What toy did you desperately want as a kid but never got? – 17 playthings young-at-heart adults still secretly yearn for
10.
‘Creepy Crawlers. My mom didn’t get them for me because I’m a girl and she said they were toys for boys. 😭’
-moon_blisser
11.
‘American. Fucking. Girl. Doll.
‘My friend had Samantha and I was violently jealous. I wanted Molly because she had little nerd accessories like a school desk and tiny books.’
-Princess_Zelda_Fitzg
12.
‘Those shoes with the little wheels in the heel. Someone in my grade cracked their skull open using those so my mom was dead set against me having a pair.’
–dragonborne123
13.
‘The larger Lego sets, specifically the castle sets. I used to longingly study the pamphlets you got with Lego that showed all the ranges and just fantasize about playing with the big play-sets. They were way out of our price range though.
As a treat to 8 year old me, I bought the Lion Knight’s castle a couple of years back when I secured a much better job after redundancy. I’ll get it built when I finally sort out the spare room.’
-GruffScottishGuy
14.
‘I saved up barcodes from the chocolate milk cans to get a glow in the dark spaceship. Even paid for the stamp myself. It never came and I still think about it almost 40 years later.’
-sparquis
15.
‘Tamagotchi . It was always a knock off’
-shrooming108
16.
‘Always had a strange fascination with mouse trap, but that had too many pieces so we got nothing instead 🙃’
-Holiday_Elk_4832
17.
‘A Pokedex. Everytime for like ten years when I saw a shooting star I wished for a Pokedex.’
-LeonVlakov
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