Posted on 12/21/2022 2:23:53 PM PST by euram
And you’d be surprised how much you can get selling these old cars on Ebay, regardless of condition, because they will have the missing part a restorer needs.
Guilty. New table saw
Well now with the "new military", Ken and GI Joe are "lifemates".
My girlfriends’s uncle has a small goldmine of antique toys he’s built up over decades. As far as I know, none are restored, and they’re all in pretty good shape. A little rust here and there, but if I were five years old again, I’d play with any of em.
Art-deco looking trucks from the 40s, everyday Tonka trucks from the 70s (with the label “Made in Mound, Minnesota”), pedal cars, weird little cash registers, old wooden trucks and cars, etc.
I had a peripheral connection to the antique “industry” for lack of a better word about 30 years ago, and old toys are big business.
Hmm, I never did get that GI Joe aircraft carrier...
“Honestly, when I become king, there’s going to be hell to pay for people who come up with these”
You mean after your kingscension?
Maybe a pair of fuzzy dice to hang off the mirror?
Ugh, I’m sure you’re right. So sick of woke.
Puke!
Difference is that they received those as kids. Looking at the condition for something most likely over 50 years old, my guess is that he didn’t play with it much.
goes along with the tiny house fad. the recent generations have grown up
Haha. I had one teacher in grammar school who always talked about getting a classic red corvette. So one year I bought a model car and put it together and gave it to him. Probably didn’t get the right year, but at least it was a red corvette.
I got a stick vacuum. Been using it like crazy. Easier than dragging out our old beast.
I guess my daughter did too. She married one.
Probably because she was raised with great values! ;)
“A small percentage of males would bring their toys into the office to decorate their cubes.”
Yes, we’re called “nerds”, it’s okay, you can call us that, we’ve embraced the term :)
Santa is bringing us a chain saw. True confessions - I peeked.
But I’m sure you were all disappointed to find that neither was “anatomically correct” when you decided to change their outfits.
At some point, kids figure out that adults are messing with them. It’s usually around the time when they figure out that Santa isn’t real. I remember being happy and proud when I realized there was no Santa. It was like I took another step toward being a grownup. I knew I would still get presents either way, so no harm, no foul.
Lol!
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