If you could have any toy from your childhood, what would it be?

If you could have any toy from your childhood, what would it be?
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answer:My fucking plastic giraffe. When I was about 2 years old, I had a plastic giraffe on wheels, but by the time I was 3, I was too big for it. My father gave it away, I was okay with that, I did not ride him anymore, but the guy he gave it to set fire to it on a pile of burning trash in the back field. I came back from a walk, only to see it melting away in the fire. I will have my revenge one day!
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