Stuff you are sooooo sorry you sold (or lost or gave away)

[Splitty]

That wasn't just a stuffed toy on the rubbish heap - that was a piece of you. That's like a 6-year-old's equivalent of a funeral. On a rubbish heap.

That's totally what it felt like.

[Kotter]

Man, seeing all your guy's long lost toys pains me deeply. Ouch

You know, I know toys aren't alive. I have always known they don't have feelings or thoughts, but are just plastic or stuffed fibers or whatever. I know that.
But when I was in early grade school, we were going to move from the trailer park to a house, and of course were ordered to pack up toys we didn't want to go to a used store.

So I dutifully packed up a bunch of junk, including an old tattered stuffed animal from my baby years, since I had so many better upgraded ones now. Then move day came, and the parents told me they didn't have time to drop by a used store, just go dump it in the communal garbage dumpster. I WAS HORRIFIED, but they would not by swayed.

I still remember that exact scene so clearly in my head. Walking away from the big blue dumpster, the sun shining through the fall leaves onto the pavement, the long dejected walk home. I had dumped the toys, throwing the stuffed animal on top face up, in case anybody else dumping stuff saw him and wanted to rescue a dirty old torn thing. Even though I knew it wasn't alive, and couldn't possibly feel hurt, I kinda felt like he could. There I was leaving a trusted friend who had never done anything except dutifully comfort me for so many years (all of like 6 or 8 then), on top of a pile of garbage all alone, looking up at the sky. I felt so GUILTY.

Since then I have never EVER been able to throw a toy in the garbage. Given away, left behind for someone else to find maybe, but not in the garbage.

That is a really cool story and you are a very good writer. I think you should polish this up and find an interesting place to try getting this published (though I realize it is already "published" in THIS very cool place).

Back to the topic though: I loved my Star Wars and Megos when I was a kid, but I think I miss my Stretch Armstrongs the most. I am sure they got 10 cents each at rummage sales.

[HardyGirl]

*sniff* That's just so sad. Even though the adult in me knows that toys don't have feelings, the 9 year old in me thinks they do.

Every holiday season, my school (I'm a teacher) has a toy drive. Last Christmas I adopted some dolls from the Springfield Collection to use in my vdieos, and then I donated them to the toy drive. I felt like I was giving away my children. I cried when I packed them up and then I cried when I was loading their last video. I know they went to little girls who otherwise would have no Christmas, and would really appreciate them, but I just couldn't help feeling that they might be sad and scared going to a new place. I'm OK about it now, and have since adopted 2 new ones. But I found out they discontinued one of the dolls and I won't be able to find her again. (I've checked all over the internet) That makes me really sad.

In case you wanna see the big good-bye, here's a link to that video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHcpc...ure=plpp_video

Man, seeing all your guy's long lost toys pains me deeply. Ouch

You know, I know toys aren't alive. I have always known they don't have feelings or thoughts, but are just plastic or stuffed fibers or whatever. I know that.
But when I was in early grade school, we were going to move from the trailer park to a house, and of course were ordered to pack up toys we didn't want to go to a used store.

So I dutifully packed up a bunch of junk, including an old tattered stuffed animal from my baby years, since I had so many better upgraded ones now. Then move day came, and the parents told me they didn't have time to drop by a used store, just go dump it in the communal garbage dumpster. I WAS HORRIFIED, but they would not by swayed.

I still remember that exact scene so clearly in my head. Walking away from the big blue dumpster, the sun shining through the fall leaves onto the pavement, the long dejected walk home. I had dumped the toys, throwing the stuffed animal on top face up, in case anybody else dumping stuff saw him and wanted to rescue a dirty old torn thing. Even though I knew it wasn't alive, and couldn't possibly feel hurt, I kinda felt like he could. There I was leaving a trusted friend who had never done anything except dutifully comfort me for so many years (all of like 6 or 8 then), on top of a pile of garbage all alone, looking up at the sky. I felt so GUILTY.

Since then I have never EVER been able to throw a toy in the garbage. Given away, left behind for someone else to find maybe, but not in the garbage.

[Splitty]

Every holiday season, my school (I'm a teacher) has a toy drive. Last Christmas I adopted some dolls from the Springfield Collection to use in my vdieos, and then I donated them to the toy drive. I felt like I was giving away my children. I cried when I packed them up and then I cried when I was loading their last video. I know they went to little girls who otherwise would have no Christmas, and would really appreciate them, but I just couldn't help feeling that they might be sad and scared going to a new place. I'm OK about it now, and have since adopted 2 new ones. But I found out they discontinued one of the dolls and I won't be able to find her again. (I've checked all over the internet) That makes me really sad.

In case you wanna see the big good-bye, here's a link to that video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHcpc...ure=plpp_video

Awwwww, that's really sweet!!
I know it always helps knowing they good to a good place, but even still, .... it doesn't make it all better. [:(

[PNGwynne]

My near-complete minty loose collection of MOTU, circa 1992. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[tay666]

Oddly enough, I don't really 'miss' any of the toys I had as a kid.
The toys I drool over now, are the ones I drooled over as a kid and never had.

The stuff I miss, and regret getting rid of, was some of the stuff my kids had for toys. All the 'cool' stuff is still stored in the basement for them when they realize they want them again. Turtles, Power Rangers, WWF, Polly Pockets, etc.
But the stuff they miss, and I wish we still had here when we get grandkids, is the stuff we tossed. All the Little Tikes stuff.
I worked at a factory that made Little Tikes toys for 17 years. So my kids had tons of it. And since there was so much of it, and I could always get more if I needed it, stuff got tossed out when they lost interest in it, or were too old for it anymore, or we didn't have room for it anymore.
Then one day in 2004 the factory closed.
If a huge secondary market for that stuff ever forms, I am really going to kick myself. I had a lot of rare stuff, and one-off stuff, and prototype pieces.
All passed off to other kids, or tossed in the trash by my wife (because I could never throw a toy away)

[kingdom warrior]

My Mint condition Giant size X-men number one.......I owed my buddy some money and was short.......had to throw it in the deal which he was thrilled about......I try not to think about......

[Saroyan]

Oddly enough, I don't really 'miss' any of the toys I had as a kid.
The toys I drool over now, are the ones I drooled over as a kid and never had.

I do miss a few that I mentioned earlier in this thread - but I feel the same- much of what I'm drawn to now is what I never got when I was a kid- like the big Shogun Warriors- gotta get em one day...and I think it really will close up that small hole in my life.

[Figuremod73]

How many of you are actively trying to get those collections back? I am. Its a good thing '80s toys arent as hard to come by as some of the ones from the '60s and '70s.
I cant imagine how hard an Stretch Armstrong must be to get ahold of.....

[Mego Magyar]

For me it's not so much regret as knowing that if I still had it I wouldn't sell it now. I've sold a lot of thing on Ebay over the years qith most of the good toys going in the late 90's when I really didn't have interest in them. I sold a G.I. Joe Adventure Team Headquarters complete in great shape and in a ( beat up ) box, almost minty Joe A-team helicopter, Redline Hotwheels, Captian Action with Superman & Batman outfits and a few years ago, before I found out about the remegos I sold some of my original Mego's along with Mattel Space 1999 and Dapol Doctor Who. So while I don't regret selling at the time I know that if I hadn't I wouldn't sell them now but at the time the money came in handy. Besides I didn't have and still don't have the space necessary to display many figure much less large playsets & vehicles.

By the way, I've gotten back the Megos I sold although they aren't the T1's in boxes that I originally had and I did replace one Redline Hotwheel I sold by mistake.

On a side note I understand what Splitty said about stuffed animals, I've found a few at the local dump ( they call it a transfer station ) and they were in new to almost new condition. Yes they were left to the side incase someone came and wanted them but it seem so sad to see them there because if they aren't taken they'd go in the trash compactor. Before anyone asks YES I saved them.

[Duncan]

How many of you are actively trying to get those collections back? I am. Its a good thing '80s toys arent as hard to come by as some of the ones from the '60s and '70s.
I cant imagine how hard an Stretch Armstrong must be to get ahold of.....

I replaced the Batman helmet/cowl last month, so I'm pretty much done ______

My main collecting goal has always been to replace what I had & parted with, or always wanted but couldn't acquire. At this point, I have a pretty complete Mummy's Tomb set & helicopter, lots of WGSH, and a Batman wallet (from a kind soul in the Marketplace). I've also picked up the old Topps Marvel stickers from '77, and several sets of Wacky Packs. There are a few other things I'll buy if I find, but nothing I'm longing for. The baseball cards don't bother me.

I never got rid of my bike ("Whew"), which I rode for hours every day from 3rd grade through about 8th. Regrettably, I did repaint it when I was older; I'll have to undo that at some point in the future.

[starsky]

had a stretch armstrong in mint condition. it's a ticking time bomb, you just dont know when the syrup will start oozing out. so i sold it but still regret it to this day.

[Splitty]

On a side note I understand what Splitty said about stuffed animals, I've found a few at the local dump ( they call it a transfer station ) and they were in new to almost new condition. Yes they were left to the side incase someone came and wanted them but it seem so sad to see them there because if they aren't taken they'd go in the trash compactor. Before anyone asks YES I saved them.

Yesssssss ss s

(I was almost seeing a scene from Toy Story 3 before you said the end part)

[Mego-Amigo]

My Mego RC Kresge card Batman and unpunched MOC Mego Ironman. I also would have said my Mego unpunched ST Romlan but the EMCE repro version eased the pain of that one.

[unkrazimatik]

Picture this:

A 4' x 5'x 4' toy box. Gleaming with Gaiking, Mazinger, Space 1999 Eagle 1, Creature Cantina, Death Star Playset, Bionic Bigfoot, G1 Starscream, Tron, Clash of the Titans, 12" Chewbacca, etc. etc. etc....

Young boy goes off to camp for a week, comes home, ALL GONE!! cause apparently going off to camp in a parents eyes means it's time for you grow up!

AWWWW the agony....!!!!