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Worst Christmas Toys Ever

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TheShellBeach · 14/12/2022 15:54

You know, the ones which were advertised throughout December, and your children begged for them, and they were shite despite costing more than your monthly mortgage payment.

Which toys were the most disappointing in your house?

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CatchHimDerry · 14/12/2022 21:52

So many 😂

Drove my poor dad to distraction having to play with / build these things

Skydancers
Talking ET figure thing
Furbies
Tamagotchi
Nerf guns
Disney polly pockets
Disney talking magic mirrors
All the Disney dress up costumes we probably wore once
A swimming Arial little mermaid doll
Baby born
Bunk bed for baby born
Kiddie shopping trolley
Telletubby dolls that were sold out everywhere

Lord save me when my boy starts wanting all these things for birthdays and Christmas

CatchHimDerry · 14/12/2022 21:53

And the Crystal growing kit that deffo didn’t get me any diamonds like I was hoping for

StillMedusa · 14/12/2022 21:59

Yes!!! Thankyou those who named it for me... Sky dancer!!! We had several of the bloody things!

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Ch3wylemon · 14/12/2022 22:02

Some sort of cup cake oven that "cooked" chemical mixes with a light bulb.

Shite.

StillMedusa · 14/12/2022 22:07

I'm now contemplating buying DD1 another Skydancer for Xmas Grin
Yep she's 30, but she's been having a hard time recently and I know it would make us smile on xmas day...

TheHappyDaze · 14/12/2022 22:13

FearofQueefing · 14/12/2022 18:46

Also my son got V-tec Toot Toot cars and track one year. Each vehicle singing it's own inane song on repeat. The bloody things had tortured me into insanity by New Year

Uuugh. When they sst them all off at once. Hideous.

spiderontheceiling · 14/12/2022 22:16

For DS, the Paw Patrol tower definitely didn't live up to his expectations.
Another year, he was thrilled to get Pie Face only to be completely change his mind when he got whacked in the face with it.
The present which I had very low expectations of but which turned out to actually do what it said it would was some chocolate lolly maker.

UnbearableLoss · 14/12/2022 22:21

Why is the chocolate coin maker so bad??

DD's birthday soon and she would LOVE a sky dancer so I'm glad to see they're still around, only the fairy now looks like she's been watching some makeup tutorials on youtube

TheChosenTwo · 14/12/2022 22:25

I just googled for the reviews and then discovered this thread (which I also commented on under an old username 😂)

www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/1608744-John-Adams-bloody-chocolate-coin-maker

Whipmuncher · 14/12/2022 22:27

Bloody furbies. I bought a green one for DC one Christmas, was played with for a few days then mysteriously vanished. Several years later I kept hearing this chilling mechanical moaning sound at night and thought the house was haunted. Eventually found the reanimated furby wedged behind a sideboard.

Choccolatte · 14/12/2022 22:28

Dear Mumsnet

Thank you for existing and having this (almost exact same) thread when my children were tiny. As a result I:

  1. Never let them watch TV with adverts. (Much less begging)
  2. Pretty much only ever bought secondhand toys (Elefun/furrbies/tamagochi all for about £2).
Soon realised they were shite and back to the charity shop they went to save another family from wasting too many pounds.

I only hope parents of young children read this thread and save themselves too and as many £1000s as me.

Kind regards

Someone who never bought a coin maker because they read it was shite on Mumsnet

imSatanhonest · 14/12/2022 22:30

Mr. Fucking Frosty.

I never got one. Bought my DD an Olaf "Mr Frosty" a few years ago. Took the skin off my thumb by the maniacal turning you had to do of the ice cruncher. I went dizzy and sick because of it, and it made less crunchy ice than the amount that was scattered on the kitchen side from where I'd slammed the bag of ice out of the freezer to try to make small enough pieces to go in the frigging thing.

whatawhata · 14/12/2022 22:30

Ryan's world egg! I knew it would be ... but I got so many tears because it wasn't the same as what Ryan got! Bye bye £40.... I did wonder who won the contract for making those old McDonald happy meal toys... would rather get the nuggets as well though ...

Bestcatmum · 14/12/2022 22:32

Showing my age here but that sodding tamagochi. DS wasn't allowed to take it to school so I had to take the damn thing to work to keep it alive.

blueflagflyhigh · 14/12/2022 22:35

The flamingo that poops sand into a toilet. I knew it was rubbish but she wanted it. Got her auntie to buy her it for Xmas. £30 of shite. They love it singing the song and that's about it. It lies in one of the toy boxes now.

Another was orbies challenge set. She originally wanted foot spa (also shite) I talked her into this one as looked more fun. She's played with it a couple of times and it makes some bloody mess. Now asking for the foot spa again today. Aw too late wasn't in ur list!

Oh she's getting chocolate lolly makes this year I expect it's as shite as the coin maker then lol.

My 5yr old daughter wants a lot of the things she sees in adverts. My sil never has any clue what to buy her daughter same age I swear she bans the kids channels in the morning 😂

twoandcooplease · 14/12/2022 22:37

Thank you @ladydimitrescu I was scrolling through the thread hoping someone would answer @StillMedusa name of toy

I want to get one for dsd's Xmas the same as I had in the 2000's but could only find a newer version 'hatchimals' which seem less dangerous so not as much fun

dancinfeet · 14/12/2022 22:39

elefun- DD could never be bothered to pick up all the butterflies after the end of the game so I was always the one who ended up doing it.
zhu zhu pets hamsters- a bit shite and kids lost interest not to mention one of them managed to get the wheels stuck in her hair, and the huuuuge dora the explorer castle which as it turned out didn’t fold up and took over the bedroom, despite being played with, it was constantly in the way.
Bella ballerina mat, barre and dvd. Should have know it would be crap, but it was a gift from a relative - the sound of her obnoxious voice (and dubious ballet technique) on the dvd made me want to put a brick through the tv. Harry Potter Great Hall play set that the roof used to collapse mid game and was an utter faff requiring me to put it back together, the ballerina doll that whirled on a little stage on one leg- a few weeks after christmas the plastic fitting started to split so the doll leaned as she whirled giving the impression that she had been at the gin, and anything and everything Bratz with their big heads, fiddly accessories, more than inappropriate clothing and creepy removable feet. Am glad that mine are way too old for toys now!

Keiki · 14/12/2022 22:40

Ahh, these are so funny. The happy nappers were worth the cost here, slept in regularly! I loved my sky dancers and have bought DD one to prevent her messing with mine. The chocolate coin maker was enjoyed one time then never touched again. Wonder if I can clear it out? We love hotwheels too. Another disappointing present was a walking swimming toy dog. Didn't really do either well and wasn't played with much.

eelieza · 14/12/2022 22:42

GlasgowGal82 · 14/12/2022 17:26

VTECH Myla The Blush & Bloom Unicorn

£50 down the drain! Every other VTECH toy we've had from babyhood onwards has been educational and interactive so I didn't look into what this one does in much detail. It does nothing. It's totally boring and pointless. It makes me wonder if they deliberately make crap toys for girls.

Its an expensive hair styling toy. Teaches kids about looking after animals

Probablymagrat · 14/12/2022 22:47

Scaletrix...Bloody expensive, took up masses of floor space and neither of my kids managed to keep the cars on the track for longer than 3 seconds. Also the cat tried to kill a racing car and broke a tooth, so had to go to the vet to have the stump removed on boxing day. That was a fun christmas.

Whatthediddlyfeck · 14/12/2022 22:53

NormalForNuneaton · 14/12/2022 18:56

Many, many years ago DD was given an "oven" for baking cupcakes.

The "oven" was essentially a plastic oven with a lightbulb and an upside down foil takeaway container in. You made up the mix for one teeny cupcake and put it under the foil where it was "baked" by the heat of the lightbulb 😬

It took forever and, even then, it was still largely uncooked.

We got sucked into that too, dd loved actual baking and this was the biggest disappointment ever!

OlleOskiFelle · 14/12/2022 22:59

Playdoh barber shop.
Tbf it was really for me, similar to the Mr Frosty, I'd always wanted one.
It was crap and to get the hair to come out of the head took the strength of The Rock.
I still keep looking at the Playdoh ice cream factory though, even though Dd is 21 and mived out years ago.
I

ditherydotty · 14/12/2022 23:02

Probablymagrat · 14/12/2022 22:47

Scaletrix...Bloody expensive, took up masses of floor space and neither of my kids managed to keep the cars on the track for longer than 3 seconds. Also the cat tried to kill a racing car and broke a tooth, so had to go to the vet to have the stump removed on boxing day. That was a fun christmas.

That made me laugh - sorry 🤣

NooneKnowsWhatItsLike · 14/12/2022 23:03

I remember watching adverts and being drawn into the magical world they created e.g. My Little Pony adverts. However, you obviously only actually got the pony / stables - not the scenery in the advert that made it all so appealing and magical! Disappointing!

Jackiebrambles · 14/12/2022 23:14

Dogsinthecradle · 14/12/2022 21:46

As a child I got a snail toy that you opened the side of its shell with a key-what a pile of crushed dreams that was
it didn’t do anything
god knows why I got it as my parents didn’t do ‘girl’ toys

‘dont wake dad’ board game
my lot nagged and nagged so I saved up to buy them it
it was played with once and ended up in the bin

Buckaroo-I didn’t get it as a child so bought it for my lot from a charity shop
cheap plastic that didn’t do anything
played with my me-twice

pop up pirate
my brother got it-he worked out which one ‘popped’ it-that would work twice-and he worked out which would be the next hole that ‘popped’ it

ker-plunk-never understood that one-it took waaayyy too long to set up for very little reward

I wanted one of those snail shell thing with a key desperately as a child! I never got one, I'm glad that I didn't miss much! I never got the Mr Frosty or the A La carte kitchen, sounds like Mr frosty was a lucky escape!