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08-02-2020, 12:15 PM | #24271 |
The Man You Know & Love
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08-02-2020, 01:04 PM | #24272 |
Bald Master
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You just have to come up with a "pitch" for when people raise an eyebrow at your hobby.
It's, it's... the ultimate hybrid. It's art and engineering, emotion and commerce, the blending of material sciences and unadulterated imagination. Toys are the purest expression of joy and fun yet can only ever be made by the hands of experienced, worldly, mature adults. How can one not be enticed by that conundrum? It's like discovering that a hermit who'd never met another person had written the greatest love song of all time! Or just throw another geeky community under the bus instead "They're just toys, it's not like I collect taxidermied animals!" "Better than spending thousands on shoes I literally refuse to wear!" "Hey, at least I'm not a furry!"
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08-02-2020, 01:05 PM | #24273 |
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Ha!!!
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08-02-2020, 01:06 PM | #24274 |
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...if you’ve got a heart then Gumby’s a part of you...doo doo, doo doo, do-dooh!
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08-02-2020, 01:18 PM | #24275 |
Star Brigade Commander
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Thankfully a lot of people my age collect action figures so it’s not as weird as saying I collect something like stamps or something
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08-02-2020, 01:56 PM | #24276 |
A Cimmerian
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I’m a writer, or at least once aspired to be, and playing with Joes was the first form of storytelling for me. Now that I customize, it’s become an art form, as well. I’m at a point where I’m beyond any shame or embarrassment.
My kids think it’s weird though.
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08-02-2020, 02:13 PM | #24277 |
Iron Grenadier
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Well, there's weird, and then there's weird. Weird is someone going like "Oh, that's unusual" and then changing the subject.
Weird is like "I don't feel comfortable leaving any living person or still warm body alone with this dude". Thankfully, most toy collectors that are weird are like that because of a whole bunch of other stuff and not the toy collecting itself.
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08-02-2020, 02:22 PM | #24278 |
The Man You Know & Love
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Well, there's weird, and then there's weird. Weird is someone going like "Oh, that's unusual" and then changing the subject.
Weird is like "I don't feel comfortable leaving any living person or still warm body alone with this dude". Thankfully, most toy collectors that are weird are like that because of a whole bunch of other stuff and not the toy collecting itself. |
08-02-2020, 02:31 PM | #24279 |
A Cimmerian
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Well, there's weird, and then there's weird. Weird is someone going like "Oh, that's unusual" and then changing the subject.
Weird is like "I don't feel comfortable leaving any living person or still warm body alone with this dude". Thankfully, most toy collectors that are weird are like that because of a whole bunch of other stuff and not the toy collecting itself. Well, it’s partly because of me...
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08-02-2020, 02:49 PM | #24280 |
Iron Grenadier
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Oh yeah, a lot of people feel as though they're not "allowed" to pursue certain things. I get it, but at a certain point you gotta ask who's it hurting? If the answer is "nobody" then do what you wanna do if it'll make you happy.
Be a grownup with toys, a man who sews, a woman who works on cars, or a gay person that hates musicals. You'll go insane trying to adhere to what you think the bog standard general issue human being is supposed to be.
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