The toy that never was

[electric ant]

For me it was cadburys choclate dispenser

and digimon tamogotchi

and finally, the micro machines van

and a gameboy

or game gear

 

[Peño]

Wow, Game Gear. Totally forgot about those things!

 

[cheets64]

I had the mirco machines van

 

[Marky]

I wanted a Stretch Armstrong I think my parents were worried I would rip him open and all the powder would come out

 

[Snakedoctor]

When I were a lad, best we could hope for was a lump of wood and some rusty nails to play with.

 

[Dunks]

I wanted a Stretch Armstrong I think my parents were worried I would rip him open and all the powder would come out

It was some kind of syrupy substance, not powder As I found out!

 

[Atrox Moris]

It was some kind of syrupy substance, not powder As I found out!

Likewise. Of course I blamed it on my younger brother as all responcible older brothers do.

 

[Pilky01]

I was never really into toys, I have never had an action man or anything. My dad bought me games consoles instead of toys.

 

[St0rmer66]

The other one I wanted was

I had Krark, Gore and the rhino one but not Zilla

I had that . RAWR! It's eyes lit up and everything.

 

[LeJosh]

Stuff

I got all of these except the game gear... you have just unearthed some memories I completely forgot about.

/hugs.

 

[simisker]

[...] Big Trak [...]

I never had Big Trak, but I did have something very similar [at least in concept] that I'm hoping will ring a bell or two with someone here:

It was a large white BMW CSL ['batmobile'] model - possibly with Martini livery - that wasn't remote-controlled; instead you flipped up the bonnet and there was a keypad where you could program in the moves, just like Big Trak. Only with a beepy horn instead of a laser beam pee-yow.

I always lusted after a proper Tamiya RC car - you know, the ones you'd see on the top shelf of your local model shop with smiley-face spotlight covers, but of course I never got one. Instead, I received a remote-controlled... Mini Metro. Not even a 6R4. Even my brother got a remote-controlled Volkswagen Golf GTi Mark I. Harrumph.

Also, did anyone else have 'Jimmy', the electronic football game? Shaped like a stadium, with red LEDs to denote ball/player position, and plastic 'boards' with football teams' names on [the only clue as to which team you were playing as]. Every goal was rewarded with a stirring mono rendition of "When the saints go marching in". Aah, great and bleepy days

 

[Gerard]

I actually have a perfectly working bigtrak in my cupboard.

 

[simisker]

I actually have a perfectly working bigtrak in my cupboard.

With tipper trailer?!

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Up until I was 13 I was an only child and had virtually everything I asked for at Christmas.
I even had a Chopper with proper knacker-cracker.
I can't ever remember being upset at christmas because I didn't get what I wanted.
I sound spoilt but I wasn't.

 

[Squark]

Basically I wanted any Lego Technics that I could get, the bigger the better

 

[Gerard]

With tipper trailer?!

No trailer, had that years ago though. Dunno what happened it.

 

[bushmins]

I had one of these to. But unfortunatally it was a hand-me-down from my brother and was horribly intermittant.

 

[EYEREX]

I was lucky one year to get Flight Deck by Airfix which i loved

 

[Keyser Soze]

Mr Frosty for me too.

 

[Orcish-Horde]

I've been having a search for Zoid websites trying to identify the ones I had but most seem to only list the newer versions.

I did a seach this is the best I came up with, I liked the old ones best and always wanted the big monkey one.

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/Ultrasaurus.Red/collec1.htm