If I ever meet a toy designer from Tonka

Taverner

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Sun Dec-18-05 01:52 PM
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If I ever meet a toy designer from Tonka

I will seriously consider making them hurt bad....

Mom gave Tavernertoddler a singing fire truck. Just one button and the $%%$#@! thing plays the "Heeeere's Tonka to the rescue" tune. Over. And over. And over.

:banghead:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Sun Dec-18-05 01:59 PM
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1. Hahahaha! I'm so glad we're past that stage. I wanted to hunt down

every last engineer from V-Tech toys...after hearing " Hello Baby! Hello Baby! Hell hell hell hell HELLO BABY!!" for the millionth time. :hi:

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China_cat

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Sun Dec-18-05 04:31 PM
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2. Too bad all my grandkids are too old for something like that.

I used to give those kinds of presents...with lots of extra batteries. It's a grandmother's way of getting back at their parents.

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xmas74

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Sun Dec-18-05 04:33 PM
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3. I had something like that a few years ago.

It wasn't as bad as Rock and Roll Grover. I wrote the manufacturer a nasty letter over that one.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Sun Dec-18-05 04:38 PM
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4. I loved my Tonka trucks

But that was back when they were made of metal and had all kinds of sharp edges. :thumbsup:

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Redstone

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Sun Dec-18-05 04:41 PM
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5. Oh, yes, that's the kind of thing we used to call an Uncle Present.

I guess it's a Grandparent Present as well: Something that your kid will love enought to make noise with it over and over and over and over and over until you either go insane or "disappear" the toy.

And all the while the uncle or grandparents are miles away, out of earshot...

Redstone

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skygazer

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Sun Dec-18-05 05:42 PM
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6. My sister (who has no children of her own)

Used to give my kids the most obnoxious toys imaginable. She gave my son this thing when he was about 3 - it was called a "One Man Band" and contained a toy drum, cymbals, flute type thing, trumpet, and several other noise-making devices. It was horrible and could only come from someone who didn't have to listen to such things all day long.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Sun Dec-18-05 06:16 PM
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7. My husband and his sisters had a competition going

They tried to outloud each other on toys for each other's kids every Christmas.

No, it was NOT funny.

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evlbstrd

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Sun Dec-18-05 06:32 PM
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8. My childless in-laws used to do that to us.

The revenge: when they wanted to take the kids for a while or overnight, the obnoxious toys went along. Ironclad rule.

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