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I LIKE TOYS...
::: Not ALL toys. I'm not a big fan
of the older style G.I. Joes,
and I'll be honest, Barbies
just flat don't do ANYTHING for me. I'll admit, Bob Mackie
makes some right fine duds for that pointy-breasted broad,
but I'll take a REAL woman packing heat any day over a BARBIE.
::: If you hate me for liking toys
with attitude, I'm sorry. Maybe you can find some written
pap more to your liking, but I'm looking around at my walls
and they are festooned with some of the most vivacious, beautiful
and dangerous women, men and creatures that the evil minds
of toy companies can think up.
::: I like Hot Wheels, Star
Wars action figures, and even - yes I will admit it -
some Beanie Babies. But what got me started collecting
ANYTHING was Tomb Raider goodies. The first TR item I purchased
online was a watch given by Eidos to their employees. When
I got it, I kept picking it up and looking at it, smiling
to myself, but I would never WEAR it. So I put it in a drawer
and didn't think about "collecting" again for a
long time.
::: Then, about a year ago, I again
entered "Tomb Raider" into a search on eBay. The
quantity and quality of cool stuff that came up on my screen
made my heart race and my butt-pucker. Could I afford this
stuff? What would Eric (my Significant Other)
think when this stuff started rolling in?
::: For those of you who haven't experienced
it, eBay is an addictive menace. Yes, I believe that. Sex,
Drugs and eBay. I have since bought (and sold) things that
I never needed, would never use and possibly didn't even want,
all because of the siren call of eBay.
::: So, now I have tons of cool stuff.
Some of it is hanging on my walls, arrayed artistically or
in some fen shui fashion across my desk or stuffed safely
into Rubbermaid containers and tough cardboard boxes carefully
labeled. And all of it will show up here eventually! I love
showing off my stuff. My kids think I own my own personal
toy store, my friends think I'm crazy and Eric? Well, Eric
is just happy I have a hobby!
::: If you notice that there is something
I am missing from my collection, and you know where I can
get it - LET ME KNOW!
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