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12-24-2010, 05:51 PM | #1 |
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I remember when I was five years old. It was my first GI Joe christmas. I got stalker, snake eyes, rock n roll and the RAM motorcycle. I had no idea what I had, but it was fun to have these military toys. Every year since then I got a GI Joe for christmas, even in college and now. My brother would always get me the best stuff (he was older). One year he saved up all his money and got me the General. Wow! I was stunned. I remember getting the Whale for him.
Christmas now is about my son, who is 8. I can't wait to see him open the new Hiss and Wolf Hound. He is going to be floored when he gets the Hall of Heroes Crimson Guard as well. It is so much fun passing on this cool thing called GI Joe to my kid. Its great being a father! |
12-24-2010, 05:53 PM | #2 |
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12-24-2010, 05:59 PM | #3 |
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Here, here! I can't wait for my boys to open their toys tomorrow morning. As much as I loved Christmas as a kid, it's 1000x better as a dad.
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12-25-2010, 04:01 AM | #4 |
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12-25-2010, 05:34 AM | #5 |
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I can't wait to have kids, hopefully they like joes and there still around then. I'm 32 and yet to find the one, found many okay women but still waiting.
That's great you guys get to pass it down, I am jealous in the goodway. I will never forget getting The Flagg, best Christmas I can recall. Having older brothers also helped 10 and 7 years older so I inherited all their toys. I would have missed out on a lot. Merry Christmas and I hope your boys love their presents! |
12-25-2010, 06:47 AM | #6 |
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It is always a great thing if a father and a son share the same hobby.
My son loves Star Wars and GI Joe. Whenever I get some figures in, I make sure that there's a figure for him as well. For Christmas, I ordered a set of 5 Snowtroopers from China as he wanted an assault squad to man his AT-AT. He likes Captain Rex, so I picked up a Snow Ops Rex and used him and some spare parts I had to make an Imperial Captain Rex as leader of his squad of Snowtroopers. The figure got some minor paint apps so it can be played with. Christmas eve in Germany is celebrated on the 24th so the kids got their presents yesterday evening after church. I was happy to see how well the figures were received especially when he noted that the strange Rex looked not like a store-bought figure, but like one of those customs daddy makes for his showcase. He got up early this morning so he could resume playing with his figures. As I type this the troopers are rappelling down the AT-AT to attack the Rebel base, Rex leading the charge. |
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12-25-2010, 08:16 AM | #7 |
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My son is a little too young to get the bigger figures, so he got the Imaginext carrier and the SW GH AT-AT and the Super Hero Squad heli-carrier. The carrier was a big hit - awesome playset.
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12-25-2010, 11:20 AM | #8 |
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my earliest christmas i remember getting the mobat and the vamp.
my dad put the stickers on for me. then i got a mailaway cobra commander w/ the hood. then duke. duke changed it for me. by then i'd seen the cartoon and i remember the first time seeing the toys at the store after the cartoon had come out. that was like what? 28 years ago? and i'm still buying the bitches. no kids yet for me but when i do, i've got tons of toys to pass on. my sister is preggers with a boy and i can't wait to spoil the shit out of the kid w/ starwars and gi joe's, etc. and i'm gonna make damn sure he's a ramones fan at first, iron maiden later, and when he's in middle school, faith no more. |
12-25-2010, 11:23 AM | #9 |
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No kids for me either, but my wife & I still make it incredibly fun and memorable.
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12-25-2010, 11:26 AM | #10 |
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really didn't get my kids alot of joe's this year due to my budget situation but the few that they got where pretty impressive in my opinion.they each got a chase cobra commander,a set of the tru spirit and quick kick figs,an alley viper each and some other poc figs.they want to look for more figs at marshalls and t.j. maxx after the holidays are over to see if they can find some 25th/m.e. figs.
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