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Playing with your Gi Joe toys?
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01-09-2018, 07:00 PM
Commando73
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I'm touched when I read about my G.I. Joe "brothers" experiencing the same sort of feelings and tendencies I have over the years...
I'm somewhere in the middle of the road, as it were, when it comes to the notion of playing with action figures...they're toys. It's like some of you guys have said or alluded to; they're supposed to be played with. By all means, G.I. Joes scream to be handled and played with. The articulation and accessories demand it. (lol) But I'm kinda weird...even as a kid, I gently handled my Joes and Cobras, and I would usually just set them up with their vehicles and/or playsets and look at them, mostly. So even back then I didn't really play with them like typical kids would. If it were my brother, he'd play with them until they fell apart. I guess that I just appreciated them more as collectibles and keepsakes than toys. So naturally, as an adult, a big part of my hobby involves MOMC figures, but I still like to open some of them and display or pose them...how can you not? Like I said, they're just begging to be fiddled-with. So I would never look down on my brethren, regardless of age, for wanting to play with their toys. Who would I be to judge? I just don't prefer to so myself. I enjoy preserving, posing, and displaying them...but I was always like that when it came to my Joes. It does warm my heart to know, though, that there are some guys that do still play with them like they always did. I find that very healthy, and I'd imagine, also very rewarding, not to mention relaxing...
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