Ginpanther Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Sound off about the toys you craved, desired, envied and coveted as a child... yet never, ever got no matter how much you begged, pleaded and annoyed your parents for them!For me, my top two unicorns from childhood are:Omnibot 2000Lion Voltron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hitachi Magic Wand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I always either wanted more Lego or more video games. One thing I remember begging and begging for was this huge Lego train set costing like $240 Aud, I don't blame her not buying me it. I had a lot of Lego. Stuff passed down from Dad, her brothers and more than enough that I built up over the years. But you can never have enough Lego right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Nope, I got a ton of it, myself. Totally digging the architectural series. I've got a Lego Guggenheim and Lego Fallbrook.It's always a satisfying when you get more to add to the collection. Even more satisfying when you finish building something grand!I'm still regretting giving all my Lego to my younger brother. Maybe I'll be able to get it back in a couple years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 When I was a kid, I always wanted aqua pets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewge Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I think I got pretty much anything I wanted, back when I was a kid. I even had a pony at some point. Well, two ponies. And a horse.I hated life back then, too! Weird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 As soon as I read the thread title, I thought, "POO-CHI." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) still waiting for that bad dragon toy, but christmas is near...in seriousness, probablyyyyy tomogatchi. i was obsessed with things like that and i really wish i had gotten one.As soon as I read the thread title, I thought, "POO-CHI."I LOVED THAT THING! i had such a stark curiosity for robots as a child as well as animals and this was something i had with me like all the time. it never ceased to amuse me. Edited November 7, 2015 by evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewge Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 As soon as I read the thread title, I thought, "POO-CHI."I was more a fan of T-Rex, the Dino-Chi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Thunder Megazord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I was more a fan of T-Rex, the Dino-ChiThat guy's cool-looking! I forgot those were a thing. I only remember smaller versions of them being McDonald's toys at some point. Good thing I wasn't as aware of this one, I would have wanted it too, haha!If I had known about Aibo as a kid, I'm sure I would have wanted that as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisek Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I always wanted an RC car, or airplane, or any vehicle that was remote controlled. My parents were always complaining about how I rarely went outside, an RC airplane can't be flown indoors, you fools!To be fair, those things probably cost the modern equivalent of a thousand dollars back in the 1990's, what do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I really wanted a skateboard when I was in grade/middle school but I never got one. all because I bought this guide to skateboarding at a book fair one year. I got the deck that I had been saving up for one year for Christmas but I didn't complete the board until a few years ago lolAs soon as I read the thread title, I thought, "POO-CHI."I had a Poo-chi. I also had the cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx-Returns Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 For me it was those gooey aliens in the goo. One time they were being sold somewhere my family and I were, but nobody had any change to get one, and I was so upset. They were literally not in the stores for so long after that. I see them sometimes being sold in The Works, but for all that I wanted some as a kid, every time I see them now, I'm like "I'll get them next time I'm here". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I never begged, but there was stuff I know I wanted. Nerf guns got more and more badass from middle school and even today. In fact, they're even more kickass today. But I wanted this something fierce. And then Legos... Specifically Star WarsI was more a fan of T-Rex, the Dino-ChiI had like 4 of these fuckers. The cat, him, parrot, and dog. Robot animals are the shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 For me it was those gooey aliens in the goo. One time they were being sold somewhere my family and I were, but nobody had any change to get one, and I was so upset. They were literally not in the stores for so long after that. I see them sometimes being sold in The Works, but for all that I wanted some as a kid, every time I see them now, I'm like "I'll get them next time I'm here".I remember those. Everyone was so disappointed when they didn't come alive and hatch in the year 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx-Returns Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I remember those. Everyone was so disappointed when they didn't come alive and hatch in the year 2000.Aw damn, what's the point in having one now I know they won't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Aw damn, what's the point in having one now I know they won't?They could always hatch in the year 3000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 first it wasthen it was i eventually got a bike, but it wasn't the same type or color as the one i really wanted. it was smaller, simpler, and... girlier. my little sister ended up getting an elefun (by then, i was too old to play with it, of course... i played with it anyway) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGravitas Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I wanted a Sega 32X when I saw it at Blockbuster. It's probably for the best that I didn't get one. Wanted a Sega Saturn, too. Same for that :PI do remember there were things I wanted and didn't get, but I don't remember what they were so I guess they weren't that important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I do remember there were things I wanted and didn't get, but I don't remember what they were so I guess they weren't that important.This is probably my case as well. I'm sure there were lots of silly little things I wanted but never got, I just can't remember them.I do remember wanting a Gameboy Color though, because my brother got one as a gift from our dad. I asked my dad if I could get one too, and he told me no. :cSo, I saved up my own money to get it myself. By the time I had enough, the GameBoy Advance was out, and I got that instead. Woo!...Then my brother got an Advance as a birthday gift. :I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 That's right! When I was little, I wanted an Easy Bake Oven so I could make snacks for myself all day! My Uncle and Granddad wouldn't get it for me though since they classified that as a girl's toy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 That's right! When I was little, I wanted an Easy Bake Oven so I could make snacks for myself all day! My Uncle and Granddad wouldn't get it for me though since they classified that as a girl's toyMy parents actually got my brother and I one, huehuehue....We hardly used it :ISince when was wanting to eat tasty treats a gendered thing, anyway? :v 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I think I got most of the random stuff I wanted, except if it was just too obscure to find. Also some stuff I had barely even heard of, like a microscope. At some point though I started to realize that physical toys were pretty boring and limited compared to what I could do with video games, so then I just got those instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) My parents actually got my brother and I one, huehuehue....We hardly used it :ISince when was wanting to eat tasty treats a gendered thing, anyway? :vYou hardly used?! How dare you squander such an item! Had a lot to do with the color of it if it was blue, that Easy Bake Oven would've been mine for sure! Edited November 8, 2015 by DevilishlyHandsome49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallium Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 You hardly used?! How dare you squander such an item! Had a lot to do with the color of it if it was blue, that Easy Bake Oven would've been mine for sure!Pink isnt even a girl's color :T ...in any case I think at some point they advertied a neutral one with one boy in the background using it which was an attempt at gender neutrality. OT: S many things...a lot of videogames and toys Id watch on TV and long for, and to this day I would still want to play the videogames. But thats okay. Wanting things is bad. Happiness is overrated, or moreover you dont get happiness by fulfilling with wants.Just never want anything. Wanting is bad in life. Or something.Im seriously screwed up mentally recently and taking it out on a stupid post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Pink isnt even a girl's color :T ...in any case I think at some point they advertied a neutral one with one boy in the background using it which was an attempt at gender neutrality.No color is a boy's or girl's color, really...But according to today's society, pink is absolutely a girl's color. :vAlso, I do recall seeing a boy in an Easy-bake oven commercial recently (well, there was a boy and a girl, but still), and the oven itself may have been more "neutral" colors, if I recall correctly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 A computer with Internet access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 first it was Now I remember coveting Mousetrap. Eventually I got to play it at a friend's house. That game wasn't remotely as fun as the commercial made it out to be, some of the moving pieces would get stuck or flat out not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishaCat Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) I wanted an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle BB gun. Edited November 9, 2015 by Battlechili 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 I wanted an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle BB gun.But... you'll shoot your eye out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Now I remember coveting Mousetrap. Eventually I got to play it at a friend's house. That game wasn't remotely as fun as the commercial made it out to be, some of the moving pieces would get stuck or flat out not work. i had a mini keychain version of it. i didn't use it much for that exact reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 That's right! When I was little, I wanted an Easy Bake Oven so I could make snacks for myself all day! My Uncle and Granddad wouldn't get it for me though since they classified that as a girl's toyWe had one of those. You arenèt missing much (sorry for canadian keyboard, its stuck)youd slide a tray into the oven and it would get caught on something and dump and then burn, and this was like a super common occuranceit was ridiculous Now I remember coveting Mousetrap. Eventually I got to play it at a friend's house. That game wasn't remotely as fun as the commercial made it out to be, some of the moving pieces would get stuck or flat out not work. had mousetrapthose mice arent in any danger of being caught, trust me, the traps dont work half the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisek Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I wanted an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle BB gun.Don't you mean lever action carbine? Also that thing is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazerMaster5 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 This one fancy remote control truck where you could plug in your MP3 player and it would play music. I instead ended up with an rc S2000 with built in sounds, which I did use a lot.Another Christmas I got this really cool all terrain rc, but it was too big and powerful for me to use in the house, and the drive was too small for it. If only there was an abandoned airstrip nearby for me to use, now that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catilda Lily Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I wanted one of those electric cars for kids to drive around in. I ended up getting a used bike, I promptly rode it down a hill, only to find out the brakes were less than acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Definitely the GI-Joe aircraft carrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kinare Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Anything Pokemon, really. Me 'n' my bro weren't allowed to have them because Pokemon are supposedly demons, but we tried our best to get our paws on anything Pokemon related. We had all sorts of stuff at multiple points. Dad was stupid and my bro got him to buy him cards as rewards for helping him with projects all the time, then mum would find out somehow and scold dad and rummage through everything looking for them. .-.Then there was Digimon. Had a similar struggle with that, but hilariously (despite them looking more evil, frankly), it wasn't as bad. I did end up losing a couple action figures and Digivices to my mum's wrath... When she would get really angry she would just go through our shit and take anything that remotely looked "bad" and sadly that meant a lot of non-Pokemon things got victimized. I had some damn good cards at one point too and it really irritates me to know they're in some dump right now. Might even be in decent condition because they were in a binder. Maybe a hobo saved them.Eventually my mum got worn out trying to stop us from getting stuff so we did get some, but there's just some things you can't recover as a kid who doesn't have access to eBay and no allowance. =/Also always wanted a Playstation, but by the time we were able to convince our mum that it wasn't a bad thing to have we were past the PS1 era and into the PS2 era so managed to get that instead, plus a while hour of game time on Saturdays and Sundays! Go us!There's still action figures and such from back then that I'd love to have now, but they're so ridiculously over priced that it's just not happening. Oh, and some rare Beanie Babies, used to love those things. Can't think of anything else atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamedog Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 These PS1 is rad (I still have one!!!)Operation was TERRIFYING. it was NOT fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 PS1 is rad (I still have one!!!)Operation was TERRIFYING. it was NOT funThat buzz still haunts the dreams of many. I'm also sure it's driven an entire generation away from medical careers. Definitely the GI-Joe aircraft carrierOh man, I think... now that you mention that, I'm pretty sure my parents gave me the fighter jet, that was based on the F-14? With the wings you could actuate... looked like this, I remember the handle behind the cockpit to get the wings to sweep back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 That buzz still haunts the dreams of many. I'm also sure it's driven an entire generation away from medical careers.Oh man, I think... now that you mention that, I'm pretty sure my parents gave me the fighter jet, that was based on the F-14? With the wings you could actuate... looked like this, I remember the handle behind the cockpit to get the wings to sweep back.Oh yes, I remember that. My brother had it. It was one of the best and most destructive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 @Yarra This was like uncovering a weird repressed memory, except like... a good one. For example, I'd forgotten this thing came with super-awesome parachutes for the ejection seat!I remember the decals being a complete bastard to put on. And I'm sure that I, like many children of the era, lost 1 to 3 of the missiles included with it before it finally went to a new home via one of our family garage sales. I bet my folks never imagined something they bought for (the then-outrageous price of) $20 would be selling for $100 in "Good, almost-whole" condition today. But they have expressed lament about the Voltron die-cast, so... I guess there's something to be said for nostalgia! Still, I don't blame them a bit. The price for the time was really over-the-top, and they had no idea it would appreciate (under very controlled circumstances) to the value it has today. Ultimately, toy speculation is a fool's game and I'm thankful for what I got as a kid (even though I didn't know how good I had it at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pignog Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I wanted a sega with sonic but my family was broke as hell so i got some terrible tiger electronics sonic thing instead. It was an LCD screen that had like 4 positions for sonic to occupy and an endless loop of enemies to hop on. What a piece of crap, still played the hell outta it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 I wanted a sega with sonic but my family was broke as hell so i got some terrible tiger electronics sonic thing instead. It was an LCD screen that had like 4 positions for sonic to occupy and an endless loop of enemies to hop on. What a piece of crap, still played the hell outta itThose machines covered everything from car racing games to (as I just learned from you) brand name arcade games. Terrible yet oddly addicting, exactly as you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Another thing I was jazzed for (albeit more recently :V) were the new furbies from like 2012, the expensive ones with the LCD eyes. They're cool looking. Though, they're not necessarily known for being very high quality. Me and my stupid robutts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thinking back, I really wish I had got that vibrator. So many missed opportunities. :v 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thinking back, I really wish I had got that vibrator. So many missed opportunities. :vYou fucking fox, send me nudes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 You fucking fox, send me nudesThey'll cost you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 You fucking foxRedundant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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