I myself wanted one of those remote controlled air planes. I thought that’s the coolest thing ever. Once I grew up and had the money, I never bought it.
Yep. And it was great. My wife and I married young - only in our early twenties. Because of reasons both us had grown up a little too fast and as young adults we mourned the fact that we’d never really gotten to enjoy our childhoods.
So we decided to hunt down all the crap we wanted as kids. We hit antique shops and thrift stores, eBay and garage sales. We found a ton of the things we’d always wanted.
Popples and Rainbow Bright dolls.
Kenner Star Wars action figures.
Video game consoles.
Transformers.
We bought the crap our inner children still wanted and gave ourselves permission to enjoy it - and then let it go.
Ultimately, we didn’t keep much of it - though we’ve still got a box of a few favorite dolls, games and action figures somewhere. A few toys even got passed down to our own kids.
I don’t regret a moment of it. Giving ourselves a belated childhood was fun - and it helped us move on and say goodbye to that part of our lives.
No because I’m sad and broken and all the things that gave me joy as a kid only remind me of our rampant consumerism in this capitalistic hellhole
Finding a functional Armatron has been difficult.
I didn’t buy it, but my wife got it for me as a Christmas present one year. The Lego Star Wars imperial star destroyer. It was gigantic and amazing and took maybe 8 hours of building. It would have taken meweeks as a child.
No… but thanks to emulation I could play all the games I couldn’t play as a kid because we couldn’t afford consoles or VGA colour screens.
