For years I thought that a "ghetto blaster" was the gun they used on ghost busters (don't cross the beams! etc).
I distinctily remember one christmas when all my friends said they wanted a ghetto blaster and it confused the hell out of me, but sounded pretty cool!
I wasn't the coolest kid.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- One of my friends told me that when he was a kid he thought windmills were used to keep cows cool!— Julie
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- When I was younger I wanted to be a ghost when I grew up just like Casper.— Mandy
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara