ITT: Childhood

>be kid
>want max steel toys
>want those toy guns that made laser sounds and also the ones that popped
>"no anon! Those are boy toys and also they're very violent! Pick something else!"

She would get me barbies and they would end up destroyed.

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>be 8
>me and little brother get 21st century toys tanks for Christmas
>I get a Panther, he gets a Sherman
>Sherman treads are shit and flimsy so they won't stay on the wheels
>Panther treads fully in place because superior German engineering
>mfw his butthurt

>>6304877
So did your mom think you were a faggot or are you?

>>6304896
You ain't posting in German, though.

>>6304838
I don't know why but the concept of timing seems tough with parents. This exact thing happened to me several times. I also remember more than a few times my dad refused to let me go out with my friends, and eventually relented and told me I could go...after they had all left without me. This was before the days of cellphones too, so there was no way I could find them or catch up.

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>be child
>got every toy I wanted because spoiled by grandparents and single mom
>was always happy
>now an adult
>have a decent job to pay for any toy that I want
>doesn't know what happiness feels like anymore

>>6304877
When did you come out of the closet to her?

>>6305097
>>6305120
Why did you guys automatically assume anon was a guy? Read that post again, it makes a lot more sense from a female perspective

>>6305131
>drrr only men are gay
Jesus you are dumb if you thought we meant she was a gay man.

>>6304877
post em

>had a childhood swing set.
>loved it, Played on it, used it to build forts, etc...
>a bit older, come home to find it gone.
>it's in the neighbors yard.
>Parents gave it away to neighbors without telling me.
>a bit sad but oh well, the kids will enjoy it.
>their kids destroy it.

Fuck those little assholes.

>>6305131
Wow you're dense.

My mom would always say that she'll buy the toys when she won the lottery.

Then I learnt about probability...

>>6305360
>Gave away my Nerf collection around 12 to Mom's friend's younger kid
>He treated them like shit and ended having them trashed
7 years later I really wish I kept them. I had a dope collection.

>>6305111
This makes no sense to me. As a parent, I can't wait for my kid to be old enough to ask to that so we can have the place to ourselves again.

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>had a my little pony birthday party when I was 8
>was a real no-nonsense kid
>made everyone sit down to watch 'A Charming Birthday' with me while I played with my pony toys
I still cringe about it today

A story from many, MANY summers past.

>Save up all summer long for a trip to Little Tokyo in San Fransisco.
>Have about 80 bucks.
>Go to the main plaza and find huge toy shop
>Find the holy grail. A Space Cruiser Yamato model kit.
>Also find A full set of JAKQ Microman style figures along with their Tank, a set of Ultra Brothers vinyls, and a couple of Popy diecasts.
>Decide to buy them all.
>Dad says "son don't spend all your money here. You still have a couple of other places to check out."
>Tell him I know, but these are good enough for me, besides, I'll still have a good bit left over (I won't tell you the year, but back then, 80 bucks was like 300, because this hobby was still niche, and stores weren't pricing for collectors. This stuff was a bit above standard Japanese retail).
>NOPE!
>Adamant that I not spend my money.
>Put stuff back.
>Make him promise to come back here if I don't find anything anywhere else.
>I promise son.
>Go to other shops
>By afternoon we've hit just about every place else.
>"Well Dad, I haven't really found anything else that I wanted I'd like to go back to the first shop and get the stuff I really liked>"
>"Aww son, I'm not dragging ass all the way back over there. They have racks of stuff here. Pick out what you want and lets go. I want to get lunch."
>Explain that there's nothing I at at this place, it's more expensive, and I REALLY want that Yamato model.
>Remind him he promised.
>"Tough shit. You either by something here, or don't buy anything at all and let's go!"
>Pissed off royally.
>Call him a liar
>get into fight.
>leave shop
>Get lunch
>All weekend long yell at each other.
>Get home
>'Don't you ever ask me to take you there again as long as you live.'
>80 bucks in pocket
>No Yamato model kit
>Years before the internet existed, so no mail order.
>To this day, still get a little angry because that cheap bastard cost me the one thing I really wanted, even though I've owned several Yamatos since.

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>>6304838
>be me
>be poor
>love mmpr
>want original megazord
>mom can't afford it
>money gets better later
>buy me thunderzord when it comes out to make up for it
>appreciated, but not the same
>fast forward to megazord toy rerelease
>mom can't work and is in terrible shape
>living off of disability, so poor again
>mom passes away, and I finally piece my life together and get a job
>work 2 jobs, totaling 80 hours a week
>renting two rooms of my house at $500 each plus portion of utilities
>moneys good, buying transformers since i've lost interest in mmpr growing up
>quit one job because it was going to hell and was starting to conflict with other job
>see new SOC megazord on the horizon
>preorder with bbts
>kick out one of the rentees because causing problems
>have to finance a new car because old car = ded
>got let go from my only job left earlier this month
>have to cancel preorder

Fuck my life.

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>>6305772
Fuck this almost has me as angry as pic related.

>>6304838
>want to buy something
>parents say "you might get it for Christmas/Birthday ;)"
>don't buy
>don't get it for Christmas/Birthday
>it's gone forever

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>>6305360
Something similar happened to me

> have this small pirate ship playground in the backyard
> it was old and dirty but holy shit was it fun
> parents destroy without asking us so they can build a pool in the backyard
> we cry at first but we're a getting a pool in exchange so ok
> turns out my parents didn't get the city's approval to build a pool
> No pool, no pirate ship
> found out later that my parents destroyed the pirate ship before asking the city if they could build a pool
>it was all for nothing

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>too immature to go out or have allowance
>going to TRU is rare for me
>finally go with mommy
>"no no son were buying for someone else"
i went shoe/clothes-shopping with her for this?

>>6304838
>Be 8, have no allowance so I have to beg my parents into getting me toys.
>Getting all the bionicles, because they're rad as hell.
>Open them up on the living room floor and start building.
>Dad stares confused.
>"Anon, why do you keep wanting these, they're all just the same plastic bits? What's the point?"
>"Dad, you're the one who bought it. Now come help me put these together, I wanna make them all into one big one"
>A week later we have a shorthand language for all the different types of pieces, and a giant Toa Voltron sitting on my bookshelf.

I miss those days.

>Be me, 12 years old
>Birthday rolls around
>Hit the mall to this one weaboo store
>Got caught up in the gundam craze when it first aired on toonami
>Scored both the Wing and Heavyarms kits after that show's movie came out
>Spend all week painstakingly putting them togeher, with poses and stickers
>Super proud for these awesome bad boys
>Sister's fucking cat knocks them over while I'm at school 2 days later
>Mother went and junked both
>Super pissed and demanding reperations
>Kits were $80 combined, so lol no
>Went dumpster diving right after to fish them out
>No luck

I managed to find the exact kits years later but the magic was gone. Shit sucked...

>>6304838
I was a kid, around 6 years old. Pokemon had just started coming out, in card game and video game forms, toys, all that good stuff. Brother is 9, opens a magazine sealed in plastic and tries to steal a Pokemon card that was in it. He gets caught doing it by an employee of the store. Mom gets pissed, forbids us from getting anything Pokemon related, won't even allow us down any sections with anything Pokemon in them, because of what my brother did, for years. I was 15 before I was able to get and keep anything Pokemon related, all because of my older brother. To this day, no matter how silly the new generation might seem, I still buy the new games and a few toys from them, to make up for the lost opportunities of the past.

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This thread depresses the fuck out of me.
>Be of the age where parents don't believe i'm old enough to be a person
>Two younger sisters want to play with my stuff
>Adamantly disagree because I know they will break it/mess it up
>Parents force me to "share"
>It gets broken/deleted/destroyed
>"Well why did you let them play with it?"
With the vague wording of that alone it covers roughly 20+ experiences I went through from the ages 6-15

>>6308671
>>6308695
I appreciated this exchange but I posted >>6308638 and I did get my revenge in more creative ways

>>6308715
such as?

>>6304896

> Be kid
> Be hyped for toy for ages
> Get toy
> It's broken / not as fun as i thought
> Feel like shit

Is there any worse of a feeling?

>>6309052
>Is there any worse of a feeling?
Being an adult in that situation

>be child
>Christmas comes
>never recive what I asked for in my letter to Santa
>years pass
>suddenly receive what I actually wanted
>stand there thinking why
I mean, "Wait, this is what I asked for" shouldn't be your first reaction when you receive a present.

>>6305866
Fuck me. How the mother and the sister didn't end up murdered one night is beyond me.

ok , on topic

>be me, age 9
>going to Toysrus to look for Ninja Turtle and Power Rangers toys
>Find the grail that is Lord Zedd. Just came out, only one there
> Figure is going to cost me all of my allowance
> Could buy 2 Ninja Turtles with that...
> Stupidly put Zedd down, instead of holding him while I go to look at the Ninja Turtle figures
> Go to Ninja Turtles section.
> Shit I have already, or garbage I don't want
> Go back to get my precious Lord Zedd
> FUCKING GONE


I'm sure I had some other bad childhood moments involving my toys, but I can't remember them. I had a great childhood.

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>>6309016
Okay so there was
>Sister gets some new giga pet thing
>I loved giga pets for whatever reason
>hers went missing mysteriously and I "found one" at school that was sharpied black and silver
>parents and sister bought it
Also there was the
>have bullshit game I didn't like
>sisters both wanted to play it
>"stop don't come back"
>also go to parents "If they erase my file on this game you have to promise they can never use my stuff again"
>they agree
>sisters succeed
>I didn't even like the game but all my shit was permanently mine
>Parents adhered to the deal too

When I was a kid, my mom would go shopping while I was at school, and she'd always bring me a little plastic animal or some such trinket, and set them up on my dresser, so I'd see them when I got home.
Also, I was sick a lot as a kid, and in the hospital a couple of times a year, and she's bring this old cowboy boot box we used to keep all the stuff in, and we'd spend hours going through the animals, and gum machine prizes, and assorted other tchotchkes, making up stories and shit.

Last time I saw her, I was in the hospital for an operation, and she brought the old beat up box with her. I was an adult by this time, but we had so much fun reliving our old tradition.

She died a week later from cancer.

>be me, age 36
>going to Toys R Us to look for the new Lord Zedd figure
>the only one in stock is being picked over by a snotty 9 year old
>bide my time until he leaves
>swooce right in and grab Zedd
>fast-walk to the checkout counter with my prize

It was a close call

>>6305734
Don't let it bother you, son. Heck, back in my day us 8 year olds would sit around watching Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite.

>be 8 years old on my birthday
>get G1 Sideswipe, neat!
>friend wants to open the package and transform it
>despite my protests he does and my mom let him
>he breaks the window off
Screw you Byron. How was military school?

>>6304838
>be 9
>want OG pokemon starterpack
>Sorry anon it's too expensive for a toy
>15 years later look up the price just to be curious
>15 dollars
come on mom and dad

>>6309185
>>6310727
Heh nice

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>>6310682

>>6304838
>8 years old
>dad beats me almost every day
>every kid at school is crazy into transformers
>dad forbids me to buy any
>buy some on the sly, get some as gifts
>my younger brothers and I put the decals on, play with them
>some of the toys break but most are ok
>years later in college browsing nascent internet forums
>kid claims he will buy collectors edition of Defensor, a set of 5 first response transformer vehicles
>his dad gets on his account and kills it, says they have no money
>get the guy's address and mail his kid over 300 transformers free of charge

>>6312101
>, including Defensor

>Be online back in the before time.
>No real internet to speak of (as we know it), mostly newsgroups.
>Belong to action figure group.
>Close knit group of people after a while.
>People always on the lookout for stuff for others.
>Soon turns into "Hey, I heard you wanted this figure, I found one, It's yours!. Enjoy!"
>Group of strangers buying and giving each other toys they'd like for no reason other than they enjoyed making others happy.
>To this day I still get random boxes in the mail full of cool, old school figures person has picked up at thrift stores, yard sales, etc.

>>6310682
I've gotta say thats at least a very happy way to remember her anon.

>>6305114
Keep looking. You will find it.

>Dad buys me toy one day for some reason I can't remember but I think it wasn't a special day like birthday, just a normal day. (Mom was the toy buyer 99.9% of time)
>One time dad shows a bit of interest an asks me about toys once when he stepped into my room. I think he got lost (a joke since my parent's house is tiny 2 bedrooms only, pls laugh)
>"and what's this thing?" *points to toy he bought for me*
>be super happy and answer "It's a space mecha dad, you bought it for me!"
>"oh...did I? I don't remember" *walks away*
>feel like a sack of shit and on the verge of crying for some reason

I guess I've never felt real affection from him, I'm just like a prop, something that is there.