Making up for toys you wanted in the past

[HardyGirl]

We've all said it. "I wanted ____ when I was a kid, but I didn't get it." Name your top 5 (if that many) toys you bought in your adulthood you didn't get as a kid. Here are mine:

1) Click Clacks
2) Cynthia doll
3) Wake Up Thumbelina
4) Baby Tender Love (Ok, Baby Brother)
5) Lunchboxes

[SUP-Ronin]

1. Most of my Mego Collection- any I didn't have as a kid.
Other than that I am basically just replacing stuff I had when I was a kid, or filling in the gaps of lines that I had, like Star Wars Vintage stuff, and custom megos.

[Riffster]

hmm, i had a few megoes as a kid, Supes,batman and Robin, so i had to replace those.

now it's Speed Racer stuff
Super Powers figures
Cartoons on DVD

[ScottA]

The only thing I can really think of is the NFL Action Teammates. I always wanted them, especially a Redskin and a Dolphin, but never got any. I have only 3 now (Steelers, Cowboys and Cardinals). Not sure if I want to pursue them or sell the ones I have.

[kryptosmaster]

Well, can't say that I've bought too many things yet in adulthood that I didn't already have (replacing things I USED to have) but there is one thing that I intend to get someday that I ALWAYS wanted and asked for but never got and that's the Mego Planet of the Apes Village playset. I had ALL the other playsets as a kid except the Village.

Rich

[Raydeen1]

In order this time. Mostly Mego. Go figure. There's still stuff I wanted as a kid that I never did get that I want to get some day.

5)Burke and Virdon
4)Magnetic Robin
3)Batgirl
2)Bulletman
1)Removable mask Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!

[toys2cool]

1-RC Batman
2-LJN Warrior
3-Rookie SLU Marino
4-Jap SOTW Gi Joe
5-SA steel plate Cobra Commander

[huedell]

Hmmmmmm....

Megos come to mind...I'm drawing a blank on everything else...
I mean I WANTED a lot of stuff as a kid that I never got,
but much of it I never bothered buying as an adult.

As a little kid, I only had the BATMAN Comic Action Hero---
I wanted all of them.
And I have them all now (kinda...they're not all complete)

The 8 inch Megos I wanted were AQUAMAN, WONDER WOMAN,
RIDDLER and LIZARD....maybe SHAZAM.
If I knew there was an AQUALAD, you can bet I wanted one---
but I don't remember if I knew there was an AQUALAD back then.

Dang----I almost forgot---I wanted the ZOD, LUTHOR and
JOR-EL 12 inchers---and I got those about ten years ago

[mego73]

Mego Planet Of The Apes.

I loved Star Trek more and threw most of my limited toy lobbying power behind getting Star Trek stuff.

But I saw a couple Ape figures here and there and would love them too. Also I only ever got Superman and Batman as far as Mego Superheroes. I would've loved to get Robin, Spiderman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, exc. I was never really able to find them since my parents were not in the practice of taking me to toy stores.

I usually got stuff out of Sears or Pennies catalogs.

[TEXASFETT]

I remember that I was at a kroger's and saw a Gen 1 Megatron.I had showed my mom and said it was to expensive.So I held it until we where about to check out,mom was what do you think your doing!!!She put it back and bought me some crappy robot.I remember that til this day.Now I own 6 boxed Gen 1 . I was spoiled when I was little but this is the one that I can never forget.

[shyndman]

Two toys come to mind. First is Major Matt Mason. I had the space station (too cool) and the moon walker, along with lots of accessories. Second is the Motorific Torture track. I have very fond memories of laying out elaborate track designs and running those cars all over the place. Boy did I go through a lot of AA batteries.

[palitoy]

In my toy collecting career I've probably owned 90% of things coveted but never received as a child, that's mostly why I collect Mego I guess, I wanted it all.

Some things really stuck like the Big Jim PACK stuff I missed or certain G.I. Joe Adventure team pieces but other toys like Pulsar and Mattel's Space:1999 line have come and gone from my collection. I think sometimes wanting is better than having.

My favourite items in my collection always seem to be birthday presents or things I have a personal connection with.

[Gorn Captain]

My Holy Grail is still the Jumbo Godzilla.
I missed out on this one when I was young (at a convention, with him being snatched away by another collector in front of my nose, "Noooooooooooooo.......!!!!"), and never got him. Found an incomplete and damaged one once, but they wanted too much $$$ for it even in that state.
And shipping from the US is a lot for a big item.

One day....

[Gorn Captain]

Two toys come to mind. First is Major Matt Mason. I had the space station (too cool) and the moon walker, along with lots of accessories. Second is the Motorific Torture track. I have very fond memories of laying out elaborate track designs and running those cars all over the place. Boy did I go through a lot of AA batteries.

Never had MMM, until recently. My best friend had one, and it was soooo cool!

[Surfsup]

The toy I wanted the most was the Evel Knievel Stunt Bike, but my parents wouldn't get me one for some reason. I've now built up a nice little collection of Evel toys now which has more than made up for that.