Didn't get a Mr Frosty Support thread.

[Toddlerteaplease]

Stolen the idea from
Another thread. I wanted a Mr Frosty, but never got one. Apparently my parents says I never asked at Christmas or birthdays. (I did have an A la cart kitchen though.)

I always wanted a pogo stick and a scooter. Didn't get either.

I also wanted a Mr Frosty and didn't get one - so I bought myself a Slush Puppy machine a couple of years ago instead

I wanted a cabbage patch doll but was never allowed one because my mum thought they were ugly.

My Dd will probably start a thread like this when she's grown up, saying her mean mum never let her have Bratz dolls! No way, José. They're like stripper figurines.

Haha I never got one either despite asking every year.

The first thing I thought when I read the opening post on that other thread was that a support group was needed.

Needless to say, I coveted a mr frosty which I never got. My best friend had one which I always saw when I went round, but she never wanted to use it. That was tough.

My parents weren’t ones for buying lots of stuff so I didn’t have a lot of the iconic 80s toys. My brother had the post office in a box posted upthread, as well as a bank version of the same thing, bigger playmobil sets than me and also the Cadbury’s dispensing thing. Typical spoilt younger sibling!

I always wanted a Chopper bike in the 70s but my mum would never let me have one. All my friends had Choppers or Chippers. I had to follow behind on my sensible Rayleigh bike.

@MedusasBadHairDay

I drew a circle round one in all the argos catalogues we got, but never got it.

That "book of dreams" definitely launched consumerism in a generation.

I wanted one but my older brother got it instead and we had to share. Obviously my turn was only when my mum made him give me a turn, which was hardly ever.

See also Girls World which is as my sisters
I did have one of those chocolate dispensing machines which were amazing, except once you’d run out of chocolate pretty useless.

I did get lots of lovely things though, it was like a grotto on Christmas Day.

I never had a Mr Frosty but then I didn't have a TV so never knew they existed.

What I'm scarred by is being THE ONLY CHILD ON THE PLANET not to have had a tamagotchi. I was desperate to have a 101 dalmations one. I even walked around the school playground with a Christmas cracker keyring looped round my finger and clutched in my palm to try and fit in. Still haven't forgiven my mother for that one!

OP I was always desperate for one too. I ended up buying one myself at a car boot fair, but it didn't come with the syrups or anything so I was just crushing ice for fun.

DH and BIL had one each 🙄

I also never got monopoly, and am still angry that my brother got it for Christmas over a decade ago.

I always wanted Mr Frosty too 😢.
We had the post office in a box. I used to love going to my friends as she had my little pony everything!

Never had Mr Frosty either...
One Christmas following ET coming out I asked for a Speak n Spell, went on about it for ages. I got a Speak n Write...not the same at all. Even at the age of 4 or 5 I remember the disappointment, but also the need to show I was grateful despite it not being quite at all right.

No Mr Frosty, or Big Yellow Teapot or a la carte Kitchen here, awful!

I did have a fun fax, loads of Keepers and the Sindy house & range rover though!

I always wanted the my little pony grooming parlour

@YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake

I wanted a dream phone game. 3 years in a row is asked for one, never got it. Bought it for dd for her birthday last year after they rereleased it (just so I could finally play it) and it was rubbish lol

One of my friends had the original game, we were obsessed with playing it.

I wanted a gameboy, but didn't get one, my brother did though. Gutting.

@TokyoSushi fun fax!! I forgot how much I loved my fun fax.

@FrenchyQ

I always wanted the my little pony grooming parlour

I had that, my dad had still got it in fact and DD plays with it whenever we go visit.

Yes this was THE toy wasn’t it

I remember wanting it for years and being disappointed every Christmas when I didn’t get one I know everyone says it wasn’t missing out on that are pretty shit but that isnt the point

My cousin had one and I was so jealous

Another one here who didn't get a Mr Frosty or the chocolate dispensing machine.

But the biggest disappointment of my childhood was Christmas 1985 when I received the game Perfection rather than the Guess Who that I wanted. I never did get one. It was even worse when I returned to school in January and everybody else had received a walkman. I didn't feel that I could moan as it would expose how babyish I was even though I wouldn't have got a Walkman if I had asked for one.

Thanks for the opportunity to vent, normally I am very good at letting go of things but this one has just stuck with me. Tempted to get DS Guess who for Christmas even though he hasn't asked for it.

@brokenbiscuitsx

I didn’t ever get one, but I did get this and it was awesome ☺️

I had a cheaper version of this but then my dad built me a post office from a big box and I sat in it and served him and my mum through the window - I would spend hours and hours in it

This thread is brilliant, thank you OP.
I was also the proud owner of Fashion Wheel. My friends were very impressed.

I always wanted a pound puppy, wasn't allowed one. No idea why.

That sounds lovely @Buckydoesafart my fondest childish memories are playing in homemade forts of boxes, blankets and cushions

Found a site with copies of old argos catalogues if you want to remind yourself of all the toys you longed to play with: retromash.com/argos/

Nope and also Fashion Wheel. I really wanted that and would have actually spent hours using it x

@TopBitchoftheWitches

I always wanted a pound puppy, wasn't allowed one. No idea why.

That reminds me, I never got a cabbage patch!