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09-09-2017, 12:23 AM
SmokeBellew
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I disagree a bit. My son was playing the other day with a few TFA figs I bought him and he said, "I wished they moved good like Joes."
Now is that scientific? Absolutely not but I think some kids do like a quality fig but I don't know if they are in the majority.
I hear ya. My son was the same, but that was about a year or two ago, and later in his toy-playing days. I kept him into action figures for longer than the norm nowadays, but he was still only 10 when he outgrew them. So, as an 7-8-9 year old, he loved the G.I. Joe/MU articulation, but before that, he found it frustrating. As a younger kiddo, he preferred figures that were big, clunky, held onto their weapons and were easy to stand. I think the kids of professional toy addicts tend to stay into action figures longer than usual and view them a bit differently.
All I know is, my son was an outlier even with his friends. Sooner than I expected, they suddenly didn't want to play with his toys when they came over. The writing was on the wall. It broke my heart a bit when the day came there wasn't a single action figure on my son's b-day list. Not that I mind he's done with action figures (although I feel he's too young to be out of toys), but it's just another sign of his growing up.
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