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 totally forgotten about having a Speak and Spell until this thread!

I had the fashion wheel and the Play Doh barber shop and they were actually both really good.

OMG "shat black slime out of the tail hole"...you totally win the internet today @InMySpareTime 😂😂😂

I had ballerina Sindy. She had wires in her arms and legs that let you put her into ballet poses. She was so well played with that the wires snapped so she was more like multiple compound fracture Sindy. I also bit her toes and fingers off as they were a very pleasing rubbery texture. 😳

I really wanted a Sindy house and a Ken. We couldn’t afford the house and my Mum despised Ken for some reason so he was vetoed. My mum instead made me a house out of a cardboard box but got me the Sindy bed and dressing table and decorated the ‘house’ in off cuts of 1970’s brown and yellow velour for the carpet and her old bedroom wallpaper which was mad purple swirls. I absolutely loved it.

As the youngest of many female cousins I actually got another Sindy doll compete with nurse outfit as a hand me down and a BIONIC WOMAN Doll! She came with blue overalls and a pretend computer chip in her arm and a bag that had a false passport and a map to somewhere. That was sufficient for me to basically pretend she was Ken and given they lived together in the Sindy house and there was only one bed one thing led to another. The other Sindy used to pop round to say hi. Sindy and Bionic Ken wouldn’t actually get out of bed though as the only place to sit was the dressing table.

It was basically a dolly version of a 1970’s porn film down to the decor. Made even creepier due to the fact that there were twin Sindys, one in a nurses outfit just watching and the one in the relationship with Bionic Ken had limbs sticking out at strange angles and no fingers and only ever wore a tutu.

My Sister and I got one for Christmas and it was definitely disappointing! I remember a lot of waiting around and my Dad getting annoyed with it!

I absolutely loved Ghost Castle, the best game ever. I also adored my Were bear (I had Fang, just looked it up) and My Pet Monster.

I can remember my Dad telling me about the time he stood outside Toys R Us in the early hours of the morning to queue up to get me a full set of the TMNT figures.

Oh, yes, that thing with my younger sister happened to me all the time - same age gap. Not just with toys but with other 'privileges' such as being allowed to sit in the front seat of the car and getting our ears pierced.

I was desperate for one, but never got one either.

I did get bought a sweatshop thing that was also heavily advertised, but likewise realised it was quite rubbish once I’d eaten all the sweets out of it.

Totally fallen down an aching rabbit hole of nostalgia now, looking up vintage Strawberry Shortcake dolls, Care Bears etc! I remember receiving a poseable Birthday Bear Care Bear for my 8th birthday - SO happy!

I had the Bionic Woman doll as well, I remember all the little bits, and the flaps in her arms or something like that.

I desperately wanted a Speak and Spell too but never got one

I really really wanted a Barbie but would have ok with sindy but my mum thought dolls with boobs were not appropriate for a child. As an adult spoke about not being allowed one and she asked why not. Err dunno mum you had weird rules.
I could watch children’s tv no problem but not on Saturdays.
Anyway back to the Barbie situation, I eventually got a Tressy doll from a cousin who’d out grown it. She had hair that grew if you turned a key in her back. it was ok but it wasn’t Barbie. I mentioned this one year at a family get together with my in-laws. That Christmas I received 3 Barbies. I was 45.

I did the same last night and found Snugglebumms that I had forgotten about 😂

I really wanted the Petite post office, I got the beige and brown office 😕

So many of us denied a Mr Frosty - it's like a support group here. Glad to know they were rubbish though. I spent hours looking at it in the Argos book. It was the coloured ice cube shapes in the little trays that fascinated me - literally just ice cubes. Kids are weird.

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