SNOOPY SNO-CONE MACHINE

Have you ever actually tried to make a sno-cone using this thing? It's exhausting, makes your arms hurt, and produces very little refreshing ice for your effort. Great for the retro appeal, and that's about it.

Elefun

How I cringe everytime my daughter wants to bust this one out! The paper "butterflies" don't fly out in a flurry as pictured - it's more like 3 every minute. Kind of exasperating!

Trivial Pursuit: SNL Saturday Night Live DVD Edition

We got this one for us "grown up" kids. What a major disappointment! Nothing about Bill Murray or anything you'd actually want to be quizzed about, just super miopic & difficult questions about tedious behind-the-scenes stuff. We didn't even play for 30 minutes before it got put away forever. Sucked!

ROCK TUMBLER!! That shit got banned to the garage the first day!!

Klackers.

I always wanted a rock tumbler! SO reminds me of the JC Penny's Christmas catalog from the early 80s.

The cute little girl next door got me a set of clackers when we were about 8. They'll always have a special place in my heart! Miss you Mary Jo.....

abigail05 said:

I always wanted a rock tumbler! SO reminds me of the JC Penny's Christmas catalog from the early 80s.

The cute little girl next door got me a set of clackers when we were about 8. They'll always have a special place in my heart! Miss you Mary Jo.....

Ya, I always wanted one too, That and an easy bake oven.. my cool friends were making jewelry and stuff So when my kids got old enough I got them one! Now I know why my parents wouldnt buy me one!

As for the easy bake oven...

My dad was a volunteer fireman, He said the house would catch on fire..

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My daughter says...

I think she'd prefer that it make real money.

Genesia said:

Klackers.

I had some of these

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NDRU said:

Lammastide said:

Something told me to only look at that Snoopy machine and not touch it. Same for elefun. Honestly, the only toy that I've wanted to throw out after a few seconds of play would have to be...uh... wow this is going to take a minute. No lie, I pretty much enjoyed all the toys I got as a child. What happened was that I just lost them all. I was such a dumb lil kiddo...I should have kept up with thos treasures. Eh...actually I take that back.

i had this super lame toy called the "Bubble-Ator". I dunno. I can't find any pics or commercials of it, but I totally remember this lame toy. It was big, yellow, clunky, and LOUD. You could only do one thing with it--blow bubbles. It wasn't like they were big bubbles, either. Just regular sized bubbles that automatically came out once you hooked up the hose and a bottle of bubble soloution. I think the name of the company that made them was called Happiness Express or somethng. Man...that toy is long gone. After I got tired of it, I took the hose, washed it out, and stuck it in my ear a few times. I lost the console itself not too long after that.

Lammastide said:

When I was six I was sure these were the key to my every erotic fantasy - fulfilled!

If only science could come up with something like that. And make them look exactly like these

NDRU said:

I was going to post exactly that! I don't have anywhere near enough patience to complete that thing. And if you don't complete it, what's the point? It just gets bloody frustrating. In the trash it goes...

about the only toys we keep in the house now is Lego, anything else the kids receive for their birthdays I ask if they REALLY want them or they can exchange for Lego

anything else ends up in pieces all over the place neglected by the second day already.

abigail05 said:

Lammastide said:

When I was six I was sure these were the key to my every erotic fantasy - fulfilled!

If only science could come up with something like that. And make them look exactly like these

EXACTLY!

I... was... DEVASTATED when they didn't work!!!

i got one for christmas

i didn't ask for one.

but when i saw there just staring at me from the box

i thought--this might be fun

of course when it woke me up

in the middle of night.

i grew tired of it and threw up against the walls

my parents understood--it was kinda creeping them out.

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I only had cool toys

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Anyone remember this stupid stuff?:

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You poured it into water and it stuck together to form mountains and dunes. When the water was tipped away, the sand was bone dry again. The advert showed you using lots of different colours to create stunning vistas.

Reality: Take out the water, the sand all mixes together and takes on the appearance of freeze dried shit.

And what about this fella:

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I got him for christmas in the late 70's. 2 days later, my cousins came round and tried to see how far they could stretch him. Splat. lots of noxious goo lands on my carpet and can't ever be removed. Stayed there until the carpet went about 8 years later.

And to add insult to injury, if this is anything to go by, it would now be worth $7000!!!

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baroque said:

i got one for christmas

i didn't ask for one.

but when i saw there just staring at me from the box

i thought--this might be fun

of course when it woke me up

in the middle of night.

i grew tired of it and threw up against the walls

my parents understood--it was kinda creeping them out.

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my Furby had an accident with the stairs. But on the plus side, he loved the Rave album. He had good taste in Prince music.

retina said:

NDRU said:

I was going to post exactly that! I don't have anywhere near enough patience to complete that thing. And if you don't complete it, what's the point? It just gets bloody frustrating. In the trash it goes...

exactly, it's just too hard. Of course, you could buy the book that told the solution but that is not really fun either.

The most fun I had was taking it apart and putting it back together

THE MF GREEN MACHINE!!!

All this fat-ass kid could do was go in a circle.

Just stfu RIGHT NOW everyone!

johnart said:

THE MF GREEN MACHINE!!!

All this fat-ass kid could do was go in a circle.

Just stfu RIGHT NOW everyone!

I hated that stupid thing

NDRU said:

retina said:

I was going to post exactly that! I don't have anywhere near enough patience to complete that thing. And if you don't complete it, what's the point? It just gets bloody frustrating. In the trash it goes...

exactly, it's just too hard. Of course, you could buy the book that told the solution but that is not really fun either.

The most fun I had was taking it apart and putting it back together

my sister just peeled off and repositioned all the stickers

johnart said:

THE MF GREEN MACHINE!!!

All this fat-ass kid could do was go in a circle.

Just stfu RIGHT NOW everyone!

What I wouldn't have given for a Green Machine. Or even your basic Big Wheel.

abigail05 said:

johnart said:

THE MF GREEN MACHINE!!!

All this fat-ass kid could do was go in a circle.

Just stfu RIGHT NOW everyone!

What I wouldn't have given for a Green Machine. Or even your basic Big Wheel.

Oh man, I had a Big Wheel and a Red Baron (which was like the Green Machine). I loved that thing until a kid down the street stole it. When I got it back, it was all busted up and never worked again.

Poiple said:

abigail05 said:

What I wouldn't have given for a Green Machine. Or even your basic Big Wheel.

Oh man, I had a Big Wheel and a Red Baron (which was like the Green Machine). I loved that thing until a kid down the street stole it. When I got it back, it was all busted up and never worked again.

I had like 3 Big Wheels because while all the other kids ZOOOMED down the sidewalk in theirs, I was too fat and my seat always dragged on the pavement.

Did anyone else ride as fast as you could, then slam on the breaks so your big wheel would spin around!! Wore holes in the tires!!