Remember the "Toy Wars"?

[CatWoman]

Cabbage Patch Doll?

Tickle Me Elmo?

Parent's drop kicking each other to get the last toy?

Were you one of them?

come on, you can tell me :D

[Fenris]

1. Mama's still in prison because of a Cabbage Patch Doll.

If anyone tells you they won't murder over a toy, they're wrong.

:cry:

[CatWoman]

5. awwwwwwwwwww

poor Fenris :nopity:

[johnnie]

2. I have never been a parent, but I remember the wars

It reminds me of the whole Beanie baby thing. People were like, killing each other, selling fakes, robbing houses for them and just plain acting like idiots. And they weren't the kids doing it, it was the adults. And some of those stupid things were selling for thousands. Freaky...

[Mizmoon]

3. I did run around looking for a Power Rangers costume

one Halloween. Thought I'd struck gold til the tyke derisively told me, "That's NOT Power Rangers ... it's (name of another cartoon)".

I vowed never to get sucked into that again and never did.

[Kid_A]

4. I will never forget racing another man to the toy aisle at Target, only to

find one Tickle Me Elmo on the shelf. We fought like animals, until I finally tore out his throat with my bare hands. But at least I got that damn toy.

[CatWoman]

6. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCKING "A"!!!!!

[ohiosmith]

7. Not me. But during the great Cabbage Patch Doll famine in Vancouver, BC

two local radio personalities Dave Pratt and Kerry Marshall announced that they would be dropping several from a helicopter over the parking lot at BC Place Stadium at a certain time and date. They advised listeners to wear catchers' mitts. Incredibly a couple of dozen idiots actually showed up.

[Lavender Brown]

8. My aunt worked for Coleco when they made the Cabbage Patch Dolls

People would follow her to her car when she left work, if she happened to be carrying large boxes. She got me several dolls. :)

[ET Awful]

9. You forgot Teddy Ruxpin!

I was running defense for my mom while she got one for my little sister! :)

[CatWoman]

10. yeah,

how could I forget that annoying bear??!!??

:hi:

[Ready4Change]

11. I worked at a major toy store during many of those battles.

For example, at the height of the Cabbage Patch campaign, I was that snotty brat who had been given the task of retrieving dolls for those who managed to get a pickup ticket. Yes, if it was busy, I was that lout who didn't have time to get you that brown haired, blue eyed doll without freckles.

(If there was time I'd try to match requests, but it seemed that 90% of dolls we got were red haired, green eyed with freckles and NO ONE wanted those. Poor little misfits.)

The battle of must-have Atari or Intellivision cartiridges? That was me. The Star Wars action debacle? Me. The Strawberry Shortcake Strife? Me again.

I wasn't there for the Tickle Me Elmo massacre, thank god. I would have been the guy rolling a brand new case onto the floor just as the hordes turned the corner. Aaaaiiiiiiiii!

The horror. The horror.