Along with my Mother, who is a bit of a collector herself, that episode spoke to me in a profound way. I mean, you had Luke Skywalker, in a Spielberg production, telling us it was okay to hang on to our toys, that even better, they would bring us unmeasurable happiness in the twilight of our lives. For me, it's a very moving episode. Should be required viewing for everyone here.
Palitoy, I feel ya buddy. Been there, and still doing that. We through out the Justin Bieber Tour Bus last month. You may laugh, but that was my kid's Cher or Donnie and Marie toy. It felt wrong to get rid of it, but my wife and daughter both agreed we had no room for it. I think it's important to keep choice pieces, or toys that have special meaning. But yeah, the teenage years are every bit as sad and frustrating as you've heard.
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Luckily my daughter kept all her collectible, boxed Barbie's after she got married last October. She wants to pass them down to her daughter if she's lucky enough to have a girl one day.Leave a comment:
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My grandmother hung on to my dad's toys... I remember these big Captain Video army men that I was particularly fond of... And then she hung onto all my older brothers' favorite toys... Billy Blastoff and Matt Mason and old Matchbox Cars... So when I would go visit her, it was always a treat to play with these boxes of toys I couldn't find anywhere else in the world. It was awesome.
When my grandma passed away, I told my dad to keep those boxes of toys and that I would store them myself if necessary. But most of it got thrown out anyhow. "I just threw out the old stuff that nobody would want anyways."
I'm a big believer in holding on to your treasures (Mark Hamill and "Amazing Stories" taught me that when I was a kid!). Losing those toys devastated me. But you know... my dad and my 3 older brothers were totally unphased at that stuff ending up in a dumpster. So I think folks like us may be in the minority.Leave a comment:
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Yeah, you have a really good space for your stuff, I'm jealous. Oooo, rumpus room! You already have a bunch of awesome movie posters hanging up down there, I'm curious to see the end result, good luck!
I feel your pain.
Oh mine totally is, she's been cleaning her room for a week, it's 10 by 10.....
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The irony...when they reach your age...they are going to want those toys back, pay premium at eBay 2055, lol...Leave a comment:
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We started the hardwood flooring on Saturday but this is going to be our new rumpus room. I've got all the space I'm ever going to get and i'm good
Oh mine totally is, she's been cleaning her room for a week, it's 10 by 10.....My daughter is still young (will be nine next month) but I'm kind of dreading the day she "grows up". I don't think she give all her toys up cold turkey though, if anything I'm kind of worried about her becoming a hoarder.
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Wow, they grow up fast, scary ain't it? I remember she had quite a lot of toys in the play room downstairs, but hey, if it's all cleared out now, you can expand your toy room.
My daughter is still young (will be nine next month) but I'm kind of dreading the day she "grows up". I don't think she give all her toys up cold turkey though, if anything I'm kind of worried about her becoming a hoarder.
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^ I have that regret, too. Selling my MOTU collection shortly after college was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made. I sold all my Star Wars, too. I don't miss those at all, but MOTU still hurts.Leave a comment:
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it is tough to see. my youngest packed it in a year or so back. she wanted to give away all of her Monster High collection and I was like, "hell noooo. do you know how much we spent on all that stuff????" it's all packed away in tubs at the momentLeave a comment:
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Yeah, it was subtle with the boy. He sold all his SW toys to buy Halo army builders, so i didn't notice he'd transitioned from playing with toys to "nerd hummels".
I eventually bought him a plexi case for his JLU figures because those were a father/son bonding thing.
The daughter thing just kind of came out of nowhere. My wife last week said to me "we can renovate the play room any time" and i realised, she hadn't been in there at all this year.Leave a comment:
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I'm dreading this day. I've already told my daughter we will be storing quite a bit of her stuff for her, as I know all too well the regret of "donating" my childhood treasures.Leave a comment:
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^Ooh, that is scary. My son has kind of come back around to wanting to collect Marvel Legends and the like, but when he actually boxed up his toys a few years back, it was hard.
When our daughter packs it all in, I'm not sure what I'll do. I'm thinking she'll still keep at her Legos, though.
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goodbye toys, hello teenagers
My daughter just donated all of her toys to charity this afternoon.
As i loaded the Barbie dreamhouse into the car, i said "You gonna be ok about this?" and her reply was "Yeah, are you?". Damn good question.
I loved playing with my kid's toys and while they still have some "A-List" treasures on display, it felt really weird last Christmas to not visit TRU.
Also, it happened overnight, it kind of scared me.
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