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The year was 2000. Toy Story II had just come out on DVD, and my then 4-year-old dressed as Woody, then Jesse, then Buz,. Of course, Bullseye was a hopeless cause.

At preschool, my son saw this Buzz Lightyear Star Command Space Ship that his parents had dutifully bought for their own little boy. This was all my son talked about.. day and night. “How can I get these?” The ship had removable parts, and you could “Collect them All” at McDonalds.

The Easter Bunny was about to arrive. “Wouldn’t it be great,” I thought. “To collect the whole set for him from the Easter Bunny?”

So, I started my adventure. The problem of course, was that I don’t eat at McDonalds. I ate there a lot while pregnant, and I really have lost my taste for Big Macs. So, I simply pulled up to the drive-in window and just asked. The clerks gave me the toys. Unbelievable.

Pretty soon, I had 20 ships to carefully wrap up in the Easter Basket. It was hard, but I managed, to hold my tongue and not blow the whistle on my whole surprise, as he continued to pine away for the Space Ship.

On Easter Morning, I set the VCR, and waited in anticipation as he opened his basket.

He didn’t say a word. He grabbed his jelly beans and started eating, tinkering with the spaceship parts briefly, before moving back to his candy.

He could have cared less, and it did break my heart.

I’m writing this post PBN and for Hasbro, a company that has, amazingly, managed to keep itself clean and tidy and avoided the entire lead-paint scare. And you can snag some of your favorite toys right now with a fantastic free shipping offer - the Hot Summer Toy Event. Get the details in this hilarious YouTube video.

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