The warm and fuzzy Christmas thread...

can't beat castle grey skull.

No but I had the X-wing and the Death Star.

Never got the MF :(

My wife got the Millenium Falcon and STILL has it. Along with the X-Wing, the Imperial Shuttle, and a Walker (the two-legged kind). We gave them to my son, now he plays with them.

As for Christmas memories, I have a fairly recent one. My son's Christmas two years ago. He was one and a half, walking but not talking too well. We had been telling him about Christmas and Santa but he really didn't quite grasp the concept. We bring him down and there are a bunch of presents for him. Confused as to what they are, he sorta, with help opens the first one. As soon as he realizes that it's a toy that he has been wanting, he figures out that all the other presents probably contain toys and starts literally trembling with joy. He can't wait to open all the presents and play with them. He was so amazingly happy that you couldn't help but be happy too.

Yup, I was a HUGE He-Man guy. Pretty much until I found out Santa didn't exist, my Christmases were spent specifically accumulating every single He-Man figure that existed.

Then the Nintendo came around.
Then the Super NES.
Then the Genesis.

Anyone else remember basically getting a new game console each Christmas?

The good old Sears wish book, I remember that very well.


It's funny you should mention that, I remember the JC Penny catalog's when I was a kid, I would sit for hours turning the pages making list's of shit I never got. The catalogue came in handy when I went through puberty though. At that time I was too young to buy porn mags so I would masturbate to the ladies underwear pages. (Did I just say that?) :rolleyes:

Yup, I was a HUGE He-Man guy. Pretty much until I found out Santa didn't exist, my Christmases were spent specifically accumulating every single He-Man figure that existed.

Then the Nintendo came around.
Then the Super NES.
Then the Genesis.

Anyone else remember basically getting a new game console each Christmas?

Yeah I remember getting the NES, that thing was off the hook. Super Mario Bros. and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out were like crack for kids.

I was a big He-man guy too

I was all over Contra.

Left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.

30 Men. Victory baby.

I also remember about a year later getting the power glove. Did anybody ever have that?

Wait Wait, is there something wrong with playing with barbies?

Ahh, the Sears Wish Book. Or any catalog that had toys in it was a big deal in our house...

I was into He-Man as well, and that damn Castle Greyskull was an awesome Xmas. I think I had all the He-Man figures, with some duplicates. Had a Thundercats Sword too. And, I remember my Redskins Starter Jacket too. Makes me want to go to my parents' house and look through old photos.

As far as consoles go, I had my Dad's old Atari, and Mom thought that was good enough...when I was 9, for my birthday, we went to Luskins (old electronics store in DC area) and I got a 13 inch B/W tv. I thought I was big pimpin' with the Atari and rabbit ears attached to that thing! So, Mom and Dad never got me the Nintendo or Sega Genesis. However, one of my grandmothers, on top of all the presents, gave my sister and I each $100 to spend on whatever we wished. So naturally, that was the base of which the Nintendo and Genesis got purchased. Both the day after Christmas...

I was all over Contra.

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.

30 Men. Victory baby.

I also remember about a year later getting the power glove. Did anybody ever have that?
Corrected for posterity...

One of my buddies had the Power Glove...Mike Tyson still kicked his ass.

Yeah, the day after Christmas.

Back in the days when you could FIND A FREAKING CONSOLE without having to camp out.