What Are The Toys You Hate Most -- Whether As a Kid, or a Parent?

[seoulsearch]

Hi Everyone!

We've had lots of discussions here about our favorite childhood toys (and even the ones we still collect!)

But now I want to ask people about the toys they hate.

I just Googled "Toys Parents Hate" and here are some of the gems that popped up:











And so... What about you?

*What toys do you absolutely despise?

* When you were a kid? Was it a toy you had or were given, or maybe you grew up with your sibling's toys driving you crazy?

* As a parent, what toys do your kids have that drive you crazy?

And what are the reasons you can't stand these toys?

* Too noisy?

* Too messy?

* Too hard to put together?

* Too much maintenance -- batteries, etc.?

* Too easy to step on?

We've often discussed the toys that brought us smile and joy -- so now let's talk about that toys that make us want to:

 

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[seoulsearch]

Lol.

Furbies were a bit past my time, but I've heard many parents say they were big-eared, furry little demons...

 

[Aaron56]

Mattel's "Speak and Say: Words I heard from My Uncle" edition.
And Hasbro's "My Little Pony Showjumping Accident Scene with Complimentary Bottle of Elmer's Glue".

Terrible toys!

 

[seoulsearch]

I was honestly sad to see my beloved Hungry Hungry Hippos on one of the lists.

 

[Tall_Timbers]

When I think of toys I remember standing in line outside the one toy store we had in Fairbanks Alaska for an hour for a chance to purchase at a discount some toy one of my 4 children wanted. Some folks turn their noses down at us folks who were willing to step out early on Black Friday morning, may it rest in peace, in order to purchase things at the lowest price of the year. What distinguished we low-life Fairbanksans Black Friday shoppers was there was a very good chance the temperature was going to be minus 30 deg F or colder. It's one thing to be out in that kind of cold doing some activity like running your dogs, or splitting wood, etc. It is impossible to stay warm at those temps when you're just standing in a line.

Securing a respectable gift haul for each of 4 children for Christmas was quite the chore. It was quite distasteful to spend too many dollars on a bunch of plastic junk that would break right away or get handled by the gift receiver once or twice before it was relegated to the big bucket where unwanted toys end up.

My least favorite toys were the ones I stepped on in bare feet, and ones that required an engineering degree to put together.

It was a day worth celebrating when the one toy store we had in Fairbanks closed due to the Corporation filing for bankruptcy.

 

[Lynx]

As an '80s kid, this is what I despise:

Laser guns were very popular, they all had the same soundtrack, and all the sounds went in rotation in the same order. Like, no matter what company the toy came from, they all used the same exact rotation of sounds. It got very old very fast.

I know these sounds, in this order, in my sleep.

 

[Aaron56]

Found some more!

Hasbro's "Easy Meth Lab"
Fisher-Price "Jaws: Day at the Beach with 'Where's Timmy?' Audio Pull String"
Rubik's Trapezo-Rhombic Dodecahedron

Do NOT buy!

 

[seoulsearch]

You can't get much more terrifying than pregnant Barbie:

 

[Aaron56]

You can't get much more terrifying than pregnant Barbie:

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Unless it was "Surrogate Barbie: I'm Now Keeping It Edition with Surprise Lawsuit".

I mean, who thinks of these things?!!

 

[Westward]

Raggedy Ann dolls are the stuff of nightmares, truly

 

[Dino246]

The worst toys in my humble opinion are the ones (usually aimed at girls) that have tiny bits of decor... like "Littlest Pet Shop". The tiny bits always end up in the corners of the closet, under the bed, in the back corners of drawers, etc.

 

[blueluna5]

V-tech, leapfrog, anything that makes obnoxious noise. They will often include it as a learning toy, but it's too obnoxious for kids to learn. It's made of a cheap plastic and often doesn't go together right, making the ocd in both me and my kids go crazy.

Kids don't actually play with it. They leave them on and walk away.

They will mysteriously disappear. I send back to the grandparents where they got it! 🤣 I don't buy toys that make noise....rookie parenting mistake.

 

[CarriePie]

Any toy that makes noise. As a child, I didn't like noisy toys. I was a pretty quiet kid. I played outside, looking for bugs.
I don't have kids, but if I did they would not be getting noisy toys 🙉 I'd take them outside, to look for bugs!