From an 80s nerd kid perspective, I had it pretty good in the toy department: While I never had an Optimus Prime, I still have some of the Transformers that I liked better, and managed to snag both the AT-AT and Millennium Falcon for my Star Wars figures. (Never actually got a Han Solo to pilot it, but Walrusman was cooler anyways.) Still, there are a few things that qualify as the “toy you wish you had” for me, like the M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk or the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier or Omega Supreme, with his cool motorized tank-thingy, leading to today’s child-like query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) was always too tall and/or too heavy for the cool Big Wheels and Green Machines of the world, which is a very minor regret for me even to this day, asking: What one lost item of your youth was the toy you wish you had?
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It’s not a “had and lost”, but a “never got”. I always wanted a big Spirograph set. Thought it was the coolest thing ever when I played with one at a friend’s house, but my folks thought it would be something I’d play with once and forget about.
I had original Megatron with no orange plugs or other silliness. Wish I still had it, with box.