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29 People Are Reminiscing About Toys They Wanted So Badly As Kids, Yet Never Got Them
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29 People Are Reminiscing About Toys They Wanted So Badly As Kids, Yet Never Got Them

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According to the philosopher and writer Johan Huizinga, toys are vital for human development, because by playing, the child models their future activities in adulthood, and besides, the game itself, no matter what, is our life in miniature. Therefore, it is necessary and vitally important to play, at literally any age.
Just don't tell your kids about this, or you'll have to buy them whatever toys they want in any store, and buying toys will take up most of your family budget! And for us, adults, in childhood, everything was definitely not like that...
Well, let's agree, each of us - unless, of course, our parents were in the Forbes Top 1000 - had some special toys that we longed for as children, but alas, we never received them. For one it may have been some kind of stunningly beautiful doll, someone else may have desperately wanted a computer game, and someone else was a huge fan of a Transformer car. And all this is united by the fact that we never got the opportunity to play with them. In our childhood, that is.
Recently, a thread appeared in the AskReddit community, the author of which asked readers this question: "What is a toy you always wanted growing up, but never got?" Now there are already more than 700 different comments in the thread - and we could not even imagine that there are so many different cool toys in this world!
Bored Panda has compiled this selection of the most outstanding, interesting and simply popular comments from the original thread especially for you, so please feel free to scroll this list to the very end, upvote the best submissions and, of course, add your own favorite toys in the comments below the post. After all, we all come from childhood, so let's dive into our memory once more!
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#21

Barbie. My two sisters each got a Barbie. I got Midge.
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#22

Lego toy set with miniature vehicles and figures, evoking nostalgia for toys many wanted as kids but never got.
You know all those Lego "Collect all of these sets to make this bigger build" sets? It's not that I never got them, but I never got more than 1 set, so I was never able to make the big build The next best thing I did get was a similar set of builds from K'Nex, which I did get all 4 sets
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#23

G.I. Joe aircraft carrier toy with fighter jets and helicopters, a nostalgic toy many kids wanted but never got.
The gi joe uss flag aircraft carrier
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#24

A rock tumbler
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#25

Collection of vintage Transformer toys displayed on a shelf, representing nostalgic toys people wanted as kids.
G1 Megatron. He was always sold out everywhere.
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#26

Vintage Sears 2-speed mini-bike toy under Christmas tree with child in red pajamas, a sought-after childhood toy.
A mini-bike like they advertised in the Sears Christmas catalog.
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#27

Display of pink and red heart-shaped and solid electric guitars, nostalgic toys and items people wanted as kids.
I always wanted an electric guitar, but never got one.
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#28

Four vintage dolls dressed in colorful outfits sitting on a floral couch, evoking nostalgic toys people wanted as kids.
An American Girl doll. Loved the books so much. I've been tempted to buy myself a Samantha now that she's out again, but I like the original outfit better.
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