthday my boyfriend bought me one. I was so stoked.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
I, a boy, was never given one. But you can bet that when I buy one for my daughter in a couple of year I'm definitely going to play with it.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
The only problem with this was that it made bite sized stuff that everyone fought over because there wasn't enough. :)
Annacris1111 2 years ago
I had a blue one here in Brazil 45 years ago. Baked chocolate cakes for my teachers, burned my fingers and never saw my oven again 🙄 Miss you Easy Bake Oven!
Fluffy mommy panda 2 years ago
I got one but some of the cookies and stuff where too expensive.
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
Yup. I had one, was never able to buy the mixes.
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Steve Robert 2 years ago
And the cakes cooked under a light bulb tasted pretty good if I remember
#7
Mousetrap board game
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
ugh. the setup/assembly on that thing is brutal
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Old Roadie 2 years ago
LOVED this game. Helped get me interested in puzzles and all things mechanical.
Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
I really wanted this game but never got it, so I bought it for my son. Ya, pretty annoying to set up & not nearly as much fun as I expected. I see someone said it was revised at some point, maybe it wasn't fun because it was a revised version.
#8
A real RC car. Not the garbage my parents had gotten me from Radio shack that took 723 AA batteries and couldn’t move on anything but the hardwood floor.
No. I wanted a proper Taniya monster truck like the Lunch Box or a buggy like the grasshopper. Or an amazing one from Kyosho. They took real NiCd battery packs. Had real transmitters. Could plow through dirt and grass.
As an adult my wife and I were driving and I saw an RC shop and said “hey hun. Can I stop somewhere for a sec?” She ofc said “sure”.
That was 20 years ago.
I now have 16 different RC vehicles from planes to helicopters to buggies and monster trucks. Of all sizes. Being an adult means getting the things I always wanted.
OurLadyOfLunch 2 years ago (edited)
My parents got my brother a REALLY nice RC car one year because we had "that kid" in our neighborhood who always one-upped us. Anything we got, he immediately got one better. Mom saved up to get brother one she knew the other kid's parents wouldn't spring for. It was the best day ever!
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
“Real” RC cars are expensive, though! Maybe they just couldn’t afford it. I’m glad OP gets to enjoy them now:)
LovingKnuckle 2 years ago
I dunno. They must’ve had a shïtty radio shack cuz mine had cars that could go prob 40 miles an hour. But the sleeper joint to get RC cars in my day was Michael’s. Arts and crafts store, that if you know you know, had baller RV cars.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Was desperate for an RC car as a kid, we were pretty poor but one birthday I was given a cheapy one, and it was the best thing ever! Up until my brother accidentally but immediately smashed it to bits against a concrete post. Cue me being told off for breaking it, and that it wouldn't be replaced as I obviously couldn't look after things. But am I still bitter 35 years later?
iBlank 2 years ago
as I see it your brother owes you a RC car with interest... 35 years interest should get you a real car :D
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John Austin 2 years ago
Good for you! I really wanted the NERF vulcan belt fed dart blaster when I was a kid... realised last year that there was absolutely nothing stopping me buying Nerf blasters as an adult... I got my Vulcan, and about 20 other ones. I now mod them with nothing cosmetic and working upgrades
Patrick Smith 2 years ago
I only ever got the ones that were wired, BUT I had a Talkboy, so I guess it wasn't as a bad as some others childhood
#9
walkie talkie
unfilteredCigarette73 2 years ago
I bought a set with some chore/B-day $$ when I was 11. Depending on the channel it would pick up neighbor's phone calls if they were cordless phones, cellular phones, and police radio calls it was a blast
RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
We used to live in a cul de sac, and behind us was a huge construction area so me and my siblings figured out the Chanel and would mess with them till our parents found out. Then another time I was walking around with it on my belt and I picked up on the neighbors baby monitor. That really spooked me cuz it was dark and I was alone lmao.
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Olivia The Cloud 2 years ago
My mom got me and my sisters walkie talkies a while back and my sister dropped hers in the sandbox and ruined the speaker. Mine would keep dying so I eventually just took the batteries out and pretended it was a phone every time we played family. My other sister's walkie talkie would always connect to some other random people's walkie talkies and it was confusing. Definitely not worth it
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
The whole game with walkie talkies was standing within sight of each other and slowly walking further away saying "Can you hear me now? How about now?" Over and over again lol
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Me and my best friend saved money and bought two from radio shack. We felt so cool. RIP Chris Mclain
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago (edited)
Lafayette Radio! LRC that became Radio Shack! I had a Lafatette Quadraphonic Reciever back in the early 70's and their walkie -talkies form 1968!
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
We had a massive flood here just before my 11th birthday. I got a set of walkies-talkies that operated on the CB band. I could not use them for months until the emergency communications let up & people in the area could go back to using CB.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
We (my brother and I) got those one year. They were great as long as you were looking at each other, lol. If you went around a building you were SOL. Picked up a fair bit of CB radio chatter though.
#10
Hotweels. But I’m a girl and those were “boy toys”. Still pissed. Anyone old enough to remember the slime ramp s**t they came out with will get it. Hot wheels knew slime was gonna be a hit 20 years prior edit: the Harry Potter slime gummy maker thing. Y’all know what I mean
Jessisaur 2 years ago
When I was a little girl I collected toy cars and I'm so glad my parents let me. Toys shouldn't have genders.
UltimateSwiftie 2 years ago
I remember when mcdonalds had different toys for each gender and my sister would trade my toy in for me because I am a boy. I was pissed.
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devotedtodreams 2 years ago
"Boy toys"... man, kids should just be able to play with the toys that make them happy. I remember having quite a few Hot Wheels cars that me and my brother played with. I was never into dolls, more into stuffed animals, dinosaurs and (Hot Wheels) cars, so the gender of her kids made no difference to my Mom.
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago (edited)
I started collecting once I started working, fresh outta high school. I've since stopped but I have quite the collection and occasionally add to them. I have a niece that likes HWs too so I occasionally get her a car or two. She always hugs my mammoth legs and squeals with joy whenever I get her any :)
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
I preferred matchbox too because they were more realistic.
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Hill Branda 2 years ago
I was a girl who loved Hot Wheels. My mom would put one in my Christmas stocking or pick one up as a reward for something. Other girls wanted baby dolls but I wanted cars and trains.
Elizabeth Tayler 2 years ago
Wow, that's sad. I was just as obsessed with my Hot Wheels as my dolls. Carried my 2 favorite cars around with me everywhere. I have no idea what happened to them but I would pay a small fortune to have them again.
Tavi “Raptor” Parks 2 years ago
Do you by chance remember what cars they were?
Load More Replies... A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
I'm sitting here right now looking at my old Hot Wheels metal cars from the 60's. The Splittin' Image, The Beatnik Bandit, The Turbofire...
#11
There was a super mega barbie mansion that came out with an elevator and garage or something. Maybe it was a pool. Idk but it looked sick af to 8 year old me
BeepBeepBoopBoop 2 years ago
yep. BP needs to get better at finding pictures! I looked up "Barbie Mansion" and found pretty much what they were talking about. Had an elevator and garage! Only for $600 USD!!
Load More Replies... Olivia The Cloud 2 years ago
I always wanted a barbie dream house but I never got one because my parents said it took up to much room in my small bedroom
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Bought one for my daughter and, yes - "it took up too much room"!
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Don't even start me! I paid $230 for a Barbie Dream house for my daughter, flimsy plastic shite.
Rumina Io 2 years ago
Yeah i looked up the modern Barbie dream house and was really shocked by the price. They must make a fortune on every one of those. It's maybe £5 worth of labour and materials and I think the deluxe one here in the UK is £230? I had a cardboard barbie house 😂
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The Chronic Insomniac 2 years ago
I had one that was taller than me and it had an elevator. This was in the 70's.
Shell Blankartz 2 years ago
I did have the Barbie house with the elevator. It was literally a string tied to the elevator that you pulled and it took her from the 1st floor to the 2nd. The string broke after about 4 pulls. LOL
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
That's the flimsy one my daughter has. It costs an arm and a leg and is just so breakable. Especially when a little kids is meant to play with it
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Carole Reid 2 years ago
I bought one for my two daughters back in the 70s. A smaller version. There were no Barbies when I was a kid. They barely played with it. It was very flimsy. I was constantly putting the thing back together. It would fall apart if you just looked at it. That and sorting shoes. What a waste of time.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
My prized childhood possession was Barbie's Dream Pool. You could fill it with water and make Barbie swim! :)
#12
Always wanted a Tamagotchi
Commander Ducky 2 years ago
I had one but my pet died and I didn't know you could just make a new pet so I threw it away
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Mick Casey 2 years ago
I got stressed out caring for mine and let it die permanently after a certain point.
RandomFrog(He/They️️) 2 years ago
My sister got one of the newer ones last year and they’re so cool!! It’s full colour, has so many more activities, and you can customize your character.
Groundcontroltomajortom 2 years ago
I prefer your original comment ha ha!
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Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
Has anyone noticed how expensive these are in (US) stores now that they’re coming back? I saw a couple at Walmart the other day—the cheapest was over $20 and there was even one for $60! Wild.
#13
Moon shoes ))):
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
They broke ankles, toes, and in a couple of instances, glass topped tables! They're mini trampolines and bounced a bit when you'd take a step.
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Austin 2 years ago
My buddy got these and we quickly learned the massive rubber bands stretched over the length of a hockey stick was enough power to break a window and far more fun than the boots.
Mick Casey 2 years ago
Good thing you didn't get them and receive a sprained ankle like most kids who had them. They got recalled I think.
Unpopular opinions 2 years ago
They recently brought these back under a new name, you can get them at Walmart.
#14
A typewriter. It was at the top of my Christmas list when I was about 11, and I begged and begged for one. That Christmas, my younger sister got one, but I didn't. I even double checked the tag to make sure there wasn't a mix up.
I didn't say anything, but I was so incredibly disappointed and confused and didn't know what I did to warrant what felt like a punishment. I thought I must have come across as too entitled or something since I had insisted it had to actually type (ie, not a 'pretend' one).
I mentioned it years later to my mom - yeah, it stuck with me. She didn't remember it at all and denied doing it as any kind of punishment or lesson. I think she just got a little confused about who wanted what when she was buying gifts and got it in her head that my sister was the one who wanted the typewriter. There were 4 of us to keep track of after all.
My sister was a little s**t about it. She gloated and would never let me use it. Brat.
Agamemnon Padar 2 years ago
I had one from the age of 11. Inherited from my grandfather. Was an original Wehrmacht typewriter from 1940. Had seen the eastern front tour with my granddad, now I still type on it. The thing is completely indestructible and heavy. Would I sell it? Never
Patricia Stilwell 2 years ago
You are very kind. However, I'm not buying the excuse that Mom got mixed up.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
I got one of those when I was eight. But you had to turn the ball with letters on it to print out anything
Rumina Io 2 years ago
Looks like fabric to me. Odd choice for a plushie/cushion
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A father
That One Quiet Kid 2 years ago
I'm sorry I laughed, for anyone here who does not have a father, deepest condolences
Trainingfortheballetpotteh🇺🇦 2 years ago
Same. My dad died when i was 8 and i barley even remember him now.
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
WOW! Way to make everyone uncomfortable! That is clearly NOT an answer to the posed question. Well done.
LovingKnuckle 2 years ago
Damn yo. I mean I feel for you, but why BP gotta throw a sadness grenade in the middle of this jovial thread. Oh wait I know…
#16
Play-do Barber Shop. I became a hairstylist years later.
Hill Branda 2 years ago
Play Doh is the best for small kids. It really brings out their creativity. It also brings out Mom's dark side when you get that stuff in the carpet.
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 2 years ago
Am I the only one who can smell AND taste the Play-Doh in this picture?
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
I had it. Tiny, tiny bits of dried playdough hair all over the floor. It sure was fun, though.
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
I always wanted this! Bought it for my son when he was 3. He totally ruined it- lost pieces, mixed the colors together, etc. still sort of bummed about it.
#17
Sea Monkeys.
Once I learned about Artemia nauplii, there was no point...
OurLadyOfLunch 2 years ago
Desperately wanted Sea Monkeys because of the ads in magazines. My 6th grade science teacher had us raise brine shrimp in class. Imagine my 11 year old heartbreak when I realized they were the same thing and not at all like the nuclear underwater family pictured.
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
this was probably the second biggest disappointment of my childhood. i was expecting them to look like the illustrations. when i finally saw the little things i was like WHAT? the first biggest disappointment would have been discovering the free submarine (the baking soda powerd diving cr@p) in the cereal box was not something i could get in and explore the local creek, but merely a little plastic toy. yeah i was a gullible kid, at least until the sea monkey fiasco, then i wised up a bit.
Kim Lorton 2 years ago
I felt the same! The easy bake oven wasn't too bad but mixing a cake up was using just water snd their mix ugh!! When i discovered it was just a dam light bulb that cooked it all, I lost all hope that toys like that were ever real!!
Load More Replies... CalmAndCollected 2 years ago
They only work right if you can get some sea men for them to breed with (South Park fans?)
ISeeWendiGo 2 years ago
I loved these things and my son had a couple of go rounds with them, too. Helped to teach him to take care of something and pet responsibility without it being like a puppy or kitten like some people do.
SandraG_lak 2 years ago
I was horrified at the thought of a family kept in a fish bowl. It freaked me out whenever I saw the ad in my comic books.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
The guy who came up with the marketing strategy for sea monkeys was an absolute genius …for adults anyway….to kids he was just an evil monster who stole my money. Lol
Mickysixxx 2 years ago (edited)
My friends and I set his sea monkeys free in the creek behind our primary school back in the 90s. Surely sea monkey Atlantis has been built by now
Tree P 2 years ago
I think every kid thought they looked like in the ad. I know I did!
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A real cabbage patch doll. All my friends had them and would bring them to school and play with them at recess. My mom got me a fake doll from the craft fair. And it looked exactly how you'd picture a fake cabbage patch doll from the craft fair to look
Ches Yamada 2 years ago
"A fake one from the craft fair" - sadly, the "real" cabbage patch kids were created at those craft fairs. Xavier stole the concept from crafters.
Almostfoxlike 2 years ago
He did eventually pay the creator but probably not enough
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OurLadyOfLunch 2 years ago
I only got one because my dad was laid off from his regular job and was picking up extra work at Target. It was too dangerous to put them out on the shelves, so employees got first dibs. Dad brought home a bald baby boy doll and traded it with a neighbor lady for a girl doll for me. Looking back, there's no way we could afford that doll. My parents had to really stretch and save to give me my Cabbage Patch doll. I was SO excited about getting it, but as an adult it means so much more to me knowing what I know now.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I had a homemade Cabbage Patch that my grandmother made. She was incredibly gifted. It looked exactly like a real one but had a fabric head instead of a plastic one. She made all the clothes too. I did eventually get a "real" one, but I always thought Grandma's was better.
Christie Abraham 2 years ago
I bought my own cabbage patch whenI was in my 40’s. She looked like me,
Memaw Mitch 2 years ago
I read this and wondered if I posted this somewhere myself. Exact same thing happened to me. It ended up being one of the dolls I've kept since childhood. Cane with a birth certificate and his name was Joey.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
My grandma got me one for Christmas. Yes, THAT Christmas. No idea how she did that.
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
My grandma knew a guy who owned a toy store and got me one when I was born, this was when they were crazy in demand, flying off the shelves
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Just like the Furby craze and Beanie Babies….people were fighting over those things !
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I grew up in an insanely restrictive Christian cult. I was denied a Cabbage Patch doll because my parents believed the creator was a satanist who gave the dolls demonic names that conjured evil spirits when spoken out loud by children. Yep. They explained the inner workings of a Satanic Cabal to a 5 year old as the reason she could not have, and should never ask for, a cabbage patch doll... To this day my mother defends this parenting choice as the right one. Jesus. Christ.
#19
The ninja turtle pizza thrower van.
Terence Kilgore 2 years ago
I was "too old" for these...but my niece wasn't...we loved her TMNT stuff and this one was a banger
#20
The playback voice recorder that kevin had on home alone lol
The red side pistol the power rangers used to carry. Those were the hardest to find toys on the market at the time.
nooneimportant 2 years ago
I finally got a Talkboy about 6 years late, and always wanted the White Power Rangers talking sabre
Lolly Gagger 2 years ago
I read that Talkboy was actually invented for the movie. They made the model that he used in the movie and their was so much interest in in, it was developed into the toy sold in stores.
Daycare Attendant Sun 2 years ago
I had a Talkgirl growing up. It was purple. I wanted the TalkBOY, though, because I preferred the silver color, and I wanted to be like Kevin.
Jaye Keith 2 years ago
I still have my son's and daughter's Talkboy and pink Talkgirl. They still work. I have lots of their 90's toys. Saved for grandchildren I'll never get so they've got to go. I've moved several times with these things. I never had much as a child so I saved so much of theirs.
#21
Barbie. My two sisters each got a Barbie. I got Midge.
Qia Munther 2 years ago
I always wanted a barbie too but got something called a Cindy instead. Mom thought barbie looked too unnatural
Noname 2 years ago (edited)
My mom, too. So, yeah, Barbie is disproportionate, but as a preteen, did you ever think "I want to just look like Barbie? Prolly not. But Barbie by Mattel has never been about the boobs and waspish waist-- Barbie could be anything she wanted to be-a doctor, a veterinarian, a model, a pilot-- and that is why Barbie is so popular and a wonderful role model for girls. She's not a sex kitten, she's ignored the sexual stereotype of a curvaceous blonde and worked in some of the most auspicious fields that women have a difficult time progressing in because it's a man's world. Kudos to Mattel for making Ken an eunich, intentionally or not. Barbie always triumphed over the stereotypes for women, and that's why we need Barbie, and every girl should have one.
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My friends all had Barbies, multiple Barbies, and accessories, but my mom didn't want me to have one for no given reason. I think she thought barbie was too sexualized with the disproportion body. I eventually wore her down and she bought me a suntan Skipper.
Apps 2 years ago
I got Growing Up Skipper (1974). She grew and her chest popped out when you twisted her arm. My parents would make me demonstrate this at their cocktail parties! They never made growing up skipper again because parents were outraged by the product.
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Mel Rupp 2 years ago
I was born in 1963. When he realized he finally had a little girl, my dad ran out and bought a Barbie doll. Unfortunately, the sales lady talked him into the latest thing out. That was Midge. I didn't get Barbie (and Skipper) until 3rd grade. And then, I got Malibu Skipper. I wanted the Growing Up Skipper, who went thru puberty when you twisted her arm. (Seriously. She got taller and grew boobs!)
Apps 2 years ago
Yep! I got Growing Up Skipper for Christmas in 1974. My parents would make me demonstrate how the doll worked at their cocktail parties! Haha - it was hilarious but it does seem strange that I was 9 years old and holding a half dressed barbie and twisting it's arm to show a room full of adults with cocktails, how the doll went through puberty.
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alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
Hey I loved my Barbies AND my Midge, it's weird if she's only friends with herself and Ken
Noname 2 years ago (edited)
My daughters and son all liked playing with Barbies and Ken. My kids created "cross-dressing Ken" because we didn't have a full wardrobe for Ken, and he's cute in an evening gown. In my day, we only had my friend's brothers GI Joe and Stretch Armstrong for Barbie to date, and let me tell you, Joe and Stretch did more dishes than save the universe!
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Sinead Kenny 2 years ago
My mom bought me Sindy instead of Barbie. Said it was because her name was close to mine.. Sindy, Sinead 🤨🤔 never understood it and was miffed at her. Yrs later she admitted she thought Barbie was a bit to provocative when I was 6 ish (1986) how things change lol she was Irish Roman Catholic! She also clipped me found the back of the head n the car a few yrs later for singing Rizzo song (Grease) 'look at me I'm Sandra Dee, lousy with virginity' we laughed out it yrs later. We very much a different era! 🙃😉
Noname 2 years ago
A lot of mom's (RC or not) found Barbie to be too provocative - her German prototype was a sex gag gift for bachelor's. My sibs and I got the post Golden Gen whammy of what is "good" for us morally when it came to kid's things in the 70's and 80s- no comic books (we bought and hid Mad and Cracked magazines from my parents like it was porn, and read DC comics at our friend's house. Archie comics weren't even acceptable-teenage wasteland! , though my parents let us read the comics page in the newspaper.). My mom freaked out when I pierced my ears at 12 with a needle and ice, to be like my friends (she also freaked out when I pierved my nose at 30, and didn't speak to me for a year when she learned I had a tattoo.) . I went to a McDonald's for the 1st time when I was 11 because my friend's family had invited me. Parents can be weird.
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Mari 2 years ago
I had a Barbie but my friends had a lot of Barbies, Barbies house and car, a lot of dresses and shoes ect... I remember I stole a pair of Barbie shoes from my friend. SORRY !!!!!
Noname 2 years ago
I eventually got a Skipper, and though my friends had tons of Barbies and accessories, I built Skipper a house out of shoe boxes, furniture and all. My friends thought it was cool.
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I begged my mom for a Barbie, and eventually she broke down and let me get a suntan Skipper. (no one was connecting skin cancer with sun tanning, but Skipper had no boobs, prolly hadn't been visited by Aunt Flo, and dating Ken would've been akin to sexual assault) So, 20 years later, when I had kids, my mom was not only OK with letting my kids have Barbies, she actually bought them some of the most expensive accessories - Barbie Cruise ship, Barbie Camper, Barbie condo (I don't remember the real name) Barbie Cars, etc ad infinitem. Like, wtf, grandma? Not good enough for your child, but it's what the grandkids want, so why not???
#22
A red Ryder range model air rifle
Tree P 2 years ago
I always wondered what was " the thing that tells time." I think it is a sun dial, because shouldn't he know what a clock is?
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Pauly Donahue 2 years ago
Don't listen to the hype, mine was inaccurate and jammed a lot. Crossman is better.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
I still avoid those these things when I see them at flea markets. Being named Ralphie, I am still wary of them.
#23
You know all those Lego "Collect all of these sets to make this bigger build" sets? It's not that I never got them, but I never got more than 1 set, so I was never able to make the big build
The next best thing I did get was a similar set of builds from K'Nex, which I did get all 4 sets
Bad Mole 2 years ago
We were too poor for me to ever get Lego, and my dad wouldn't buy me any even when we had a bit of money for Christmas gifts (his hobby was marriages so there were always a rotating cast of step brothers and sisters, too). Now my kids have moved out and one of their bedrooms is my Lego room.
David 2 years ago
When I was young there were very few specialized pieces. We made everything out of squares and rectangles. The "cool" pieces were the wheels, the flat foundations and the clear window pieces.
Bobby 2 years ago (edited)
The biggest testament I can make for Lego is a piece made 70 years ago fits today's pieces. Lego sets might be expensive but just Lego as a toy is super cheap. I love to cruise garage sales every year and I don't think I've had a year yet that I didn't see a tub of assorted Lego pieces for a buck or less
Hill Branda 2 years ago
I loved Legos. My parents gave the big mixed set when I was a kid, and I would sit for hours building houses and whatnot in my room.
Brian Droste 2 years ago
Good for Bad Mole. Remembering getting Legos?sets. Not a whole lot. Wish still had the ones I had when I was a kid. With the directions.
#24
The gi joe uss flag aircraft carrier
Adam Belaire 2 years ago
Ditto (Unless you're in Winnipeg then nevermind :))
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Bekki Sala 2 years ago
My best friend has one! It's his holy grail for his collection. Mine (that I also now own) is the original 70's Kenner xenomorph from alien
Jay TheSaltLord 2 years ago
I don't know if that thing ever made it to australia. No one I've met in life, online or at cons has ever seen one irl.
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
There was a guy who sold his to P**n Stars on tv. To make sure all the parts were there, they put it together and it was huge ! He got serious bank too like over $100 for it, I’ll have to google it!
#25
A rock tumbler
Margrete Sonnenberg 2 years ago
Another thing I asked for and my dad already had. We tumbled some rocks, due to the noise it stayed in the garage when it on.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Bought one a few years back, in my 60s, thinking it was a gift to m'self. Well, Mom was living with me...so it still went out to the garage lol
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Rougarou Cher 2 years ago
Last summer my wife went "mining" in North Carolina so this is actually on our list of things to buy so she can polish up the rocks she found.
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
You don't want a rock tumbler, my nephew got one and it has to tumble for days. Imagine rocks in the dryer for days, you don't want a rock tumbler
April Porter 1 year ago
I never got one as a kid either. Now I have one in my laundry room. It has run pretty much since the day I got it. I now have a huge collection of really pretty rocks.
#26
G1 Megatron. He was always sold out everywhere.
Martin Kaine 2 years ago (edited)
Same. I thought the robot Megatron looked kinda dumb (he was a much better looking cartoon character).
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Rachel Reynolds 2 years ago
I would have settled for any Transformer, my parents got be GoBots
Tim 2 years ago
You know how some older people say robuts? My mom also said Go-Buts.
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Jay TheSaltLord 2 years ago
Soundwave was the one I always wanted. Bought my 1st one when I was 26.
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
I had Megatron and a friend broke it trying to transform him into a gun. I was heartbroken for weeks.
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
My brother and I ended up having OODLES of the Beast Wars Transformers. Those things were incredible. There was this giant dragon(? trex?) Megatron that was impressive, although he lacked the charm of some of the smaller fellas.
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
Oops I ebayed a few I used to have and an iguana because lizards. Thanks, BP. The Megatron was a dragon also, very big guy, a lot of little particulars about him, not fun to transform.
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those original diecast metal transformers were the absolute pinnacle of toy making IMO. I traded my collection in the late 80s for an original Nintendo (about 10-12yo). Have regretted that decision ever since.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
I still have them both. At least what's left of them. Aside from too many fights they just had to make that one episode where the Decepticons disassembled Optimus and scattered his parts throughout the city, forcing the rest of the Autobots to go find them.
#27
A mini-bike like they advertised in the Sears Christmas catalog.
Emma Kilcup 2 years ago
"Gay" the synonym for lighthearted and carefree was around before "gay" MLM.
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heather7d@yahoo.com 2 years ago
My stepbrother had one of these when we were kids. We burned the c**p out of our legs on the engine, wipes out multiple times, and basically used no safety precautions whatsoever. Ah, childhood in the ‘70s!
David 2 years ago
Memories. Not this model but - mid/late 60s, friend's mini bike. Gas was 40 cents a gallon. Tank held 1 quart. So us kids would return some bottles and stuff to get a dime so we could fill up the gas tank. So we are like 7 or 8 and using a gas pump and the gas station didn't care. Then we would push it to the empty field a block away and take turns riding. Weird to think about things that were okay and normal back then that would cause folks to rheee now.
gloria benado 2 years ago
As a Gen x I totally agree. Pretty amazing I even made it to adulthood 😂
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Sleepflower 2 years ago
Wow, it really is a sorry state of affairs when people don't know the word "gay" means light hearted and carefree and isn't just a sexuality. I still use the word "queer" to describe something strange or unusual (I myself am, strange and unusual. You look like a regular girl to me!)
BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
oh i wanted one of these, when i was around 7-8 but my mother was "No way you'll break your neck." never got one.
#28
I always wanted an electric guitar, but never got one.
Mick Casey 2 years ago
Why are the "girl" guitar models the picture they used? If I remember correctly these are Daisy Rock brand models and were uselessly gendered for no reason because a strat was apparently too boyish for a girl. Tell that to Joan Jett lol. At least these give me similar vibes if they aren't the same thing.
soakingwetbread 2 years ago
why are yall being so mean about the guitars. they arent gendered. youre just making them gendered. it just seems like you guys know that the rock industry is dominated by men, but just wont admit it. these guitars are cool. who tf cares what color your guitar is
Randy Sanders 2 years ago (edited)
I got one. Never looked back. The gift of music is priceless. 67 years old now.
Bobby 2 years ago
If anyone is looking to learn and wants my 2 cents. I would recommend an acoustic to learn on. The strings are a little harder to press but they also usually have a wider, so more forgiving, fingerboard. That is if you're in a place where you know you can afford the electric a little ways down the road after you learn a bit
Joe Renzetti 2 years ago
Same despite relentless begging. They were sure I wouldn't put in the effort to learn. I finally got one myself with paper route money. 40 years later I am still playing.
Electra Complex 2 years ago
I never wanted to own a guitar, but the hot pink is really calling to me.......
#29
An American Girl doll. Loved the books so much. I've been tempted to buy myself a Samantha now that she's out again, but I like the original outfit better.
Willow 2 years ago
Our generation dolls are basically these except a third of the price for more stuff. I totally love them!
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
Wait... Our Generation and American Girl dolls are different brands? My parents have lied to me
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PattonPawter 2 years ago
I have the felicity one, and even got some other accessories that weren’t included but sorta fit (a horse, a four poster bed), and some other accessories that weren’t even from her time period (a Hanukkah set and a veterinarian accessories set) as well as a kitten pet.
Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
The Our Generation are similar minus the cost. I got them for the children in my family.
kaycee14 2 years ago
When Target has them on sale, I pick a couple up for the holiday toy drives.
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Moriah Wood 2 years ago
I had to get rid of all of mine because the hair was FAR beyond repair. 😂
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago
The original outfit is better, I'd go for it and get the old clothes from ebay or something
Summer Woodsong 2 years ago
Buy the doll you love, I bet there's someone on Etsy that will make you the perfect outfit!!
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
I never got one, I think these came out maybe late 80’s or early 90’s. But I love dolls. I’m gonna get me one even if I am 51 ! Lol
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
When Mia premiered on the Oprah Show, I knew the company's spokesperson who showed her on the show. I ran into her the day at the show & she was all giddy to have been on Oprah.
#30
Bop it
best turtle 2 years ago (edited)
bro i always wanted a bop it during my childhood because me and my sister were so competitive with the one they had in my after school program
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Worst. Game. Ever. This is from the parent that has to listen to it constantly perspective
Tree P 2 years ago (edited)
Made me think of the Simpsons episode, with them stuck in the car and the kids playing with it!
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Rougarou Cher 2 years ago
We got one for my niece and nephew to annoy my brother. It was the loudest toy we could find LOL. Years later I bought the Tetris version for myself.
Sarcastic Fringehead 2 years ago
Bro I had an R2D2 bop it and I loved is so freaking much. I’m thinking of buying another one if I can find one.
Jessica Cifelli 2 years ago
I had like 3 different versions of the Bop It. One of my favorite toys. Great for hand-eye coordination
Chancey 2 years ago
You pass it around and have to quickly follow the directions it gives you like: twist it, pull it, bop it, etc...
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MouseyMouse 2 years ago
I got a Grogu Bop It for Christmas this year! So fun but it is weird to twist his neck and hit him on the head...
Brian Droste 2 years ago
Got one for free. Worked for a auction house for a few months. Don't remember what we was cleaning out but there was one in the area. The auction house didn't want it and was going to throw it away. I asked if I could have it. Said yes. So I took it.
#31
I wanted creepy crawlers, i got an easy bake oven instead
CalmAndCollected 2 years ago
These were awesome, the original... the newer version was not as good.
Kelly F 2 years ago
Mine had metal molds and a hot plate. When it was done you had to use tongs to lift the mold and cool it in a little dish of water that sizzled when the hot mold hit it.
A Bobcat From Philly 2 years ago
Yup, and the "plastigoop" that stunk when you cooked it! LOL
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#32
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots KNOCK HIS BLOCK OFF!!
#33
An Oscar Meyer weenie whistle 🤣
Injun Joe 2 years ago
Saw this vehicle last year. Was awesome! I've always wanted to see it. And yes, have the whistle! A 45 ager here! Lol
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
Did you get to sit inside of it? We got to go inside of the one that came to our town, it was super cool!
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Marie Dahme 2 years ago
The weenie whistle. Lol. That’s what the step-dad wanted for Christmas in the first Santa Clause movie !
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
The Weenie Mobile was just in town here last week! Alas, I didn't get to go see it and get a weenie whistle.
Barbara Cochrane 2 years ago
I got one when the Weinermobile went down my street with the original TV commercial Little Oscar throwing the whistles. This was back in the '50's. Yes I am old! LOL.
#34
A minibike. I have one as an adult now, so it’s ok.
Ur Cupid Grookey 2 years ago
My dad found one and fixed it up. Now my little brother has one for free ^^
#35
A My Size Barbie.
Nikki D 2 years ago
Me too! My friend had one and would chase me around with it.
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#36
A little mermaid doll that could swim!
Beans 2 years ago
Looks like it's a repaint of an existing doll. Edit: On searching, believe its a repaint/reroot of of the new Mermaze Mermaidz dolls, the headsize and articulation match up, but not sure who made the repaint or where BP got the image. The OP is instead referring to the swimming Ariel doll that had like a motor in an attached plastic tail and was like waterproof.
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#38
Back when the iron curtain fell and we got American superhero action figures, I really wanted a Batman on a motorcycle. But economy was s**t and my parents couldn't afford it.
Potato patato 2 years ago
According to google, somewhere around the USSR. (Which technically doesn't exist anymore)
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#39
The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Megazord. I never really asked for it, but I thought it was cool. There was a kid in my class who had it and brought it into school and I felt so jelly of him lol. He had the Dragon Zord too, so he could fully-transform the thing.
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, since other friends close in age shared this thought.
Mick Casey 2 years ago
This looks like a rip-off Voltron, which I'm surprised an 80's Voltron toy hasn't been mentioned yet. Those were so cool.
Alicia M 2 years ago
This looks almost exactly like the Voltron toy. My little brother had it, and I'd get annoyed because he could never put it all back together, and I'd have to do it. 😂
Load More Replies... Just_for_this 2 years ago
At many years past the appropriate age to buy these sort of things i am now the proud owner of the Ultrazord. Can't believe im responsible for another human life sometimes.
Ches Yamada 2 years ago
There is no "appropriate" age! You're awesome to go get it because you wanted it ♡
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Steve Austin (6 million dollar man)
Terence Kilgore 2 years ago
With the removable bionic implants and you could look through the back of his head for the bionic vision? My buddy Jason had one...was so jealous!
Lemaire 2 years ago
I am so sorry you never got Steve Austin. I had one and it was so freaking cool. I had the space capsule that converted into an operating room theater. I can still feel the texture of the fake skin that covered the *removable* bionics in his arm. Why hasn't there been a reboot of this show? Or a movie made? s-l1600-63...9dbae2.jpg 
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Hey ! I wanted the Bionic Woman ! Instead I got the Angie Dickinson Police Woman doll. Cool but not the same.
#41
Soundwave
Martin Kaine 2 years ago
It was nice to see him represented in the movie Bumblebee. He and Shockwave were the best villains.
Load More Replies... Jay TheSaltLord 2 years ago
Same. I have a few different incarnations of him on my desk now, and that G1 cosplay helmet hasbro released a few years ago.
#42
Sock em' Boppers
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K- THULU 2 years ago
The big AT-AT from empire strikes back...... Wanted it soooo much but we were too poor, 40 yrs later still want it but just can't justify the price the original ones cost now..... ( though I have paid some pretty ridiculous prices for rare toys in the last couple of years! Don't shop when high, kids!!!)
Lousha 2 years ago
I really wanted one of those fishing toys, where a round disk with holes is going round and round, and in each hole there's a little fish and they open their mouth from time to time, exposing a little magnet. The players each have a fishing rod, and the aim is to catch as many fishes as one can by timing it right and touching the fishing rod's magnet to the mouth's magnet when it's exposed. When I was about 38 and happened upon one in a Pound Shop I bought one on my launch break. When I went back to work I played with it for a glorious five minutes, satisfying the long lost child in me, then I dropped it off to a charity shop, hoping it can serve someone else well yet.
V 2 years ago
A Lego pirate ship. But I was a gUrL so no Lego for me unless I paid for it myself, and I was not getting enough birthday or Christmas money for a big set.
Austin Sauce 2 years ago (edited)
I always wanted a slip-n-slide. My dad was too cheap to buy one so he just laid down this weird smelling tarp in the backyard, turned a hose on and said “knock yourself out.” Which I then proceeded to do literally.
Vermontah 2 years ago
I had that. By the time you had enough ice chips for a slushie half the chips had melted
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Barbie. Dad didn't want me to have the unrealistic body image. That backfired because I have the unrealistic body image.
Elita One 2 years ago
A Wii. I must have been the only kid at my school who didn't have one, everyone in my class had one. In year 10 (2015) my math teacher bought in his Wii for the class to play in our final math class of the year. The embarrassment I felt cause I didn't know how to use it was horrible 😓
K- THULU 2 years ago
The big AT-AT from empire strikes back...... Wanted it soooo much but we were too poor, 40 yrs later still want it but just can't justify the price the original ones cost now..... ( though I have paid some pretty ridiculous prices for rare toys in the last couple of years! Don't shop when high, kids!!!)
Lousha 2 years ago
I really wanted one of those fishing toys, where a round disk with holes is going round and round, and in each hole there's a little fish and they open their mouth from time to time, exposing a little magnet. The players each have a fishing rod, and the aim is to catch as many fishes as one can by timing it right and touching the fishing rod's magnet to the mouth's magnet when it's exposed. When I was about 38 and happened upon one in a Pound Shop I bought one on my launch break. When I went back to work I played with it for a glorious five minutes, satisfying the long lost child in me, then I dropped it off to a charity shop, hoping it can serve someone else well yet.
V 2 years ago
A Lego pirate ship. But I was a gUrL so no Lego for me unless I paid for it myself, and I was not getting enough birthday or Christmas money for a big set.
Austin Sauce 2 years ago (edited)
I always wanted a slip-n-slide. My dad was too cheap to buy one so he just laid down this weird smelling tarp in the backyard, turned a hose on and said “knock yourself out.” Which I then proceeded to do literally.
Vermontah 2 years ago
I had that. By the time you had enough ice chips for a slushie half the chips had melted
Load More Replies... SandraG_lak 2 years ago
Barbie. Dad didn't want me to have the unrealistic body image. That backfired because I have the unrealistic body image.
Elita One 2 years ago
A Wii. I must have been the only kid at my school who didn't have one, everyone in my class had one. In year 10 (2015) my math teacher bought in his Wii for the class to play in our final math class of the year. The embarrassment I felt cause I didn't know how to use it was horrible 😓
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