Any interest in a thread about (light-hearted) childhood disappointments?

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#22

29 he was

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#23

I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever been underwhelmed by a trip to an attraction

#24

Sounds like someoneā€™s never been to Legolandā€¦

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#25

Most London attractions are really not good and surrounded by the most hellish areas of cityscape imaginable.

#26

Iā€™ve definitely been places with no expectations and been blown away (national lobster hatchery)

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#27

Feel a bit fortunate to have no been to any of the classics apart from the time I went to London as an easily impressed kid. Must suck having to go to Madam Tā€™s as an adult

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#28

I think I learnt from an early age that attempts to get a soda stream / Subbuteo set / anything American etc were likely to be met with a ā€œnoā€ and a 15 minute lecture on why it would be a waste of money. So I developed a fear of rejection instead, and asked only for things that I would be likely to get.

#29

Took years to get a VCR as my parents were ridiculously stubborn about it

Got a grifter instead of the bmx I asked for the year everyone got one in the wake of ET. Still hurts in a real way , a defining / archetypal moment in my childhood relationship with my mother :joy:

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#30

Solidarity x

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#31

On a lighter note lots of cool looking Star Wars playset type things (Death Star, cantina bar etc) that were advertised on the back of the figures but didnā€™t seem to exist in the real world

#32

I got a job working construction
For the Johnstown union

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#33

I got really into troll dolls in late primary school and had a few tiny ones that I really liked. I lost them and was really upset but it didnā€™t occur to me that I couldā€¦ ask for new ones? They were like 3cm high and canā€™t have been expensive, I probably had enough pocket money saved.

#34

Mad the way toys were the most exciting thing in the world as a kid but now theyā€™re just a five minute distraction.

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#35

What was your favourite toy?

#36

Nothing immediately springs to mind which makes me think toys werenā€™t a massive deal to me due to my sophistication but maybe the WWF ring and wrestlers. I once hid a prawn underneath the ring when my dad asked me to try one for the first time, and pretended Iā€™d eaten it and said it was nice.

#37

Very smart move

#38

Our kids found my wifeā€™s ones in a box I pulled down from the roofspace. Theyā€™ve got the orange one in that picture and a white swan thing.

#39

I had the orange one! I remember locking a mince pie and an after eight in mine on Christmas Day. Weird the things you remember!

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#40

i never had a Mr Frosty as a kid, so we got one for our daughter. Worst ice crushed Iā€™ve ever used, rather just put the ice in a bag and smack it with a rolling pin. The penguin syrup dispenser is well cute though :penguin:

#41

disappointed I never really grew up