"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."
"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."
"Castle Grayskull, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe."
"Lite bright"
"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."
"Easy - Bake Oven"
"Mousetrap board game"
"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."
"Walkie talkie"
"Hotweels. But I’m a girl and those were “boy toys”. Still pissed. Anyone old enough to remember the slime ramp sh#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"
"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"
"Moon shoes ))):"
"Always wanted a Tamagotchi"
"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 sh#t about it. She gloated and would never let me use it. Brat."
"Play-do Barber Shop. I became a hairstylist years later."
"Sea Monkeys. Once I learned about Artemia nauplii, there was no point..."
"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"
"The ninja turtle pizza thrower van."
"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."
"Barbie. My two sisters each got a Barbie. I got Midge."
"A red Ryder range model air rifle"
"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"
"The gi joe uss flag aircraft carrier"
"G1 Megatron. He was always sold out everywhere."
"A mini-bike like they advertised in the Sears Christmas catalog."
"I always wanted an electric guitar, but never got one."
"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."
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No, I get it. Those cheap rc cars get stuck on the rug let alone on dirt or grass. He was a KID. Kids are ungrateful bc they don't understand why they can't have the things they want. ESPECIALLY when they still believe in Santa and they see more well off kids getting all the toys they want. Why didn't Santa get me anything, I've been so good all year?
You can be grateful you got what you got and still be disappointed you didn't get what you wanted.
I ended up with Castle Grayskull, Snake Mountain, and the entire set of 1st run figures and vehicles. Perks of your parents getting divorced at 2 years old I suppose.
#11 is a girl's toy, and boys that... well... don't ask, don't tell.
You're weird for even caring about what people want if it doesn't hurt anyone...
Seriously. What does it matter if a boy wants to play with a pink umbrella or a girl with a Transformers action figure? They're kids. Let them play. Get a life.
You take a big risk allowing your boy to play with a pink umbrella or your girl to play with Transformers. If their school teacher sees them, they'll be signed up for hormone blockers, new pronouns, and a sex change operation.
How about (ghetto)Blaster and Soundwave, with the cassettes Laserbeak and Frenzy? They just sat in the corner playing imaginary jams while the others fought.
Fun fact: It is weird that some turn into vehicles and some in things like a cassette player because they were originally completely different sets.
There were a lot of different companies bringing out their own "robots that can turn into something else" toy line each with their own storyline in Japan then.
The people behind "Transformers" bought up the rights to a few that didn't sell well. In this way they could save money and time not developing new ones.
They gave those to a bunch of animators and told them to think up new characters and a storyline and turn it into a cartoon series that would basically be a half hour advertisement to sell the toys. Not uncommon back them btw. The only reason TMNT cartoons existed was for the same reason.
Megatron and Soundwave were a gun and cassette player because in their original storyline those robots were from outer space and hid themselves in a boy's room by transforming themselves in objects you'd find there. Like a toy gun and a cassette player. Oh, and they were good robots!
Yes, Megatron and Soundwave were originally the good guys and not much bigger than your hand!