What's That 1 Thing You Always Wanted as a Kid but Never Got?

[burningdoom]

Me and some friends recently had this conversation, and some cool stuff was brought up. Sega Master System, DC Comics Super Powers action figures, Power Wheels, etc.

I'm sure most you guys have to have something like this from your childhood. I'd imagine most of us didn't grow up rich, or anything.

For me, it was this:



Being an adult now and seeing that package, I'm sure it was cheap and crappy and I would have been disappointed. But as a kid, after seeing the commercial on T.V. for it, and loving The Real Ghostubster Saturday morning cartoon; I had it completely built up in my head. On the commercial it showed these plastic toy ghosts actually getting sucked into the trap, and that just sounded so cool to me. I already had the toy Proton Gun w/Backpack, and the toy ghost finder radar thingie. I would have had the enitre get-up! I could have been the next Ghostbuster!

[soera]

Mine was this :

[scott]

Mine was this bad boy. I almost bought it with birthday money one year, but pass on it for some NES games instead.

[burningdoom]

Another item I really wanted as a kid:



I so wanted one just to see how the 5 Thunderzords transformed and locked together to make the Thunder Megazord.[/quote]

[mkarasch]

Wow, yes to pretty much everything in this thread. I never REALLY wanted a power wheels, but my mom told me I could never have one, because she was afraid I'd drive it down a flight of stairs.  So that made me want one all the more.

For me it was probably a Neo-Geo.  I would always see it in magazines, assuming that the insane price for console and games would mean that each title would be life changing. 

[jcalder8]

Apart from video games the thing that stands out in my mind is:

[insektmute]

A Neo-Geo... which I still don't have :/

[stethebubble]

Optimus Prime



instead i got megatron


i thought i had been a bad boy that year. santa got me the bad transformer.
******SPOILER ALERT*******
Turns out my mum could not get prime as he was sold out everywhere (that years hot toy)

i probably had more fun with megatron anyway as everyone else had prime

[soera]

Optimus Prime



instead i got megatron


i thought i had been a bad boy that year. santa got me the bad transformer.
******SPOILER ALERT*******
Turns out my mum could not get prime as he was sold out everywhere (that years hot toy)

i probably had more fun with megatron anyway as everyone else had prime

I never really was a Transformer kid ... but after looking at what you wanted and what you got, you made out great!

[burningdoom]

Optimus Prime



instead i got megatron


i thought i had been a bad boy that year. santa got me the bad transformer.
******SPOILER ALERT*******
Turns out my mum could not get prime as he was sold out everywhere (that years hot toy)

i probably had more fun with megatron anyway as everyone else had prime

I never really was a Transformer kid ... but after looking at what you wanted and what you got, you made out great!

Same here. Can't go wrong with an evil robot that transforms into a facsimile of Han Solo's laser blaster.

[sin2beta]

A lightsaber. I was a huge Star Wars fan. I always wanted a lightsaber. But never got one. I don't think it was a money issue. They had some pretty cheap ones without the cardboard box. I think it was a "I would have been annoying" issue.

[stethebubble]

Apart from video games the thing that stands out in my mind is:

oh my go. i forgot about this.
i had this it was great

[stethebubble]

Optimus Prime



instead i got megatron


i thought i had been a bad boy that year. santa got me the bad transformer.
******SPOILER ALERT*******
Turns out my mum could not get prime as he was sold out everywhere (that years hot toy)

i probably had more fun with megatron anyway as everyone else had prime

I never really was a Transformer kid ... but after looking at what you wanted and what you got, you made out great!

yeah but thats the year my mum had to tell me there is no santa.

[90snostalga]

Mine was this bad boy. I almost bought it with birthday money one year, but pass on it for some NES games instead.

Scott!  You are genius!   I never even knew, that there was a Technodrome toy.  I had all the Turtles but had no idea this existed.    This is awesome!!  I'm going to ebay for this!   

Per the post,  my one thing believe it or not, was always a game boy with super mario land lol

[tripredacus]

Many a G.I. Joe vehicle... like the Cobra Terrordrome. Oh and for Transformers it was certainly Jetfire. I have Jetfire now but not the Terrordrome.