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Well, OK. It involves the one and ONLY experience I had with a removeable cowl Batman when I was a kid.
We went over to my cousin Raymond's house and you know how much I hated going over there. Aside from the fact that I still don't exactly know how we're related, his house was always dirty and smelled a bit off. Not a pungent, nauseting odor, just one of those odors you can't quite identify but is just offensive enough to bother you.
Well, anyway I brought Mego Batman and Robin with me to keep me company and was keeping to myself when I noticed Raymond's toys. Nothing special, but I recognized that tell-tale blue cape from beneath the pile. I was stunned to see when I yanked him out that this Batman had no mask!!! His face, plain as day. I didn't quite understand until I noticed what else had come from beneath that pile- his blue cowl.
Now I didn't even know RC Batman existed. As far as memory served, Bats had a painted cowl when Mego products entered my life. RM Robin wouldn't become a reality until about 7 years ago. What was I to do? I'm only human, succeptable to all our human weaknesses and failures.
Later, at home, I did manage to hide him beneath the sheets when my mom came into my bedroom. But I knew this was one of those I-know-the-answer-but-I'm-asking-anyway questions when she told me about my cousin's doll disappearing. The cost of lying would have been way too great.
You know the drill from there- return the figure, humiliatingly apologize and live in want
He wasn't even really my cousin!
We went over to my cousin Raymond's house and you know how much I hated going over there. Aside from the fact that I still don't exactly know how we're related, his house was always dirty and smelled a bit off. Not a pungent, nauseting odor, just one of those odors you can't quite identify but is just offensive enough to bother you.
Well, anyway I brought Mego Batman and Robin with me to keep me company and was keeping to myself when I noticed Raymond's toys. Nothing special, but I recognized that tell-tale blue cape from beneath the pile. I was stunned to see when I yanked him out that this Batman had no mask!!! His face, plain as day. I didn't quite understand until I noticed what else had come from beneath that pile- his blue cowl.
Now I didn't even know RC Batman existed. As far as memory served, Bats had a painted cowl when Mego products entered my life. RM Robin wouldn't become a reality until about 7 years ago. What was I to do? I'm only human, succeptable to all our human weaknesses and failures.
Later, at home, I did manage to hide him beneath the sheets when my mom came into my bedroom. But I knew this was one of those I-know-the-answer-but-I'm-asking-anyway questions when she told me about my cousin's doll disappearing. The cost of lying would have been way too great.
You know the drill from there- return the figure, humiliatingly apologize and live in want
He wasn't even really my cousin!
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