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Childhood friends that didn't play with action figures..

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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32498

    #16
    ^I had a little cousin who would come over and WRECK my toys while I was at school. His Mom would visit with mine, and while they were yakking, that kid would wander off and invariably break something. He wrecked my brand-new G1 Transformer Prowl the day after I bought it.

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    • EmergencyIan
      Museum Paramedic
      • Aug 31, 2005
      • 5470

      #17
      ^ I can relate. I had a younger cousin who was very destructive like that. One Christmas, I got this neat, and rare, CHiPs RC patrol bike with officer. The cousin proceeded to run it down the hardwood stairs and broke it. I wanted to kill that kid. LOL

      - Ian
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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59200

        #18
        Growing up i had my best friend Neil and the kid who shared a back yard Danny.

        Neil had a few mego figures and such but he also loved sports.

        Danny was sports obsessed, the only thing close to a toy he had were the Star Trek communicators, as he was a Trek fan.

        We pretty much spent summers in a power struggle to play sports or action figures, it was sort of based on who got to Neil first?

        It sounds like it was negative but it really wasn't, I liked Danny, he was just something of a unicorn to me.
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        • EmergencyIan
          Museum Paramedic
          • Aug 31, 2005
          • 5470

          #19
          ^ Well, that was back when kids played outside, all of the time. Even though I loved action figures, and so did my friends, when outside, we mainly did other things.


          - Ian
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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59200

            #20
            Originally posted by EmergencyIan
            ^ Well, that was back when kids played outside, all of the time. Even though I loved action figures, and so did my friends, when outside, we mainly did other things.
            The majority of Canadian kids have a decent period of "Indoor time".
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            • EmergencyIan
              Museum Paramedic
              • Aug 31, 2005
              • 5470

              #21
              Brian, I didn't think of that.

              When inside we did play with action figures and did other things like play hide and seek. But, we could go outside the majority of the time and I suppose parents preferred that. Anyhow, it was often a compromise as to what we decided to do indoors or out.

              - Ian
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              • Spyweb007
                Persistent Member
                • Apr 18, 2006
                • 1449

                #22
                None of my friends had action figures when I was growing up, but one friend did always come play with my figures with me. Other than that the other kids were just not into them. I have more friends now at my age that like and buy toys than I ever knew as a kid.

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                • LonnieFisher
                  Eloquent Member
                  • Jan 19, 2008
                  • 10814

                  #23
                  I also had no friends who played with action figures.

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                  • HardyGirl
                    Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                    • Apr 3, 2007
                    • 13933

                    #24
                    Well, considering I'm a girl...

                    It was all about dolls, but most of the boys I knew in my neighborhood had some Megos, or little plastic soldiers. Since I grew up in NYC, (just outside of Harlem), Megos were more affordable than GIJoes. My boy cousins in CA had GIJoe, Lone Ranger and SMDM. Me and the youngest had Steve and Jaime adventures. From what I know about listening to all the boys talk after the all got their Christmas gifts, the top toys to get back then were some type of action figure, race car set and a basketball.
                    "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                    'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                    Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                    If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                    • VintageJoe70
                      Veteran Member
                      • Oct 12, 2016
                      • 461

                      #25
                      My problem today is finding people my age that are into toys, collecting, etc that live nearby...it's always more fun if you can congregate with others who enjoy toy collecting.
                      https://www.flickr.com/photos/148083...57673799016342

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