30 People Are Reminiscing About Toys They Wanted So Badly As Kids, Yet Never Got Them (2024)

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The Brave Heart care bear. He was my favourite. I asked for him many times, and I never got him (or any care bear for that matter).

This casually came up in conversation once early on in my relationship with my boyfriend. He bought it for me for my 35th birthday that year.

ladymierin , Visit the Care Bears Store Report

The Barbie Jeep that you could actually ride in. But once I had kids, I bought them one (not the Barbie version, but still). And guess what? I was five pounds under the weight limit so I was able to ride in their battery-powered Jeep. I mean, it was a couple decades late, but I eventually got to do it.

smugmisswoodhouse , Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos Report

Castle Grayskull, from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Maso_TGN , Boynton Report

A chemistry set. This was during the 1960s, before the 1969 Child Protection and Toy Safety Act. I didn't get a chemistry set, but I did get a Thingmaker, which at the time was an open hot plate that metal molds were set on, to cure Thingmaker goo into rubbery shapes. Releasing fumes that would set off coughing fits if breathed too deeply, and sometimes getting burned by the hot plate. 'Twas a wild time for children's toys.

Nmyownworld , Jonas Ahrentorp Report

Lite bright 🥲

anon , thomas ambridge Report

Easy - Bake Oven

Antibara , Rachel Report

Mousetrap board game

anotherorphan , artistmac Report

A real RC car. Not the garbage my parents had gotten me from Radio shack that took 723 AA batteries and couldn’t move on anything but the hardwood floor.

No. I wanted a proper Taniya monster truck like the Lunch Box or a buggy like the grasshopper. Or an amazing one from Kyosho. They took real NiCd battery packs. Had real transmitters. Could plow through dirt and grass.

As an adult my wife and I were driving and I saw an RC shop and said “hey hun. Can I stop somewhere for a sec?” She ofc said “sure”.

That was 20 years ago.

I now have 16 different RC vehicles from planes to helicopters to buggies and monster trucks. Of all sizes. Being an adult means getting the things I always wanted.

wormholeweapons , MIKI Yoshihito Report

walkie talkie

iFister , Joe Haupt Report

Hotweels. But I’m a girl and those were “boy toys”. Still pissed. Anyone old enough to remember the slime ramp s**t they came out with will get it. Hot wheels knew slime was gonna be a hit 20 years prior edit: the Harry Potter slime gummy maker thing. Y’all know what I mean

Kidslikeus , Joost J. Bakker Report

There was a super mega barbie mansion that came out with an elevator and garage or something. Maybe it was a pool. Idk but it looked sick af to 8 year old me

JollyMcStink , Brand: Mega Bloks Report

Always wanted a Tamagotchi

DuracellCosmonaut , MIKI Yoshihito Report

Moon shoes ))):

anon , Character Toys Report

A typewriter. It was at the top of my Christmas list when I was about 11, and I begged and begged for one. That Christmas, my younger sister got one, but I didn't. I even double checked the tag to make sure there wasn't a mix up.

I didn't say anything, but I was so incredibly disappointed and confused and didn't know what I did to warrant what felt like a punishment. I thought I must have come across as too entitled or something since I had insisted it had to actually type (ie, not a 'pretend' one).

I mentioned it years later to my mom - yeah, it stuck with me. She didn't remember it at all and denied doing it as any kind of punishment or lesson. I think she just got a little confused about who wanted what when she was buying gifts and got it in her head that my sister was the one who wanted the typewriter. There were 4 of us to keep track of after all.

My sister was a little s**t about it. She gloated and would never let me use it. Brat.

RemmiKam , Charles & Hudson Report

A father

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Play-do Barber Shop. I became a hairstylist years later.

SugarsBoogers , Julie Magro Report

Sea Monkeys.
Once I learned about Artemia nauplii, there was no point...

still_grinding_on , Visit the Big Time Toys Store Report

A real cabbage patch doll. All my friends had them and would bring them to school and play with them at recess. My mom got me a fake doll from the craft fair. And it looked exactly how you'd picture a fake cabbage patch doll from the craft fair to look

Po_Momof4 Report

The ninja turtle pizza thrower van.

Ph33r-Enigma , prbecker Report

The playback voice recorder that kevin had on home alone lol

The red side pistol the power rangers used to carry. Those were the hardest to find toys on the market at the time.

Mundane-Ebb-3209 , 20th Century Studios Report

Barbie. My two sisters each got a Barbie.

I got Midge.

AMerrickanGirl Report

A red Ryder range model air rifle

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You know all those Lego "Collect all of these sets to make this bigger build" sets? It's not that I never got them, but I never got more than 1 set, so I was never able to make the big build

The next best thing I did get was a similar set of builds from K'Nex, which I did get all 4 sets

Zer0Studioz , Dave Catchpole Report

The gi joe uss flag aircraft carrier

deputytech , gijoe Report

A rock tumbler

Picklesgal111 Report

G1 Megatron. He was always sold out everywhere.

yeahwellokay , Chen Zhao Report

A mini-bike like they advertised in the Sears Christmas catalog.

XploringTheWorld , smallteam Report

I always wanted an electric guitar, but never got one.

blacklamp2623 , Luis Villa del Campo Report

An American Girl doll. Loved the books so much. I've been tempted to buy myself a Samantha now that she's out again, but I like the original outfit better.

horseruth , Jim, the Photographer Report

Bop it

TheManDirtyDan , Visit the Hasbro Gaming Store Report

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