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What was the one toy you wanted as a kid that your parents never bought you?
Submitted by Princess of Darkness.


Well, I asked for a toy only once - a Barbie when I was about six - because I was fascinated with the endless array of clothes and shoes she seemed to have. (I can't stand Barbies now.) But my parents bought one for me anyway, almost a year later - I had forgotten all about her by then!

Of course, that doesn't answer the question. But I'm writing this because it reminded me of one toy I really loved ... my late Glo-Friend Spider.


My late maternal grandfather bought me this toy when I was a four-year-old in Mumbai. I promptly took it to kindergarten a few days later and it got stolen. Ashamed and sorry, I didn't tell my grandfather, and until the end of his life, never asked him for anything ever again. I did ask my parents for a couple of things (like the Barbie) but never more than once. And I certainly never asked for a Glo-Friend again.

I adored my chubby little spider, and I wanted more Glo-Friends. I loved their droopy bug eyes, bulging cheeks and extreme roundness.