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

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  • NoGoodNamesLeft
    NoGoodNamesLeft Posts: 161 Forumite
    Dream phone. I finally got it last year for my 32nd birthday! :D
  • provista_2
    provista_2 Posts: 200 Forumite
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    One year I asked (pestered) for tiny tears got it
    One christmas I really wanted a new bike and as Christmas morning progressed I got increasingly disappointed at my pile of opened presents compared to my sisters I never noticed the new bike sat in the corner x lol
  • Looby_-_Lou_2
    Looby_-_Lou_2 Posts: 94 Forumite
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    j.e.j. wrote: »
    I wanted a tree-house too :o
    My cousin had one.

    Snap :):) :T :):)
  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
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    I always wanted a Mr Frosty and I never got one :(
    Taking responsibility one penny at a time!
  • amistupid
    amistupid Posts: 55,997 Forumite
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    I wanted a Slinky but we lived in a bungalow.
    In memory of Chris Hyde #867
  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
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    pollyanna24 wrote: »
    Mr Frosty - eventually got one for my 21st birthday and made vodka slush puppies with it!

    Same for me, mum and dad didn't get it but now ex hubby finally got it for me when I was about 30.

    I went the alcohol route too :rotfl:
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • jjj1980
    jjj1980 Posts: 581 Forumite
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    onlyroz wrote: »
    I wanted a Big Yellow Teapot and an A La Carte Kitchen. I didn't get either.

    Same here but (sorry! :o) I got them both within the same year. One for Birthday in June and one at Christmas.

    I also over time got the Sweet Shop which had real sweets, the Cadbury chocolate dispenser, Barbie Vet Hospital and the Splish Splash game.

    As an only child of a single parent, I had to write a list each Birthday and Christmas and put my favourite item at the top. Once that was bought, other things from the list would only be bought if there was money left.
  • i_want_to_believe
    i_want_to_believe Posts: 152 Forumite
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    edited 17 July 2015 at 8:29AM
    Jagraf wrote: »
    An emu puppet, but my folks got me a cheap pink one from the market :cool:[/QUOT


    Are you my sister?
    Same thing happened to her, scarred her for life to such an extent she bought a 'Real" Rod Hull version from ebay a couple of months ago.

    She's 47
  • Counting_Pennies_2
    Counting_Pennies_2 Posts: 3,979 Forumite
    A baby doll


    Real sized doll
    I begged for it for 3 Christmases, got it five years later as an early teen!!
  • 22cuddles
    22cuddles Posts: 115 Forumite
    *max* wrote: »
    You lucky kid!!! lol See my post below yours..:p


    This is it! I kinda still want it....

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    I had one of these! Spent hours playing with it.
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