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06-07-2011, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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Many Tankers anxiously wait for the day when thier lil' Tankers will start playing with / collecting Joes. So this raises the question of what you would do when you find a scarce figure. The kid or you? Would your collector side overrule your parental side?
For example, let's say POC wave 1 just hit the pegs and Alley Vipers are all the rage and impossible to find (or sub AV for Shock Troopers, Low Light, whatever). You and your child, who has inhertied your obsession with Joes much to your delight, go into a store and you find 1 Alley Viper, your first spotted in the wild. Who gets it and why? |
06-07-2011, 03:43 PM | #2 |
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My kid. If I found a GI Joe that my daughter actually wanted I wouldn't hesitate.
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06-07-2011, 03:43 PM | #3 |
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I do because i dont have any kids
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06-07-2011, 03:45 PM | #4 |
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@ Sharky - me too. Seeing my kid happy overrides any desire to have the latest greatest figure. Now the real dilema is if you have 2 kids. Hope they know how to share.
@OSOK - But how many have you knocked over to grab a new figure? |
06-07-2011, 04:09 PM | #5 |
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I don't have kids, but I would have to say kids. If I had a kid, and he really wanted a figure and I could only find one, it's his, no doubt.
That being said, my nephews know about my toys and they know that some are for playing (Joes, Star Wars, etc), and some are for looking at until they get older (Macross, Revoltech, Figma, etc). |
06-07-2011, 04:53 PM | #6 |
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My daughter has my Sparta figure... So you tell me. LOL
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06-07-2011, 06:06 PM | #7 |
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My lil girl had a Shocktrooper before I did
It took me 2 weeks extra to get my own.
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06-07-2011, 06:55 PM | #8 |
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I am a parent, and my kids liked Joes, ect when they were younger. I have to say it never came to that though. Not sure how I would respond because the only time the kids said anything was when they saw it in my collection, Rarely they would watch the old Joe toon or something and say "I like that Stalker guy, can I have one of him?" and the fig was easy enough to catch somewhere. So I can't say for 100% certainty what I would do in that situation.
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06-07-2011, 07:10 PM | #9 |
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Judging by my previous sigs, I think the answer is obvious. (for those who didn't see my previous sigs, they were pics of my son eating club Dial Tone, 25th Alpine, convention Claymore and a carded SDCC Slaughter.) In the end, they are all just toys. Seeing my son happy is better than any piece of plastic.
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06-07-2011, 07:27 PM | #10 |
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no kids here... yet thank god. so my answer is ME. Or maybe the midget that lives in my basement? Whoops, I've said too much already...
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