As I write this, I have no idea what thought-provoking question I am going to ask you this week. I'm sick as a dog, brain-dead, and strategically avoiding the 10+ unread messages in my work email inbox. The show must go on, though. Hmm.
Ok. Screw it. In light of my current mouth-breathing state, lets keep it simple. A friend of mine recently turned me on to this website: http://www.retrojunk.com/. We, of course, spent the next 20mins exchanging overly enthusiastic do-you-remembers.
I remember that when I was a kid, I LIVED for a trip to Toys 'R Us. That store was more addictive than pixie sticks or gummy worms. I would do anything to get my mom to stop there and "just let me look around for a minute" anytime we were out shopping. I thought I was clever too, as if she didn't know that "let me look around" meant "I want to trick you into buying me shit." Kids are stupid, what can I say?
And so, as the holiday shopping craze rapidly descends upon us all, I pose the following, un-thought-provoking-yet-impossible-not-to-answer questions:
- Which toy did you NEED to have when you were a kid? (There were always the toys that you wanted, but on an entirely different level were the toys that you needed.)
- What toy did you need to have, finally get, but quickly come to realize sucked major ass?
- What toy do you still have today?
- What toy do you want, right now? (Don't even TRY to act like you're all mature and above toys, because you're not. If you think you are, then you're just in denial. Either way, just answer the gd question!)
1. I NEEDED every Transformer that was ever made. I wasn't picky.
ReplyDelete2. Lazer Tag. Actually, I ended up getting Photon instead (the knock-off). But all you had to do was hold your hand over the sensor to avoid getting shot. Everyone cheated and a fight always ensued. It should have been called cheat-then-get-in-trouble-with-your-mom-for-not-playing-fair tag.
3. All of my Transformers and G.I. Joes (I stay home on Saturday nights and play with them in the bathtub sometimes). I sold all of my Star Wars shiat to a local toy-shop when I was in middle school, though. Because I was a DUMBass.
4. Comics. I stopped at a local shop a few months ago and it took every ounce of self-control that I had left to avoid buying anything. I knew that I didn't have the funds to start collecting again, and I blame it on GW. He's the reason that I can't collect comics. Yeah, that's it. Damn republicans!
1. I needed to have the Star Wars lightsaber. You remember, it made the whoo-whoo noise when you swung it.
ReplyDelete2. The toy that was a letdown was that dartgun I had. Remember those orange darts with the suction cup? After a while, they didn't stick to anything anymore.
3. What toy do I still have? I wish I could say I had my Star Wars toys but like you I was retarded and I sold them. I'm not sure if I have any toys, I have baseball cards though. I have Steve Yzerman's rookie card, jealous?
4. What toy do I want right now? Do video games count? Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe for XBox 360
JRD
Do you remember when you shot me in the eye with one of those dart guns, and I ran crying to my mom and got you in trouble? Ha.
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