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The Birthday Poll. Hi I’m Old.

I'm 25. I think that's about ten years too old for me to be me. Still, if I get proofed for alcohol tonight, at least the cashier will throw me well-wishes instead of letting out the usual grunts and cobra-spits. So, with the birthday and all, today's poll topic seemed like an obvious choice. What's the best birthday gifts you've ever received?

It's too early for me to put any thought into this, but here's a to-the-point list. From the Transformers side, I got Metroplex, Trypticon, Rodimus and the Sharkticon all on the same birthday, and I absolutely loved all of them as I would my children. Actually, my older sister got me a second Metroplex, and since I didn't need two (looking back, I wish I kept both), we exchanged the pricey bot at Toys 'R' Us and I got to go on a little shopping spree. I can't remember everything I got, but SS-Slithe and Panthro from The Thundercats was definitely in the wagon. Oh yeah -- I think that's when I got the Max Rebo Band set from ROTJ, too. On clearance, woo hoo.

Another top gift came much later, from one of my brothers. It was a homemade video set containing every last episode of Chris Elliot's "Get A Life," my absolute favorite show ever that was sadly canceled and completely out of sight. "Special person, entering the world, egg yolks."

Finally, my fifth grade birthday party was held as "Razzmatazz," some arcade/pizza joint in Jersey that was sort of like a really huge Chuck E. Cheese place that still managed to feel like a bad bootleg version. To make things simpler, we just invited all of the boys in my class. Considering the year, nearly everything I got had to do with Ninja Turtles. One of them handed me a "Metalhead" figure, which was virtually impossible to find at the time. Someone else gave me that pizza-throwing vehicle, which spit plastic pizza pies halfway across the room. Awesome. Okay, your turn.

Posted by Matt on 02/06/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 175 comments

Merry Birthday. The best present I ever got was probably some Ninja Turtle set, I can’t remember what the damn thing was, but on a wierd note, later on I found Mickey’s head in the Freezer. I don’t know why…

Chestnuts roasted by Well @ 02/08/2004 3:13 AM

yeah bricklink is awesome. I still get the lego magazine and the catalogs too! ^_^
I like looking at the things other people built. Even though half of them are strange looking things built by kids, it is good to know that one day they will be like me…HAHAHA…maybe thats not such a good thing after all. *evil chuckle*

I wouldnt mind having all the monorails actually. I could link them together and it could be like a interdimensional monorail to certain doom for the townspeople. >:O

I’ve got a train set though. Set # 7722. And 7835 the train crossing gate.

Me Like Lego. Hulk Not Like Lego. Not Enough Green For Hulk Like.

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 02/08/2004 4:18 AM

For my tenth birthday, fortune smiled, and one of my likes happened to coincide with the clearance aisle at Target. That night I unwrapped every first-wave Beetlejuice action figure– Shish Kebab, Spinhead, and Showtime Beetlejuice, Otho The Obnoxious, Adam Maitland (why no Barbara figure?), Harry the Haunted Hunter, and the Vanishing Vault! Man, Beetlejuice was kicking Transformer and MOTU ass in my playtime fantasies all week!

This year (my birthday was Jan. 22), my mom pre-ordered 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime for me. She’s so awesome.

Happy birthday, Matt, and here’s to another year of goofy pop culture for you to make fun of in the future.

Chestnuts roasted by G'Tron @ 02/08/2004 7:37 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Celebrate it listening to some IF NOTHING…

Chestnuts roasted by Pete @ 02/08/2004 10:52 AM

I know this sounds lame, but one of my favorite Birthday presents was when I was 4, and I got this inflatable Playskool umbrella. It was red, and when you pumped the handle, the umbrella would blow up. It got a hole in though after the second time. I wish I still had one that worked. I can still remember the smell of the plastic.

My worst birthday would have to be last year, my 20th. I was having some tough times (unemployed, no friends) so I remember just sitting in the living room with my mom looking through coupons that night.

Chestnuts roasted by Anita @ 02/08/2004 12:40 PM

A note on the Puppy/Kitty Surprise:
My cousin got a Kitty Surprise for Christmas one year, and she wanted to show everybody. Now, just about everybody in my family (except me) grew up with a speech problem (sounded like a baby for longer than they should have, but it didn’t last) and when she was walking around saying "Does anybody want to pet my kitty?", it was coming out "Does anybody want to pet my titty?" Classic.

A note on pinatas:
Apparently the first birthday party I was ever at that had one I was screaming and crying because they were hurting it (it was a unicorn). Okay.

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 02/08/2004 2:45 PM

sega master system baby!

Chestnuts roasted by naturekid @ 02/08/2004 2:59 PM

when i turned 17, my girlfriend laid me for the first time. wet pussy, is there really a better gift?

Chestnuts roasted by sweepthelegjohnny @ 02/08/2004 3:02 PM

honestly… I’d rather have a proton pack… or maybe a rocket car… but that’s just me.

Chestnuts roasted by gesis @ 02/08/2004 3:40 PM

Definetly the rocket car.. ;)
I have girlfriends all across Canada I’d like to see!

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 02/08/2004 3:45 PM

Off subject but not really. Now that I’ve already bought everything I’m gonna buy I feel ok to say this, Wal-mart is having a huuuge toy sale. Transformers for 5 bucks (use to be $10) aaaand the Bratz FM Limo for $20 (use to be $70). Beyblades double packs for $1 (use to be $9), and GI JOE B.T.R stuff for $3 (Use to be $7). Lot’s of other stuff, you’ll just have to see. Unfortunately, Unicron is not on sale…yet. So screw KB and head down to Wal-mart.

Chestnuts roasted by Kennef @ 02/08/2004 4:23 PM

Happy Belated Birthday, Matt! :)

Just finished reading your "Birthday circa 1987" article. My birthdays were the exact same way! I invited kids from my class and neighborhood, and yes even some kids I never even talked to. Being female, of course I recieved many of the "girl toys" of the 80s (Cabbage Patch Kids, My Little Pony, to name a few). No presents stuck out for me since I don’t remember much. But what I do remember was this girl next door to me who was a HUGE MOTU fan. She had EVERY He-Man toy imaginable. (Sorry if I made you jealous, Matt! ;) ) For my birthday one year she got me a She-Ra doll and several She-Ra related toys so we could play He-Man and She-Ra.

I was never into the "girl toys" of the 80s though (However, I did like the plush toys of the era. Namely Pound Puppies, Wuzzles, and if I recall I had a couple of Popples). I’d play with my little brother’s toys, much to his dismay. He had Ghostbusters toys, TMNT, WWF, and a few of those Tyco trucks. I was fanatical about dinosaurs back then (and still am to some degree), so he and I would have battles with his TMNT and my dinosaurs.

Oh, someone in a thread WAYYY down (I think it was the KB one) mentioned Child World. I remember Child World! The abandoned building and plaza it was in had been a virtual ghost town until a year or so ago, when they finally tore it down and built the Christmas Tree Shop and Home Depot.

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 02/08/2004 5:33 PM

Forgot to mention that I, too am 25, and remembered the "B-day" article from WAYYY back, but got side tracked and forgot to read it. It was an old article that I searched, just so no one gets confused. :)

Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 02/08/2004 5:36 PM

Happy B-Day Matt!! I tried to send you some pics of a Sponge Bob Color-A-Cookie I got to go with the other day’s article, but for some reason it kept getting sent back to me.

Just to join the party, I turned 25 this year too. And Starwenn, I loved the Lobster House, I used to go there every summer with my family when we went on vacation. We always used to eat lunch and then sit on the boat outside and drink. So many memories…

Chestnuts roasted by Y2JB78 @ 02/08/2004 5:45 PM

Wow.. it musta been some party.. we haven’t heard from him since 02/06/2004 at 11:08(am at that!)

Either he’s working on one hell of an article or he’s gonna be as soon as he can see straight again ;)

Anyway,
I wish I was there Matt.. cya tomorrow!

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 02/08/2004 5:50 PM

Happy Birthday, Matt. I can’t believe you made it this far.

I mean… no, that is what I meant. But we all appreciate you, so I guess you’re "safe". Around us, anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by Orin @ 02/08/2004 6:25 PM

Happy belated birthday, Matt!
Speaking of cheap plugs, fancy going here, saying Feral referred you, and then clicking "Home" at the top or bottom of the page? I’ll give you hugs if you do…please?
Anyway, the best present I ever got was a SNES. I got Super Mario Kart with it, and couldn’t put it down…I wish I still had all the leads for it :( .

Chestnuts roasted by Feral @ 02/08/2004 6:27 PM

I don’t remember presents too much, but I remember the parties.
-Ninja Turtles
-Karate. Don’t remember what we did.
-Potato. That’s right. Potato. We had a potato sack race and ate baked potatoes.
And then there were birthday parties in other places:
-Chi-chi’s
-Miniature golf
-Chuck E Cheese’s
Nowadays, I celebrate alone since I’m in college and after three years I still don’t know anybody. It’s depressing, really.

Chestnuts roasted by JG! @ 02/08/2004 9:08 PM

An ex girlfriend bought me a car for my 19th birthday – a car that I had sold a year earlier and had regretted doing so. And then we had wild monkey sex afterwards. Sometimes when I am bored I miss her. Then I think of her voice and I no longer do. Anyway, I liked getting the car back.

Chestnuts roasted by planet garp @ 02/08/2004 11:03 PM

My best birthday gift ever had to be in 1987 when I acquired the almighty NES. The two games I got with it were kinda odd: Baseball and Ikari Warriors. I must’ve been the only person in history to have never own Super Mario Bros. because my dad bought the crappy Control Set that came with no pack-in game. I was happy though when soon after I save my money with my two older brothers to acquire the original Mega Man. By far the hardest Mega Man game they ever made for the NES. Long live Mega Man, Happy Birthday Matt, and long live X-Entertainment!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 02/09/2004 12:12 PM

Happy birthday, Matty.

Best shit I ever got: the TMNT blimp, van, pizza shooting vehicle thing, and sewer playset, along with like, six figures. I think my cake was even TMNT themed.

Chestnuts roasted by SHOH @ 02/09/2004 12:42 PM

This is something that should be reiviewed on this site if you can get a hold of it. Its the Famicom version of Star Wars. Its pure weirdness is defnitely worth it. Check it out at http://gilgalad.panicus.org/sw.html

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 02/09/2004 12:56 PM

Happy birfday playa, and many happy returns. My favorite gifts as a kid were Zelda 2 (I liked the side-scrolling battles) and my pellet rifle.

Chestnuts roasted by Usagi Yojimbo @ 02/09/2004 4:08 AM

Here’s a cool link for ya Matt,
It’s a retro videogame music video..

http://www.newvenue.com/archives/feature44/

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 02/09/2004 5:38 AM

Wow….I can’t remember what I got for my birthday before 1999. Damn.

Chestnuts roasted by Icymatt @ 02/09/2004 9:28 AM

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