Gifts that Ruined an 80's Childs Christmas

[@morgangallowglass8668]

"It's just as good..." The death nell of so many desires. Funny how you get to an age when socks and unders is a perfect gift!

[@ThatJunkman]

i got to the age where i tell anyone "Don't get many thing, keep the money for yourself"

[@keithprofitt3717]

That happened to me when I was all into Star Wars action figures and the ship’s and playset’s and for Christmas one year they got me The Micro Collection Bespin World. It’s not really playable. It wasn’t till I was older when I started to really appreciate it. I’m glad I kept all my stuff. Such a big part of my childhood.

[@DaveReece-uh3le]

It actually happened to me as a 9 year old in 1978.. but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. All I wanted were STAR WARS figures.. My grandma got me MICRONAUTS because she didn't know the difference. I ended up loving them & still do!

[@MrDiddlebug]

Micronauts were awesome. I had a few, and they had some pretty cool vehicles too.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

I still have my Micronauts and Battle Cruiser from 1978. They mean so much to me...

[@BADD1ONE]

I remember getting the terminator with the flesh chamber. You mixed some poweder and it cast over the terminator body. The figure didnt move. It was a damn statue. But after the first cast i realized how cool it was peeling of the flesh for imaginary battles. My mom even helped me make homemade latex mixture with flour and something else once the stuff it came with ran out. It turned out pretty cool

[@opuscrap4322]

In 1981 I asked for a Slave 1 and I got a twin pod cloud car. :( That was the last year I ever asked Santa for anything.

[@WILLIAMWILKINSON-r4b]

Grandma shops at the $ store 😂😂

[@miguelbotelho2613]

funny thing is... many of those Bootleg figures are worth a fortune now. Just try finding a Mr. Rock figure on card these days.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

My favorite bootlegs from the 70s were the Lincoln International '8-inch Monsters'. The Mummy being my all-time favorite. 50 cents in K-Mart in the mid 70s, now you'd need to rob the bank of Monte Carlos to afford one...

[@ScottAskins-t3n]

Happy Holiday's Junkman, Russ, and Cozmo!

[@jackkintsel7605]

Got my black Members Only jacket! Rocked it with my camo pants & grey, pink pinstriped LeTigre shirt. Way ahead of my time!

[@thomasprice8019]

The one with the ghost choking kid looked way too creepy

[@MrDiddlebug]

Christmas 1983 I asked for a ColecoVision, and what I got was a Coleco Gemini. It was basically an Atari 2600 knockoff built by Coleco. Ah, well. First world problems I guess.

[@sithcritic8906]

No way, man, you got ripped off that Christmas.

[@jaybates428]

Knockoff vintage figures can be worth more than the original

[@gooniesgirl1979]

Your grandma sounded like a cool lady from hearing about her in your your videos.

[@ThatJunkman]

very much, spoiled us

[@sithcritic8906]

Junkman should do a video on cool toys kids never ask for. Like the Transformers mini pinball game I got in 1984. A on brand adjacent toy that parents buy to mix things up. Like the Artoo punch bag.

[@greyeyed123]

I remember my grandma hearing I liked Star Wars, so she got me M.A.S.K. stuff. But it was actually kinda cool anyway, lol.

[@AnakinStarkiller1974]

Merry Christmas brother great video!!!🌲🎅🎁🎄

[@TheAtariCreep]

Honestly, I like Galaxy Heroes. Ball Tard rules!!!! 3:44 :( But, you're right. LOL You can still get the Stunt Cycle.

[@ThatJunkman]

yes i tried to get them to send me for a review but they said they never replied, they ask a little much for it.

[@robertwentland1065]

How many boys asked for a Red Ryder 200 carbine action 200-shot range air rifle bb gun and were disappointed that they didn't get one because their mother told them that "they'd shoot their eye out" 😂😂😂

[@gecko-sb1kp]

As soon as my mum started leaving low strength beer out for Santa, he started getting my orders right...

[@greyeyed123]

Pop your Flash Gordon ship on the popcorn ceiling on the POPPIN' Junkman Channel...though.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith_Rules]

Somewhere out there,. someone got all of those gifts over the years... And he was.... Jeffrey Dahmer!

[@matthewgaudet4064]

How about socks instead of an Optimus Prime out of the 1984 Christmas Sears catalog, I got you beat.

[@ThatJunkman]

Sad

[@3Storms]

Those cars that had no bottom were "Tootsietoy cars."

[@stevegallo8483]

First, the Atari 7800 wasn't that bad. I had one. (Still have it.) It would use the Atari 2600 joysticks, and it played Atari 2600 games. Oh, and it had an arcade perfect version of Ms. Pac Man! 2, when the Members Only jackets were popular, A lot of brands ripped it off so there were plenty of copycats. The most popular color for those jackets was black. For Christmas one year when I was in high school, I asked for a black Members Only jacket to look cool for the girls. I got a jacket alright. It was a knockoff, and it was blue.

[@ThatJunkman]

Yes it was. No friend wanted to play it, no friend wanted to swap games for the weekend. Just cause it’s good doesn’t mean it’s not a bad gift

[@douglasnichols6116]

I had the space 1999 (I say this all the time on your channel)

[@ThatJunkman]

my brother had it, it was cool

[@ciscodeer9094]

Yep I had my share of cheap store knock off cars

[@jokebone1]

Tootsie Toys was one of the bigger companies that made those metal cars with no bottom, windows or opening doors or hoods. The ones that usually came in a pack of a few similar cars. Kids must have destroyed most of them because you'd be surprised how much they go for on Ebay.

[@roberterwine7650]

Merry Christmas Junkman :)

[@jason34119]

Now hold on don't be hating on Alan Quartermain. King Solomon's Mines was a decent movie.

[@omegasupreme1970]

The atari 7800 kicked ass better graphics than the nes and could even play 2600 games so Yeah 7800 was awesome

[@ThatJunkman]

that didnt mean you didnt get laughed at and friends wouldn't swap games with you. sometimes better isnt really better

[@omegasupreme1970]

true very true

[@Cincinnatijames]

Honestly, I'd be disappointed in getting Greedo. That other figure is way cooler

[@ThatJunkman]

As an adult maybe

[@peterrenaud9639]

I asked for the degobah playset and I got the degobah model kit ffs😭😭😭 worst present ever. I even got 2 of them from 2 different people effing it up😭😭😭

[@ThatJunkman]

ugh!!! models are a JOB not a toy

[@sithcritic8906]

Good example.

[@petecampolito5092]

I got the model too 😒 asked for the kenner playset .

[@Mark_Prince]

Mr Rock is actually very desirable now.

[@ThatJunkman]

But not then :)

[@Brett0000]

I had Photon instead of Lazer Tag! Photon actual wasn’t a knock off😂

[@seppackynewman7802]

I’ve heard Photon worked better. But everybody I knew had Lazer Tag. It had Better marketing and commmericals

[@shanester1832]

I had photon too but just the blasters, not the vest etc. Kinda hurt the action play realism when you have to aim at the end of the other blaster.

[@joshuaross4644]

As a kid I was only disappointed on one Christmas 🎄 It was 1983 and I said I didn’t want anything except for a Fender Stratocaster as I’d been playing for 3 years and was ready to step up to an electric. I got everything but the Strat 😅 I scored big time with ROTJ & MOTU including a Castle Greyskull

[@candacecherry2846]

Marrey chismas junk man

[@NintendoSuperstar93]

Nothing ruins a kid’s Christmas like getting clothes and socks, but as an adult, I appreciate the things I need the most.

[@ThatJunkman]

i can get that crap myself :)

[@brianknapp6215]

We have a saying in my house at Christmas: "Socks, socks- everybody gets socks!"

[@shanester1832]

I drove in wearing my only change of clothes, confident I'd get new socks + for the drive back. It worked out except for no new shirts. I'll be dipping into my high school closet tomorrow.

[@tmthor]

Hey I got the tomland figures for Christmas and loved them

[@rhettgenung1223]

Mr. ROCK! ❤ WHAT A FIG

[@neildavis2999]

I think I like Galaxy Man better than Robocop. 2 guns and a laser sword- that's cool.

[@katenunyabizness9221]

Probably was tootsie toys cars, just shells with wheels that often refused to roll freely.

[@ThatJunkman]

Yes!

[@Ringey247]

One time I asked my mom for Christmas to get me Mario kart 64 and instead, she got me Mario 64. And I already had that game.

Absolutely correct junkman

[@oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529]

I wanted a Star Wars Carry case like Vader's head... never c3po... and I had the star world case instead... glad I was an only child and an introvert...no one had to see my shame

[@rumblehat4357]

Did everybody have that Star World figures case? They must have made millions of them

[@MarK-x9y]

Every Christmas eve mum and dad took me visiting in laws. I always received extra presents from my dad's sisters/brothers etc. So it was actually exciting to see these aunts and uncles who for the rest of the year I never saw again lol. Anyway they knew about star wars etc. So on Christmas day I found that I had received a Flash Gordon annual from one of them - not star wars. Two boring football annuals (same book twice) and a Space Warriors pop-up book... Yawn

[@mikemonk4375]

I asked for the Mattel Rodan Shogun Warrior with wing flapping action. What did I get? The Mattel Gregory the vampire bat with blood pumping action. Blew mine up with a cherry bomb about six months later. Now they sell for $600 in good condition on EBay.

[@richardb6609]

I so wanted "Gre-gory"! I loved the ad in the comic books!