Morning all!
Following on from my QOTW post I have a question... was there ever a toy that you really, really wanted when you were little but didn't ever get, if so what was it?

Or was there some toy that you wanted when you were a kid, brought as an adult and realised that it was actually quite shit!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:26, 42 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Meccano.
No one wanted to give Meccano sets to girls in the early 80s, damn their gender stereotyping. I got one for my 17th birthday instead and I loved it. I secretly still prefer Lego though.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Awww I never got Meccano either... *sads*
You're right, it was a bit of a 'boys toy'.

I did get a 'boys toy' one Christmas. It was a massive truck and you could pull the drivers head off and fire it out of a catapult on the back of the car - that was a-mazing!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:32, Reply)

I had Meccano
it was great, but I couldn't build for shit. All my cars ended up looking like giant robot ants
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:25, Reply)

Mr Frosty,
My parents (probably correctly)said it was rubbish and I wouldn't use it.
I hated them for that.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Aww
I never got a Mr Frosty either! I posted about it and a few people said I wasn't missing out... I still want one though!! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:33, Reply)

Mr Frostee was a terrible, terrible disappointment.
Terrible.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:49, Reply)

I had Mr Frosty's hat.
I found it in the park : (
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Hahahaha
You're so cool!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:59, Reply)

I loved finding things
And my mum's a bit OCD so everything I found had to be drenched in Dettol before it crossed the threshold.
Now I can find things and just bring 'em right home. Nobody to tell me that hub-cap is dirty, no siree.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:06, Reply)

Are you some sort of bag woman.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Yup
No. I just like finding sticks and shiny things.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:17, Reply)

I really really really wanted the Optimus Prime Transformer truck
as I coveted my mate's one hard. My birthday arrived - I think I was eleven - and a suspiciously truck-shaped gift was handed to me. My moment had arrived, it was going to be great. It's a truck! It's a robot!

Nope, it was a radio shaped like Optimus Prime. It didn't transform. I'd been given the gift of Radio 1 and Horizon 103.3FM.

I cried.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Awww bless
Maybe your parents thought that was what you wanted... all the Optimus Prime stuff sort of looked the same but transformed into different things!! Perhaps with the release of the new films you will get your truck! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I bought Optimus Prime a few years ago cos I loved it as a child
But Marcus Bleens stole it in the playground and I was too scared of him to tell the teacher.
( Peej, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 12:53, Reply)

I wanted a Swoop Dinobot transformer
They were only ever released in the US though, which meant I never had a chance.

However, my 30th is rapidly approaching and there's eBay now. I've started dropping hints already!
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:39, Reply)

I never had a Barbie doll
I always wanted one, mainly because at the time, I was the only 5 year old girl without a barbie doll! And mum said she wouldn't let me have one because they don't make barbies with curly hair.

Yep. That was the reason she gave to five year old me.
Last year she told me it was because she thought they were ugly and I shouldn't want to have something just because everybody else does.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:39, Reply)

Aww
I never had a Barbie through choice. She had freaky hands and even as a kid I knew she was too thin. I had many Sindy dolls instead, they were pretty cool! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:48, Reply)

NEVER wanted Barbie
Quite liked Cindy when I was tiny.
Every year my dad's sisters would inflict two fresh Barbies upon me. I had no idea what to do with them.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I'm glad it wasn't just me
I was treated like a bit of a freak for not liking Barbie. Sometimes I used to steal my brothers Action Man, camo up Sindy and go on a mission!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:59, Reply)

ahah see thing is,
I think I only wanted one because mum wouldn't let me have one and because everybody else already did.

I instead had a very tiny pink bear that went with my everywhere (it's the size of my palm. He's my good luck charm. There's a little patch on his tummy and nose where I used to rub my thumb when I was nervous that has no fur on it at all. I still have the little bear - he's been to new zealand and around aus and he's going to the UK next year too. He's well travelled. :P
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Aww
That's well cute.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Just for a second
and only a second, I read that as "he's been to new zealand and around anus"

He really would be well travelled then!
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:05, Reply)

bahaha!
yes he really would be - but no - he hasn't been around anus!
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:07, Reply)

Honestly, Flim...
there was one Barbie. She had a retractable pole sticking out of the top of her head! Yes. Read that sentence again.
I was traumatised. Why??? She had on a white leatherette jumpsuit and a pole in her head, This was apparently supposed to make bouffants easier. I'm sure I didn't imagine this.
Trailer Trash Barbie?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:02, Reply)

Haha
Of course 'Retractable Pole Barbie, can scale walls using only her neck!!'

Do you remember Jem? She was truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:07, Reply)

Oh my word, she really existed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JgoZHYt-KQ

Hell.

EDIT: And yes, Jem of the giant head...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:16, Reply)

Dude
That is terrifying!! The kids in the advert are also terrifying... I am terrified!! *fears*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:18, Reply)

I'm under my desk
peering out only to reply.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:26, Reply)

It will be
in my nightmares tonight, I am certain of this! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:34, Reply)

Like the Christian Science Bible Class puppet show.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:42, Reply)

Don't tell me more!
I'm scared enough as it is! Wah!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:43, Reply)

I wanted this
The Family Tree House.

My cousin had it. I absolutely loved it.

EDIT: erm, this?.. www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_q/297557060/
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:52, Reply)

Awwww
I remember that!! It was wicked!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:01, Reply)

I really wanted a cd ghetto blaster

I got a tiny tape player/radio with one speaker and a copy of Now 16 tape 2, my brother got tape 1.

Rubbish.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:17, Reply)

Oh my god
That nearly made me cry.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:18, Reply)

I also got Neil Diamond's

Greatest hits, rockin!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Neil Diamond!!!!
Rockin indeed!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:23, Reply)

My mum said that every time I hear 'Sweet Caroline'
I have to say an Eternal Rest for the soul of my Great-Aunty Nelly.
My mum isn't even religious.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:27, Reply)

Big Track - I think that's what the name is.
A programmable ATV type thing.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:32, Reply)

I wanted one of those!
Never got one though. To be fair, we'd destroyed a Tonka truck the year before.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:40, Reply)

Ha, yeah.
Tonkas certainly weren't indestructable.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:46, Reply)

I wanted a manta force Red Venom
I bought one last year. It was shit so I gave it to my Nephew.

I still want Starcom toys.

MAGNALOCK ON!
( Peej, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 12:55, Reply)