Mr Frosty

[Toddlerteaplease]

Every time there is a thread about 80's toys. Almost every one wanted a Mr Frosty, (including me.) just wondering what was it about it that made it so longed for?!

They looked so good on the advert, and the ice slush looked very tasty (was actually shit in reality though).

I had one! It was shit.

You needed to be He-man to turn the bastard
I waited years for my cousin to get one and it broke Boxing day.

Oh my god yeah! You couldn't crush the ice with it at all. I ending up putting dry roasted peanuts in mine and jamming the whole thing

I had Mr.Frosty and his little penguin friend.
Mine worked perfectly. I loved it and it lasted years.
I love looking back at the photos of me sat at the table with him in my Mr. Frosty hat

You either wanted it and never got it (or got over wanting it) or got it and were not impressed

@pinkcattydude

You either wanted it and never got it (or got over wanting it) or got it and were not impressed

Or the third option is that you end up with a fake knock off. A relative was given something like a Mr Freeze, which was a knock off version.

It's also that you had the idea of constant ice lollies. To us with no freezer, no pocketmoney to buy ice lollies it sounded fantastic.
We had ice cream on our birthdays only as a general rule.

I had one and it was shit. You had to fucking hand grind ice! How many kids can do that?!

The telly ad made it look so cool. A little girl churning out crushed ice - delicious.

My BFF got one. It was shit. Impossible to grate the ice. I still remember the disappointment

You needed to be He-man to turn the bastard

My daughter has one, only used once now lying in a cupboard waiting to be sent on its way 😄

I too got one and was disappointed, so much brute force was needed to crush ice cubes you risked doing yourself a mischief!
It was ok for crushing them really long 'Mr Frezze' type ice pops but you could do that by bashing them on the wall on the way home from the sweet shop

I was Too Old For Toys (further events beg to differ) so it took a lot of manoeuvring on my part to get one. Even made ice, special.
All I got was a massive, extended bollocking from ALL the family and 50ml of piss warm 'Frosty'

Ah Mr Frosty ... the one who got away!

Always wanted one. Mum said it was "plastic shite"
As an adult I'm pretty obsessed with slush puppie, I'm convinced it's because I never got a mr frosty.

I had one. It was utter shite. His hat must've been longer than it was supposed to be because after you'd ground the ice (which was no mean feat), the grater then grated the hat so I'd end up with plastic in my sickly drink.

It was the advert ! Everyone wanted one !
The little shovel scrapping out the slushy ice

I still remind my mum each Christmas I wasn’t allowed a mr frosty 😂
I wasn’t allowed operation either

I had one and I loved it! I still love a slush puppie

Still know the words to this day!

We need to find them kids in the advert and ask them what the magic trick was to get crushed ice so easily ,

what ? editing the advert you say ? noooo they wouldn't do that would they ?? and device us poor innocent kids ! shame on them !