What toys did your parents, say "NO WAy"

Raspberries · 22-06-2011 11:40AM

Polly Pockets (younger siblings could possibly choke). Super Soakers, Mr. Frosty, anything that looked like it would break within 5 minutes in a house full of kids!

One toy I did have though was a pink typewriter. That was deadly, I played with it even when it was broken! I also had a lot of My Little Ponies.

Shivers26 · 22-06-2011 11:44AM

My parents split when I was 7 and my sister was 5 so they never said no to us for anything. Ever.

We got bikes, scooters, skates, rollerblades, Barbies, Barbie houses & cars whether we wanted them or not. Spoiled little bitches we were.

Myself and herself pretty much get our kids anything they want too. Have to say though, they never get bored of building blocks, lego so I think the classics are still very popular.
I am struggling to think of a toy I ever said no to in relation to my own nippers. They even wanted to shoot OH's airsoft guns so we took them up the fields and let them shoot watermelons (under constant supervision) and they still have their eyes

EL_Loco · 22-06-2011 11:51AM

Dart board for some reason. I dunno, maybe they thought if a fight with the siblings broke out the darts would be thrown in anger? never did get a reason other than "they're dangerous". We were allowed climb trees and high walls though. Thems are the breaks I suppose.

Micky Dolenz · 22-06-2011 11:53AM

My folks were pretty poor so we never got decent toys, normally second hand rip offs of the real thing or a picture of it.

--LOS-- · 22-06-2011 12:10PM

everything :'(
never got anything I asked for

Seachmall · 22-06-2011 12:36PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

or a picture of it.

If that were the case in my house I'd ask for Megan Fox naked every year.

Micky Dolenz · 22-06-2011 12:40PM

Seachmall wrote: »

If that were the case in my house I'd ask for Megan Fox naked every year.

Sick.

When I was a kid, pretty sure she was a kid too :pac:

dilallio · 22-06-2011 12:53PM

My 9 yr old asked me to get him Grand Theft Auto - Vice City a few years ago. I said No bloody way.

A few weeks later, his mum bought it for him without me knowing about it. I saw him playing it sometime after this, and when watching him drive the GTA car near a street-corner where some ladies of the night were standing, I asked him: "What's the story with those girls standing there".

He replied: "You don't want to stop there - they get into your car and kiss you and take all your money" :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Micky Dolenz · 22-06-2011 12:56PM

dilallio wrote: »

My 9 yr old asked me to get him Grand Theft Auto - Vice City a few years ago. I said No bloody way.

A few weeks later, his mum bought it for him without me knowing about it. I saw him playing it sometime after this, and when watching him drive the GTA car near a street-corner where some ladies of the night were standing, I asked him: "What's the story with those girls standing there".

He replied: "You don't want to stop there - they get into your car and kiss you and take all your money" :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

What a rookie.

Tell him, once they take your money you can shot them up and get it back.

:pac:

rainbow kirby · 22-06-2011 01:20PM

A Nintendo 64 with Ocarina of Time, in my Junior Cert year. Looking back, my mother was probably right :pac:

Seachmall · 22-06-2011 01:22PM

dilallio wrote: »

My 9 yr old asked me to get him Grand Theft Auto - Vice City a few years ago. I said No bloody way.

A few weeks later, his mum bought it for him without me knowing about it.:

My mother was the same way.

"Don't tell your father about this" << My favorite sentence when I was young.

carlybabe1 · 22-06-2011 01:24PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Okay,

I'm an elderly man. (Show some respect you young whippersnappers.)

They didn't want to spend their free time in A&E.

So, Bows+Arrows were out. Likewise Spud guns.

Chemistry sets seemed educational, until you saw what iron filings could do to a baby's skin.

And no parent wants to spend Christmas day, hunting for batteries for a potter's wheel while also trying to save the youngest child from burns that could only have come from an Air-Strike on Gaza.

So, younger AHers, what's off-limits in this day and age?

Edit: Scaelectrix will always be cool. (stop trying to get a buzz by putting your tongue on the connection.:pac:)

Choco

roller skates, i wanted them sooo badly but dad sais no, so my sis got them for my bday, que two hrs later, in hospital gettin my head stitched up

kfallon · 22-06-2011 01:27PM

carlybabe1 wrote: »

roller skates, i wanted them sooo badly but dad sais no, so my sis got them for my bday, que two hrs later, in hospital gettin my head stitched up

And your Dad saying, "See I told you so!"

greenybaby · 22-06-2011 01:28PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

What's the difference?

:eek::eek: omg i can't believe you just said that

barbie was the ultimate doll, cindy was the cheaper alternative that nobody wanted to be seen with, even her accessories were crap

Ruu_Old · 22-06-2011 02:26PM

Not really a toy but I wanted a Sodastream.

ScumLord · 22-06-2011 02:28PM

dilallio wrote: »

He replied: "You don't want to stop there - they get into your car and kiss you and take all your money" :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

So basically the game has thought him one of the most fundamental aspects of the male female relationship. Highly educational I'd say.

_feedback_ · 22-06-2011 02:40PM

o1s1n wrote: »

The year I asked for a Sega Mega CD was the year I found out the truth about Santa

Just googled this . . . . . . . . . . . . . :eek:

Buddinplant · 22-06-2011 02:52PM

Ruu wrote: »

Not really a toy but I wanted a Sodastream.

oh we got this... still think its in 'hole' under the stairs

remember having to wait for the uncle to turn up on a sunday, so we could pile into the car and head to Dunnes so we could swap empty gas cylinder for brand spanking new one.

well was always told it was new. sinking feeling it was just refilled.

on another note, neighbour had the Mr. Frost.... hated them for nearly the entire summer! kids....

df1985 · 22-06-2011 03:07PM

Rollerblades.

I eventually got around them because i was basically a brat, but the 3 very nasty scars on my knees are testament to why they didnt want me to get them!

flutterflye · 22-06-2011 03:22PM

I got everything too.

'Girls toys', 'boys toys', hungry hippos, roller skates, rollerblades, barbies, cindys, mr frosty, bmx, polly pockets, and pretty much everything else people said they didn't get.

I was an only child for a long time though.

Oh and Cindy was better than Barbie!
She was much prettier.

OMG Its EoinD · 22-06-2011 03:24PM

Guns . Even cappers. Too violent apparently

minidazzler · 22-06-2011 03:33PM

Nailz wrote: »

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for Christmas, they believe all the over sensitive anti-GTA propaganda in the media. Myself and my brother were litterally arguing our case from October to December, they didn't tell us we were going to get it and we did in true Christmas day fashion! They had to give in.

But it taught you some wonderful life lessons, like always back up your homies, and to kill a prostitute to get your money back.

Galway K9 · 22-06-2011 03:36PM

I use to make my weapons as a kid, catapults, cross bows, bow and arrows etc.

22-06-2011 03:38PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I wasn't allowed boys toys. One christmas i wanted a fire engine lego set. What did i get? A girly box of lego to build my own home, (cause obviously girls should grow up to be in the home).

Another christmas i wanted a blue/black bike. I got the most girliest pink bike. I hate pink.

I had alot of sad christmases.

Me too! Although the reason I wasn't allowed "boys toys" was cause my older brother was such a prima donna that he'd throw a tantrum if I had anything he liked, so I got dolls and soft toys. I liked soft toys, hated dolls.

The one and only thing I remember us being refused was skateboards. I think there were just too many BMX incidents around the house that the skateboards were deemed lethal.

Darts and bows and arrows were forbidden until we were old enough to know the consequences of firing them at each others' heads, which only made it more appealing.

Hurricane-Dean · 22-06-2011 03:43PM

Wanted the teenage mutant ninja turtle van with pizza throwing action :eek:
Got Leonardo with pizza throwing action, it wasn't the same

testicle · 22-06-2011 03:45PM

phasers wrote: »

I got everything I asked for.

Weren't you the little spoiled brat then!

CrazyRabbit · 22-06-2011 05:37PM

stovelid wrote: »

Wanted a crossbow but they said no.

Oddly enough, I was actively encouraged to build crossbows. I was really good at it, and sold them to local kids. Got myself quite a bit of pocket money (I come from a very poor background, so anything that made money was encouraged).
Note: They weren't all that powerful and nobody got hurt...well except for the bees we'd hunt in the summer).

Nothing was off limits, but we couldn't afford anything expensive though.

Come to think of it, I could pretty much do what I wanted as a kid. No structure, very little rules etc. No wonder I became such a messed up teen!

Doublechinlolz · 22-06-2011 06:20PM

Guns.. even fake

Seachmall · 22-06-2011 06:28PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Oddly enough, I was actively encouraged to build crossbows. [...] nobody got hurt...well except for the bees we'd hunt in the summer).

How accurate were your crossbows?!

No1J · 22-06-2011 06:58PM

Clackers, (a pair of heavy plastic balls tied together with about 2 foot of string and a little plastic handle in the middle) with practice you could make them bang off each other, Alternatively they could be used as Nunchucks.

What toys did your parents, say "NO WAy"

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