What piece of memorabilia from your childhood do you wish you still had? Here’s why I’m asking: Earlier this week, I couldn’t fall asleep and thought I’d stall my racing mind by turning on the "Singers & Standards" all-music TV channel. I must’ve paused on either the "’80s" or "Easy Listening" station on my way up the dial, because I found myself listening to Lionel Richie’s "Hello." Suddenly, a longing came over me… for these puffy stickers that I used to have of him wearing a powder blue sweater and white pants. Now I distinctly remember refusing to use any of them, ever, so I’m not sure how or when I parted with them. But, they’re gone.
Same goes for my Dukes of Hazzard TV dinner tray, which I used more than any child should. Daisy was in the middle — I covered up her face and bosom with my plate — and Luke was on the left and beloved Bo was on the right. How did I let go of that precious (and still, sadly, practical) piece?
Your turn. What collectible would you like to see again? My friend Eva says she’s mourning the loss of her Donny & Marie wireless microphone. At least she still has the commercial for it to enjoy.
My Brooke Shields doll. I still can’t believe I had one! It was so pretty. And it came with a ring that I could wear too. Ah, memories….
my teenage muntant ninja turtles action figure collection. i had them all! and i played with them everyday! and then my mom was having a garage sale, and i sold them ALL for $20! that seemed like so much money back then….
all my Captain America and Spiderman Underoo’s.
All my GI Joe’s, i threw them over the clif into the duckpond in central park in a major Joe takes all beat down.
Sadly I still have just about everything I owned as a kid….
I always have to hear about how my mother-in-law sold all my husband’s Star Wars crap on a garage sale, does that count??
My Pogo collectible figures from Biz laundry detergent.
i had every carebear figurine, including the cloud sweepers and the carebear cousins and then one day, poof, they were gone. i still miss those silly little plastic toys.
and my official debbie gibson bowler hat from the electric youth years. i can’t believe i loaned that to someone.
I caught part of an I love the 80s marathon this weekend and it reminded me about my New Kids on The Block fashion plates. I have no idea where they even went, because my parents still have a lot of toys from when I was a kid (My little Ponies, Moonbeamers, Glow worms, Strawberry Shortcake) but I haven’t seen those Fashion Plates in years. Which is too bad, because I have a little sister who is 9 who would love to use Fashion Plates. And yes, I am admitting that my 9 year old self loved creating fashions for Joey, Danny, Donnie, Jordan and Jonathan. Not that my littest sister would even know who they were.
My Michael Jackson Grammy Doll. I begged my mother for days on end for it. A month of begging finally wore her down and the doll was in my hands. Bored after two days, on a trip the beach, I set Plastic (ironic) Michael Jackson off to sea.
A few years ago, I bought him again on Ebay. But the magic was gone, the clothes were faded, the doll looked nothing like 80s Jackson and some things from your youth are meant to be kept with you in your heart instead of your hands.
When I was young I had a New Kids on The Block sweater that had each one the guys head knitted in a corner. It was black with all neon colors. And yes it was a SWEATER not a sweatshirt. I’m still mourning it, because it was truly amazing.
I’m SOOOO glad I’m not the only chick out that who refused to actually use stickers for their intended purpose.
That being said, I wish I still had my Jem doll, because her light up earrings, though possibly able to bring about epileptic seizures with their insane flashing, were just too cool.
I had this BANGING “Club MTV” longsleeve t-shirt in Middle School. Every day after school I’d be jamming along with the likes of Downtown Julie Brown and her dance crew. Those moves made me go from zero to hero at my 8th grade graduation dance and assured me a seat at the cool table in high school.
A replacement Club Mtv longsleeve t has never been found, but I’d don a new one in a second.
My extra large Monchichhi doll. Matter of fact, wish I had ALL my Monchichhi stuff back and every episode of the short-lived cartoon on dvd
Oh, and what a mistake it was to let my little brother (he’s 16 years younger than me) use my Transformers. They were all kept in near mint shape until my siblings tore through them like cheap toilet paper.
I saw similar toys grab hundreds of $$$ in auctions on Ebay this summer. What did I realize then? Classic toys and toddlers are a poor match…
It seems a trend … but yeah, I once had an Optimus Prime. i don’t know where my parents put it. i think they gave it away. i am emo now. excuse me.