Where were THESE when I was a kid?

8/29/2011

For those of you who haven't heard of these dolls, they're called Monster High Dolls. Like Barbie or Liv dolls, these are the new rage that every little girl is in love with.

My daughter received these for her birthday and she loves them. The one with blue hair is a zombie. A ZOMBIE! Her name is Ghoulia. How awesome is that! My daughter can play with a zombie doll. The idea of that just floors me. AND if you look real close, Ghoulia's red earrings are little brains. Brains! She is one styling zombie.

The other doll is Frankie Stein, which if you think about it, is really another form of zombie. Double fun.

At this point in my zombie writing career (if you could call it that), I find all things zombie quite fascinating. I really like these dolls. They're different and fun. Besides, Barbie needs some competition and, to me, the Brat dolls just look like whores.

I actually liked the zombie doll even more when my daughter accidentally broke her arm off at the elbow. It looked AWESOME! I tried to convince her that the doll was even better, but she cried until her dad fixed it. Dang. A zombie doll with a missing arm would have been cool (I tried to get him to just glue the half-arm into her other hand--a zombie doll carrying around her own arm--but he wouldn't go for that either).

Seriously! Where was this stuff when I was a kid?

This is what I had to play with---> A bed spring. Pure joy right there.

And these ugly dolls. EVERYBODY wanted them. Tell me why again? *shudder*

And this ---> The Rubics Cube! My archnemesis! I hated that toy. Still do! I used to have to remove the stickers to solve it because I was a dumb kid.

And don't get me started on this toy. What the heck? Setting your kids up for greatness, are we?

And who can forget Silly Putty? Doesn't this commercial make you want to go out and get some. Hours and hours of fun, I tell ya. Oh boy!

I guess I shouldn't complain. I mean, look what my parents had to play with when they were growing up.

So I should shut-up and totally be happy with my bed spring.

What crappy toys did you have to play with growing up? AND if you had your choice of any toy today, what would you want?

22 Comments

E.J. Wesley link

8/29/2011 01:10:26 am

Toys are way cooler now. Although, I still hold a fond spot in my heart for the old G.I. Joe, Transformers and Star Wars toys of my youth. Toys got really cool in 80's when the marketing machine known as cartoons to hold.

He-Man ruled too. :-)

My nieces love the Zombie High stuff, btw.

Elena Aitken link

8/29/2011 02:17:01 am

My daughter has the zombie high dolls. She LOVES them and recently spent some birthday money on Spectra (the ghost) and Dracu-Laura (vampire)
i think they're awesome. But hey, their arms are supposed to come off. it's one of the fun features of these 'monstery' dolls. Cause how freaky is that?
I know they take a lotta flack..but I love em'

Catherine A. Winn link

8/29/2011 02:21:48 am

My brother had an erector set--Oh, how I wanted one but girls were't supposed to play with boys' toys. But I would sneak in a play with his when he was out. (tells you how old I am)

Having said that, when I was all grown-up I just had to have a Cabbage Patch doll and my mother actually stood in line to get me one.

Angela, glad you stopped by to let me know you are a fellow campaigner.

Mike link

8/29/2011 02:33:15 am

The crappiest toy I ever owned was a slinky. It never did what I saw in the commercial.

David Powers King link

8/29/2011 03:42:39 am

Hi, Angela! Thanks for visiting my blog! Those pictures sure bring back memories.

I gave you a Shout-Out today. :)

Cheryl link

8/29/2011 03:44:35 am

Haha! Does anyone remember Garbage Pail Kid Cards?! I still have a set buried in a drawer from when I was 10! I recently dragged them out and they still crack me up. I showed them to my son and he rolled his eyes at me and walked away. Now I feel old.

darla

8/29/2011 04:30:35 am

I had hoola hoops and jacks to play with when I was a kid. And don't forget Clackers! They were 2 Lucite balls each held on the end of a string. You'd move your hand up and down swinging them so they would clack as they made a half circle at the top and the bottom while you held tightly to a plastic ring the cords were tied through in the middle. My arms received MANY Bruises from Clackers to see who could go the longest without stopping!

Ashley link

8/29/2011 02:03:15 pm

I think the monster high dolls are awesome looking too. When I went to look at toys for my little nieces i wanted to get them those,but I don't now if they would have enjoyed them as much as I would have.

I had the My little ponies. (which I actually loved. I don't know why) The old style looking ones not the ugly ones they have now.
The old polly pockets, the little micro machine cars, ninja turtles, he-man, and probably a whole bunch of others I can't remember

Heather L Reid link

8/29/2011 07:16:12 pm

I want a monster high doll! Sooooo much better than Barbi or Cabbage Patch Kids. I had a creepy talking doll called Kricket when I was younger. I locked her in a drawer because I was afraid she would come to life like Chucky. *shivers* What about My Little Pony and Care Bares? Oh! And Teddy Ruckspin. He was creepy too!

E. M. Jenkinson link

8/29/2011 10:41:54 pm

I want those dolls. Especially the Cleo De Nile one. Every time I see them, I wonder the exact same thing you do. Where were these when I was a kid?

heavy hedonist link

8/30/2011 12:56:20 am

What crappy toys did I have to play with?
My little sister.

8/30/2011 08:35:12 am

Not sure about "crappy" toys well, except for the "Strech Armstrong-esque" Marvel superhero toys (Spider man, Hulk, Captain America). But there were the things like Popples, MadBalls and other "flash in the pan" toys like that.

And for some reason, all those toys are "forbidden" or bad these days.

8/30/2011 08:37:24 am

A caveat, there was an 80s cartoon series called Monster High or Monster High School. (Dracula, The Wolf Man and Invisible Man were all high schoolers, I think). There was also a cartoon called "Galaxy High", anyone remember those?

Juliana link

8/30/2011 12:47:13 pm

Ohmygosh! Those dolls are amazing! Although, when I was little, brains were something that would make me gag. I probably would have been too freaked out by a zombie doll to actually play with it *sigh*

Lisa Fee link

8/30/2011 11:54:30 pm

Wow loveing them dolls am going to google them and get them for my daugter right now!

Nancy Lauzon link

8/31/2011 10:56:39 am

I played with 'Etch-a-Sketch' which broke very easily, and 'Spirograph' which was basically just drawing weird circles with pens. My older sister got a Barbie, I got a Ken. Who gives a little girl a Ken doll? Whaaah, makes me wanna cry just thinking about it. No wonder I'm a nutjob.

Shanyn.Mystic link

9/1/2011 12:37:51 am

you gotta check out the LEGO zombies from the Pirates of the Caribbean sets...they totally rock (for zombies!)...!!!

Alex Mullarky link

9/3/2011 09:32:55 pm

Those dolls are amazing!

Eve Greenwood link

9/16/2011 12:38:32 am

I was never big on girl dolls. I had two little brothers, so we would play with dinosaurs, bionicle, legos, a Hopper robot (from A Bug's Life), action figures... I think that's part of what made me so imaginative. I had my Barbie house, but I also had a stegosaurus who would come in and start chatting with Batman.

Mike S link

11/20/2011 05:17:17 am

Angela,

I have to confess an affinity for the toys of the late Seventies and Eighties myself. I never got into the toys my father wanted me to: sports related toys and Tonka trucks and whatnot.

"Star Wars" and "Masters of the Universe" were always and still are my thing. My stepson even loves them now!

Yes, I remeber both "Monster High" and "Galaxy High". I loved watching them both on Saturday mornings as a kid. Anyone know if "Monster High" is on DVD or Blu Ray at all? As for "crappy" toys, I'd have to say the phaze of "gross out" toys that had slime or those little Octopus things you'd get in cereal boxes that "crawled" down the walls didn't appeal to me much.

Megan Trennett

8/23/2012 12:18:41 am

I had Barbies until I was 9, and then I wanted action figures because they were the toys that went with the shows I watched.
I will say that if I have a daughter, and these dolls are around when she's old enough, I would definitely get these over a woman who's been around as long as Barbie has and still can't hold a job.

Jennifer Otis link

8/23/2012 12:22:16 am

I played with Jarts, a toy so dangerous it's been outlawed. Good times.

Where were THESE when I was a kid?

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