Toys that have royally ticked you off?

[Ringslinger76]

I almost threw a transformer through a window. I bought the new Optimus Prime Alternator/Dodge Ram toy. It took me over an hour to fix the hood/front end. OVER AN HOUR! It was obviously designed by a total jackass. I yelled at my wife, pushed my beloved kitty cat off my lap and totally ruined Family Guy for myself.
So anyone else ever stuck their foot through the proverbial Easy Bake Oven?

The Grimlock/Ford Mustang was also irritating to transform but not in the same ballpark of annoying as Optimus. Damn.

[steeler80]

My mother found one of the rare as hen's teeth Tickle Me Elmo's. She lives around 2 hours away and has an odd work schedule so we went to her house to have Christmas last night.

Now, granted the toy is a little "old" for my girl (she's only 9 months) but she would have loved watching it.

And... it doesn't work. So now we have a defective Elmo and who knows when we can exchange it because they're so hard to find.

[Gail Simone]

Two words:

Virtua Boy

Gail

[Agent Helix]

Weebles.

Motherfuckers would wobble, BUT THEY WOULD NOT FALL DOWN.

[shanejayell]

*looks at new Megatron figure*

A crappy ray-gun?!

*refuses to buy*

[PatrickG]

Swoop. The dinobot. I got it for Christmas as a kid after months of waiting (and even finding it stashed) and it broke practically the day it was out of the package.

Also the Super Powers Hall of Justice, mainly because I really wanted it and never got it.

[saintsaucey]

Weebles.

Motherfuckers would wobble, BUT THEY WOULD NOT FALL DOWN.

dude thats funny.

i like the new mega tron ray gun

[Reptisaurus!]

Tickle Me and I'll Kill Your Fucking Family Elmo.

[The Xenos]

Two words:

Virtua Boy

Gail

Ha. I saw one of those in a shop window today. Yeah. That did suck. Sucked worse than Game Gear. Then again, I have a friend who proudly owns both of those systems.

[Night Swordsman]

Please don't laugh:

The Six Million Dollar Man action figures...in paticular the Sasquatch one,because it was the only one i never got(sniff).

I also wanted a full set of Voltron lions that form into Voltron,but the store i worked for NEVER got one of the colors. EVER.

But i hate those because i never got them.
What i hate,and STILL hate,above all other toys? HOT WHEELS. I F'ing HATE THEM AND THE #$&*%#&*%)&) COLLECTORS who buy them,may they roast in the lowest planes of hell,with paris hilton giving them etiquette lessons.

[TomStillwell]

I extremely hate Polly Pockets. My daughter loves them with every fiber of her being.

Every week if she gets a certain amount of stickers for good behavior at school we reward her with a toy. Every frickin' time she wants another damn Polly Pocket!!!

Little plastic and rubber doll clothes are thick about my house like locusts during the time of the plague in Egypt. EVERYWHERE!!!

[Night Swordsman]

I extremely hate Polly Pockets. My daughter loves them with every fiber of her being.

Every week if she gets a certain amount of stickers for good behavior at school we reward her with a toy. Every frickin' time she wants another damn Polly Pocket!!!

Little plastic and rubber doll clothes are thick about my house like locusts during the time of the plague in Egypt. EVERYWHERE!!!

Try running(single-handedly mind you) a toy department where you spend from 12 am to 10 am with them. Usually Sat-Wed. or Wed-Sun.

Them,My Little Pony,Care Bears,and Bratz. They all can go straight to Lester's house.

[The Xenos]

Little plastic and rubber doll clothes are thick about my house like locusts during the time of the plague in Egypt. EVERYWHERE!!!

They haven't started talking and walking around the in the middle of the night yet.. have they?

[Bob Violence]

The old Pitfall video game for Atari. Hours and hours of repetitious jumping and swinging only to run out of time. More hours and hours of practice, until finally I WIN!!
What reward do I get? A "Congratulations!" message? Some cheesy video fireworks? Nooooo... Pitfall Guy jumps up and down.That's it!
Woo-FREAKIN'-Hoo.

[Sally Sensational]

I extremely hate Polly Pockets. My daughter loves them with every fiber of her being.

Every week if she gets a certain amount of stickers for good behavior at school we reward her with a toy. Every frickin' time she wants another damn Polly Pocket!!!

Little plastic and rubber doll clothes are thick about my house like locusts during the time of the plague in Egypt. EVERYWHERE!!!

Oh god, is that what I'm in for? The Angel Monkey's getting BOTH the Polly Pocket Cruise Ship and the Amusement park for Christmas, along with a tremendous quantity of accompanying pocket-sized accessories. So far, her small collection have managed to mostly inhabit one plastic box, but now I'm going to live in fear of living in Pollyworld.

As for toys I hate, one word - BRATZ! Why in the hell would anyone create and over-market toys that are themed around behavior we absolutely do not want to see our daughters indulge in? My kid is absolutely forbidden to possess these things and will gladly and glibly tell anyone who want to know why that "Mommy says I'm not allowed to be a brat, so I'm not allowed to have Bratz!"

[Night Swordsman]

The old Pitfall video game for Atari. Hours and hours of repetitious jumping and swinging only to run out of time. More hours and hours of practice, until finally I WIN!!
What reward do I get? A "Congratulations!" message? Some cheesy video fireworks? Nooooo... Pitfall Guy jumps up and down.That's it!
Woo-FREAKIN'-Hoo.

Umm..your REALLY gonna hate Pitfall 2 then. ;)

[saintsaucey]

The old Pitfall video game for Atari. Hours and hours of repetitious jumping and swinging only to run out of time. More hours and hours of practice, until finally I WIN!!
What reward do I get? A "Congratulations!" message? Some cheesy video fireworks? Nooooo... Pitfall Guy jumps up and down.That's it!
Woo-FREAKIN'-Hoo.

i liked the atari pitfall. i never beat it though i only played it when i was little. i always came up against a dead end

[Expletive Deleted]

Those "Math is hard" Barbies were a bit much.

The new Megatron is (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10356) awesome (http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20061204.html).

[Night Swordsman]

Oh god, is that what I'm in for? The Angel Monkey's getting BOTH the Polly Pocket Cruise Ship and the Amusement park for Christmas, along with a tremendous quantity of accompanying pocket-sized accessories. So far, her small collection have managed to mostly inhabit one plastic box, but now I'm going to live in fear of living in Pollyworld.

As for toys I hate, one word - BRATZ! Why in the hell would anyone create and over-market toys that are themed around behavior we absolutely do not want to see our daughters indulge in? My kid is absolutely forbidden to possess these things and will gladly and glibly tell anyone who want to know why that "Mommy says I'm not allowed to be a brat, so I'm not allowed to have Bratz!"

"That is good advice,Angel Monkey! You do not have to be like your mom anyway!" :p (I KEED! I KEED! OWW! please no more ow ow ow ow)

[David Bedlam]

Well.... I suppose my Gelgoog could a bit more possable.

I just don't have enough experence with toys to find one that makes me see red.

[Cam63]

Two words:

Virtua Boy

Gail

I hope that's not your son you're speaking off.

[Cam63]

My mum bought me a throwing stick when I was four.

I was a little upset when it hit me in the back of the head.

[Typo Lad]

As for toys I hate, one word - BRATZ! Why in the hell would anyone create and over-market toys that are themed around behavior we absolutely do not want to see our daughters indulge in? My kid is absolutely forbidden to possess these things and will gladly and glibly tell anyone who want to know why that "Mommy says I'm not allowed to be a brat, so I'm not allowed to have Bratz!"


Oh thank G-d, we're not the only ones.

We let her get a skating one, because it was tame, but geeze.

MyScene Barbies are no better.

Typo Tot calls them "Hoochie-dollies".

[Cam63]

Oh thank G-d, we're not the only ones.

We let her get a skating one, because it was tame, but geeze.

MyScene Barbies are no better.

Typo Tot calls them "Hoochie-dollies".

Heh ! I know.

I hope Isobelle doesn't get a liking for 'em.

[TomStillwell]

Oh thank G-d, we're not the only ones.

We let her get a skating one, because it was tame, but geeze.

MyScene Barbies are no better.

Typo Tot calls them "Hoochie-dollies".

Bratz are forbidden from my house as well. Unfortunately, my nieces live above us and they have tons of Bratz (their behavior mirrors that name at times) and Miranda always tries to smuggle a few downstairs. I'm forever on Bratz patrol at Casa De Stillwell.

[Typo Lad]

I actually got in a loign conversation with a woman in the doll isle. Her neice had requested one for Christmas and she called her sister to say 'Have you seen these dolls? They're 'my first hooker'!"

[TomStillwell]

Haw! That's about it.

Like Barbie wasn't bad enough, now we need to market dolls to young girls that scream I AM SLUT! BLING ME, PLAYA!!! at the top of their plastic lungs.

[Typo Lad]

How about the Li'l Bratz? They come with cellphones.

The hell?

[hellokittykat]

How about the Li'l Bratz? They come with cellphones.

The hell?

Li'l Bratz make perfect sense because toddlers always wear mascara on their doey eyes and lipstick on their bumblebee stung lips.:rolleyes:

[TomStillwell]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[Cam63]

Did you guys in the States have stores that carried tops for pre-teen girls with padded breast inserts too ?

[TomStillwell]

They haven't started talking and walking around the in the middle of the night yet.. have they?

You do realize none of the ten plagues of Biblical fame involved mummies, right?

[HomerJay]

As for toys I hate, one word - BRATZ! Why in the hell would anyone create and over-market toys that are themed around behavior we absolutely do not want to see our daughters indulge in? My kid is absolutely forbidden to possess these things and will gladly and glibly tell anyone who want to know why that "Mommy says I'm not allowed to be a brat, so I'm not allowed to have Bratz!"

Typo Tot calls them "Hoochie-dollies".
I know you've already said it a hundred times, but allow me: Your daughter is brilliant.
'Have you seen these dolls? They're 'my first hooker'!"

Like Barbie wasn't bad enough, now we need to market dolls to young girls that scream I AM SLUT! BLING ME, PLAYA!!! at the top of their plastic lungs.
My wife and I refer to them as "Whorz" and they will never be allowed in our house.

[Damo]

That goddamn little dolly that wets herself.

T_______T

[Damo]

Oh, and ages back there was a line of robots that transformed... into rocks.

I bet the people that made them just laughed themselves sick.

Because you just take a robot shape, have it wad up into a smaller shape, slap some "rock like" patterns on the outside, and there you go. Because rocks come in all shapes and sizes, there's no wrong answer.

[The Xenos]

There's an awesome die cast 12 to 14 inch tall figure of Gunbuster from the anime series.. well.. Gunbuster. It actually transforms from two ships like in the show. It even has a damn cape like on the show. It comes with a base which lets you pose it in a "GUNBUSTAAAAAAH KIIIIIIIIICK!". Damn.

I hate it beause it's $150 and I know I should be saving up my money. Plus it got backordered on the website while I was debating about it after getting a big paycheck from a job I did last month.