What Toy did you most crave as a Child

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:33 pm

Nah, Fez is even older than me. He's six months older than Mike. I am also guilty of saying "bless" sometimes, usually just after speaking to some nice old person on the phone.

Did anyone used to have Marble Run, or whatever it was called? Hours of pre-Lego fun.

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:21 pm

Anyone actually bought the toy they wanted but didn't have as a kid? I got christine a Mr Potato Head one christmas - he's fab!!!

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:10 pm

TAOWBST wrote:Six months older than me?

no, i'm six months older than mike. some of us at this site are very old indeed. eeh, when i was a lad...

Mark Scollon · Post by **Mark Scollon** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:05 pm

I'm actually so old that I remember going to Mike's house on Christmas Day with the sole intention of taking over the job of showing him how all his new transformers actually transformed. I was too old to ask for them for myself so I had to get devious.
I've just bought a box of Fuzzy Felt for my girlfriend for her birthday as she was complaining that she always wanted some as a kid but never got any.
I always wanted Action Man stuff but it never materialised. The lad at the end of our street had loads and I hated him but had to pretend to be his friend just so that I could use his Eagle Eyes Action Man.

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:56 pm

Action Man was teh sexxor. Yes, I'd forgotten about him, they were rather swanky during the standard obsession with war phase when I was around seven or eight. Edit: Or am I thinking of GI Joe?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:26 pm

Fez, you can tell you are going senile when you cannot remember erm, I think I was going to say something rather meaningful but I forget quite what. . . .

On another topic I was rather a lucky child (or easy to please, nothing really changes!) and was quite happy with the toys provided by kind relatives, though I never did get my transformers back!

I would buy a full set of the transformers toys now but they are extorionatly expensive on eBay. I looked at one of the very basic ones Jazz, ?50 in perfect condition, ?35 without all the accessories. I fear this is a bit out of my league, I will have to win the lottery first.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:26 am

Fuzzy felts rock !!!

Kirstypie · Post by **Kirstypie** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:50 am

I'm with Lizzie on this one. Fuzzy Felts should be given on prescription.

Mark Scollon · Post by **Mark Scollon** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:01 pm

The fuzzy felt went down great as a present. She loved it. Major brownie points for me with that one.
I also used to want a Steve Austin (bionic man) doll and an Evel Kneval (??) stunt bike. Needless to say, I didn't get those either, but the annoying get at the end of the street had both of them as well. The BASTARD!!!!