The Question: What’s the one toy you wanted as a child but never got?
My 2 Cents: We were fortunate to pretty much get most of what we wanted, but our parents seemed to think the simple things were things we could do without. I had the Easy Bake Oven, the Baby Alive! doll (which I abused because I was a tomboy and didn’t even like dolls), the bicycles, a skateboard, an Atari with games, television sets, all that stuff.
The one toy I wanted as a child but never got was a freakin’ Slinky. Haha.
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KeashaMOnroeLtL a bebe gun..lol
PROTECTED TWEETER a go kart
PROTECTED TWEETER I wanted a furry pet–dog, cat, etc. But my mom was allergic & I couldn’t have one.
peace_joy_love Baby Alive!! My mother swore it would “draw bugs”. LOL.
NightShade10 Easy Bake Oven
Iamamogul a BB gun. I was like Ralphy lol
BLKMGK A train set. Its funny b/c I think my daughter chooses the train set to play with every day in preschool.
themenumom Magic Bake Oven
MuataAdebamgbe must have had a good childhood… Can’t think of one
PhatCrayonz Transformers, (I got gobots)
TankaBar_JasonD It was out of a comic book I sold like halmark cards enuff for a raft and I ordered it got it then had it sold on me.
atane I always wanted an air rifle as a kid. Mom didn’t allow it.
writethevision I can’t remember a toy. But I know that as ‘tween’ I wanted a gold nameplate chain with my name in cursive. Never got it.
Grimsta2003 you don’t get toys in the hood lol. Well I did want a video game but I ended up getting one later. Maybe a bike. That’s it.
CocosButter I got all I asked 4…wasnt mch of a toy girl…BOOKS!
Andrea1908 That [bleep] Barbie Dream House, complete w/convertible, Ken, skipper, allthat. I still can see the page in the Sears Wish Book!
Jaketha I never got a Cabbage Patch doll – LOL!
TheAnand RC cars
Speaklife2 Thing is, as a child growing up in 60/70s, you didn’t miss what u didn’t have; you appreciated what u did have. I was blessed.
Speaklife2 Had a Slinky; had an Etch-a-sketch; had an Easy-Bake-Oven; had a white barbie (didn’t know about a black one)…I was good…
AlisasGotIt I wanted an electric typewriter…yep I was a nerd. Never got it. What I was going to do with it is beyond me now.
belle0629 an easy bake oven….I still want one lol
IAMSY That simon says game! Remember it lite up?
odesk The Millennium Falcon, of course!
ArunBasilLal I always wanted a camera, the kind of camera kids use to see slides, not the other one. Never got it 
PuppyaGuineaPig my little pony 
21Daryl Was 8 and wanted a 13in toy T-Rex. Never came. I’m now 40 and wonder if mom ever order the [bleep] thing.
acmeek A Pony! Thought all lil rich girls needed 1. Note: Daddy worked on the line at GM. Mom-the church sec’y. 4 kids. Far from rich!
PROTECTED TWEETER I can’t think of a single one, I was way spoiled :-/
Pettra88 A Barbie doll
LadyJay91 I always wanted a kid size doll house. You know the one that’s as tall as you where with rooms of furniture and dolls.
SunnyandtheCity An Easy Bake Oven!!!
jerseygarciaxxx a yo-yo (kidding)
Maxb79 I wanted states, never got them but my brother did
md20737 I got all the toys I knew about lol I really wanted a real live pony though lol
Hadji4ever As a child I always received whatever toy I wanted, but when I was coming into my teens I stopped getting what I wanted!
DiamondEmory Believe it or not, I always wanted a bike. Simple I know. I’m 34 years old and I’ve never owned a bike.
rishaholmes speed roller skates with cool wheels that glowed in the dark.
jluntzreport I never got a star wars Millennium Falcon
ObiOrion Every year from the Sears Xmas ‘Wish Book’ I circled one of the ventriloquist dolls. I’d have been famous by now. LOL
tclarkusa I always wanted a BMX bike. My parents bought me a boys bike for my 13th bday but not a BMX. I grew up & bought my own.
kaffia_june A Barbie power wheels car. Years later a spoiled cousin got one
Dominicana84 there was this paint set that I always wanted. but my mom would never get it 4 me because it was so messy. lol
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