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things you wanted when you were younger but never got
I really wanted some Vert-x rollerblades. in the run up to xmas that year, I kept having dreams in which I woke up to some. and then I woke up and felt sad.
crushed dreams ITT.
I really wanted some Vert-x rollerblades. in the run up to xmas that year, I kept having dreams in which I woke up to some. and then I woke up and felt sad.
crushed dreams ITT.
Mr Frosty
:(
Midnight Pumpkin
Zoidzilla
Actually contrary to my protests further down the thread
I had a decent stash of Zoids, including Zoidzilla, and THIS: motherfucker: http://cdn2.sulitstatic.com/images/2012/0810/011632145_01142855774590af13d3140e52ed25946b78cdcad12763bb6.jpg
Although this is making me sad at not ever having owned a Megazord or Ultramegazord, thanks parents.
FUCK!
Don't even remember that one. Amazing.
this has also got me thinking about all the Might Max stuff I had
as well. In retrospect, I was pretty spoilt up until about 4 years after my Dad left my mum, so I had the world until 9, then he dropped off the radar a bit due to troubles he was having and my mum was but a poor spinster.
Things like this: http://mightymax.wikia.com/wiki/Mighty_Max_Caught_by_the_Man-Eater
And this: http://mightymax.wikia.com/wiki/Mighty_Max_Storms_Dragon_Island
Halcyon days for kids toys. What have they got now? Call of Duty it seems.
Mighty Max was ace
Well OK the cartoon was naff but the actual toys, so much fun.
I had a zoidzilla!
Got one as a joke present five years ago for this exact reason. Can confirm its shit and nowhere near as good as my cousin's one was.
Mr Frosty
Mini halfpipe in my back garden
David White back from Leeds.
Sega Dreamcast.
An old schoolmate won the first ever dreamcast in the UK
He was in the SEGA magazine and everything.
Love
Hate
Soda Stream
I have one of these now.
I fucking love it.
The best thing is putting shitty wine in it.
Can you put soup in it?
I wouldn't like to try to be honest.
I was scared enough with the wine.
ohmygod what is this
http://www.sodastream.com/node/679
put milk in it
trainers with lights in the heels that light up when you walk
occasionally see kids wearing these and still get pangs of jealousy
I had a pair of LA Lights.
8th birthday present. I was the coolest.
Me too
They were the bomb.
True fact - you could take the lights out if you wanted, and have some decent trainers with a light that could be stuck on a keyring.
A Neo Geo console
barbie house
Linkin Park hoodie
I really wanted a Green Day hoodie
a Warning one like this other kid had. it was cream/white coloured. I didn't even have the album, I just liked the hoodie.
I wanted one with the Hybrid Theory album art on
never got one tho cause I didn't want to get called a "sweddy" at school
My parents to love me
:(
A knife
Found an old Christmas list from when I was five years old where I asked for a knife.
I didn't get a knife :(
TV in my bedroom.
Maybe they were right cos i just read all the time instead. I still don't have a TV in my bedroom.
Warhammer 40k starter set
Mostly because it was the most expensive thing in the games section of the Argos catalogue. Think my parents probably did me a favour there.
Threesome
and a dog
These two are in no way connect jfc
My parents just flatly refused to let me have a dog. I got a goldfish called Shazzam instead
from your parents?
Tyco RC Rebound
Massive Supersoaker
Some sort of Nerf Gun
I got a remote control car, but not the one I wanted
not a total loss.
also got a Super Soaker, but I had to refill it more often than my friend Jason with his fuck off massive one (he also got a Rebound, the git).
and if memory serves me right, a Nerf gun
might have been a Nerf ball, actually.
Fuck your mate Jason
sounds like a right entitled prick. I'm here for you. /solidarity
he was a prick!
he also got a Barracuda mountain bike and a Dreamcast (which he let us play on, to be fair).
All of the Tyco stuff was awesome
I wanted some kind of bright yellow RC hovercraft which was seventy quid or something. Never got it; how those adverts on kids TV used to mock me!
Tyco?
Keep it.
Tamiya did/do the good R/C stuff.
Badly wanted a Hornet. www.tamiya101.com/model_info.asp?id=45 Got a knock-off cheaper version instead.
I did get a Nerf gun
But the problem with that is it's always one of the basic ones whereas the spoilt kid down the road with the rich parents gets one of the really fancy ones. much like incandenza's friend Jason and his supersoaker.
A Playstation.
Philips CD-i
Pretty pleased I never got one now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_CD-i
nah mate, you want a 3DO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer
celtic top
wasn't allowed one as we lived in a shit area and my parents were convinced it'd lead to me getting battered
Keep spending most our lives
living in the deep fried paradise
deep fried goods were never off the table
Nike Air Max Pro
actually it was Air Max1's on closer inspection
these specifically
http://sneakerbardetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nike-air-max-1-white-navy-red-og.jpg
Pop Up Pirate
A ride on train set
Was plastic track with a battery powered train so not quite as grand as it sounds but still well beyond my means.
I wanted it so bad that I wrote to Jim'll fix it asking for it.
Feel free to finish this reply with your own quip. Maybe something about riding the A-train?
my cousin had this exact train set
i had outrageous envy as a result
I felt a twinge of jealousy reading that
Hope he let you have a go!
nah she didn't, think i was too old by the time she had it :(
air rifle
thundercats duvet set
I used to want loads of stuff from Argos
I used it as inspiration for gifts. To the point where one year I made a christmas list and even put the Argos catalogue number on the list.
EVERYONE did that, surely?
Either the Argos catalogue or the autumn/winter issue of the Kay's catalogue.
For some reason*
my university flatmate Jamie confessed in Freshers’ Week that as a kid he’d always wanted a Fashion Wheel for his birthday but his parents didn’t think it an appropriate gift for a boy. (To be fair, he was from the Medway towns, they almost certainly saved his life.)
Two months later we clubbed together and bought one from Argos for his birthday. He’d forgotten all about his confession by then and was genuinely touched. Of course, we all took the piss out of him mercilessly as he played with it on the floor, a look of unabashed delight across his face.
A few weeks later my Spring/Summer ’99 collection was critically acclaimed by all who saw it.
*alcohol
actually quite a sweet story
somehow
my ears pierced
a pair of clean white underpants
was top of my xmas list one year
pretty sure I got them though so suck it
Sega Megadrive
got one of them for my 7th birthday
all my family heard was 'SEEEEEEEGGAAAAAA' over and over again as I constantly died at sonic and reset the console
There's a home video somewhere
Of me being a right little jammy arsehole when I got one when I was about 8. Cringeworthy viewing.
I think I kind of wanted those various kids kitchen things, which I was never given. And I wasn't allowed anything Pokemon related when I was older :-(
I got cool presents though. Especially in the age 3 - 6 bracket.
SCALETRIX? Check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QIAtFTH3Zk
MATCHBOX RAPID SHOT SETS? Check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaNx2NmqKH0
PLAYMOBIL RUBBISH TRUCK? Check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQK3PKWTC4
aww... adorable
Looks like you got the really posh scalextric set. We had this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/garethj/Slot%20cars/scalex198315.jpg
I got that rubbish truck!!
also the fire engine :D
I got one of the Scaletrix tracks
With the banked corner that the car slide pathetically to the bottom of the track if you don't go fast enough but end up going skiting off the top if you carry too much speed. Fun times.
Black leather jacket
obviously
Didn't think they were that popular in the 30s
The EIGHTEEN THIRTIES
*darts music*
gooey louie
Thunderbirds green spaceship
My rich friend had one. Think I considered swiping it for a while.
You're talking about Thunderbird 2, right?
Sometimes used to carry Thunderbird 4 inside it. I still fucking want one of those.
A train set
It was always top of my Christmas list...but I never got it. I didn't mind so much until I realised I'd been asking for about 5 years in a row and it wasn't even mentioned once.
Mario 3 for the NES
Not long before Christmas I dreamt that I not only got the game, it also turned into a little aeroplane with Mario in it that flew out of the window while me and all my friends ooh-ed and aah-ed.
Didn't really want it all that much afterwards, it wad never going to live up to that dream.
sorry but you're wrong
mario 3 is amazing
Agreed
But still not as amazing as if the cart turned into an aeroplane with Mario inside, who was somehow alive.
To get buggered by a Radio DJ/ Tv Celebrity/Wobbleboard Player/PR Guru
I mean by all accounts everyone else was getting some action, why not me?
Not very funny
He buggered that one up.
megazord
Tin Can Alley
I wanted a Transformers toy but we were too poor in the mid-80s.
My mum bought me a Gobot instead. Not quite the same thing but I guess money was tight back then.
Gobots Ruled
The toys seemed to be more hard-wearing than Transformers?
Bicycle
Raleigh Extreme
A skateboard
Probably for the best, reckon I'd have written myself off had I ever tried using one
Gillian Anderson.
A GF.
The Breville just didn't cut it.
never got a Buzz Lightyear
:(
One of these
http://www.otithelis.com/toys/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg
Whoa. I remember that toy. My cousin had one. That's a blast
from the past from the early 80s.
nobody has said drum kit yet?
DRUM KIT
A Dukla Prague Away Kit
Obviously...or a proper transformer...err
Most games consoles
I was always a good 2-3 years behind the curve. Secondhand SNES, PS1 etc etc.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JXFoFeyRF1Y/Tq_omCssCwI/AAAAAAAAFO4/3jis7HA_frs/s400/80s-girl%2Btalk%2Bgame.jpg
http://media.onsugar.com/files/ed4/2010/01/01/192/1922507/f009c6e7e2811e04_dream-phone-post.jpg
(my sister did have them both but i don't think i ever played them)
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/4/10265-powerglove.jpg
da da d-do do-do!