It’s a funny thing when you realize that you are no longer a kid anymore. Granted, I haven’t been a kid for many years now, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think about my childhood often or see my old toys when I come home. If someone would’ve told me as a kid that in my pre-teen years, makeup and clothes would become more important than my Mario Party and Polly Pockets, I would’ve laughed in their face. No way. Chemical and powder on your face? Where’s the fun in that? It isn’t fun. In fact, sometimes those things costs just as much as toys, which is kind of a disgusting fact.
Though I can’t see myself playing with toys anymore cause..uh I’m 21 and all, I still think about the toys I had and the toys I never had. And with that, here are the toys that I never received for Christmas – but this is nothing against my parents because they provided me with more than enough toys throughout my childhood.
Baby All Gone
Something I’ll never understand is why little girls wanted to become mothers at a young age. Baby All Gone just seemed so much fun with the disappearing act of the food and the bottle. I later learned that it had something to do with a magnet and a secret compartment for the bottle, but hey! back then I didn’t know that.
Polly Pocket Mansion
I must have owned every other set except for this one and to this day, not having it doesn’t make my collection feel complete.
Barbie Jeep
The definition of an overpriced toy. I just Google’d this product to find that it is currently $250 at Toysrus (original price $300.) Do you know how many school books that can buy?! Parents – don’t buy your kids this, you’re going to need it for when you plan out their college career.
Mr. Potato Head
Toy Story made me want this toy so bad. How adorable is this little guy?
Skip It
Back when I thought that I had any athletic capabilities at all, I really wanted a skip-it. However, I did have a rude awakening with this toy when I tried it out in my friend’s garage as a pre-teen and discovered that I couldn’t even “skip it” cause the ball at the end was too heavy for me.
Bubble Bobble
Believe it or not, I was also a video game nerd. I grew up in a neighborhood with all boys and all of their mother’s (including mine) said that I had to be a part of their rotations when it came down to the four controllers. I had my fair share of playing time on the N64, the playstation, the old school Nintendo, but the game that I care about the most was Bubble Bobble. Can I just share with you the cutest description for it that I found?
“Bubble Bobble is a classic arcade game made by Taito and released in 1986. It features two cute bubble dragon critters named Bubblun and Bobblun who spit/blow bubbles to trap and pop a wide variety of weird but also cute enemy creatures (including wind-up toys) that kill them in one hit.” [Source]
Pretty Pretty Princess
No explanation necessary.
A Tree House
“C’mon Dad, it isn’t that hard.”
A Talkboy
Because I just wanted to be like Kevin from Home Alone. This was the best toy ever invented! Still…maybe kind of want it?