Things you had to wait for...

[HardyGirl]

Nowadays w/ the internet, DVRs, DVDs, and cell phones, kids seldom have to wait for anything. It's all instant gratification. But sometimes the waiting was the fun part, b/c of the anticipation of what was to come. What are some of the things you had to wait for when you were a kid? (I'll make my list short, b/c I know you'll want to add on)

Jell-o
Saturday morning TV
The next issue of Dynamite magazine
phone calls

[cjefferys]

Favorite TV shows to air
Movies I like/want to see to finally air on TV (pre-video)
For Star Wars toys to finally come out (that seemed like a loooong wait, from summer 1977 to spring 1978)

[pmwasson]

Christmas / Birthday presents! I generally only got new toys twice a years, and the waiting was torture!

[GordoCrisp]

Remember the network build-up for the "V" mini-series?

Man, that hooked me, I couldn't wait...and then the inevitable let down. It turned out just so-so.

Guess that is a lesson in growing up.

[Mikey]

Heinz ketchup to come out of the glass bottle

[Splitty]

My sister to be nice.





It usually went unrewarded.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The yearly airing of any Christmas or holiday special

The yearly airing of the Wizard of Oz

The Superman movies coming to the ABC Sunday Night movie

The Super Powers Clark Kent action figure taking the-as-advertised-full-14-weeks to come through the mail!

The monthly lag between comics with little to no idea what the next issue held for us

Chris

[Werewolf]

Mail in Kenner Boba Fett.

[Mikey]

TV Dinner cooked in the oven for 45 minutes

[Spawn67]

When a bands new album came out. Im talking about the heavy metal genre here..KISS and AC/DC to SLAYER and METALLICA to the thousands of bands in between.

[boss]

girls.

[TomStrong]

Oh man, I remember waiting for ev er for the mail away Super Powers Steppenwolf to come in!

[Mikey]

Whatever you buy in the mail takes 6-8 weeks for delivery

[Marvelmania]

Summer vacation to get here, the school season seemed so long.

[Mego MkIV]

The Star Wars Survival Kit mail in they ran out and I was one of the lucky kids who got a card in mail.