Growing up, what cool kid thing did you covet but never got?

Lol, I wanted name brand sneakers. Really, any brand would have been great, but my mom would not entertain the thought of getting them from anywhere but Payless. I'm not sure why either, we weren't rich by any means but it wouldn't have broken my parents' budget, in fact she would spend comparable amounts on other clothing items.
I'm going to ask her about it next time I talk to her.

I wanted satin shorts and a satin jacket. This was in the late 70's or so. They came in pastel colours. By the time I got a satin jacket they were out of style and definitely not cool anymore.

I also wanted a K-way jacket (same time period, maybe also early 80's). Instead I got a knock-off brand and that did not go unnoticed by the other kids

A Big Wheel

As a child, I wanted an Easy Bake Oven, badly.
Back in the early 80's, during high school, I wanted a Lacoste polo and sweater with my initials embroidered on it. That was what all the "lake kids" wore and I so wanted to fit in.

I wanted clothes that were new - bought just for me. Not hand me downs from strangers. (I'm the oldest, so no older brothers and sisters.) I finally got them when I moved out of the house.

I wanted a lion cub. Really really badly. This was around the time the movie Born Free came out. I wanted an Elsa the lion.

Needless to say, I didn't get one.

Being the youngest of 5 (and growing up behind 2 brothers), I got boy hand-me-downs too. My DD is so lucky that everything she gets is her choosing and new. (DS is younger but even if he weren't, it would be a rare thing that I would hand down).

I wanted a Madame Alexander baby doll from Santa when I was in 2nd grade. I got some cheap knock off baby instead. I was crushed. The next year I again asked for the Madame Alexander baby doll and got it. 45 years later, I still have that doll.

Hot wheels and the track that had the two loops

Easy bake oven and/or Barbie styling head.

Grant Hill sneakers. Never got em.

There were three of us girls - all best friends - who lived in three houses in a row on our street. We pestered and pestered our parents to get us matching banana bikes. Very similar to this:

It took a while for l all of us to convince our parents, but we finally did. And, man, were we ever proud of our bikes! We put streamers in the handlebar ends and added those little clicker-things to the spokes. We were hot stuff on our bikes.

Then Heather moved into the neighborhood. Heather from California. Heather who had a 10-speed bike.

All of a sudden banana bikes were sooooo uncool. None of us would be caught dead riding them. So we began to pester the parents for 10-speeds. Which we did not get, of course.

I was in 5th grade when Grease came out. I had a pink satin jacket like the Pink Ladies in the movie. I thought I was so cool. Funnily enough, my 16 year old DD just bought herself a pink satin jacket at Christmas. She dresses quite 'grungey' (again just like me in the 90s), so it looks cute on her.

Snoopy Sno Cone machine

Ten speed with the curvy handles