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51. Flintstone Building Blocks

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 01:30 PM

Dec 8

Which were basically large styrofoam Legos with Fred and Barney on the box. Santa brought the small set (which could make 1 or 2 things) and the kid across the street got the much better large set. Santa was always a cheapskate at my house.

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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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #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 Tuesday #80