The old commercials for the "Guess Who?" game used to have me convinced the characters on the cards would talk - at least, until they added the "Game cards do not actually talk" disclaimer for kids like me.
A childhood belief about toys

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was the longest game ever.Anon
- I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it. — Diamond
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- I used to believe that when i died it was like a super mario game... I had a certain number of lives.— David...waffles