Mr Frosty

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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!

I had that castle (!) Ace!! And the Mr Frosty which was rubbish. What a disappointment 😞.

I too was desperate for a Barbie - all my friends had one. My mother, who didn’t approve of them at all got me a Skipper - Barbie’s little sister. That wasn’t it at all, DM. Now I have DGC, I buy them whichever Barbie they want - and Princess dresses, as the whole point of them was having clothes for them.

I did get all the flower fairy dolls though, as my mum had had the books from when she was little, my nieces have them now. So that was something.

I still wanted that castle though.

Ah, petty resentments from 40 years ago...

I wanted one. Never got one. I don’t know anyone who did.

I did get a Barbie Star Traveller motor home. It was massive. Played with it lots. When I outgrew it, my Gran asked me if I would pass it on to my cousin, who was much younger and loved Barbie. I remember taking it to my gran’s house, passing it on to my cousin only to watch her and her brother use it as a ride on toy (it wasn’t designed for that) and set about banging it into walls. I was fuming! I had outgrown it, but I had treasured it and was annoyed at seeing it being bashed about. Last time I gave them anything!

I never got a Mr Frosty either, I was so desperate for one but my parent's told me they were rubbish. When I had my own children I actually looked at getting myself my kids one but then I realised actually they are crap, let's not! A fashion wheel was the other thing I never got, was a pink circular thing, the advert looked so much fun, I was sold!

I did have one of these a la cart play kitchens though I absolutely loved it, I was only talking to my mum about it recently, she said it cost a fortune to buy, I got it for christmas when I was 3 or 4. I've gone down a rabbit hole looking up all my old toys now, great memories!

I've started collecting Sindy as an adult, I've got 10 dolls now, 5 original & 5 of the Kids Kreation ones that came out a couple of years ago.

Nope pile of crap

There was a necklace in the argos catalogue that had a little bottle filled with gold flake. I coveted that hard, laminated book of dreams

I forgot plasticine existed

I wanted one through my entire childhood. I asked Father Christmas every year and was devastated every year. Why were parents so against them?
Age 45, I bought one. I wrapped it up and put it under the Christmas tree, to me, from me. I was so excited to open it!
Friends, it was the biggest disappointment of my life. It doesn’t crush the ice up. The was no bright red liquid to squirt over ice either.

It's really hard to turn, the handle, also extremely flimsy

I used to buy my kids a lot of playmobile, they were pretty unimpressed tbh

It is a bit pointless, can't even play with it, bits fall off lol

Hankered after a Mr Frosty throughout my entire childhood, never got one. So I bought one as a special treat to my inner child when I was about 30.

Utter pile of gobshite.

Why were we all so beguiled by this plastic monstrosity?!

Probably quite simply because we were all told no!!! The more no's, the more we must have it!!

I was one who also go sindys instead of barbies.

I hankered after sylvanian families, but knew there was no way mam could afford them. They were spenny as heck.

Also wanted a cabbage patch kid but she hated them so that was a nope.

I had one. Ot was ok...not my favourite toy.

I wanted one never got one but my friend did and I remember the handle being really hard to turn.

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...

I wanted a Mr Frosty. Mate had one. Said it was crap!

Love that so many people bought themselves one a Mr frosty as adults.... I wanted an a la carte kitchen until I was well into my teens. I did have a version of a fashion wheel and it was really good. Who had the phones?! Was desperate to play with those - why did they never work?

Mine broke on Boxing Day. Handle snapped. Still not over it🤣🤣🤣. Had a fashion wheel though, it was great and my parents kept it so my daughter also played with it.

I wanted a Barbie house!

(Wouldn't have kicked a Mr Frosty out of bed either, though....)

My brother got one, Christmas 1985. Absolute rubbish. Didn’t crush ice and the flavoured syrups supplied were iffy to say the least. Probably wouldn’t get past Food or Trading Standards today.

I was not allowed a cabbage patch kid as my mum found them creepy 😂. Tbf, she wasn't wrong!

I loved my fashion wheel!