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35. Shopping Sheryl

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:11 AM

Dec 8

She came with her own shopping cart and grocery store, she had magnetic hands that could pick up "cans" of food. I cried bitterly when she didn't come at Christmas in 1971, so my parents got her for me for my birthday in January. I was SOOOO happy!! Played with her for about 10 minutes and then never really played with her again. The longest lasting memory from that toy was the little shopping cart. When I got a hamster a few years later, I gave it rides in that shopping cart.

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When you were a kid, what toy did not live up to the commercials on television. My two major fails were Easy Bake oven [View all] debm55 Dec 7 OP

Keds shoes The Blue Flower Dec 7 #1

Those were P.F. Flyers. C_U_L8R Dec 7 #6

Thank you very much C_U_L8R. I like the ring the best. debm55 Dec 8 #34

I stand corrected The Blue Flower Dec 8 #54

We were all going so fast, it was blur C_U_L8R Dec 8 #59

LOL The Blue Flower Dec 8 #68

Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. I had Keds shoes and I never ran faster or jumped higher. debm55 Dec 8 #33

Fly Over Chicane slot cars and track, on the commercials the cars flew thru the air dem4decades Dec 7 #2

Thank you very much for sharing your Major Fail with us. dem4decades. That must have been very disappointing to you. debm55 Dec 8 #36

I only remember... buzzycrumbhunger Dec 7 #3

Thank you buzzycrumbhunger. I didn't like the bendables, The skin could not keep up with the day to day play and got debm55 Dec 8 #38

Betsy Wetsy radical noodle Dec 7 #4

I had a Betsy Wetsy. Mine had the, "milk bottle " where it looked like she was drinking the milk. So no diaper change. debm55 Dec 8 #39

My best friend and I LOVED easy bake oven. Our moms did not because it was messy. My let down mucifer Dec 7 #5

Was that Chaty Cathy? patphil Dec 7 #9

Maybe. She was so much better on tv mucifer Dec 8 #69

No, just saw the ads. patphil Dec 8 #72

Thank you mucifer for sharing, My Easy bake over never thoroughly cooked the muffins, cakes, or cookies. I had better debm55 Dec 8 #45

The Hula Hoop. I couldn't do it. surfered Dec 7 #7

Neither could I. patphil Dec 7 #10

Thank you surfered. It took a little practice to get it going. debm55 Dec 8 #46

My mom figured that if we were old enough for an Easy Bake Oven... hunter Dec 7 #8

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much for posting the air gun ad. It was funny. I don't remember that one. debm55 Dec 8 #47

Sea monkeys Marylh Dec 7 #11

Hahahhahah. That"s a bummer. debm55 Dec 8 #14

Slinky GreatGazoo Dec 7 #12

The best part of slinky was the song. I set mine up to go down the steps and it tipped over and came sideways down the debm55 Dec 8 #13

Slinky was a fail for me, too. Diamond_Dog Dec 8 #32

Thank you Diamond_Dog. Do you remember when they came with the Slinky dog? debm55 Dec 8 #40

Yes, now that you mention it! Diamond_Dog Dec 8 #50

MOUSE TRAP game Thunderbeast Dec 8 #15

I could never get the Mouse Trap game to work. I loved the ad, but it was a major fail for me. Ty Thunderbeast. debm55 Dec 8 #48

Tudor Electric Football... regnaD kciN Dec 8 #16

Thank you regnaD kciN. I agree. My brother had that game and the players scattered all over the metal field. If I debm55 Dec 8 #49

I had that, too RazorbackExpat Wednesday #83

Etch-a-Sketch was kind of a mix for me.... electric_blue68 Dec 8 #17

Thank you electric_blue 68. It was impossible to make a circle on Etch a Sketch. debm55 Dec 8 #63

😄 indeed! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #77

Anything that was called an "action figure" in a commercial was, in fact, the exact opposite AZJonnie Dec 8 #18

Thank you AZJonnie,, My brother had GI JJoe. and it was made out of such hard plastic it was very difficult to move let debm55 Dec 8 #62

Not major fails, but PikaBlue Dec 8 #19

Thank you PikaBlue. I liked my Silly Putty. I would put it on the Sunday colored comics and pick up the image of the debm55 Dec 8 #44

click-clacks surrealAmerican Dec 8 #20

I think I still have a knot on my head from those darned things. catbyte Dec 8 #22

Thank you catbyte. Same thing happened to me--hit in face. I never told anyone. I slipped them in the can. debm55 Dec 8 #43

Thank you surrealAmerican. They were dangerous. debm55 Dec 8 #65

Barbie's Dream House catbyte Dec 8 #21

My Barbie's Dream house was cardboard too. It was like a studio apartment. Yes. did not last. Easy Bake Oven was a major debm55 Dec 8 #25

My sister had the Easy Bake Oven, that was a joke. Lawn Darts Emile Dec 8 #23

Thank you very much Emile , the Easy bake oven and Lawn darts were two major fails for kids. debm55 Dec 8 #24

I don't remember being disappointed with any toy I got. MIButterfly Dec 8 #26

Thank you very much for sharing with us, MIButterfly. debm55 Dec 8 #42

Clackers Abstractartist Dec 8 #27

I had the banana seat bike and high handle bars to my bike. Then I painted it silver. I did it myself. Loved it. With debm55 Dec 8 #41

Oh yeah Abstractartist Dec 8 #70

Thank you very much Abstractartist. It was the way to go . Riding my bike made me feel free. debm55 Dec 8 #71

🤙🏻 Abstractartist Dec 9 #81

Snow Cone Maker get the red out Dec 8 #28

Oh wow. I remember the snow cone maker. That was dangerous. Thank you for posting your major fail, get the red out, debm55 Dec 8 #30

Yes! I forgot about that one! woodsprite Dec 8 #76

I wasted so much time trying to make a drawing on my Etch a Sketch! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 8 #29

Thank you very much for sharing with us 50 Shades of Blue. They do look like the Muppets and the ads are very funny. debm55 Dec 8 #31

Shopping Sheryl intheflow Dec 8 #35

Thank you very much for sharing your Major Fail, intheflow. I like the cart too. Did she walk on her own to the can debm55 Dec 8 #37

Flintstone Building Blocks Freddie Dec 8 #51

HAHAHAHAHhAHAHA, Thank you very much, Freddie. debm55 Dec 8 #61

Slinky, no question, gab13by13 Dec 8 #52

Thank you gab13by13. You did better then me. It looked so easy in the ads. Loved the song. debm55 Dec 8 #58

Fire eating kit. Sneederbunk Dec 8 #53

Sneederbunk, thank you, But why would your ask Santa for that? debm55 Dec 8 #57

The Erector Set. It was fine, but I never got to play with it. Dad, on the other hand, had a blast with it. Now I can Dorothy V Dec 8 #55

Thank you sweet Dorothy V. I loved playing with cars. Never had an Erector Set. May the memories of your father be a debm55 Dec 8 #56

Wow. Didn't have that, but I had/loved Tinker Toys! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #78

Pac-Man on Atari 2600 UT_democrat Dec 8 #60

Thank you , UT_democrat. I agree with you on the Pac-Man game on Atari 2600. bummer debm55 Dec 8 #64

I begged for a boomerang one Christmas. LudwigPastorius Dec 8 #66

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHH. That is so funny, Thank you LudwigPastorius. debm55 Dec 8 #67

Bwaaahahahaaaaa! electric_blue68 Dec 9 #79

I loved the Easy Bake, the Etch-a-Sketch, AND the hula hoop .. oh, and a chemistry set lostnfound Dec 8 #73

Oh my, Thank you for your selections, lostnfound. I thought they took chemistry sets off of the market? debm55 Dec 8 #74

These days there are fake chemistry sets. I am lucky to be old. Nt lostnfound Dec 9 #82

Kellogg's Cereal Frogmen...what a bust!! GP6971 Dec 8 #75

Thank you very much GP6971, Was it in the box or did you have to pay for it? debm55 Dec 9 #80