Comments on: The 80s Christmas gifts that never appeared

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:46:56 +0000

Those are good ones; I always lusted after Metroplex. I did have a Robotix set, though. For what it’s worth, the latter was just OK.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:54:17 +0000

Metroplex. And this is now the reason why I can never say no to my son when he asks for a new Transformer.

Mini arcade games. http://catfishman.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/galaxian-right-side.jpg

Robitix

Sigh, some wounds never heal.

By: nerdyGurlBlog

nerdyGurlBlog — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:36:04 +0000

I can remember wanting those really dangerous “click-clacks”. The gurls on my block were experts w/ them and they were so pretty and colorful. They were also dangerous and noisy. Prob why they never showed up under the tree.

http://www.blujay.com/1/246/2412583_s1_i1.jpg

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:46:34 +0000

I had Verbot. All I remember was being kind of disappointed that he wasn’t Omnibot 2000….

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:23:24 +0000

Along with Omnibot 2000 I had Verbot. My dad was really into robots when I was a kid—and still is. I think I’ll dig something up to give him for Christmas this time around.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:54 +0000

Not the same! … it can’t pour a fella a scotch like Omnibot 2000 and serve it to me on a dainty tray.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:56:56 +0000

You can, BTW, purchase Omnibot 2000’s descendant:

http://www.amazon.com/Tomy-7365-I-SOBOT-Robot/dp/B000US3SVA

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:39:03 +0000

I never got one of those cars for kids–I don’t think I ever asked for one, oddly enough, because I certainly thought they were cool and still do–but I did try to build one of my own for years with giant tinker toys.

It was a plan doomed to failure from the start.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:28:40 +0000

I don’t think I ever wanted anything Santa didn’t bring me. I was a pretty lucky kid. I did, however, have one fairly horrifying Christmas, in which I received everything Barbie under the sun and then some. I got the Dream House, the McDonald’s, the Salon, the Trailer with Horses, the Corvette, etc., and about 30 Barbies from around the world.

The hitch? My Barbies phase had ended earlier that year.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:25:05 +0000

I had Omnibot.

Man, I loved that thing. I took it to Show and Tell.