What Toy did you most crave as a Child

Post by **Mike** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:56 am

This post was inspired by mr_e's writing in another thread.

What toy did you most want as a child? Mine had to be Lego. I loved that, you could spend hours and hours making loads of things. I eventually had a big blue box full of lego pieces - ah fond memories. . . .

And transformers (though less so!).

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:24 am

I always wanted and a la carte kitchen (oh the power of advertising !!!)- never got one though !!

Contented myself with Barbie dolls instead !!

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:49 am

i always wanted a dooms day device, but tragically the dealer at the shop said he wouldn't do a swap for fifty teenage mutant ninja turtle trading cards. sometimes i still dream fondly about what it would be like if i ruled the world...(sounds of marching iron-shod boots and quasi-religious chanting in faintly germanic voices...)

Kirstypie · Post by **Kirstypie** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:04 am

Hungry Hungry Hipp-ipp-oes, remote control car (m'brother always got one instead even if he didn't ask for one!!! GRR!!), and more and more pound puppies. And Lego - enough to build a small moon, preferably.

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:00 pm

Hungry Hippos rocked! I was also very fond of technic lego, lots of joints and stuff to play with, much more scope for stuff.

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:39 pm

I always wanted a proper Care Bear but never got one! Do any of the girls remember Keepers?! And, as for Lego - what about the StickleBricks, eh? And what about FuzzyFelts? They were so cool!

TAOWBST · Post by **TAOWBST** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:52 pm

Bubble-bursting time, but Hungry Hungry Hippos though good, was so poorly made, it fell apart so easily. or maybe that was just with so many people playing.

As for lego...brilliant. Still going, must have made the company so rich, not to mention the perosn who came up with the idea in the first place.

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:53 pm

me and my brothers used to collect matchbox cars - we had hundreds of the things and would play all day long at police chases, motorway pile ups, stunt driving (jumping off the seattie and hurling a car into the dining room)...not a single one left now...

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:41 pm

Claire wrote:I always wanted a proper Care Bear but never got one! Do any of the girls remember Keepers?! And, as for Lego - what about the StickleBricks, eh? And what about FuzzyFelts? They were so cool!

I have a horrible feeling I remember Keepers, but a sense of vague nausea prevents me from probing any further. I would hasten to add I didn't own one.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:06 pm

Jeepers creepers,
what's inside those keepers !!

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:41 pm

am i the only one feeling old as this discussion continues? :D

TAOWBST · Post by **TAOWBST** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:52 pm

Maybe. Dunno about the others but I'm not old. Not old enough to vote, but old enough to learn to drive. What a combination. Oh and in case its not obvious, I'm 17.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:01 pm

I never feel old, I am always young at heart and have a cheery smile on my face (except when I am sleepy, not cheery etc

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Fez · Post by **Fez** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:00 pm

TAOWBST wrote:Oh and in case its not obvious, I'm 17.

ah bless, he's still young enough to suck his thumb. anyway, mike, isn't a cheery smile the first sign of going senile? which is worrying, i'm six months older than he is - and turn that damn music down!

TAOWBST · Post by **TAOWBST** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:14 pm

Fez wrote: ah bless, he's still young enough to suck his thumb. anyway, mike, isn't a cheery smile the first sign of going senile? which is worrying, i'm six months older than he is - and turn that damn music down!

Of course. Six months older than me? I thought everyone on here was like at least Mike's age. With the exception of john, mark, and probably a few other but can't think if any more right now. Is there some sort of craze with saying "ah bless" all of a sudden or is it just me?