“I shall be waiting to reward your genius, or to have you beheaded for terminal stupidity! I have spoken.”
Cobra Commander
That’s right, I have toys. I couldn’t help but buy them when I saw them. My childhood reached up and spoke to me. This is what it said,
“GET THAT SHIT MAN!!!! What you don’t wanna buy a toooooy in front of your lady? You better buy that or I’ll give you some issues to deal with on your birthday. That’s right, you don’t get it and I’ll make sure that you’re buying a motorcycle and a leather jacket when you turn 40. You know you want it, I know you want it…hell she knows you want it. Buy it or I’ll throw a tantrum right here.”
Yeah…G.I. Joe is having it’s 25th anniversary and I saw this:
What young man that watched G.I. Joe or played with the action figures did not love Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow? Lame ones that’s who. I have probably owned at lest 4 variations of Snake Eyes….3 of them have been stolen from me. Those were the days. My cousin would come over and we would spend hours setting up some scenario. Once we were ready to actually play…it would be time for him to go home. I was hurt when I thought Duke was going to die in G.I. Joe the Movie. Oh Yeah…I did get the William “Refrigerator” Perry mail in action figure.
Hell Yeah.
Sadly when I got older…my grandmother saw fit to give them all to my cousin. Which is quite depressing now because some of the 25th anniversary joints are re-releases of figures I actually had. Between them and my Star Wars toys I could own two homes by now…thanks guys really. I’m going to bring this up at Thanksgiving…believe that.
There is a G.I. Joe movie coming out soon…I’m not psyched that Marlon Wayans is in it….but Ray Park playing Snake Eyes is bad ass.
If you think I’m just weird and one of those old geeks…I’ll throw my mother under the bus by saying she (I am to) is now hooked on Ninja Warrior.
Yeah…well, I just won a bid on ebay and am ANXIOUSLY awaiting the arrival of my Batman & Nightwing figures by Ed McGuinnes so yeah…I can relate. I revel in my geek/fanboyness.
Comment by Mark Dub — June 26, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
Loving the Cobra Commander quote. Transformers, G.I Joe…sigh I am having a primary school flash back.
Comment by Empath — June 26, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
Heck man. I have a whole slew of Todd McFarlane Toys/Statues on display in my house inside the glass containers. And I just recently went to Arizona to Todds flagship store and bought the entire line of LOST characters. So I share your geekness bro. More to come that’s for sure!
Comment by Luke Cage — June 27, 2008 @ 10:39 pm