Writer's Block: Toy box travesties

[calliopes_pen]

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The only things I can come up with are the Ghostbusters video game ($150 at the only toy store that had it) from Atari, and Teddy Ruxpin ($70-$90 at Service Merchandise). We couldn't afford most toys, and those two were outrageously marked up.

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[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I seriously wanted the replica of Lion-O's Sword of Destiny from "ThunderCats", but I think as much because it was a weapon as because it was too expensive I never got one. Fortunately I did once get to play with someone else's for a short time.

Then I tried fencing lessons in university and was so horrible at it that it put me off the idea of swords IRL altogether, toy or not.

[calliopes_pen]

Now that you mention it, I think I wanted one of those, too. I was forced to use an old, plastic sword as a stand-in. (Promptly broke a lampshade when I gestured with it, but Mom didn't notice for 20 years since Dad and I turned it facing away from her chair, so I was good.) So it's probably best that I never got the Sword of Destiny.