Your biggest Childhood toy disappointment

[in99flames]

Talkboy...apparently you weren't a very smart kid.

Well maybe i wasnt, but I was probably 9. I was watching a popular movie with a popular actor using a recorder and he did some funny things with it in the movie. Being a kid...naturally i wantedl one thinking i could do similar stuff. Yea it sucked and i got fooled into saturation advertising. I think we all have at one point with regards to something :-P

[johnnykonami]

Pools of Radiance NES. I was used to the C64 and PC versions. NES looked like ass in comparison.

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Edit: Best gaming surprise for Christmas? Gaurdian legend NES. Got it randomly, didn't ask for it, and from the box and publisher I thought it would suck. Man was I wrong! That game rocked!

Funny you should mention that, Pool of Radiance (C64) was one of my best Xmas gaming surprises!  I think it was popular at the time in stores, and my parents probably just asked what was good.  Loved that game!  Guardian Legend is something else I also hold in high regard, but I discovered it long after the NES era was over (probably around the time PSX/Saturn were out.)  One of the few NES games in my small collection for it I had to own.

[Zero_Gamer]

Talkboy...apparently you weren't a very smart kid.

I know that's kind of rude but...as a kid cassette recorders were a huge part of my life. Most of them ran on batteries and had a microphone. There were THOUSANDS to choose from. The ones branded "Transformers" or "Barbie" or "Home Alone" aren't going to be the good ones. Even a kid knows that.

Maybe by the time the 90s came around kids had forgotten about the cassette recorder? At least enough that you could make a new one that offers no features you couldn't get from something Radio Shack had been selling for 20 years? I suppose that's possible.

I got this one when I was six:



I loved it. I took it everywhere and recorded all sorts of things. My a$$hole stepdad lost his shit and threw it at a wall at about 100mph and even though that broke the lid the thing kept going. Panasonic is such a good company. Apple and Samsung and Amazon are going going to burry them just like they burried Pioneer but they had a good run. Always stressing quality over flashy design or low prices. The good guys.

As for disappointments...I don't know. I usually stuck with action figures, which tend to be pretty predictable. If you liked Snake Eyes you'll like Cobra Commander too.

One time I made a trade with a friend. I had a Matchbox branded Gakken Legios and I traded it for...the GI Joe base. No idea what I was thinking. Such a choice makes buying a Talkboy look genius.

Well maybe i wasnt. I was 9. I was watching a popular movie with a popular actor using a recorder and he did some funny things with it in the movie. Being a kid...naturally i wanted one thinking i could do similar stuff. Yea it sucked.

Aye, don't take it personal. Zeta shits on everyone's threads.

[SignOfZeta]

GI JOE styrofoam glider did not work AT ALL. I tried even the lightest figures and the damn glider nosedived every time you threw it.



CAP GUN
Every single cap gun I ever had broke after a few minutes. SUCH SHITE.




'85-'86

I saved up money for months and months to purchase a Grand Prix (Kmart) b/w mini TV!

I dropped it the third time I used it...it never worked again.

Since I wasn't allowed to have my own TV...I was unable to return it to the store for a refund.

It was such an awesome little TV.


CASIO SK-1
Loved this keyboard and accidentally fried it by using the wrong AC adapter like an idiot.

A loud POP! And it never worked again.


ARE YOU NOTICING A TREND HERE?

Yeah, you're as dumb as the Talkboy kid. That GI Joe glider most certainly did fly. I threw that thing a million times.

However, I only actually wanted it for the tan colored Grunt which had "swivel arm battle grip" ahead of any other figures, IIRC.

[in99flames]

One time for Christmas I received a remote control car that had a wire attaching the car to the remote.  I remember you could only drive the thing about 6 inches away from you, so it was essentially useless.

I enjoyed most everything I got growing up, mostly action figures or video games, I really had to think hard to come up with something bad.

I also had one of those!!  Such a moronic concept when you think about it...yet i still had fun with it :-P

[Zero_Gamer]

One time for Christmas I received a remote control car that had a wire attaching the car to the remote.  I remember you could only drive the thing about 6 inches away from you, so it was essentially useless.

I enjoyed most everything I got growing up, mostly action figures or video games, I really had to think hard to come up with something bad.

I also had one of those!!  Such a moronic concept when you think about it...yet i still had fun with it :-P

Those did suck. You just had to walk behind them. Although I did get one of those one year, and it was a tank with a built in cap gun that fired the plastic ring caps. It was the perfect scale for GI Joe, and a figure fit perfect in the hatch.

That thing was great for Joe battles. You could drive the tank, fire the cannon, or make other sound effects like gunfire with the remote. It was awesome!

[in99flames]

That thing was great for Joe battles. You could drive the tank, fire the cannon, or make other sound effects like gunfire with the remote. It was awesome!

Yea that does sound like it would have been cool.

Im with Esteban....my cap guns broke a lot too :-(

[Black Tiger]

This piece of shit:






The Snake Mountain microphone only exceeded my high expectations.

[TheClash603]

Cap guns and Alleyway on this list?  You guys are nuts.

[SuperGrafx]

This piece of shit:

I still have mine!
Seemed pretty cool on the TV commercial though. 

[johnnykonami]

Cap guns and Alleyway on this list?  You guys are nuts.

Cap guns were pretty cool, at least once.  I remember that smell from like it was yesterday.  Alleyway though, while not technically bad, it was just a bit plain at the time.  I mean coming from Breakout with the actual paddles on the 2600, and then going to something like Kirby's Block Ball, it just had no pizazz and was kinda basic.  No special items like Arkanoid even.  I would get it again for my collection one day just because it's a 1st party Nintendo title (and I love the Japanese label) but I won't be playing it a ton when I have Block Ball to play instead.

[in99flames]

Cap guns were a lot of fun to me. But again...always broke on me

[HailingTheThings]

F***in' Rattle Me Bones.


I feel like this commercial could be one of my very first memories, aside from falling down the stairs. (Yes, that's why I'm retarded.) I wanted it for quite a while and got one after what felt like an eternity because it was on clearance? Maybe? I remember being really pissed off when playing with it. I was little, though, so idk maybe its not as bad I remember. The commercial makes me wanna get one and play a drinking game with friends or something. Maybe.

[Zero_Gamer]

F***in' Rattle Me Bones.

I feel like this commercial could be one of my very first memories, aside from falling down the stairs. (Yes, that's why I'm retarded.) I wanted it for quite a while and got one after what felt like an eternity because it was on clearance? Maybe? I remember being really pissed off when playing with it. I was little, though, so idk maybe its not as bad I remember. The commercial makes me wanna get one and play a drinking game with friends or something. Maybe.

Looks pretty cool from the commercial lol...

Rattle me bones... Skeletons do not actually dance and sing to you....

Maybe you missed that fine print lol

[johnnykonami]

F***in' Rattle Me Bones.

I feel like this commercial could be one of my very first memories, aside from falling down the stairs. (Yes, that's why I'm retarded.) I wanted it for quite a while and got one after what felt like an eternity because it was on clearance? Maybe? I remember being really pissed off when playing with it. I was little, though, so idk maybe its not as bad I remember. The commercial makes me wanna get one and play a drinking game with friends or something. Maybe.

Man that looks awesome!  I never even heard of this.