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Mr Frosty

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realsavagelike · 05/10/2025 23:23

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!

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Sleeposaurus · 05/10/2025 23:25

Me. I was desperate for one. Got one as a young adult. Used it once. It was RUBBISH! Took forever to shave a tiny ball of ice. My parents were right not to buy me it (don't tell them though).

willstarttomorrow · 05/10/2025 23:30

As above! I was totally taken in by the adverts and I really, really wanted one! When I finally bought one, (for my sister as a present when we were adults) we both realised they are actually quite crap.....

Strongstuff · 05/10/2025 23:32

I really really wanted one! But I can't even remember what it does 🙈 did it make slush puppies?

BTW I'm now fondly reminiscing about circling things in Kays and Argos catalogues 🤩

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realsavagelike · 05/10/2025 23:34

Strongstuff · 05/10/2025 23:32

I really really wanted one! But I can't even remember what it does 🙈 did it make slush puppies?

BTW I'm now fondly reminiscing about circling things in Kays and Argos catalogues 🤩

Utterly amazed to discover that they are still available on Amazon! Yes, the utopian fantasy was that you could create your own Slush Puppy at home. Mmm, early 1980’s cherry flavoured slush puppies….

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earbottles · 05/10/2025 23:42

I was desperate for one as a child, and every Christmas/birthday was met with the same disappointment that there was no Mr Frosty to celebrate with me. Naturally, I felt my parents had wronged me, so when my own child requested one decades later, of course I obliged.
Honestly, the biggest pile of crap. Turns out grating ice is really hard. child lost interest after less than a minute. After 20 mins of fairly industrious cranking, we were left with a cm of shaved ice and a broken handle.
My parents were right. Now I know why no one ever wanted to play with their Mr Frosty.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 05/10/2025 23:42

Just treat yourself to a ninja slushi and be glad you were saved hours and hours of wasted time freezing and shaving and putting up with that horrible squeaking noise of the blade on the ice.

BashfulClam · 05/10/2025 23:42

I wanted a fashion wheel….i could have been rivalling Stella McCartney if only my dreams hadn’t been squashed.

OSTMusTisNT · 05/10/2025 23:45

I had one, amazing really as my parents never followed the masses with anything else!

It was rubbish, basically a plastic cheese grater that was far too flimsy to cut through ice. My Dad tried it and managed to get a teaspoon of what looked like frost from the inside of the freezer. 😭

OSTMusTisNT · 05/10/2025 23:48

I wanted Lego Technic, remote controlled car and Scalextrix.

I received, babie, doll and an educational crappy think called 'speak and spell' which had an American accent and spellings 🙈.

CharlotteFlax · 05/10/2025 23:52

I got one. It came with six sachets of the flavour which was a piss take. The advert showed a flow of slush that never ever occurred in real life. Took about half an hour of grinding away at ice to achieve a cup full.

But I still loved getting it on my birthday that year.

RabbitsEatPancakes · 05/10/2025 23:54

Begged for one for years and finally got one when I was 8 or so.

It was very plasticy, impossible to make work as a child and lived on the top shelf. Every so often I'd badger my dad to get it down and hed spend an hour making me a cup of shaved ice. Which was just cold. Still loved it though.

IlFestivaldelGelato · 05/10/2025 23:57

Ah yes! I share the pain! My parents refused anything frivolous and said it was a waste of money. My friend let me try her Mr Frosty and it was useless, but still…

The same goes for those Global Hypercolour (?) t shirts!

Blarn · 05/10/2025 23:59

As all other posters have said: don't get one as an adult! Such a let down.

BlueberryLatte · 05/10/2025 23:59

I got one as a kid! It was very disappointing. I used it (or attempted to) maybe once or twice. I hope that heals some wounds for people who were denied one!

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 ☺️

MrsMoastyToasty · 06/10/2025 00:04

I wanted a Barbie
I got a Sindy.
She wasn't Barbie.
I'm still waiting, DM.

Soonenough · 06/10/2025 00:09

Almost as crap as Easy Bake Oven . The start of my disillusionment with TV advertising. See also Hot Wheels track as my brother found out.

murasaki · 06/10/2025 00:12

We really wanted one. Eventually one turned up in a church jumble sale and my parents folded.

It was not anywhere near as good as I and my sisters had imagined.

murasaki · 06/10/2025 00:14

MrsMoastyToasty · 06/10/2025 00:04

I wanted a Barbie
I got a Sindy.
She wasn't Barbie.
I'm still waiting, DM.

For some reason my mum thought Sindy adhered to fewer sexist stereotypes than Barbie, so me too.

I spent a lot of time at my god sisters house playing with her barbie and fantastic plastic pink barbie Palace of dreams.

Jewelledslice · 06/10/2025 00:15

Yeah I got one. It took about 3 hours to make the tiniest cup of ice chips and was very flimsy!

murasaki · 06/10/2025 00:18

The my little pony castle was another one. I had a fair number of ponies and I WANTED that castle.

Dad built me a castle for my birthday. Quite big, a large courtyard, a flat roofed tower on each corner, a gateway, and all covered in grey brick paper.

It looked like Colditz.

My friends loved it more than I did.

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 00:22

OSTMusTisNT · 05/10/2025 23:48

I wanted Lego Technic, remote controlled car and Scalextrix.

I received, babie, doll and an educational crappy think called 'speak and spell' which had an American accent and spellings 🙈.

I got the Speak and Spell too! I loved it. Poor Dsis got the Speak and Maths. Didn’t work out for her…

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 00:24

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 ☺️

A friend had that Playdoh barber shop - the 8th Wonder of the World! I always got plasticine instead of playdoh. It’s not the same, mum.

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realsavagelike · 06/10/2025 00:29

MrsMoastyToasty · 06/10/2025 00:04

I wanted a Barbie
I got a Sindy.
She wasn't Barbie.
I'm still waiting, DM.

I loved Sindy. Still clearly remember unwrapping ballerina Sindy on my fifth birthday. First life lesson- if you take out Sindy’s glossy low ponytail, you ain’t never going to get it looking the same again. DSis is 2 years younger, and got Barbies

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murasaki · 06/10/2025 00:32

I had ballerina sindy too. With the pink tutu skirt.