I agree we did get ripped off big time as kids. I never had many toys as a child. My neighbor always had the cool toys and I was so jealous of him. He had the Atari, I had Pong. He had all the Star Wars toys, I had like maybe one or two. He had a snowmobile, I had an old beat up sled.
Nowwwww....I have kids that are 13 and 9 and they have ALL the toys. Everything they want and everything that I want or wanted as a child LOL.
"They" have a Nintendo, Ninendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube, Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox and every single hand help game made. "They" have over 200 games to play on "their" systems. We have a total of 5 computers in our house. One for each of us (4 of us total in house including my hubby) plus we have a laptop. We have over 150 games for the pc too.
My son (9 years old) has every single Star Wars toy you can think of. Last Christmas I got him this cool Darth Vader Talking Mask that is totally awesome. Yes....I admit, I wear it at times. And Yes, I admit, I have felt the force.
Lord of the Rings toys? Got them. Them legos I wanted as a kid? Got them. Lincoln Logs? You guessed it....got them. And that Atari that I always wanted as a child....bought one with a crap load of games off of eBay. I got every single game I always wanted that my neighbor had.
Ok, I know what your thinking, I cant be setting a good example for the children....and yes, my husband gets mad at me cause I spend way too much money re-living my childhood, but oh well....Im over it.
But then again, it is pretty bad on Christmas morning when my kids get tired of opening presents and here it is the end of March and there are still about 5 toys that my son got for Christmas that he hasnt even taken out of the box yet. And just last night he was complaining that he was bored. How on earth can he be bored with all these cool toys? Hell, Im never bored. One day Im Princess Leia fighting the forces of evil and the next Im Legolas fighting the mean Orcs trying to save the world as we know it.
Ok....after reading this....I think I really need to get a life LOL
~kyrie~
He who dies with the Most toys..........WINS!!!!!