Most disappointing toys from your childhood

peewee_44

I always wanted a barbie, after seeing all it could do in the ads. I got one and um it just sat there

Zaph

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Subbuteo. The ads made it look like you could capture the atmosphere of a FA Cup Final. The reality was a crumpled pitch, complex rules flicking plastic players with your finger, and punching your brother in the face after playing it for 5 minutes with him.

Definitely Subbuteo. I remember saving up for ages to buy one of the bigger sets that had a stand, floodlights, etc. It took feckin' ages to set the whole thing up for a game, and then the game itself was crap because the pitch kept bunching up. Got my mother to put an ad in the local paper about two months later and sold it to some other sucker. I lost a few quid on it but learned a valuable lesson about not believing everything you see in ads.

The Royal Scam

My oul man was such a bleeding cheap skate. He once bought a snooker table for Christmas. , he thought he was a great fella saving a few bob. I sh↑t you not. , the snooker table was square..... im suprised it even had 6 pockets

padd b1975

Twister.

Same problem as Subbuteo, the mat kept crumpling up.