I received a 60mm Tasco refractor as a christmas gift. Even though I was only 10, I remember waking up at something like 3am to view the waning gibbous moon from the sliding door to my backyard... and remember seeing a myriad of craters and mountains. Also had my first view of Saturn through that scope. It was tiny, and a uniform yellowish hue.. but it had rings!
I also recall setting up the scope on my parent's kitchen table early in the morning while every one was asleep to catch a glimpse of Jupiter rising over the neighbour's rooftop. Was very excited to see 2 brown lines across it and dots to either side!
One of my fondest memories was of my dad aiming the scope on Venus and exclaiming in excitement that he can see the surface and craters and everything.... little did he know that it was way out of focus... ofcourse, now we know better!
Unfortunately, the fun was short lived as one of the screws holding the tube to the mount, and the threads for the set screws in the plastic focuser and diagonal became stripped in very, very short order. I remember my parents sending the scope back....waiting something like 2 months for the tube to be returned, and another few weeks for the eyepieces and diagonal.