Page 4 | Mr Frosty

realsavagelike · 2025-10-05T22:23:55+00:00

Inspired by another thread! So many of us of a certain age have been denied a Mr Frosty in childhood, AIBU to think it’s astounding that anyone ever received one?! If so, did it live up to expectation or was it actually a massive disappointment? Such a feeling of nostalgia remembering circling it in the Kay’s and Gratton catalogue every winter!

Momstermash94 · 06/10/2025 09:13

We begged for a Mr Frosty for years, my parents refused to buy us one. We were given one second hand by someone or from a charity shop (not sure which) but it was missing pieces or was broken so it was completely unusable. It felt even more of an injustice to be looking at this holy grail of a snowman on the toy shelf looking back at us but was unable to fulfill its purpose. It brings me some comfort to read that it probably never would have worked anyway even with all the parts!

kirinm · 06/10/2025 09:08

I was also desperate for one but have recently been giving them as presents (to children). They all love crushing the ice and making ice lollies.

Lou802 · 06/10/2025 09:08

My Frosty was probably the most disappointing present i ever got. The playdough barber shop on the other hand was amazing - I even loved the smell of it.

FlyingUnicornWings · 06/10/2025 09:05

SocksAndTheCity · 06/10/2025 00:04

I never had a Mr Frosty, but I did have the Fashion Wheel and also the Playdoh Fuzzy Pumper Barbers Shop, so I was already spoilt rotten as far as I'm concerned ☺️

Aaaaaaaah the playdough barber shop. You’ve just brought back a happy wave of nostalgia for me 😍

NippyNinjaCrab · 06/10/2025 08:55

Rehab4rightmove · 06/10/2025 07:16

Aaah...the nostalgia!
I knew it was a pointless case asking for a Mr Frosty, but I begged for a Lights Alive to no avail.
I also coveted my neighbours Strawberry Shortcake. It smelt divine. I would go around to their house, sit on her bed and hold it to my nose for ages, whilst the other kids played in the lounge.
I bought myself one several years ago on Ebay, and the smell, although faint, was still there.

Omg I was so jealous my friend and her Sister had the strawberry shortcake dolls 😂. They also had Barbies, i had Sindy, tbf i did have the horses and the house too. And a cabbage patch doll. We always want what we dont get, I loved my tree house too.

CatMum27 · 06/10/2025 08:53

Love this thread. I never got a Mr Frosty, or the Pop Up Pirate that I coveted. I did have a Sindy Dream House with horse that was worryingly the same height as the first floor!

Someone bought me a Fashion Wheel as a 40th gift after I lined for one as a child. It would have been fantastic as a kid and worked very well for the slightly tipsy 40th party before it went to my niece.

Mew2 · 06/10/2025 08:52

What I really wanted and got was the playdoh board game grape escape. Probably to my families annoyance as I loved scissoring their grape, or stamping their grape piece through the game. I never lost the game..... Annoyingly it's not at my parents- and the game is expensive to buy now ....

KvotheTheBloodless · 06/10/2025 08:52

My parents bought me one. It was crap - took superhuman strength to crush the ice!

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 06/10/2025 08:51

My friend had one of those toy ovens with sachets of stuff you mixed together and it ‘baked’. It was sort of edible…

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 06/10/2025 08:48

I too desperately wanted one but was told by my Dad that it was too flimsy looking to crush ice and the handle would break after five minutes.

I had ballerina Sindy too, with red hair.

NippyNinjaCrab · 06/10/2025 08:48

SocksAndTheCity · 06/10/2025 00:04

I never had a Mr Frosty, but I did have the Fashion Wheel and also the Playdoh Fuzzy Pumper Barbers Shop, so I was already spoilt rotten as far as I'm concerned ☺️

I've always wanted the play doh barbers set! My late Sis tried to get me one when I was in my 30's. I just want to try it 😂

littleorangefox · 06/10/2025 08:41

I wanted a Mr Frosty too but I'm pretty sure my brother ended up getting one 🙃 I also wanted one of those mini Dairy milk dispensers but was told no multiple times. The injustice of it all! 😂

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 08:39

DramaLlamacchiato · 06/10/2025 08:28

My mum thought Barbie was “common” so we got Sindys.

What used to annoy me was having to wait ages for things and then my 3 years younger sister getting it at the same time. Ballerina Sindy being an example. Even worse, I was dark haired and she was fair so she got the nice blonde Sindy and I got the manky brown haired one. The injustice of it all 😥

I thought the brunette Sindy was classy!

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NotThisShitAgain121 · 06/10/2025 08:38

Omg I have been thinking the same thing lol

SP2024 · 06/10/2025 08:35

I had one. I was so desperate for it not to run out that I hardly used the sachets and then of course they were out of date and rock solid 🫠

TheoriginalMrsDarcy · 06/10/2025 08:33

I too wanted a Mr Frosty when I was a child. I eventually got one for my daughter for her birthday... totally rubbish. Took ages to shave a tiny bit of ice. Played with it once and went back in the box. Another toy I wanted was the chocolate machine, where you put 2p in and a miniature bar of chocolate came out. My best friend eventually got one for me for my birthday. Whist it was fun and nostalgic, I could never find replacement chocolate bars for it.

DramaLlamacchiato · 06/10/2025 08:30

Oh the jelly bag! That you had to put a carrier bag inside or your jotters would have got soaked 😂

DramaLlamacchiato · 06/10/2025 08:29

Oh I did have the Cadbury’s choc dispenser

BobbieTables · 06/10/2025 08:29

realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 06:54

I was SO into Cabbage Patch Kids! They weren't on my radar until my godparents moved back from the US and their daughter introduced me to them. I think i had about 3, as well as assorted paraphernalia like carriers, high chair, playpen etc. I still have one...

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Do you remember garbage pail kids? So gross!
I had sindy too - I think we all though she was less of a slapper than Barbie.

DramaLlamacchiato · 06/10/2025 08:28

My mum thought Barbie was “common” so we got Sindys.

What used to annoy me was having to wait ages for things and then my 3 years younger sister getting it at the same time. Ballerina Sindy being an example. Even worse, I was dark haired and she was fair so she got the nice blonde Sindy and I got the manky brown haired one. The injustice of it all 😥

elliesmummy19 · 06/10/2025 08:26

I didn’t want one and never got one but I did desperately want those little machines that dispense mini Cadbury chocolates.

Oh and one of those Talkboys that Kevin had in Home Alone.

Fangisnotacoward · 06/10/2025 08:24

I had one as a kid. Its one of those where the nostalgic desire is creating a rose tinted memory.

As others have said, basic had to put your whole body weight leaning on his hat, with the bobble bit sticking into your palm, grinding grinding grinding endlessly for a tablespoon of shaved ice.

Now, the Lego pirate ship with the tiny lego gold coins, thats an 80's toy worth drooling over! 😆

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 08:22

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 08:20

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 06/10/2025 08:16

I didn't get a Mr Frosty and also didn't get the money box that dispensed tiny bars of Cadbury chocolate.

Also wasn't allowed a jelly bag for school.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/80s-Retro-Style-Jelly-Bag/dp/B0D4Z5RLC8

This bag is too gorgeous for words. 1985, had this bag in black just in time for 4th year juniors. For some reason, it was the trend to cover them in keyrings. Also rocked the jelly shoes, and wore them to school the minute they arrived in the mail, didn't matter that it was raining...

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TypeyMcTypeface · 06/10/2025 08:18

Rehab4rightmove · 06/10/2025 07:16

Aaah...the nostalgia!
I knew it was a pointless case asking for a Mr Frosty, but I begged for a Lights Alive to no avail.
I also coveted my neighbours Strawberry Shortcake. It smelt divine. I would go around to their house, sit on her bed and hold it to my nose for ages, whilst the other kids played in the lounge.
I bought myself one several years ago on Ebay, and the smell, although faint, was still there.

We had Lights Alive and the novelty wore off pretty quickly.

I never hankered after a Mr Frosty - sounds like I am the only person on Mumsnet who wasn't enticed by the image of crushed ice with lurid fruit juice dribbled on it!

I desperately wanted, and got 'Operation' and that was another one that got boring within a couple of weeks.