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Weekend Assignment #39: Disappointing Toys
Ho! Ho! And again! Ho! It's time for the Weekend Assignment! This week's assignment keys off a bit from the gimme gimme gimmes that affected us all during the holidays when we were little:
Weekend Assignment #39: Tell us about the toy you had to have for the holidays when you were a kid, only to find out it was kinda disappointing once you had it.
Extra Credit: Tell us the most unrealistic holiday gift request you ever made.
Remember: You take the assignment back to your AOL Journal or blog, write it up, and then leave a link back here so the rest of us can see what you had to say.
For me, this was the most disappointing toy ever:
The Six Million Dollar Man! With Bionic Grip! And a transparent arm that you could see the machinery inside of! And the eye that was like a built in telescope! Whoo-hoo! How could any six year old boy not be completely out of his little mind for this thing. I had to had to had to have it. I did the full on grovel, man. In retrospect, embarrassing. But at the time, well, you know. You did what you had to do. And it worked, because Colonel Steve Austin made his way under the tree that year.
And in about an hour, I was -- how to say it? -- bitterly disappointed. The bionic grip? Ha! You could hardly lift anything (a function, no doubt, of the doll's relatively tiny hands, but even so). The see through arm? Well, it was see through, but it had a creepy skin casing you had to roll back and which very quickly became torn and soiled. The zooming eye? Unimpressive. Also, the eye you looked out of wasn't even there, so Steve looked like there was a big hole in his face, which was six kinds of freaky in itself. Overall, a real let down. It got about two days of playtime, after which point I gave it to the dog as a fetch toy. Poor Steve Austin.
Extra Credit: When I was eight, I wanted a spectroscope. You know, with the prisms, so you could see the light absorption bands in light spectra? What can I tell you. I was a geek. Never did get one. Although look at this one! Isn't it nice? Hmmmm....
You're up! Tell me about your most disappointing holiday toy. Let's share the holiday not-so-much-joy together.
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i wont tell you my toy because others have me totally beat. But that is a great idea! People LOVE to talk about themselves, and they like you better for listening. So if you are already reading this, maybe i will tell you about my toy. I didn't even GET the toy I wanted. I still remember it to this day. I wanted this Barbie Doll Head that you could put real makeup on and wash it off. It was almost lifelike, and ny parents got me the totally wrong toy!! It was some different brand, not Barbie, and what parent of a young child doesnt know that theri kids know what they want and if you dont get it for them you are looking for a tantrum! Well i didnt throw a fit but i was Really pissed at Santa that year. -
Hi, it's been awhile but here is my entry
http://journals.aol.com/jseams7/LifeasIseeit/ -
Hi John, sorry I'm late. Anyway here's my assignment.
Tami
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A fun assignment, thanks. Here's my little story:
12/18/04 Weekend Assignment #39 Disappointing Toys
http://journals.aol.com/springsnymph/AnotherCountryHeardFro m/
12/22/04 10:38 PM
The toy I wanted was a little kitchen with a sink, a stove, a fridge, all pint-size life-size. The disappointment? They gave it to my younger sisters!
Unrealistic? I wanted a real microscope, not the toy kind :-)
http://journals.aol.com/wildb