The thing you desperately wanted as a kid. Did you get it?
For me it was roller skates. Didn’t get them. Oh, and one year, a Princess Leia action figure. Didn’t get that either.
A beagle puppy. I begged every year, even after I knew Santa was a myth. I wanted that puppy so bad. I have had several in my adult life, the first one Mr.Wrekker got me for our first anniversary. His name was Bingo. I had him 10 years. Loved that pup-sy!
Micronauts. Particularly some of the later vehicles and aliens like Antron, Membros, and Repto. I was obsessed with them, but after one Christmas my mother declared they were “silly” and “for little kids”, and so I got clothes instead. Rather awful beige corduroy slacks, if I recall correctly. 
I mentioned this in the “least favorite” game thread. But I really wanted a colecovision console. Instead I got 1 share of Coleco stock which promptly tanked and went bankrupt. My life lesson was to not get into the stock market. Thanks parents! Tharents.
Jem dolls. Specifically Jem and Stormer.
30 years later, I’m still salty over it.
A “Fanner 50” cap pistol. Toy guns looked very realistic back in the 50s, and this one was the holy grail. Looked like a real sixgun, but had a wide hammer, so that you could hold the pistol with one hand and fan the hammer with the heel of your other hand. Sadly, I could never come up with the right strategy to get one.
Horse. Horse. Horse. Horse.
One year I was so convinced that this was year I was getting one that I told all of my friends at school that I was getting one. Going back after the end of vacation was a little embarrassing.
A 1972 Yamaha 100cc LT2 Enduro Not so much for Christmas, but I HAD to have one. Got it when I was 11 years old (I was big for my age, plenty big enough to handle it). Lived in the country. 5 acres and lots of farm roads to ride it on.
About a year later, it (I) put myself in the hospital for 4 days with 130 stiches in my forehead and scalp. Basically ‘scalped’ me from my left eyebrow up. Also nearly tore my ear off. I was wearing a helmet (always did) and the accident ended up driving the steel rear fender up under my helmet. Damn near killed me. Scars are not two noticeable now unless I point them out. Had a great surgeon (and a very large dose of luck).
An electric train set. I wanted to design towns, bridges, tunnels, etc.
My brother got the train. He set up the track in a circle. Period. :rolleyes:
an easy bake oven…I wanted one in 1980 …im a male despite most of the elder males in my family being skilled cooks "those are for girls "’…
How ever my ralphie like campaign for a snoopy sno-cone machine a few years later was successful but that was for my b-day
The Radio Shack/Tomy Armatron robot arm.
Hell, I still want one. Never did get it.
Computer Battleship. I did get it. I wish I hadn’t, because I overlooked two things. One, you needed another player, which was a sporadic thing to have at the best of times, and two you had to laboriously program in the coordinates before every game, which took about 20 minutes minimum.
After that I never coveted another specific gift, I just requested a few things and was okay if they never eventuated.
Though one year my ‘big present’ was a cricket set, even though I despise sport. I was mystified and disappointed that year.
My Red Ryder BB gun was … a Red Ryder BB gun! I actually just wanted any BB gun but getting the Red Ryder was extra cool.
Did you shoot your eye out?
A trampoline. Never got it; which, in retrospect, was totally appropriate since I spent an hour on the trampoline at diving practice every day anyway!
Wanted a monkey, like this. Got these monkeys instead. :mad:
Wouldn’t have been so bad if they looked like the happy family depicted in the ad, but they didn’t! They weren’t so eager to please or play games either.
I don’t remember what I wanted, but my brother (who was 3 or 4) really wanted one of those electric cars you can ride in. He wanted the same model SUV my dad had.
He got it. Eventually drove it into the pool.
Ha, I remember getting one of those. I think it had 6 points of movement (arm up/down, arm left/right, elbow left/right, wrist up/down, wrist twist, hand open/close) No idea what happened to it.
A Millennium Falcon. Got the big one plus a small die cast one as a stocking stuffer. In true kid fashion, I actually liked the little one better.
Only if his original username was kiferr.