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 loved my Sindy! She was way more beautiful than Barbie 😁
I did however REALLY want the horse to go with. That never happened 😥

Aaah...the nostalgia!
I knew it was a pointless case asking for a Mr Frosty, but I begged for a Lights Alive to no avail.
I also coveted my neighbours Strawberry Shortcake. It smelt divine. I would go around to their house, sit on her bed and hold it to my nose for ages, whilst the other kids played in the lounge.
I bought myself one several years ago on Ebay, and the smell, although faint, was still there.

Always always wanted one and my mum always said
no. Bought one for —me— my kids last summer and it was utterly shite.

I really wanted one and didn’t get one but i bought a version for my own dc - got used a couple of times and they just didn’t get my enthusiasm

I’m another adult who bought themselves a Mr Frosty. I had dreams of frozen margaritas made by my frosty friend. As everyone else has said, could barely grate a single cube with it. I suspect they’re only still going as we 80s/90s kids fulfil our long term longing for one and they will disappear once we’ve all finally had one.

As for other toys I wanted but didn’t have, I really wanted one of those keepers- pink snails etc with lockable shells.

Then there were the Clarks shoes with the key in the sole. I got those, but a few days of walking scratched the clear window and they were just normal shoes.

I didn't get a Mr frosty but I had the Snoopy machine that shaved ice 🙂

A few years ago (in Canada anyway) some stores were selling reissues of the original Strawberry Shortcake. So of course it would have been rude not to buy one...I also have a couple of the dolls from the 2009 relaunch (which I sacreligiously prefer to the originals).

I got one. My dad used it first to make pinacoladas.

I was too old for one but got DS one in the 90s as I could remember being denied a Spirograph when I was young so didn't want DS to go through the same trauma😄

Mr Frosty was a bit rubbish though

I desperately wanted the Sindy horse too, but that was either unavailable or unaffordable, so my parents gave me just the carriage and reins, leaving me to imagine the horse.

I wanted one and never got one so I bought it for my girls when they were little. It was a bit rubbish but they enjoyed the challenge of producing a teaspoon of crushed ice in ten minutes 😆 no regrets for buying it!

I think being denied a Mr Frosty is what has driven so many of us to get oversized freezer with a built in Mr Frosty style ice crusher.

I didn't get a Mr Frosty and also didn't get the money box that dispensed tiny bars of Cadbury chocolate.

Also wasn't allowed a jelly bag for school.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/80s-Retro-Style-Jelly-Bag/dp/B0D4Z5RLC8

We had Lights Alive and the novelty wore off pretty quickly.

I never hankered after a Mr Frosty - sounds like I am the only person on Mumsnet who wasn't enticed by the image of crushed ice with lurid fruit juice dribbled on it!

I desperately wanted, and got 'Operation' and that was another one that got boring within a couple of weeks.

This bag is too gorgeous for words. 1985, had this bag in black just in time for 4th year juniors. For some reason, it was the trend to cover them in keyrings. Also rocked the jelly shoes, and wore them to school the minute they arrived in the mail, didn't matter that it was raining...

These...

I had one as a kid. Its one of those where the nostalgic desire is creating a rose tinted memory.

As others have said, basic had to put your whole body weight leaning on his hat, with the bobble bit sticking into your palm, grinding grinding grinding endlessly for a tablespoon of shaved ice.

Now, the Lego pirate ship with the tiny lego gold coins, thats an 80's toy worth drooling over! 😆

I didn’t want one and never got one but I did desperately want those little machines that dispense mini Cadbury chocolates.

Oh and one of those Talkboys that Kevin had in Home Alone.

My mum thought Barbie was “common” so we got Sindys.

What used to annoy me was having to wait ages for things and then my 3 years younger sister getting it at the same time. Ballerina Sindy being an example. Even worse, I was dark haired and she was fair so she got the nice blonde Sindy and I got the manky brown haired one. The injustice of it all 😥

Do you remember garbage pail kids? So gross!
I had sindy too - I think we all though she was less of a slapper than Barbie.

Oh I did have the Cadbury’s choc dispenser

Oh the jelly bag! That you had to put a carrier bag inside or your jotters would have got soaked 😂

I too wanted a Mr Frosty when I was a child. I eventually got one for my daughter for her birthday... totally rubbish. Took ages to shave a tiny bit of ice. Played with it once and went back in the box. Another toy I wanted was the chocolate machine, where you put 2p in and a miniature bar of chocolate came out. My best friend eventually got one for me for my birthday. Whist it was fun and nostalgic, I could never find replacement chocolate bars for it.

I had one. I was so desperate for it not to run out that I hardly used the sachets and then of course they were out of date and rock solid 🫠

Omg I have been thinking the same thing lol