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10-30-2009, 04:50 PM | #11 |
Rogue Squadron
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10-30-2009, 04:58 PM | #12 |
Hisstank.Com General
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No need for excuses man! Be proud! Your stuff is insanely AWESOME!
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10-30-2009, 05:16 PM | #13 |
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Thank you.
So very well written, and I very much relate. It was a sad feeling trying to "play" and just not being able to. I developed quite a guilt complex as a child at that age where I wanted some cool toys, but felt I wasn't enjoying them enough for the money my parents had spent. Rather than casting toys aside intentionally to grow up, it was a battle with myself. Years later, I found collecting and after a long time with that, I've found that modern Joes have done the best to capture that time in my life when my imagination and creativity had peaked in unison. I still wish I knew how to play though. Thanks again, and I must have missed most of your custom. They are all pretty damn excellent. Creepy SS Trooper guy is so cool!!! |
10-30-2009, 05:20 PM | #14 |
Iron Grenadier
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i remember living with my dad but visiting my mom for the summer, we had a great summer. when my dad came to pick me up they began to argue over me because my mom wanted me to live with her. since neither one could decide they thought it was best if i choose. i was torn and both had valid points on the benefits of living with said parent. my mom said what about your friends, my dad countered what about your toys. the toys won why because i could never abandon my toys
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10-30-2009, 05:23 PM | #15 |
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Thank you.
So very well written, and I very much relate. It was a sad feeling trying to "play" and just not being able to. I developed quite a guilt complex as a child at that age where I wanted some cool toys, but felt I wasn't enjoying them enough for the money my parents had spent. Rather than casting toys aside intentionally to grow up, it was a battle with myself. Years later, I found collecting and after a long time with that, I've found that modern Joes have done the best to capture that time in my life when my imagination and creativity had peaked in unison. I still wish I knew how to play though. Thanks again, and I must have missed most of your custom. They are all pretty damn excellent. Creepy SS Trooper guy is so cool!!! As an adult, my way of playing is to customize my beloved Joes. I will be posting my next thread "WWII Inspired Customs Part II" soon. Be on the look out for WWII Scrap Iron and Firefly. Normandy Duke, 101st Airborne Flint and maybe more. |
10-30-2009, 05:24 PM | #16 |
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i remember living with my dad but visiting my mom for the summer, we had a great summer. when my dad came to pick me up they began to argue over me because my mom wanted me to live with her. since neither one could decide they thought it was best if i choose. i was torn and both had valid points on the benefits of living with said parent. my mom said what about your friends, my dad countered what about your toys. the toys won why because i could never abandon my toys
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10-30-2009, 05:39 PM | #17 |
Grand Master
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All true and all correct....I am 28 and my cuz is 30 we have been into figures and customs and writing stories our entire lives.
we also had those awkward moments of quitting but we always came back...we always rediscovered that same imaginative place that made us what we are...and just last weekend we decided we are going to make our characters in plastic form and do it again....if this is crazy I don't have any fun being sane. |
10-30-2009, 05:43 PM | #18 |
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Are we crazy? Yes we are,but so are they. There is no "normal" to base "crazy" off of,every single individual that exists is unique. Different people are into different things,I may be into gi joe and someone else may be into something I dont care for or have limited knowledge of and exposure to. What makes their "thing" the norm and my "thing" odd or weird? Anyone who doesnt get gi joe or toy collecting,its not for them to get. The problem is,certain people are so busy paying attention to what others are doing and passing judgement that they fail to realize that whatever they are into can just as easily be judged or looked down upon. People need to stop paying so much attention to others and focus on themselves.
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10-30-2009, 05:50 PM | #19 |
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Ahh, the old guilt complex. I too had that issue but luckily, even with the lower middle class status inflicting my family, my parents did a wonderful job raising us as I never found anything lacking in my childhood. It was their sacrifice that ensured full development of my imagination and creativity. Thank goodness we grew up in the 1980's before graphic violence in video games and lame Power Rangers were able to rob us of our imaginations.
As an adult, my way of playing is to customize my beloved Joes. I will be posting my next thread "WWII Inspired Customs Part II" soon. Be on the look out for WWII Scrap Iron and Firefly. Normandy Duke, 101st Airborne Flint and maybe more. I've never mentioned the guilt thing before, ever, but it really tore me apart! I was spoiled, as well as my brother, probably to the point of putting financial strain on my parents. I was lucky enough to get the Defiant I begged for the Christmas before I was done playing, and it wasn't until recently that I could look at the thing as a collector without pains of guilt! I've also found the small amount of customizing I've done is a form of play, letting toys guide your creative impulses. Although some may deny it, dioramas, figure comics, even displays are all ways to play. |
10-30-2009, 06:12 PM | #20 |
Master of Disguise
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We should work together on that.. I did a WWII version Covergirl and I just finished a Cobra Commander.
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