Ooh yeah!! Snap into a slim jim!!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I haven't followed wrestling for years, and don't collect wrestling figures, but this is all kinds of awesome.

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/mattel-announces-first-sdcc-2019-exclusive-wwe-slim-jim-randy-macho-man-savage-elite-action-figure/

Chris

[Hedji]

Not into wrestling myself, but that is awesome. The accessories, the packaging are all great.

I haven't had a Slim Jim in years, but we were raised on them.

I literally remember when I was a young teen, my buddy and I would each get one of these whenever we'd go to the movies:



We could polish off almost all 24 sticks. I remember feeling a bit sick at the time, and doing some wicked burps. Today, the thought nauseates me, the way a parent would punish their child by forcing them to smoke an entire pack of cigarettes if caught smoking. I think, and *hope* my heart has reversed any damage since then, but honestly what was I thinking?

[Werewolf]

I don't eat Slim Jims or watch WWF and even I think that is clever.

[palitoy]

Never watched wrestling or eaten one of those things but I did watch UHF television a lot, so yeah that's pretty funny.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I ate a ton of Slim Jims as a kid. The drugstore up the street stocked them, so I often grabbed one and a Dr. Pepper when I bought my comics or rack toys.

And Randy Savage wrestled in my area before he hit it big, so he was kind of a "local hero" among the big wrestlers of the day. So this was always a win win.

Chris

[GlobalObserver]

The very first time I ever experienced severe heartburn/acid reflux was after eating a Slim Jim when I was around 8 years old. I thought I was having a heart attack and I was about to die.

[sprytel]

blastphemy posted those antique shop pictures, and in one of them was a Domino's Pizza (Avoid the) Noid figure from back in the 80s. I bet it would make a fun list for someone to do all the advertising pitchmen that had a toy made of them. This Slim Jim Randy Savage might be the highest-quality one ever made, though.

[Mikey]

Savage was the perfect cool spokesman for Slim Jims

Really sad what they use now -- that skinny hyperactive nerd

[monitor_ep]

Another SDCC exclusive...I really wanted one of those. Back in the day I used to work at 7-11 when these ads where airing and I have stashed away a Slim Jim cooler that was supposed to have been used to sale the jerky at the counter. I just emptied the container, put them on the shelf where they were and took the cooler home.