Childhood Dreams & Wishes That Didn't Come True?

OutlawPete

When you were growing up, was there anything you longed for that you didn't get?

A gift, a holiday, computer, school trip etc etc?

Please no: "I just wanted Daddy and Mammy to stop fighting.." or "Uncle Tommy said he'd buy me Look In magazine if I did it .."

Keep that **** for PI ..


Mine

I wanted a RALEIGH VEKTAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grETvDEPLWE

A kid I knew could play the theme tune to ChiPs on his and when we played ChiPs on our bikes, the girls be looking at him and not me on my bike.

Raleigh Burner's were also cool and high on wish list, I hated BMX's though, Man Utd fans always cycled them.

The next year though, small bikes died a death as the Mountain Bike reigned supreme and my Dad made amends bigtime when he bought me a Raleigh Maverick .. and yes, I had some dirty weekends

Superbus

My mommy loved me.

SadieSue

For some reason I always wanted a pop swatch ... I have no idea why now though, they are horrible looking LOL Damn you early 90's!

Cheap Thrills!

I just wanted an invisible man watch......

Instead I got an etch-a-sketch

Goodbye invisibility dreams.

Catari Jaguar

Hover boards

Bolag_the_2nd

when I was a kid i wanted a baby brother or sister, I am the youngest of six, so I was picked on and orderd about a lot, i wanted a little bro or sis so i could pass it on. didnt get one, Bolag is now very traumatised and has issues.

4zn76tysfajdxp

OutlawPete wrote: »

[/B]I wanted a RALEIGH VEKTAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrN1sLZVik

What in the name of **** is that thing?

Turtyturd

I always wanted to be on Gladiators and was convinced I had the beating of them despite only being 10 or 11.

OutlawPete

Lil Kitten wrote: »

Hover boards

Damn Back to the Future :mad:

We did have LoLo Balls though ..

GirlOfGlass

I always wanted a Barbie Jeep, the ones that ran on batteries. I asked for it for so many Christmases in a row, and I always got the same excuse, "Santa is all out of Barbie Jeeps"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJT6vfMO6SY

I still want one.

GA361

Ah CHiPs, that takes me back

Well I'm actually only 18 but I like nostalgia and all things retro

. . . . I have the first two seasons on dvd.

OutlawPete

Aubrey Itchy Chest wrote: »

What in the name of **** is that thing?

My broken dreams

It was basically a Raleigh Burner with a Bodykit that had Sound Effects, Alarm and a FM/AM Radio built in allowing a kid to travel at speed while pretending to be a member of the California Highway Patrol :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mykg83C-GJs

Mc Love

I had a bike similar to that vektar. There was a button on the handlebars that you pressed and it made siren noises - so coool

I wanted a pair of x works but mammy said they were only for knackers so I got levis instead


Moral of the story - Mammys are always right!

drunkmonkey

Aubrey Itchy Chest wrote: »

What in the name of **** is that thing?

Raleigh Vektar, the starship enterprises of bikes, my folks were poor I ended up with a raleigh burner, still can't forgive me parents for not getting me a Vektar. It was beyond cool.

Missed out on the BigTrack as well due to the poverty and recession, ended up with some matchbox cars, thank fully BigTack is back, now I just need some children not to buy it for. http://www.bigtrakisback.com/index_2.htm

Joey the lips

OutlawPete wrote: »

Mine

I wanted a RALEIGH VEKTAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrN1sLZVik

A kid I knew could play the theme tune to ChiPs on his and when we played ChiPs on our bikes, the girls be looking at him and not me on my bike.

Raleigh Burner's were also cool and high on wish list, I hated BMX's though, Man Utd fans always cycled them.

The next year though, small bikes died a death as the Mountain Bike reigned supreme and my Dad made amends bigtime when he bought me a Raleigh Maverick .. and yes, I had some dirty weekends

You must have been my neighbour. I loved this bike. However I loved the bmx and the raleigh burner. I hated man u fans though.

I also wanted a commadore 64 because the games were better than the atari 130xe which I had. I also wanted the tele to be colour as I had a green monitor.

When i finally got the colour tele I thought i was the dogs [EMAIL="b~@*ix"]b~@*ix[/EMAIL]

Closed ac

I wanted a younger brother. What did I get instead? Four sisters.

OutlawPete

Mc Love wrote: »

I had a bike similar to that vektar. There was a button on the handlebars that you pressed and it made siren noises - so coool

Oh, I did get one of them for the Super Deluxe I was driving at the time.

It was yellow and had a bunch of options like Ambulance, Cops etc :cool:

OutlawPete

Joey the lips wrote: »

I hated man u fans though.

I also wanted a commadore 64 because the games were better than the atari 130xe which I had.

Man Utd fans tended to have the Spectrum ZX.

Joey the lips

DKZ wrote: »

I wanted a younger brother. What did I get instead? Four sisters.

I bet ya all the lads loved hanging around with you.

Krusader

I had adream I did Britney Spears up the gicker, sadly it hasn't come true

Joey the lips

OutlawPete wrote: »

Man Utd fans tended to have the Spectrum 64.

Holy [EMAIL="sh@t"]sh@t[/EMAIL] this is actually true...

Mint Sauce

nike airs and levi's, not the unbranded stuff from the local market, got both of them since, not sure what the hype was

and a 1st division/premiership title, still waiting on that one

4zn76tysfajdxp

DKZ wrote: »

I wanted a younger brother. What did I get instead? Four sisters.

I'll take 'em.

dammitjanet

To marry Eric from the little mermaid...

mikom

OutlawPete wrote: »

I wanted a RALEIGH VEKTAR

OutlawPete wrote: »

the Super Deluxe I was driving at the time.

You are me.
Guess we are about the same age Pete.

IvySlayer

DKZ wrote: »

I wanted a younger brother. What did I get instead? Four sisters.

Overated.

Younger brother, older sister.

Bro is as annoying as ****

LadyMayBelle

A Mr. Frosty ice-pop machine.

Also wanted so badly to be Mary Kingston. Like, insanely so. That's embarrassing.

My name is URL

When I was about 8 I really wanted a Sega Master System II after I seen it advertised as a prize in a Christmas Bazaar raffle.. I won it, and I came in my trousers

I think my mam may have rigged the draw but sure what about it!

I always wanted her to rig the draw for the next year's raffle.. one of the prizes was a Hot Wheels set.. but it never happened.. the bitch :mad:

Danbo!

OutlawPete wrote: »

We did have LoLo Balls though ..

I think I may have banished them from my memory. My sister had one and I was jumping around the garden like a lunatic, smashed my face off the back step.

A few days later, bump on head almost healed, I hop on the lolo ball, and within maybe 15 seconds, 20 max, there I was, with another face full of step.

Great times.

dammitjanet wrote: »

To marry Eric from the little mermaid...

Ooh good one.

You know that weird feeling when you think girls are gross and then suddenly, hang on, why am I enjoying looking at her!!??? Yep, for me that was Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Hot stuff.

http://rlv.zazzle.com/ariel_little_mermaid_shirt-d235165003963586935i0_500.jpg

Giselle

I wanted to be the pink Power Ranger.

It didn't happen.

dammitjanet

Giselle wrote: »

I wanted to be the pink Power Ranger.

It didn't happen.

Ah the days when they were just power rangers, not super ninja mutant deadly power rangers who ride bikes and stuff...

bazmaiden

When I was younger I convinced myself that i wasn't from earth and that one day my own "race" would come and take me.


This obviously never came true and i found out in later years that being double jointed was not a charactaristic of aliens!

Also I wanted to be the green power ranger, that turned into the white one in the movie!

orourkeda

I never got a blow job off Kylie Minogue

bazmaiden

orourkeda wrote: »

I never got a blow job off Kylie Minogue, no matter how many times I cut out her mouth in posters of her

FYP:D

Little Acorn

I always wanted a Furby. Infact I would still love to have one, but I don't think they make new ones any more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tYmlO9sg8&feature=related

Funny grumpy Furby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KY__ig0xeY&feature=related

Furby Tells a story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNNAAT9Xye8&feature=related

Giselle

dammitjanet wrote: »

Ah the days when they were just power rangers, not super ninja mutant deadly power rangers who ride bikes and stuff...

A power ranger who was a super-mutant-ninja-bike-riding-alien would have been good too.

Dammitjanet! Love that name!:)

Giselle

Little Acorn wrote: »

I always wanted a Furby. Infact I would still love to have one, but I don't think they make new ones any more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tYmlO9sg8&feature=related

Funny grumpy Furby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KY__ig0xeY&feature=related

Furby Tells a story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNNAAT9Xye8&feature=related

You can still have a Furby if you're a good girl (or boy) and have a paypal account!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Furby&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Furby's love Ebay. :pac:

Little Acorn

Giselle wrote: »

You can still have a Furby if you're a good girl (or boy) and have a paypal account!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Furby&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Furby's love Ebay. :pac:

Did a google search just there, and there's even a Furby adoption agency!Ha Ha.:D
http://www.adoptafurby.com/
The original were my favorite, but I'd say most probably aren't working now as they're so old, wish they re-released them in shops.
I remember a girl in primary brought one in and hid it in the press, the thing started talking away during the class and the teacher kept saying "who's talking/or making them noises?" we were in stitches-took her a while to cop it was a Furby hiding in the press!:)

Agricola

A Herrrugh Cock

chocgirl

I wanted this snowman that you could make icepops with, I forget it's name. I think they must have sold out around christmas time because my mother seemed to have an army of people telling me it didn't work. I wanted it for about 2 year:mad:

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Still haven't made it into space and its looking less and less likely every day

mud

Deleted User wrote: »

I wanted a pair of x works but mammy said they were only for knackers so I got levis instead


Moral of the story - Mammys are always right!

careful now

__________

I always wanted one of those "hoverboards" from back to the future, I even took the wheels off my skateboard to no avail. I was just left with a "board".

Slidinginfinity

SadieSue wrote: »

For some reason I always wanted a pop swatch ... I have no idea why now though, they are horrible looking LOL Damn you early 90's!

Had one, the feckers were huge and ULGY. Mine was all black with a white face.

All I really wanted for god only knows how many years was a Nintendo NES Mario /duck hunt combo.

OutlawPete

__________ wrote: »

I always wanted one of those "hoverboards" from back to the future, I even took the wheels off my skateboard to no avail. I was just left with a "board".

That movie is completely, totally and utterly responsible for a craze in Dublin (maybe elsewhere, don't know) called scutching.

This entailed kids waiting at traffic lights for cars, trucks, vans that had someting to grab on to and then doing so.

You would then hand on for dear life .. just like Marty McFly did.

Long story short, three broken ribs, left arm fractured in three places with full arm plaster and left wrist fractured with just forearm plaster.

Chest needed stitches and Barry McGuigan Sweatshirt ruined .. :cool:

cafecolour

Superpowers. I haven't given up hope yet.

(Sadly I'm not sure I'm joking)

ibarelycare

chocgirl wrote: »

I wanted this snowman that you could make icepops with, I forget it's name. I think they must have sold out around christmas time because my mother seemed to have an army of people telling me it didn't work. I wanted it for about 2 year:mad:

This is what I was going to post...Mr Frosty! You could make slush puppy drinks with it too. I asked Santa for it a few years in a row but never got it. The stuff that came with it was full of E numbers and all that crap so I understand now why I didn't get it, but back then I thought Santa hated me

bonerm

I wanted a Millenium Falcon. No not the toy, I mean an actual real life-size Millenium Falcon.

In the inceasingly unlikely event that I ever become a billionaire I have a plan to buy a plot of land and build a full-size walkaround set like the one from Empire Strikes back.

http://www.blueharvest.net/images/falcon.shtml

Rylan

I wanted to have "The Force". My older brother convinced me he had it and made me do all his housework so that I could get to level 1 ,2 ,3 ect of the force. He also convinced my friend too and we used to fight over who had more force.

Also wanted one of those watches that could switch off tele's.

bonerm

Rylan wrote: »

I wanted to have "The Force". My older brother convinced me he had it and made me do all his housework

The force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.