# What's the last toy you bought for yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535 "2013-01-17T18:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/1 "2013-01-17T18:40:32Z")
On a different message board, I participated in a secret santa exchange. My secret santa sent me a remote control helicopter which I was so excited to get. I’m almost 40 and I was doing a little happy dance. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the thing to charge and since it was secret santa across the country, I didn’t have a receipt to exchange it. So today I just ordered one off of Amazon and paid extra to have shipped one day on Prime. What was the last toy you bought for yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_Lenore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Silence\_Lenore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_Lenore)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/2 "2013-01-17T18:50:27Z")
A spiffy new mountain bike. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/3 "2013-01-17T18:51:28Z")
X-Box 360. Kind of a family thing because it was a Christmas present. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/4 "2013-01-17T18:52:46Z")
It was either the telescope, or the banjo. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/5 "2013-01-17T18:53:36Z")
A weekend car. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/6 "2013-01-17T18:53:49Z")
A reissue of the Starscream transformer back in 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/7 "2013-01-17T18:58:03Z")
A ginormous flat screen TV, on Black Friday when they cost $250. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/8 "2013-01-17T19:00:25Z")
I bought myself a [Canon S100](http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/s100.htm) for Christmas. Got a pretty good deal, too–it was on sale for $229. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/9 "2013-01-17T19:11:58Z")
A pellet gun (haven’t shot my eye out yet!) ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/10 "2013-01-17T19:20:28Z")
I bought myself an iPad Mini and I LOVE it… I have an ereader and a very nice laptop but once I held an iPad Mini in my hands, I had to have it! I’ve had a great time searching for fun apps and now I’m hooked on Words With Friends… I always loved to play Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/11 "2013-01-17T19:32:29Z")
[This](http://www.akaipro.com/mpk49) - been having fun with it for about a week now messing around with recording software at home! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/12 "2013-01-17T19:33:22Z")
A Zoom G1N. It’s pretty much every guitar effect rolled into one pedal. Although technically, I didn’t buy it for myself. I used a gift card that I got from my boss. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/13 "2013-01-17T19:56:52Z")
The last toy I bought for myself was [this.](http://service.mattel.com/us/product_detail.asp?id=R4571) It makes bubbling, slurping noises. It rolls around on its tentacles. It was 99 cents at Goodwill. I love Goodwill. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/14 "2013-01-17T20:29:37Z")
I got a Chrome book just before Christmas. I love it. I needed something a little more than a tablet, without any serious purpose other than internetting. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/15 "2013-01-17T20:37:01Z")
A set of Rory’s Story Cubes > **[Story Cubes](http://www.storycubes.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/16 "2013-01-17T20:38:05Z")
A new GPS. I consider it a toy because I already have several GPSs and a smartphone. I bought this new one solely for one function that is has that my other devices don’t. It can receive wireless information from beacons employed by Chirp type geocaches. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/17 "2013-01-17T20:49:13Z")
[Fall of Cybertron Soundwave](http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(Prime)#GenerationsVoyager) ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/18 "2013-01-17T20:58:37Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > A set of Rory’s Story Cubes > > [http://www.storycubes.com/](http://www.storycubes.com/) Oh, those are cool. That might just become my new go-to child gift. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/19 "2013-01-17T21:07:19Z")
A digital camcorder. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535/20 "2013-01-17T21:57:39Z")
A new Yamaha stereo receiver. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535.md?page=2)