Some childhood toys stories of mine...
Fondest memory was probably my Monchichi monkey I got for Christmas. I was snooping for presents early and actually found him hidden in my parents closet weeks before Christmas! I instantly fell in love with the little guy, but had to contain myself as not to give away that I had found it. It was the longest 2 weeks or so of my life.
Once I opened him up on Christmas day he rarely left my side. He looks like hell now, and got so beat up over the years that my mom actually tossed him in the trash about 3 different times, but I always dug him out and kept him. I call him Old Chi now. He is proudly displayed in on of my Detolfs. I will probably be buried with him.
Second big memory was with Transformers. I remember wanting Transformers a lot growing up and always playing with other kids' TF on the playground etc. as the only ones I really ever got were the small ones and knock off types. My family couldn't really get all the expensive toy goodies of the time but we made due. I remember one Christmas getting a big box and opening it up... inside was my first ever actual big Transformer! Jetfire! Woo hoo! I knew what this meant to get, it was a big one, and pretty pricey at the time. I was so happy. Everytime I played with it I would always clean it afterward and put it neatly back in it's box. I never played with it in any sandboxes or other areas it could get beat up. I kept it pristine. It was my only TF, and I was going to keep it minty. I still have it with it's box today, still in excellent condition. Nice to find out it's one of the more expensive ones too now.
Thirdly was when I first started dating Angie. She was over hanging out and asked to use the computer cause she wanted to check something on Ebay... I was like, "What's Ebay?"... she then said something like... "I'll probably regret showing you but come here and I'll show you..." And she showed me how Ebay worked... I said, "So you can just look up stuff and find it to buy it? Stuff that's no longer in stores and stuff?" The first thing I looked up was the Maxx statue from CS Moore... I remember seeing it in an ad in the comic back in 1994 or whatever and thinking how much I would love to own it... but there was no way I could ever afford it. ($175+ retail lol) So I had her check ebay for one... and there it was... several of them for the taking... all way below retail years later after being sold out! I was hooked.
I soon bought one and I believe that was the first statue I ever bought. Paid between $45-$75 for it, don't really remember. But I soon was looking up everything that alluded me in the past. Good times.
