Guest_Danielle100_*
I am so glad I missed the whole Tali thing.
All the Barbie dismemberment, I always walked by the Barbie isle as a child knowing I could never have one. Stupid trucks, got my parents back on that one though, when I was young I had issues with the tr sound and it came out sounding like an f, I was quite the embarrassment to my parents at the truck isle.
As soon as I got out of the house I bought one, still have it. Cat and Veeia stay away from my Barbie.
If you don't mind my asking. How old are you? Nowadays young children can play with any toy, barbie or truck and it's no longer seen as "strange." You still get the ignorant people like my brother but they are far and few now.
I am so glad I missed the whole Tali thing.
All the Barbie dismemberment, I always walked by the Barbie isle as a child knowing I could never have one. Stupid trucks, got my parents back on that one though, when I was young I had issues with the tr sound and it came out sounding like an f, I was quite the embarrassment to my parents at the truck isle.
As soon as I got out of the house I bought one, still have it. Cat and Veeia stay away from my Barbie.
What can I say? I preferred to make horrible 'potions' from plants I found in my mom's gard... in the woods to playing with Barbie.
I loved Playmobil though. I remember making food items and other stuff from playdough to complement the scenes I set up.
Guest_StreetMagic_*
I'd be a rich man now if I didn't destroy all my toys.
I'd be a rich man now if I didn't destroy all my toys.
But that's what toys were for! Blow them up with fireworks... those were fun times. 
Guest_StreetMagic_*
But that's what toys were for! Blow them up with fireworks... those were fun times.
OH, we would have had fun then!
I used to get fireworks and play-doh for a plastic explosive appearance.
I was a jerk though.. sometimes would blow up other people's toys too.
Guest_Danielle100_*
If you don't mind my asking. How old are you? Nowadays young children can play with any toy, barbie or truck and it's no longer seen as "strange." You still get the ignorant people like my brother but they are far and few now.
Thirties but I grew up in a rather intolerant family situation.
Sounds like a lot of people in this thread have been in, or are in, similar situations. It's kind of nice seeing people who don't actually know each other feel comfortable expressing themselves here. Makes a nice change. 
What is a Mary Sue? Like actually, not what it's known for now.
She was a satire of Star Trek fanfic self-inserts. One of the writers for Star Trek wrote a facetious short story featuring "Lieutenant Mary Sue," who was loosely based on the afore-mentioned self-inserts. She was Captain Kirk's daughter (they usually were) and she was better than him at everything (they usually were) and she rescued him repeatedly throughout the story (they usually did.)
The term was originally an inside term used by Star Trek writers, and didn't take on a life of its own until after the satire was published. From there, the term gradually lost layers and layers of meaning, until it became, "any female (or adapted later to male) character who isn't deeply flawed and that I don't like."
I had Hercules and Xena dolls, big and small. 
(can't remember what else i had, my memory about my childhood is blurry at times)
My parents never bought me barbie ones bc i didn't want them, instead got me stuff i wanted like fake knives and such.
A+ parenting right hurr, i'm proud to have them tbh.
I had Hercules and Xena dolls, big and small.
My parents never bought me barbie ones bc i didn't want them, instead got me stuff i wanted like fake knives and such.
A+ parenting right hurr, i'm proud to have them tbh.
My mum won't let me buy a Butterfly Knife. Thinks I'm going to cut myself... or someone else (I can't remember her reason exactly).
Guest_StreetMagic_*
The only toy I have left is a "Boglin". They're these cool rubber hand puppets, with moveable eyes.
I am so glad I missed the whole Tali thing.
All the Barbie dismemberment, I always walked by the Barbie isle as a child knowing I could never have one. Stupid trucks, got my parents back on that one though, when I was young I had issues with the tr sound and it came out sounding like an f, I was quite the embarrassment to my parents at the truck isle.
As soon as I got out of the house I bought one, still have it. Cat and Veeia stay away from my Barbie.
Interestingly enough, i still have the animatronic girl doll i wanted and which my mom got for me at around age 4 or 5. It's got a pink dress and all. The only toll i tolerate, mind you. The rest of the creepy frackers need to be destroyed with fire. Childhood trauma ftw >.<
My mum won't let me buy a Butterfly Knife. Thinks I'm going to cut myself... or someone else (I can't remember her reason exactly).
In your case, poodle.....Listen to your mommy 
I had Hercules and Xena dolls, big and small.
My parents never bought me barbie ones bc i didn't want them, instead got me stuff i wanted like fake knives and such.
A+ parenting right hurr, i'm proud to have them tbh.
My parents must have thought I was quite weird. Always building spaceships out of boxes (or snow in the winter), making 'potions' with paint, cooking oil and other stuff.
I remember enjoying shop class quite a bit (we made a bird house, a little box, a candy distributor, etc.)
The only toy I have left is a "Boglin". They're these cool rubber hand puppets, with moveable eyes.
I've got... what have I got? I know. Does anyone remember those Knights and Dragons lego sets? It wasn't called that. I think it was called Crystal Wars or something but I've got 3 boxes full of the stuff. Passed onto my lil' bro now. I have to tell you, imagination has dwindled since I was a kid.
What can I say? I preferred to make horrible 'potions' from plants I found in my mom's gard... in the woods to playing with Barbie.
I loved Playmobil though. I remember making food items and other stuff from playdough to complement the scenes I set up.
I had Star Wars figures because I loved the movies, but I rarely actually played with them. Never had He-Man or Action Man/GI Joe or any of that stuff. For me it was all about Lego. I just built stuff and built stuff. Spaceships, cars, bridges, whatever. Oddly I never invented stories about them and all that stuff that you're supposed to do. I just destroyed them and built the next thing. I just loved making stuff... It was the same with the train set I had. I enjoyed planning a new layout for the tracks but once I built it I would get bored!
In your case, poodle.....Listen to your mommy
Damn... that's what my mum says.
My mum won't let me buy a Butterfly Knife. Thinks I'm going to cut myself... or someone else (I can't remember her reason exactly).
I freaking love butterfly knives... every time I find a shop about knives on the road, i'll stare for minutes and drool tbh.
Guest_StreetMagic_*
I've got... what have I got? I know. Does anyone remember those Knights and Dragons lego sets? It wasn't called that. I think it was called Crystal Wars or something but I've got 3 boxes full of the stuff. Passed onto my lil' bro now. I have to tell you, imagination has dwindled since I was a kid.
I vaguely recall that? I used to have a ton of legos. I never blew those up for sure. Don't know where the hell they went.
I don't remember much about growing up, which is really just as well. But I know I was less about the toys and more about the books... I think because toys were limited by my imagination which was limited by a tiny world of experience, while books added someone else's imagination, so my imaginings could grow and find other possibilities. I didn't have to imagine walls just like these. I could imagine forests and strange magic and women riding horses with bows and endless arrows.
I'm still kind of there. The books thing. Trying to remember the ones I enjoyed the most over the last couple of years, all for different reasons...
Kameron Hurley - The Mirror Empire
N K Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Max Gladstone - Three Parts Dead
Malinda Lo - Huntress
Elizabeth Bear - Range of Ghosts
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Kristin Cashore - Bitterblue
There are several dozen books at the top of my to-read list, and I can't decide what's next. Maybe another Max Gladstone, or Sherwood Smith.
I had tons of toy soldiers, GI Joe, Star Wars figures, the original Battlestar Galactica figures and Star Trek dolls. I was raised by my Mom mostly after my folks split when I was 8. I had all of those things and she bought them for me and took me to see the films and let me watch the shows and yet...she hated comic books. I wanted Batman and I got Ritchie Rich! She thought it was low-lit and would rot my mind. Now I've got a nice stash of them! You tell a kid "no" and sometimes they'll just wait till they can get away with it. But thankfully I wasn't really denied much. I think it was something about being a single-parent in the 70's. I remember awful male assbags at school meetings telling her in front of me to get married again cause she was denying me a proper family life. A-holes. And she had to sit there and take that. She was a great Mom as I remind her a lot and worked real hard to make sure we had all we wanted. Not having Batman wasn't such a big deal really.
Guest_StreetMagic_*
I don't remember much about growing up, which is really just as well. But I know I was less about the toys and more about the books... I think because toys were limited by my imagination which was limited by a tiny world of experience, while books added someone else's imagination, so my imaginings could grow and find other possibilities. I didn't have to imagine walls just like these. I could imagine forests and strange magic and women riding horses with bows and endless arrows.
I'm still kind of there. The books thing. Trying to remember the ones I enjoyed the most over the last couple of years, all for different reasons...
Kameron Hurley - The Mirror Empire
N K Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Max Gladstone - Three Parts Dead
Malinda Lo - Huntress
Elizabeth Bear - Range of Ghosts
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Kristin Cashore - Bitterblue
There are several dozen books at the top of my to-read list, and I can't decide what's next. Maybe another Max Gladstone, or Sherwood Smith.
I just ran into mistborn.. good stuff.
I read those Choose Your Own Adventure books when young. Maybe that's why I like Bioware games.
I always find it amusing that Americans talk about Legos...
This is a Lego brick:
Lego is the name of the building system, not an individual brick. The plural of Lego brick is Lego bricks. If you have a lot of Lego bricks you have a lot of Lego. You do not have a lot of Legos. PSA ends. 
Oh and books, yeah. Of course books. When I wasn't making Lego spaceships or playing on my computer, I was reading. Roald Dahl, JRR Tolkien, Ursula Le Guin, Alan Garner, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke...
I just ran into mistborn.. good stuff.
I read those Choose Your Own Adventure books when young. Maybe that's why I like Bioware games.
Choose your Own Adventure books were awesome! And yeah, they were the precursor to video RPGs. I still have most of mine. There was a series called 'Way of the Tiger' where the protag was a ninja and rightful ruler of a kingdom. Great stuff.
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