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12-23-2007, 05:14 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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I got to thinking after reading the Christmas memories thread. What happened to your childhood collection?
Mine: I had a LOT of Joes. I got into them heavy in 86. When I was 13 or 14, forget exactly which, my Mom (divorced parents, whose weren't) got hurt at work. She was on workers comp and off of work for months. She even had to have surgery on her arm. Money got really tight, and she had the idea to have a yard sale to make a bit of money. No, this isn't going where you think it is. She never asked for any of my collections, but, I volunteered them. I still loved my toys, but we needed the money more. I watched my Joe, Transformer, and TMNT collections get divied up and sold off. It helped, but it hurt. I think this might be why I have such a weakness for collecting toys with my kids. I still love to go to toy shows with my Mom and tease her, but there's no ill will. She actually supports my habit now, along with my wife. What happened to yours?
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12-23-2007, 05:18 PM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Sadly...as much as it embarrasses me to say it, most of my vehicles were destroyed by me. My MANY figs were donated to a poor kid at out church. That's probably a good thing as I would have either chucked them out or ruined them in my foolish teenage years.
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12-23-2007, 05:36 PM | #3 |
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I still have many of the figures, however most are in heavily played with condition. I keep them for sentimental value. I have a Major bludd, laser viper, Tomax, Countdown and Deep six v2 left from my childhood.
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12-23-2007, 05:39 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Greensboro, NC
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Over the years everything either got sold, traded or destroyed/thrown out. The only items from my childhood collection is a micro Cobra Commander and a Steel Brigade patch (Now if I had only held on to that darn filecard!)
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12-23-2007, 05:44 PM | #5 |
Cobra Undertaker
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pottsville, PA
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I still own all of mine, luckily.
My brothers often comment on how they don't have their toys...but I didn't destroy mine as a child, so my Mom was more willing to buy me more as it wasn't wasted money. One day...I will hand them down to my son...for now though, sadly...he has inherited his uncle's trait for destroying things. lol
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12-23-2007, 05:52 PM | #6 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Dec 2007
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sigh. I get sad everytime I think about this. I wanted to concentrate on my Batman collecting so I sold off my Joes, Transformers, and Star Wars collections. I got a very good price for them, but I LAWAYS regretted selling my Joes. Now, Im back with the 25th line and also picking up my favorite old 80's Joes off ebay and trades.
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12-23-2007, 07:02 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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I have every one I ever had given to me or bought myself, with the exception of one. In sixth grade I traded my perfect and complete Zartan with skiier for a very played with TF jet missing half it's accessories. Because of the regrets of that trade, I never traded or got rid of another Joe again. I even kept an '83 Scarlett with broken crotch piece. Had a funeral for her and everything.
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12-23-2007, 07:13 PM | #8 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Dec 2007
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A few years after I moved out of my Mom's house she called me up and said she was having a yard sale. I said "whatever." She sold off all my stuff. I had a lot of stuff. Now 15 years later I'm trying to buy it all back.
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12-23-2007, 07:23 PM | #9 |
Gone Fishing
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Playing Outside In B.C. Canada
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I had a LARGE collection including Sears exc. sold it ALL for $100.00, had to buy a (pet)python when I was growing out of my toys.....sucks cause I had just bought the Cobra BUGG, it was no more than a month old and I never even played with it.
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12-23-2007, 07:33 PM | #10 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Maryland
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not even sure what happened to the few thing i had. like most, had a divorced family and little money. after moving around some, i guess i just lost track of it. i don't recall ever breaking them or selling them. they were there, a couple years later, they aren't.
i did however keep every single baseball card and comic which i hope to give to my kids once they show me they've leared to appreaciate them and not hawk them all of on ebay. i managed to find most of my voltron figure and a few transformers a couple years back when moving my parent to yet another house. none were in good shape by this point but i still have them and just can't seem to let them go either. i really enjoy sharing my general love of toys with my kids. my youngest collects and plays with the 1/64 disney cars characters which he has almost all of them. my oldest son was into thomas the tank engine, unfortunately for us as that stuff is insanely expensive. now that he's in elementary school, he's all about his wii, etc. atleast he's up and moving around. i was unpacking my joes for pictures and my youngest fell in love with my mobat and a cobra trooper, i was soo proud at that moment to know the joe fascination was going to continue for another generation atleast. he's got a cobra trooper and mobat under the x-mas tree waiting for tuesday;) i took mine back for storage naturally. |
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