Comparing now to way back when.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by crash_override

One of these things?

I wish. That reminds me of Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries so much. I used to pretend to enjoy the company of annoying cousins just so I could sleep over at their house and eat their superior cereals in the morning. My cereals usually came in a box with little variation in color, which, to a kid, is a major indication of quality. The less colors on the box, the less awesome you think it is. Marketing is a beast.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

what type of G.I. Joe are you referring to? the Doll looking one that was huge? or the smaller ones? I had an original storm shadow that I would bring to the neighborhood G.I. Joe battles

The small plastic ones who's legs were attached to the abdomen via a rubber band running through the inside of the figure. The arms and legs bent, and made excellent "about to knock you out" stances. But older ones never stayed, as their joints were too loose and were inevitably used as the one's "getting knocked out".

Add a couple packets of ketchup for gore and you got yourself a massacre.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It where they grow cranberries.

They work the same way as rice paddies. They're flat, dry patches of land with canals surrounding them for most of the year, but when harvest time comes they flood them about waist-deep with water. The cranberries float and the workers wander in with hip waders on and use these rake-looking things and big floating barricades to corral the berries over to the edge of the water where they're scooped up and loaded onto trucks. Here's a picture of harvest time:

Hmm. I don't think I would build forts there.
I'm not even sure I enjoy cranberries, to be honest. But it looks like those guys are having plenty of fun.
I'm not really sure how to end this reply...

djchameleon · 01-11-2011, 12:22 AM

I was a spoiled brat back then so my toy collection was pretty large.

I had ninja turtle action figures...double dragon action figures with the car. the car was a must have because it had some plastic discs that it would fire out. My G.I. joes, I also had these cardboard type planes that you would have to assemble....no I think they were foam if I remember correctly. I had a huge pog collection. I was taking pogs from my friends left and right.

**Janszoon** · 01-11-2011, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Hmm. I don't think I would build forts there.
I'm not even sure I enjoy cranberries, to be honest. But it looks like those guys are having plenty of fun.
I'm not really sure how to end this reply...

I enjoy cranberries, but as you could probably guess, they're kind of a part of the culture where I grew up. I always though it was funny when I moved to Chicago because people who saw me drinking cranberry juice would always assume I had a urinary tract infection since I couldn't possibly be drinking it because I liked the taste.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:32 AM

I got my toys second-hand. Most of them came from cousins. But my cousin Matt did give me a freakin' Ninja Turtle Sewer System, plus the turtle van, all 4 turtles, Bebop, Splinter, and another one that I forget the name... oh Rat king I think. I was PROFILIN' with thems toys. When they fought each other, it was always just an act. I just liked staring at them.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I enjoy cranberries, but as you could probably guess, they're kind of a part of the culture where I grew up. I always though it was funny when I moved to Chicago because people who saw me drinking cranberry juice would always assume I had a urinary tract infection since I couldn't possibly be drinking it because I liked the taste.

Haha...
"Hey man, you got a cold, or are you just drinking that Robitussin because it's disgusting?"
Yea I can't do the cranberry thing. I think the major rift between me and cranberry happened while I was stationed in Germany.. I had bought a 5th of Vodka and all that was available was a bunch of cranberry juice. So I made vodka cranberries for myself the whole bottle. The next day when I dropped my dueces, they smelled like cranberries. I have never been able to shake the association.

I'm sorta weird about that though. If I smell something gross while addressing something, it's like an auto attach. Even porn can be ruined by my own farts.
/attractive banter.

djchameleon · 01-11-2011, 12:38 AM

did you ever get so mad and pissed off during action figure fights with your friends that it lead to play fighting? lol.....

that was always hilarious when it happened....like "no, you can't come back from that attack" and then fists start flying

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

did you ever get so mad and pissed off during action figure fights with your friends that it lead to play fighting? lol.....

that was always hilarious when it happened....like "no, you can't come back from that attack" and then fists start flying

You know something, I never really thought about it but I wouldn't fight my friend's toys. The only way I ever fought action figures is if I had control of both of them, because I actually placed a pretty significant emphasis on how the punches looked when they were thrown and how I thought the victim should react. It was inevitably always in slow motion, but I enjoyed choreographing the motions.

Otherwise though, ESPECIALLY WHEN MORTAL KOMBAT FIRST CAME OUT, me and friends or cousins would just be ninjas and beat the crap out of each other in the yard.

Freebase Dali · 01-11-2011, 12:46 AM

My favorite gimmick was running to the bathroom and grabbing two bath towels and slinging each over a shoulder and proclaiming that I was indeed Scorpion, then I'd scream "get over here" in a prepubescent triumph.

**Janszoon** · 01-11-2011, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

...pogs...

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

...Ninja Turtle Sewer System...

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

...MORTAL KOMBAT...

Uh-oh, a generation gap has erupted. I'll retreat back to my cranberry bog for safety with my Star Wars figures and my Donkey Kong.

01-11-2011, 12:32 AM	#15 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I got my toys second-hand. Most of them came from cousins. But my cousin Matt did give me a freakin' Ninja Turtle Sewer System, plus the turtle van, all 4 turtles, Bebop, Splinter, and another one that I forget the name... oh Rat king I think. I was PROFILIN' with thems toys. When they fought each other, it was always just an act. I just liked staring at them.

01-11-2011, 12:46 AM	#19 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	My favorite gimmick was running to the bathroom and grabbing two bath towels and slinging each over a shoulder and proclaiming that I was indeed Scorpion, then I'd scream "get over here" in a prepubescent triumph.