Somehow I got wrestled into making a collector’s cabinet for him as it seems he has some of the “older” ones which he knows are worth keeping intact and not messing up… the rest I guess he gets to rip the arms off, and scatter parts to the winds LOL.

My sense of innocence lost again — and a boatload of work attached to that as well….

I’m waiting for him to grow up a bit more, then i’ll toss HIM into the ring (wringer) with me.

And.. no, I didn’t convince him to hand over the older figurines (although some evil part inside of me was considering it)

p.s. at one time, in our store, we had a basketfull of wrestler and gi.joe parts (yes legs, feet, hands, heads, etc) over which one buyer one day GLOATED upon finding and quickly forked over his pocket-burning cash. . it’s certainly a funny business.
have a happy new year, y’all.

cheers.
Vince.

Children don’t play like that anymore. I had little metal animals,(I am from the pre-plastic generation)all the breeds of dogs and horses and would play for hours making up stories about where they were going and who lived with whom. All animals in my queendom, no people. I remember quite clearly watching my first TV program at 9, and I was not impressed.

Thanks for finding me over here.

I’ve got a comic book story too, though actually it’s my Dad’s story. He was a big collector through the 70′s (through his 20′s) and had put together runs going back to the early 1950′s on several DC titles. He sold them all to a magazine dealer, got a dime a copy.

Ugh!

Thanks again, Cliff

All’s fair in the collecting game though.

A shame there was no “book” on Marvel comics back in 1966 or so…. I too collected a bunch from five & dime store, for a whold 12 cents a piece (premium well above DC stuff). Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and more all #s from 1 to about 20.
Can you believe it, they were in a box in mudroom, never made it to our new home in 1967 , my mom tossed them in the move. Oh the agony, but then, I was becoming a teenager, who really cared about a few childish comics, right? No biggie.

I currently have a mortage on my property which could have been easily put aside with that box’s contents today. Oh well…… back to playing cards against the wall I go, with book in hand, of course.

So shoot me It’s still fun, book or not.
cheers.
Vince..