In the very early 80s all I wanted for Christmas was a Play-Doh hair salon toy. They must have been running ads for it on TV, because I was totally taken with how you could make the figure's playdough hair grow and then cut or shape it into crazy styles.
I was so excited to find one under the tree on Christmas morning! Unfortunately when we opened the box the plastic salon chair was broken and couldn't be used. My parents took it back to the toy shop the following week to exchange, but because the toy had been so popular there was no stock left. I can't remember what toy they ended up exchanging it for :-(
Fast forward 30 years. I'd never forgotten how much I'd wanted that toy, so I bought my son one for his second Christmas. He loved Play-Doh and we had hours of fun with that set.
Oh no, the toy you always wanted needed to be exchanged with something else due to lack of stock? Bugger!
I remember these things but it wasn't something I ever wanted. I just asked my wife if she had one and she said yes...She turned out to be a hairdresser so maybe it was all due to Play Doh mind-control!
Thanks for joining in this week, I think your first time? And a fellow Aussie too by the look of it. 😀
!ENGAGE 25
Yes, a fellow Aussie - up in Queensland :-)
Ah cool, I'm in Adelaide. I have a brother and his family up north, FNQ, and used to live there for a bit myself. Nice part of the world. I hope things are well up there, and you're having a great festive season and the new year starts well.
Oh how sad to know that the gift of your dreams arrived damaged, your parents must have felt even sadder for wanting to give you joy and not receiving it.
But best of all was the end of your story, being able to give your child that special gift and play with it must have brought you great emotions.
Life sometimes takes us on such strange paths but they have a reason to be. @sammie
It's funny, but I think if I had ended up with one as a child I probably would have mostly forgotten about it by the time my son was into play-doh. Playing with it as an adult and watching his joy as he giggled over the funny hair-dos was priceless :-)
Play Doh Salon? What a deal! It really sucks that you had one and it got away but really is cool that you bought one for your son! Talk about closing the circle!
Yes, and being a toy that can be played with together it brought so much fun. This has reminded me about all the play-doh toys packed away in the cupboard now that he's "too old for that stuff" 🙄. It might be time to pass it on to another family with little kids.
ENGAGEtokens.