Intro / Playing With Dolls

[VinMan]

Welcome! Wish I could say there was a cure, but there is not.

True Statement!!!!

[Bronxboykev]

Hold on... You mean you guys PLAY with your stuff :0 what's this world coming to... Grown men playing with Dolls!!! Sorry Action figures
That why I hate carded figures... You can't take them out and play with them... So where's the fun

With that being said I think I need to go check my Batlab it's due for a tune up

[kisstour03]

That why I hate carded figures... You can't take them out and play with them... So where's the fun

This is also why I prefer loose toys. You can look at them, display them nicely and yes even play with them. I have a few MOC and boxed toys but they are in the minority. Too much stress involved with MOC figures. Don't bend the card, don't dent/crush the bubble, don't display them where the sun can get at them, don't display them unless they're facing north etc etc. BUT the funny thing is since jumping into this Mego thing I'm finding myself drawn to the MOC Pocket Heroes figures. Help me someone.

[SKotK]

SKotK - YOU play with DOLLS? Ppppsssch.... SISSY!!!!

Just kidding of course. I play with dolls. I should probably only speak for myself, but we all play with dolls here. Great story dude. Welcome to the MegoMuseum!

Thanks! Yep, we all play with dolls here. At least, I hope we do.

Nice icon and user name, btw...the Galaxy Explorer brings back a lot of fun memories for me as well. It just now occurs to me: nobody ever called LEGO minifigs dolls! But technically, they are as well.

--SKot

[tllgn]

i still remember the funny look that my folks gave me at christmas of 76 ,i wanted Isis at wards for my superhero set.
they didnt mind superman,batman etc and didnt think anything of it ,but isis ,when i unwrapped it ,all they can
say is 'Ah shes pretty"
.my reply "shes an action figure"" a superhero" ,they said "shes pretty".
"

[SKotK]

My theory is that a collector is created when kids are denied the toys they want. Kids pick up an interest in baseball cards, Pokemon, comics, action figures, soccer, etc.
Most kids try out an interest and then move on to the next thing. If the parent or siblings take it away or condemn it, the child doesn't get to scratch that itch so it
remains an unresolved desire that may manifest itself later.

It's like the girlfriend that dumps you. It takes much longer to move on.

I think you're absolutely right, Doc...the things I'm most obsessive about now I either couldn't get my hands on as a kid or just couldn't afford to "collect them all".

When you become an adult, you have to come to terms with the fact that you will never be able to fulfill a lot of your dreams (I am pretty unlikely to become an astronaut or world-class skateboarder at this point, which I've mostly accepted now!). But there are childhood dreams that you *can* realize, if you've hung onto enough of your innocence to still value those dreams. Finally being able to collect those particular toys you always wanted as a kid is one of them, and it can really bring a lot of joy when you do.

That's what brought me here, and I suspect that's what brings most of you here as well.

--SKot