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What is GI Joe to you?
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09-16-2017, 10:46 AM
Commando73
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SmokeBellew
It's nostalgic escapism for me, pure and simple. It affords me the opportunity as an adult to almost think like a kid again. It's priceless.
Now I'll tell you what it isn't: it isn't SERIOUS BIDNESS! It isn't an investment. It isn't my life. It isn't something I'm gonna bitch about or get indignant over. If G.I. Joe ends, I'm ok with that. If it comes back in a kid-targeted form, that's fine by me. I've had my time with it as a child, and then got a second go around with it as an adult with disposable income. How awesome is that!? I appreciate both of those experiences and I'll always have a soft spot for the brand and Hasbro as a result.
Well said, my friend...I think you perfectly expressed how I feel moving forward; if it ends, I've had, and will continue to have, a blast with it all. If it comes back around again someday, it'll be yet another opportunity to experience it in some current form. Heck...if it never comes back again, there's a plethora of both vintage and modern items I'd still like to own that'd likely take me the rest of my life to acquire. That's a very sobering yet comforting notion, actually...
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