My mother would have killed me if I was like that.
I remember one year, we didn't have much money and I got a transformer knockoff for xmas.
All it did was legs folded out of the bottom of a 2" metal train and it had a face painted on the bottom.
I played with that thing for the longest time though, so grateful to have SOMETHING.
Everyone should be poor at least one time in their life, just to appreciate what they have.
I honestly think my imagination is better than if I was given anything I could have ever wanted, one of my friends grew up like that and he has the imagination of a stick.
Personally, I think parents that give a crap about you are a better alternative than the ones that buy you stuff instead of spending time.