Best christmas present you ever got as a kid

sunflower27

OK, giving my age away here somewhat, but for me it was that game Donkey Kong - the double-screened one. I played it for about 10 hours straight till the batteries went dead

Bobjims

Nintendo 64 with Goldeneye

questionmark?

Sega Mega Drive 2 oh the memories wish I still had it tbh:o

RichieC

c64 with night moves.

bonerm

Got an X-Wing Fighter one xmas. Specifically remember asking for Millenium Falcon but I guess Santa's workshop hadn't made enough cos I was left with this lesser toy. Didn't mind tho cos it was still a cool toy to get.

major bill

Sega megadrive closely followed by the micro soldiers submarine and star wars ship.

Amstrad 464

RichieC

Thread could also be called "what age are you"

karlog

Super nintendo. Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario. Surprising the games of today are simple compared to the old ones.

admiralofthefleet

a remote controlled boat, still love it today some 20 years later

RichieC

karlog wrote: »

Super nintendo. Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario. Surprising the games of today are simple compared to the old ones.

not the ones I play.

Metallitroll

when i got the amiga 500 pack with lemmings and nightbreed, that was sweet.

Ruu_Old

Sega Master System II. :cool: Oh those rectangle control pads, fantastic.

admiralofthefleet

Ruu wrote: »

Sega Master System II. :cool: Oh those rectangle control pads, fantastic.

what about the signed photo of ann doyle in her altogether

Gulliver

Has to be either:
Action Force Dragonfly Helicopter
or
Cobra Rattler VTOL the next year
or
Atari 2600

Badgermonkey

A guitar aged 9, couldn't play it for another three years but the look of it alone was thrilling and somewhat otherworldly.

In retrospect how phallic was that?

sunflower27

Gulliver wrote: »

Has to be either:
Action Force Dragonfly Helicopter
or
Cobra Rattler VTOL the next year
or
Atari 2600

You've got to pick ONE

brendansmith

A kick into the face from an aggitated crack addict.

admiralofthefleet

the xmas i got donkey kong country and mortal kombat 2 for the snes was special too

sunflower27

brendansmith wrote: »

A kick into the face from an aggitated crack addict.

Tough childhood

Saila

has to have been my electric guitar :cool:

GV_NRG

Crash bandicoot and the ps1.. ah the memories

Kiera

BMX or skateboard. Loved both of them until my big brother broke my BMX

Cybertron85

The ZERO HOUR monorail set, I found some of them back at some stage and they still bring a smile to my face over 20 years later.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaPSABhg8v4

watna

One year I got a little red sweetshop with lots of jars of sweeties on shelves. It had a little till too so your friends could come and buy sweeties from you.

Ah, simpler times.

**Timbuk2**

Looking at videos of me at Christmas from my childhood is quite funny - I'd open box that the toy is in, look happy with the toy for about a minute, then proceed to spend a considerable amount of time playing with the box instead of the toy.

Fluorescence

One year my parents offered to buy myself and my brother the musical instrument of our choice and lessons for Christmas. I got a flute. Not to sound corny but my life would be very different now if they hadn't given me such a wonderful gift that Christmas.

a pony

Gulliver

sunflower27 wrote: »

You've got to pick ONE

Yes Mum!:D The Atari then. But I wants them all!

missingtime

I got a delonghi coffee machine this year which is pretty sweet.

_feedback_

Would be a toss up between Sega Mega Drive and Commodore 64

sensibleken

RichieC wrote: »

c64 with night moves.

fúck yeah!

My best one was either Optimus prime or this space lego thing i got in 83, mainly because its the first one i can remember

Pace2008

Super Van City.

Sanjuro

My ma bought a brilliant train set in New York and brought it home for Christmas morning. I got up, ignored the Gameboy I'd also gotten (twas a good year) and concentrated on the train set. It lasted about 26 hours before my sister smashed a section of the tracks and the thing became unusable.

Ledger

sega mega drive all the way!

noel farrell

way back a colt 45 and holster like john wayne. it was real to me at the time

sunflower27

noel farrell wrote: »

way back a colt 45 and holster like john wayne. it was real to me at the time

Ahhhh, that is really sweet

twowheelsonly

A Space Suit !!!!

It was 1969... I was the MAAAANN....

Still have some pics around somewhere of me wearing it on Christmas morning with the biggest smile you ever did see

CrazyRabbit

C64 for me also.

I guess younger generations won't understand how amazing it was (at the time). It was literally a life changing gift.

pragmatic1

SNES with a scope, super ghosts and ghouls, and mortal kombat.

Rubberlegs

Playdoh barbers shop. You shoved the playdoh into the head of a little plastic guy and wound a handle, the hair "grew" out of holes in his head and you could cut it with little scissors:). It was the next best thing to the Pretty Cut n Grow doll, never got one of them. Simple times....

SuperGrover

A Scalextric set with the JPS F1 cars, one white, one black.

Best. Christmas. Ever.

endabob1

Matchbox Powertrack PT-3000 I thought I was king of the f--king world that Christmas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powertrack#Powertrack_sets

http://cgi.ebay.ph/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230572122544

sunflower27

73Cat wrote: »

Playdoh barbers shop. You shoved the playdoh into the head of a little plastic guy and wound a handle, the hair "grew" out of holes in his head and you could cut it with little scissors:). It was the next best thing to the Pretty Cut n Grow doll, never got one of them. Simple times....

I remember those!!! My sister had one. I loved it - even the smell of the playdoh. Simple times indeed

snugglebear

has to be a lego- underwater (not really) aquatic command centre, hours of fun

hal9000

lego airport set
http://danbrokamp.com/chicagobrickartist/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/6396-international_jetport_overhead-300x221.jpg

blaze1

Gulliver wrote: »

Has to be either:
Action Force Dragonfly Helicopter
or
Cobra Rattler VTOL the next year
or
Atari 2600

I was going to say the rambo helicopter

but then saw your links

I got this one year

http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/W.H.A.L.E.

wicked, wish i still had it!

bm365

Best present I got was a remote control JCB. I was about 6 at the time. It was when I was going through my trucks/diggers/cranes etc. phase. Best thing I remember about it was there was some sort of canister inside it so that when the JCB was going it gave off a diesel type smell from the exhust!! To me, that was the greatest thing ever! Thinking about it nowadays the smell probably got me high any time I used it and Im pretty sure it'd be banned from the market now.

Kersh

Christmas 1984, the last one before we moved from Ballymun to Swords.

I got the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars. I used to walk past the one in the window of Perrys in Ballymun shopping centre everyday in the run up to Christmas with my Mam

I was 8, and back in 1984 the Falcon was £40 or so. Tons of money.

But Mams and Dads are great and I got it on Christmas morning. Still have it

Kersh

hal9000 wrote: »

lego airport set
http://danbrokamp.com/chicagobrickartist/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/6396-international_jetport_overhead-300x221.jpg

I got that in Christmas 1986, brilliant

podgemonster

Everyone got a mega drive but I got its cheap-ass cousin the Master System with Sonic the Hedgehog original, no saving when it was game over i had to start again from level one, hence hours of fun!