Heartbreaking Mego story on Comicon Pulse Blog

[drmego]

I have a theory that these tramatic memories are what keep us collecting
these toys today. There is a sense of an unresolved pain too early in
our lives to "get over it".

My brother loved to destroy my toys and I know my comic books were
left behind when we moved in 1973.

Of course the 20somethings now never had to stop playing with toys.
They proudly collect old and new without any sense of loss.

[Raydeen1]

For me at least, this rings at least partially true. I collect for many reasons...figures I always wanted but never had or even saw in stores....Figures I didn't even know existed....Deep rooted, very real and crystal clear memories of certain times in my life that revolved around a certain toy or group of toys, a large dose of nostalgia... I definitely think you're on to something Doc.

I have a theory that these tramatic memories are what keep us collecting
these toys today. There is a sense of an unresolved pain too early in
our lives to "get over it".

My brother loved to destroy my toys and I know my comic books were
left behind when we moved in 1973.

Of course the 20somethings now never had to stop playing with toys.
They proudly collect old and new without any sense of loss.

[bondtoddbond]

With no siblings and no pets, my toys all survived. It great to be an only child.

[Raydeen1]

I had no siblings and only cats for pets but having so many cousins living close by, I didn't need siblings or dogs! lol

With no siblings and no pets, my toys all survived. It great to be an only child.

[saildog]

I have a theory that these tramatic memories are what keep us collecting
these toys today. There is a sense of an unresolved pain too early in
our lives to "get over it".

I know that rings more than a little true, in my case.

I accidentally destroyed my RC Bats when I was a kid (flying him around on a string...then smashing him in to the storage shed in the yard). It was pretty crushing to little-me. I think more than anything, I feared my carelessness showed my Parent's I couldn't be trusted with toys (their hard-earned money).

One of the most satisfying things to me was being able to cobble together one made mostly of repro accessories, then buying a near complete original from one of my good buddies on the board.

Sometimes, you have to make it right for your inner-child.

[PNGwynne]

I unfortunately was hard on my Megoes all by myself. But I do have a story:

When my youngest sister was born (Dec. '74), my other sister & I received presents to prevent jealousy, I guess. (I'm still impressed at how Mom planned this, bought the toys, hid them, and then cued Dad to pass them them out when she was in the hospital.)

I received my first T1 Penguin--I cannot tell you how excited I was--much more so than by my new sister. And scarcely had I opened it, when my other sister grabbed it & broke the knee rivet.

I was crushed, but my grandpa repaired it with a brad.

[HardyGirl]

In all these stories, comes a question I asked many moons ago, (I think on the old board), when your stuff got stolen or destroyed by other kids, where were your parents in the scenario? Were they ever told that your cousins, neighbors or some other kids made off with or broke your stuff, or were you too afraid of being labeled a "snitch" to say anything? My foster sister was grounded and deprived of her allowance for a month for messing up my stuff (she ruined one of my books too).

[DocDrako]

...when your stuff got stolen or destroyed by other kids, where were your parents in the scenario? Were they ever told that your cousins, neighbors or some other kids made off with or broke your stuff, or were you too afraid of being labeled a "snitch" to say anything?...

When my cousin Donald took my cousin Cliff's Fonzie and threw it onto the roof out of jealousy, I don't think we told our parents. There were two main reasons:

1 - Donald would have denied everything, or lied and said one of us did it.

2 - If someone did believe us, and Donald's parents were asked to retrieve or replace it, it would have caused a huge argument because Donald's parents can't admit that he ever did anything wrong.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

No-one dared to touch my stuff.

[Meule]

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Never mind the Megos or the fact that Mom looks like Sigourney Weaver, I want that Christmas display!
George

Dude, she could be Sigourney's twin