Most disapointing toy you had as a kid?

[wildojinx]

Domino Rally for me. I saw those commercials and thought it was incredibly cool, then I got a set and I couldnt even get the dominos to stand up. Huge waste of money.

[Deleted]

I was so insanely pumped to get my hands on some Creepy Crawlers as, like, a six year old, and then they ended up basically just being a science project I had to do with my mom, and they didn't end up looking anywhere near as cool as they did on the commercials.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I got the Ironhide Transformers toy for Xmas and the mofo didn't have a head!

[Fade]

The trex in the original MMPR toy line



Those f***ing arms.

[Paul]

The Nintendo Power Glove.

I saw this commercial:



and it looked so cool. And it looked like it was really easy to use. And fun!

The reality was a different experience, of course... It was nearly impossible to control your character or spaceship or race car or whatever and all it really did was frustrate me and make my arm sore.

[ERON]

The Atari 5200. It was awesome at first, but then the controllers quit working and we couldn't get replacements because the console had already been discontinued.

[chrom]

Dec 3, 2021 13:07:24 GMT -5 Fade said:

The trex in the original MMPR toy line



Those f***ing arms.

Where's his tail?

[fg]

Dec 3, 2021 13:15:53 GMT -5 Paul said:

The Nintendo Power Glove.

I saw this commercial:



and it looked so cool. And it looked like it was really easy to use. And fun!

The reality was a different experience, of course... It was nearly impossible to control your character or spaceship or race car or whatever and all it really did was frustrate me and make my arm sore.

To steal a quote from The Wizard: “I love the Power Glove. It’s so bad.”

[The Ichi]

Basically anything that required having a Carpentry degree to set up.

[Paul]

Dec 3, 2021 16:05:56 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

Basically anything that required having a Carpentry degree to set up.

When I read this, this was what I thought of, instantly:

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None.

I appreciated everything I had.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Ravishing Rick Rude LJN.

If he took his hands out of his f***ing pants, maybe he wouldn’t have been a jobber.

[Hurbster]

Action Man submarine, literally too tall for my bath.

[A Platypus Rave]

Dec 3, 2021 12:42:02 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

Domino Rally for me. I saw those commercials and thought it was incredibly cool, then I got a set and I couldnt even get the dominos to stand up. Huge waste of money.

Domino Rally was awesome!

I had tons of those as well as the loose hot wheels track pieces... they pretty much dominated my parent's basement when I was a lad


Probably the Virtual Boy.

I loved Telero boxer and a couple of the other games I had... but it was hard to play even before my stand broke and other than the few games I really liked the rest were a pain to play.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Dec 3, 2021 12:44:03 GMT -5 @mattyphatty said:

I was so insanely pumped to get my hands on some Creepy Crawlers as, like, a six year old, and then they ended up basically just being a science project I had to do with my mom, and they didn't end up looking anywhere near as cool as they did on the commercials.

Dat distinctive smell though

[Toilet Paper Roll]

Dec 3, 2021 13:15:53 GMT -5 Paul said:

The Nintendo Power Glove.

I saw this commercial:



and it looked so cool. And it looked like it was really easy to use. And fun!

The reality was a different experience, of course... It was nearly impossible to control your character or spaceship or race car or whatever and all it really did was frustrate me and make my arm sore.

Same. First game I played was Mike Tyson's punch out assuming I could just throw hands at the screen, instead I just ducked and threw easily blocked body blows to Glass Joe before he knocked me out.

I’m shocked that thing ever made it to market. It was broken

[Celexa Bliss 54]

Dec 3, 2021 12:42:02 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

Domino Rally for me. I saw those commercials and thought it was incredibly cool, then I got a set and I couldnt even get the dominos to stand up. Huge waste of money.

I remember having that!

Honestly, for me, the most disappointing was the Incredible Crash Dummies toys, because they never worked quite like the commercials said they would. Plus, it was way too easy to lose the parts of the individual dummies. Yet, I remember having two different versions of each of the main four dummies, and the villain, AND the exclusive that came with the VHS AND two motorcycles lol

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Dec 3, 2021 12:42:02 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

Domino Rally for me. I saw those commercials and thought it was incredibly cool, then I got a set and I couldnt even get the dominos to stand up. Huge waste of money.

I swear to this day the guys singing the jingle say "Domino Diddler" at one point

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I went to a carnival that came into town. Worked real hard to win a prize. Got a toy car. Took it home, took it out of the packet, put it on the floor to roll it across the room, and its wheel fell of in its first use.

I learned a lesson that day, friends.

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Dec 3, 2021 18:23:59 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Dec 3, 2021 12:44:03 GMT -5 @mattyphatty said:

I was so insanely pumped to get my hands on some Creepy Crawlers as, like, a six year old, and then they ended up basically just being a science project I had to do with my mom, and they didn't end up looking anywhere near as cool as they did on the commercials.

Dat distinctive smell though

They’re a cool toy and I think I’d have liked him if I got them when I was a little older. But as a young good they just weren’t it. I went straight back to the Beast Wars.