Comments on: Top 10 Toys Parents Dread

By: D train

D train — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:58:37 +0000

Here’s some items for a follow up list from my own childhood (keep in mind these were to be shared amongst 5 boys):
Soldering iron/wood burning kit (includes paint)
Chemistry set (all glass)
Trampoline (discounted because it was missing the safety mat)
A wagon (steep hill + heavy oncoming traffic=one crying little brother+ one very embarrassed mother)
Potato gun (the most glorious afternoon of my life. Until my mom woke up and found us)
Rock tumbler (not a bad toy in and of itself, until the concept was expanded into putting 30lb garden stones in the dryer).

Come to think of it, my mother almost deserves to be cannonized. I’m going to phone her and tell her I love her.

By: Xymenah

Xymenah — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:09:40 +0000

don’t forget playdough!

By: antsandmoths

antsandmoths — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:25:49 +0000

huh.. my poor mother and father. I had to be rushed to the hospital for putting those beads up my nose. The doctor had to dig them out. And my dad had to pay the bill…

By: RPO

RPO — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:47:07 +0000

I have been given all of these as presents at one time or another and most ended up in various states of complitation and disrepair strewn around the house, garden, shed I even ended up trailing beads as we walked around the streets of venice. Hansel and Gretal should have used them. The time my parents got really annoyed was when I cut the barbie’s hair to match my little brother’s couldn’t get it right and then cut my brother’s hair to match the barbies. Also you should add coloured marker pens I loved them, my parents hated them all over the patio, the walls, the kitchen lino and my brother they say washable I say not.

By: rinne

rinne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:33:11 +0000

i love pokemon! (too – like the rest of the people above.) i was even so obsessed with them that i made my mum buy like 200+ of them until i finally caught ‘em all – a new series appears.
and then i go into gloom all day until the next day i realise i wasted all my mum’s money to buy such stupid useless toys when i couldve gotten some cool video game.
all barbie dolls have their own tragedies, but 31 seconds is yeah woah (altho i did the exact same thing. i didnt time it tho )

By: Julieann

Julieann — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:51:56 +0000

I thought it was just me that the Barbie packaging took forever to tear apart!!!! :0

By: rainbowcloud33

rainbowcloud33 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:44:18 +0000

Try Furbies (not!). Even the kids hate them. How would you like a four-inch electronic animal abomination that turns on and purrs/coos/says its name/sings at random?

By: Eric T Cat

Eric T Cat — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:52:58 +0000

Magic Sand, nuff said!

By: KryptoTSD

KryptoTSD — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:59:38 +0000

To commenter #7:
So could my cousin, when she was of the age to be owning an Easy Bake Oven…
I got to the cake first and ate the whole damn thing!
Damn, but was she mad at me!
So were my aunt and uncle…
And My Parents…
Damn, does being a diabolical little bastard have perks!

By: Spitfire Rose x3

Spitfire Rose x3 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:42:43 +0000

Do you even KNOW how frickin’ frustrated I’d get with my Easy Bake because everything I made looked like someone took a dump on it?

Personally, I think play clothes is a bit too high on the list. Easy Bake Oven and Beads definitely have that beat.

Those are interesting Barbie statistics. I knew something was fishy about Barbie dolls at a young age, but I guess I didn’t know what.