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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 3, 2021 21:22:17 GMT -5
I convinced my poor Mother to get me a Phillips CDI back when it came out.
It essentially ended up being a $400 (shitty) encyclopedia and race car simulator since those are the only 2 discs I ever got for it.
In order to play any of the "Good" games on CDI you had to buy a $200 video add on
I still randomly think of that and want to punch my 12 year old self in the stomach
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 3, 2021 21:25:22 GMT -5
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 And that boss "Creeepy Crawlers!" jingle on the commercials
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Post by y4j1981 on Dec 3, 2021 21:36:32 GMT -5
None. I appreciated everything I had.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 3, 2021 21:43:32 GMT -5
One year for Christmas I got the big ass T-Rex from Jurassic Park, and within the first week the stomping sound sketched out and wouldn’t stop making noise. So mum said she’d return it, even tho I was 7 and it was a “Santa” toy when it wasn’t considered bad to give your kids cool toys from “Santa”, and I never did get a replacement toy. So my big present for the year was a bust.
So not only does my mother confirm my suspicions that Santa might not be real (I was 7) I never ended up getting my major Christmas present. Who gives a shit about having Ellie and Grant when you don’t have a f***ing giant dinosaur!!!
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Post by Cyno on Dec 3, 2021 21:51:06 GMT -5
The trex in the original MMPR toy line Those f***ing arms. Yeah, most of the combo zord toys sucked because the "real" toy was the Megazord. The zords that made them up were really just pieces of a whole with some token articulation and the ability to fold into the Megazord part they needed to. The ones that came individually packaged tended to be a lot higher quality, like the Dragonzord, Red Dragon Thunderzord, Tigerzord, Falconzord, etc.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 4, 2021 4:28:58 GMT -5
This stretchy Homer Simpson
One stretch and its arms ripped off. Cheaply made crap.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 4, 2021 4:48:09 GMT -5
This makes me wonder if any ever got Manglors as a kid. I never did, but watching the video Toy Galaxy did on them, I get the feeling they were a source of disappointment for quite a few kids back when they came out.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Dec 4, 2021 12:01:28 GMT -5
One year I got a toy gun that shot little spinning discs, shaped like a phaser from Star Trek.
My sister grabbed it out of my hands right after in opened the box. Ran around the house 'firing' it and dropped it on the floor. Broke the trigger. Wouldn't work.
Didn't even get a chance to load it and fire it myself.
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Post by Paul on Dec 4, 2021 12:03:47 GMT -5
One year I got a toy gun that shot little spinning discs, shaped like a phaser from Star Trek. My sister grabbed it out of my hands right after in opened the box. Ran around the house 'firing' it and dropped it on the floor. Broke the trigger. Wouldn't work. Didn't even get a chance to load it and fire it myself. That's not a disappointing toy. That's a disappointing sister.
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Post by Fade on Dec 4, 2021 12:14:28 GMT -5
One year for Christmas I got the big ass T-Rex from Jurassic Park, and within the first week the stomping sound sketched out and wouldn’t stop making noise. So mum said she’d return it, even tho I was 7 and it was a “Santa” toy when it wasn’t considered bad to give your kids cool toys from “Santa”, and I never did get a replacement toy. So my big present for the year was a bust. So not only does my mother confirm my suspicions that Santa might not be real (I was 7) I never ended up getting my major Christmas present. Who gives a shit about having Ellie and Grant when you don’t have a f***ing giant dinosaur!!! I think I know which one you’re talking about and it ended up breaking on me too. Conversely with toys that didn’t disappoint, the lost world T Rex was the shit!
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Post by dablueboy on Dec 4, 2021 18:27:14 GMT -5
Any of the WWF Hasbro figures that had the spring neck/moulded legs feature, namely Hawk, Fatu, the tassel jacket version of Randy Savage and so on, could never stay still in pinning positions cos of the moulded button on the back
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Dec 4, 2021 18:39:03 GMT -5
The trex in the original MMPR toy line Those f***ing arms. Yeah, most of the combo zord toys sucked because the "real" toy was the Megazord. The zords that made them up were really just pieces of a whole with some token articulation and the ability to fold into the Megazord part they needed to. The ones that came individually packaged tended to be a lot higher quality, like the Dragonzord, Red Dragon Thunderzord, Tigerzord, Falconzord, etc. I had the Red Dragon, that thing was awesome.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 4, 2021 18:43:40 GMT -5
Any Beast Wars Toy I got that broke when I first tried to transform it. Stupid plastic pieces of crap.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 4, 2021 19:50:57 GMT -5
The WWF LJN figures. Before I saw any of them or had any I had a few of the Remco AWA figures and loved them. But the LJNs were just unmoveable hunks of rubber.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 4, 2021 21:40:35 GMT -5
Oh man, this is seared into my brain. On my my birthday on or just after Mortal Kombat exploded in popularity, there was a very obvious Sega cartridge wrapped up waiting for me.
I was so excited, I kept hugging my mom and thanking her before I even opened it. And then I finally did open it and it was some piece of shit puzzle game about rolling a pinball around on a board.
I sat there frozen in disbelief for several minutes, and just went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Even better was that I was guilt tripped and berated until I had to pretend I was grateful for it.
What baffles me to this day is that ok, don't get me Mortal Kombat because violence is bad or whatever. But she could have picked literally any game other than a roll your ball around a board game. Something at least fun, that wasn't Mortal Kombat.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Dec 4, 2021 22:22:56 GMT -5
One year for Christmas I got the big ass T-Rex from Jurassic Park, and within the first week the stomping sound sketched out and wouldn’t stop making noise. So mum said she’d return it, even tho I was 7 and it was a “Santa” toy when it wasn’t considered bad to give your kids cool toys from “Santa”, and I never did get a replacement toy. So my big present for the year was a bust. So not only does my mother confirm my suspicions that Santa might not be real (I was 7) I never ended up getting my major Christmas present. Who gives a shit about having Ellie and Grant when you don’t have a f***ing giant dinosaur!!! I think I know which one you’re talking about and it ended up breaking on me too. Conversely with toys that didn’t disappoint, the lost world T Rex was the shit! i prefer the dilophosaurus from the original JP line. that was the perfect bathtub toy, because it could suck up water and spit it back out. i don't care you're Alan Grant, Wolverine, or a freaking Power Ranger, come bath time your butt was Dennis Nedry and why the hell didn't the Nedry action figure look anything like Wayne Knight?! he's skinny, wears sunglasses and a turtle neck, and is carrying a gun. it looks like a generic action figure you'd find at the dollar store, not someone who can network eight connection machines and debug two million lines of code
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Post by y4j1981 on Dec 5, 2021 3:38:20 GMT -5
I think I know which one you’re talking about and it ended up breaking on me too. Conversely with toys that didn’t disappoint, the lost world T Rex was the shit! and why the hell didn't the Nedry action figure look anything like Wayne Knight?! he's skinny, wears sunglasses and a turtle neck, and is carrying a gun. it looks like a generic action figure you'd find at the dollar store, not someone who can network eight connection machines and debug two million lines of code The newer limited edition one did
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Dec 5, 2021 5:37:33 GMT -5
He Man and the masters of the universe Stilt Stalkers. Basically stilts for He Man.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Dec 5, 2021 16:37:47 GMT -5
This was Optimus Prime
And this was Hasbro Ultimate Warrior
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Post by Cyno on Dec 5, 2021 16:46:42 GMT -5
Oh man, this is seared into my brain. On my my birthday on or just after Mortal Kombat exploded in popularity, there was a very obvious Sega cartridge wrapped up waiting for me. I was so excited, I kept hugging my mom and thanking her before I even opened it. And then I finally did open it and it was some piece of shit puzzle game about rolling a pinball around on a board. I sat there frozen in disbelief for several minutes, and just went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Even better was that I was guilt tripped and berated until I had to pretend I was grateful for it. What baffles me to this day is that ok, don't get me Mortal Kombat because violence is bad or whatever. But she could have picked literally any game other than a roll your ball around a board game. Something at least fun, that wasn't Mortal Kombat. At least it wasn't Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge.
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