The toy you were never: bought / given / allowed / saved up for / always wanted.

[get2grips]

Okay...so we never grew up right?  I mean c'mon guys, we still play "toy soldiers". (Please note that Pendraken miniatures are not toys and may contain lead)"

So I was wondering why...why could we not move on...why we could not grow up...why the obsession with hording pewter?

My personal reflection led to this:


The Shado 2...the one that got away...the forbidden fruit.

And this is why I have the yawning hole that needs to be filled with shiny shiny goodness.

So, what was yours?  And remember the pics please  

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

A Mr Frosty ice crusher machine!  
Photo after request

[get2grips]

Yeah...me too.  They were crap but "WANT IT".

Pic please Lemmey.  No pic...didn't happen.

[Fenton]

I always wanted a 4 lane Scaletrix set of Brands Hatch..Sadly never happened

Also this

[petercooman]

I have 3!

The original turtles sewer hq

http://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sewer-playset.jpeg

the thunder cat car (seen in front of the hq)

http://www.forodefotos.com/attachments/series-de-dibujos/14046d1286565860-thundercats-thundercats-juguetes.jpg

and the gi joe mobile command centre!

http://powet.tv/powetblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gijoe_mobile_command_center_box_front.jpg

My parents did try to get me these, but never found any of them! They always got me something in return though  

For thundercats i instead got the thunder claw: http://theredwoodconnection.com/?page_id=1714

For the turtles i got the technodrome scout vehicle : http://gogreenmachine.org/?p=3858

And the gijoe HQ got replaced by another want of me, a playmobil siege tower i had been eyeing too : http://www.collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3887.htm

So i can't complain  

[get2grips]

I wanted everything posted so far.  

Maybe I was just a greedy b@$£@rd  

[petercooman]

This one looks a bit unsafe to the eyes  

[Fenton]

I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off

I also wanted one of these




but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all

[Last Hussar]

When I was about 7 a toyshop, I think it was Jennings, possibly in Enfield Lock, had a spy kit.  A briefcase with molded insert to hold all the cool spy equipment.  It was far superior to other cheapy spy kits on sale.

My mother said "Wait to see what you get for Christmas"

Bet you can guess what I DIDN'T get.

36 years later I still remind her...

[Fenton]

Maybe they did buy it for you

You just couldn't work out the subtle clues to find out where they had hidden it..Its probably self destructed by now

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off

I also wanted one of these




but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all

I did actually own a load of these, plus tiggers, panthers, Pattons and the Bailey bridge.
Sold them to pay for Xmas when I was about 11, most were boxed too!

[petercooman]

but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all

[get2grips]

Maybe they did buy it for you

You just couldn't work out the subtle clues to find out where they had hidden it..Its probably self destructed by now

You think on an entirely different plane don't you 

[get2grips]

This one looks a bit unsafe to the eyes  

Apparently there was a science kit that actually contained radioactive material so you could conduct "glow in the dark" experiments.

I am not making this up 

[fsn]

I think the thought of me and my brother having to go to hospital with ball bearings stuck in hands and forehead put the folks off

I also wanted one of these




but they were never in stock, the supplier said some mad kid from the Isles of Scotland kept buying them all

Yes, I had several of those. None of them had a straight gun barrel.