What toy did you really, really absolutely have to have when you were a kid?

Former_MSE_Andrea

For MSE Megan it was a Barbie campervan, for MSE Amelia it was a Tamagotchi!

What was your absolutely, desperately needed must-have when you were a kid?!

Alikay

I wanted one of those life-size baby dolls from Woolworths which came naked and you dressed it in real baby clothes. I got one too, along with a selection of my little cousin's cast-off baby clothes. The doll was a very unnatural orangey colour, but I loved her, and still have her nearly 50 years later

rainbowfairydust

my little pony

bagpussbear

Girls World

pollyanna24

Mr Frosty - eventually got one for my 21st birthday and made vodka slush puppies with it!

nearlyrich

bagpussbear wrote: »

Girls World

I have 2 sisters one is 2 years younger and one is 9 years younger, we used to dress up our little sister and put make up on her do her hair etc because we didn't get a girl's world. I also wanted Mousetrap but it was too expensive for the birthday budget. One thing I really wanted and eventually got was a Spirograph, I loved it.

LilElvis

nearlyrich wrote: »

I have 2 sisters one is 2 years younger and one is 9 years younger, we used to dress up our little sister and put make up on her do her hair etc because we didn't get a girl's world. I also wanted Mousetrap but it was too expensive for the birthday budget. One thing I really wanted and eventually got was a Spirograph, I loved it.

I looked at Mousetrap at Christmas, thinking that my 4 year old would love it, but it was really poorly made compared to the 70s version. Parts that were plastic are now cardboard - and the poor reviews reflect its cheap and flimsy construction. I mentioned it to my Mum who then replied that mine was still in her cupboard. So my little girl gets to play with my original, 70s Mousetrap ....... but only if Mummy can play too

1956

being a boy, wanted a Raleigh chopper bike complete with centre gearstick shifter, really expensive in 1969/70, dad persuaded me to have a 5 sp racer, well some 45 years later I now have three inc a girlie for the wife all restored to as new , how sad but I am of a age where regression starts!, I also wanted a jonny seven gun , still working on that one!! :rotfl:

mum2one

I was a 70s child and I wanted the cadburys mini choc that was the dispenser, like a savings bank.... never got it....

KateBob

Palitoy family treehouse, I had it and loved it.

I wonder if mum still has it in the loft

*max*

I really really wanted one of those toy tree houses with the little people inside, and they had a dog too I think. You could push a button on the top and it would spring open upwards and reveal different rooms inside. I never got it for some reason.