We hate them, curse them, make fun of them and yet...some have already admitted to owning Beanies, so I too will come clean...I have the set of Mulan Beanies! The only justification that I can offer is that Mushu makes a great Taun Taun substitute for many figures. (Talking Mushu already freaked me out, though, when he fell off the scanner and shouted: "I am Mushu! My powers are beyond mortal imagination!" at 3 AM!) I got them for a friend and ended up keeping them...Sounds kinda like rot syndrome, doesn't it?
Oh, but that's not the end of it...on the contrary, that was just the start! Y'see, reading RTAFD has slowly reached some subconscious region of my mind and filled my head with funny messages!
It doesn't stop...Knights of Tir Na Nog...Dark Ages...FC's...Those little voices just *won't* stop...
I resisted as long as I could, but it was only a matter of time before I finally caved in. I can't believe it...I've just bought a bunch of Masters of the Universe figures! And I even got some She-Ra dollies.
She-Ra dollies?!!
But the last straw came when I realized I had spent the last three hours grooming them! Yup, shampooing their hair, cleaning them up, and even putting little rollers on their heads to get the hair all wavy again! (Ok, that was my mom's idea...) Hey, they were messed up when I got them, ok? ;)
Yes, I've officially gone toy crazy today. So I guess I'm the latest hapless victim to be influenced by the dark side of RTAFD! <sniff> Just when I was gonna reduce my toy spending you all had to get me interested in all sorts of cool toys again. There, are you happy? Are you?!! (Aponce breaks down into a sobbing mess...)
***pon...@flash.net*** wrote: > I resisted as long as I could, but it was only a matter of time before > I finally caved in. I can't believe it...I've just bought a bunch of > Masters of the Universe figures!
Hey, they're one of my favorite lines! I've got a near-complete collection of loose figures. Now if I can only find an Eternia playset . . .
And I even got some She-Ra dollies.
> She-Ra dollies?!!
> But the last straw came when I realized I had spent the last three > hours grooming them! Yup, shampooing their hair, cleaning them up, > and even putting little rollers on their heads to get the hair all > wavy again! (Ok, that was my mom's idea...) Hey, they were messed up > when I got them, ok? ;)
Just make sure you lock the door when you do this, all right? Otherwise, you'll have a hard time explaining matters! ;)
> Yes, I've officially gone toy crazy today. So I guess I'm the latest > hapless victim to be influenced by the dark side of RTAFD! <sniff> > Just when I was gonna reduce my toy spending you all had to get me > interested in all sorts of cool toys again. There, are you happy? > Are you?!! (Aponce breaks down into a sobbing mess...)
Of course, we're happy! If we're going to be broke buying toys, everyone should be reduced to the same state!
Aponce wrote: > We hate them, curse them, make fun of them and yet...some have already > admitted to owning Beanies, so I too will come clean...I have the set > of Mulan Beanies! The only justification that I can offer is that > Mushu makes a great Taun Taun substitute for many figures. (Talking > Mushu already freaked me out, though, when he fell off the scanner and > shouted: "I am Mushu! My powers are beyond mortal imagination!" at 3 > AM!) I got them for a friend and ended up keeping them...Sounds kinda > like rot syndrome, doesn't it?
*sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
wine "who hopes it was just temporary insanity"
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>*sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed >owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun >to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
>wine >"who hopes it was just temporary insanity"
*rotfl*
Priceless, wine. Absolutely priceless!
-Cliff (looking for his nail gun and new Count Chocula beanie...) -- \ /\ Cliff Blanchette ^_/ \ / \^^\ ban...@leland.stanford.edu / \ / \ \ \ / p_-^^/ w//\Vv \ VV // \ \ ( V\/^^\ Cc\ \_Cccd__Cccd/____ | Imagination is more \ \ important / / than knowledge. Knowledge \ ^^ is // limited. Imagination L "\ <=cEE/ encircles the world. loo -Albert Einstein
I know. I'm now the ashamed owner of a little turtle and dog. --Ryan-- "I just got an idea! Spawn Beanie Babies! CompleTe with guns; and when you squeeze them, liquids ooze out! I'd buy them."
> *sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed > owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun > to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
> wine > "who hopes it was just temporary insanity"
***pon...@flash.net*** (Aponce) wrote: >Yes, I've officially gone toy crazy today. So I guess I'm the latest >hapless victim to be influenced by the dark side of RTAFD! <sniff> >Just when I was gonna reduce my toy spending you all had to get me >interested in all sorts of cool toys again. There, are you happy? >Are you?!! (Aponce breaks down into a sobbing mess...)
This is the kind of story I love to hear. So many people are getting into the hobby because of "investment potential" or "calculated resale." It's great to hear that more and more people are going toy crazy for the simple love of toys.
>> We hate them, curse them, make fun of them and yet...some have already >> admitted to owning Beanies, so I too will come clean...I have the set >> of Mulan Beanies! The only justification that I can offer is that >> Mushu makes a great Taun Taun substitute for many figures. (Talking >> Mushu already freaked me out, though, when he fell off the scanner and >> shouted: "I am Mushu! My powers are beyond mortal imagination!" at 3 >> AM!) I got them for a friend and ended up keeping them...Sounds kinda >> like rot syndrome, doesn't it?
>*sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed >owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun >to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
hEEEEEY Wiiiiiine, just so you know, that's where my (now 35) beanie army started. I just saw the little bat, and I had to have him. "Ohhhh, he's so cute, look at that face..." And then I was given a Kitty. And a Unicorn. and a Dragon, and now I have a whole bunch of them. (I just bought one of those kid's stuffed animal chains to contain them a bit more, though I need more than the 10 hooks they supplied).
^i^ pixie, who thinks wine will come to the dark side.
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Joan Pixie wrote: > >*sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed > >owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun > >to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
> hEEEEEY Wiiiiiine, just so you know, that's where my (now 35) beanie > army started. I just saw the little bat, and I had to have him. > "Ohhhh, he's so cute, look at that face..." And then I was given a > Kitty. And a Unicorn. and a Dragon, and now I have a whole bunch of > them. (I just bought one of those kid's stuffed animal chains to > contain them a bit more, though I need more than the 10 hooks they > supplied).
Actually Pixie, I was thinking of picking a bunch up, taking them apart and sewing a big beanie-baby skin rug for those cold winter nights ... or maybe a beanie-fur coat that I can wear to toy shows ... imagine the fun .... imagine the hysteria ... imagine being drawn and quartered by beanie-obsessives -- painful, but o so worth it ;-p
> ^i^ pixie, who thinks wine will come to the dark side.
Ain't even nowhere close girlfriend ... *g*
wine
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Joan Pixie wrote: > ^i^ pixie, standing at the canadian border, shaking a bag of cute and > cuddly beanies in the general direction of wine. Sure you don't want > a peek??
Sure ... I need something special for the collar ... how about that multi-coloured bear?
wine "Peace, baby *g*"
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> Actually Pixie, I was thinking of picking a bunch up, taking them apart > and sewing a big beanie-baby skin rug for those cold winter nights ... > or maybe a beanie-fur coat that I can wear to toy shows ... imagine > the fun .... imagine the hysteria ... imagine being drawn and > quartered by beanie-obsessives -- painful, but o so worth it ;-p
a beanie bear skin rug for all those independent Co. females who don't seem to have any clothes to wear, what a great idea.
However, I must say that this post has amazing timeing since "Viva Variety" just did a Star Trek game show with a grand prize of a Tribble fur coat!
> > We hate them, curse them, make fun of them and yet...some have already > > admitted to owning Beanies, so I too will come clean...I have the set > > of Mulan Beanies! The only justification that I can offer is that > > Mushu makes a great Taun Taun substitute for many figures. (Talking > > Mushu already freaked me out, though, when he fell off the scanner and > > shouted: "I am Mushu! My powers are beyond mortal imagination!" at 3 > > AM!) I got them for a friend and ended up keeping them...Sounds kinda > > like rot syndrome, doesn't it?
> *sigh* ... I know what you mean ... I am now the somewhat perplexed > owner of a little brown bat beanie ... then again, I used the staple gun > to stick him to the wall, so all is not *quite* lost ....
> wine > "who hopes it was just temporary insanity"
I like your style, Wine! The Meanie Beanies appeal to me. I voluntarily bought both Splat the Road Kill Cat (what I threaten doing with my 3 felines sometimes) and Lucky the one-footed rabbit. They appeal to my morbid sense of humor. This could become a habit. I'm eyeing Dalmutation and Velocicrapper....
I also have the pleasure(?) of living with a 10 year-old beany baby collector. Fortunately she recognizes that they have more play value than monetary value and immediately rips the tags off just before inviting them in for some imaginative play. I found her holy grail today at a toy show (THANKS Bev and Byrna for telling am about the show!) at a price I could live with - I found Princess for $30. Yeah, I know it's more than it's worth, but it's the cheapest price I've seen so far and all the other ones at the show were listed between $40 and $60. I know Alexi really wants this one and she knows they cost more than I'm willing to spend on them. So I think she's going to be pretty surprised in October when she gets one for her birthday. I have no doubt she will be extremely appreciative of the gift and since the teenage years aren't too far off, I need to gather as much appreciation as I can get NOW! *grin* Besides, she doesn't have to know that I got it for less than what she's seen them listed for. I can milk her appreciation for all its worth....*strategic grin*
The saddest thing I heard at today's show though was a mother (my assumption) saying to her daughter (age 7 to 8) regarding purchasing a beany baby, "But if I buy that for you, you won't be able to play with it. You'll have to keep it in its little (clear) box." That's SAD! I'm going to smile when Alexi rips the tag off of her Princess BB and enjoy hearing of their adventures together.
Roxi
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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:16:12 -0700, wine <w...@ican.net> wrote: >Actually Pixie, I was thinking of picking a bunch up, taking them apart >and sewing a big beanie-baby skin rug for those cold winter nights ... >or maybe a beanie-fur coat that I can wear to toy shows ... imagine >the fun .... imagine the hysteria ... imagine being drawn and >quartered by beanie-obsessives -- painful, but o so worth it ;-p
LOL!!! Oh baby, that's a coat! I think people would be downright horrified. If I find any more $5 Princess bears, after Marcia gets hers, it's yours, for the center of the great coat.
>> ^i^ pixie, who thinks wine will come to the dark side.
>Ain't even nowhere close girlfriend ... *g*
^i^ pixie, standing at the canadian border, shaking a bag of cute and cuddly beanies in the general direction of wine. Sure you don't want a peek??
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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:51:17 GMT, uro...@vmmc.org wrote:
>Hey, they're one of my favorite lines! I've got a near-complete collection of >loose figures. Now if I can only find an Eternia playset . . .
How cool...MOTU is one of my childhood favs as well! I've been looking through my old toys for anything and...well, that's a story for another post. ;)
>And I even got some She-Ra dollies.
I dunno why, but these figures became instant favorites when I took them out of the box! Maybe it's their connection to MOTU or my sudden desire to recreate the Amazon Nation. (Or maybe I just snapped! <G>)
>> But the last straw came when I realized I had spent the last three >> hours grooming them! Yup, shampooing their hair, cleaning them up, >> and even putting little rollers on their heads to get the hair all >> wavy again! (Ok, that was my mom's idea...) Hey, they were messed up >> when I got them, ok? ;)
>Just make sure you lock the door when you do this, all right? Otherwise, >you'll have a hard time explaining matters! ;)
Too late! My friend came over to give me a surprise package (How cool...he got me a Gabrielle action figure!) that same day. Normally he would've stayed awhile, but when he saw the little dollies over the kitchen counter with their hair in rollers, he suddenly had to go. He just handed me Gabrielle and slowly backed away as I gleefully showed my new toy to my dollies and declared: "Bow before your Amazon Princess!" ;)
>Of course, we're happy! If we're going to be broke buying toys, everyone >should be reduced to the same state!
Speak for yourself! I, for one, am not happy...I'm giddy! Giddy of anticipation for the rest of my MOTU packages to come in this week! And when I get my Xena figures, I'll probably get *all* my toys together, throw the bed to the side and have an all-out war in the middle of my room! ;)
Aponce "I'd better start drawing out the battle lines!"
Joan Pixie wrote: > ^i^ pixie, standing at the canadian border, shaking a bag of cute and > cuddly beanies in the general direction of wine. Sure you don't want > a peek??
out storms rot with a hockey stick screaming, "take your filthy american ways and begone!", throwing tubs of poutine at the scurrying pixie rot "damn beanie peddlars... nice rack tho"
-- "the chief enemy of creativity is good taste" - Picasso real address: gee...@ican.net web site www.corpusnet.com/geezuz
Aponce wrote: > Yes, I've officially gone toy crazy today. So I guess I'm the latest > hapless victim to be influenced by the dark side of RTAFD! <sniff> > Just when I was gonna reduce my toy spending you all had to get me > interested in all sorts of cool toys again. There, are you happy? > Are you?!! (Aponce breaks down into a sobbing mess...)
i warned y'all about that nasty virus going around [it seems to start out with some sort of heman influence... tho beanies and thundercats are other good signs]. i think we had better quarantine rtaf-d right away... there's no telling how far or fast this could spread... and imagine if it gets over to the original rtaf and dethpike or nugenic catch it and start buying up all the knights of eggnog just cause they're so cool. egads! rot "i love virus movies"
-- "the chief enemy of creativity is good taste" - Picasso real address: gee...@ican.net web site www.corpusnet.com/geezuz
r...@jlc.net wrote: > I'm going to smile when Alexi rips > the tag off of her Princess BB and enjoy hearing of their adventures > together.
after a quick discussion with wine.... all you beanie collecters that rip off the tags, we need those tags for wine's "coat of many beanies"... and of course, they all need to have those little plastic protectors on too. rot "who will personally assist wine in replicating the really "rare" beanies for better shock value" -- "the chief enemy of creativity is good taste" - Picasso real address: gee...@ican.net web site www.corpusnet.com/geezuz
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:51:38 GMT, r...@jlc.net wrote:
>The saddest thing I heard at today's show though was a mother (my assumption) >saying to her daughter (age 7 to 8) regarding purchasing a beany baby, "But >if I buy that for you, you won't be able to play with it. You'll have to keep >it in its little (clear) box." That's SAD! I'm going to smile when Alexi rips >the tag off of her Princess BB and enjoy hearing of their adventures >together.
whoah... that is SO sad. How could someone buy their kid a toy and then make them keep it in a stupid box? *sigh* some people _really_ don't get it.
^i^ pixie, who is disgusted by the way people are suckered in by the "trends" of "value". Anyone who thinks these are gonna be worth a damn penny in 5 years is insane.
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:40:36 -0700, rot <gee...@ican.nett> wrote: >out storms rot with a hockey stick screaming, "take your filthy american ways >and begone!", throwing tubs of poutine at the scurrying pixie
Poutine is known as Disco Fries here! I'm not afraid of your fries! no way!
>rot >"damn beanie peddlars... nice rack tho"
ummm... ummmm... thanks?
^i^ pixie, who wonders why they all think about poutine all the time. --/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/ Empress of rec.toys.action-figures "why don't those stupid idiots let me into their crappy club for jerks?" --Homer Simpson (draw little hearts here) JS (draw some more hearts)
Joan Pixie wrote in message <35bc9edd.1913...@news.cloud9.com>... >On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:40:36 -0700, rot <gee...@ican.nett> wrote:
>>out storms rot with a hockey stick screaming, "take your filthy american ways >>and begone!", throwing tubs of poutine at the scurrying pixie >Poutine is known as Disco Fries here! I'm not afraid of your fries!
hearts)
Poutine?? Disco fries?? what the HELL are you people talking about??
Or is this another of those odd things like Orbit.... (that drink with the gummy things in it you've been mentioning??)
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Then maybe you'll be happy to know that a "Virus" movie, based off the comic book, is coming out soon complete with a line of action figures. I've seen pictures of the movie and the figures. There's also going to be an exclusive figure of one of the characters infected with the virus, although I can't remember who it is and who's selling it. --Ryan--
Joan Pixie wrote: > whoah... that is SO sad. How could someone buy their kid a toy and > then make them keep it in a stupid box? *sigh* some people _really_ > don't get it.
> ^i^ pixie, who is disgusted by the way people are suckered in by the > "trends" of "value". Anyone who thinks these are gonna be worth a damn > penny in 5 years is insane.
my dad bought us a slot car racing set for christmas one year.... he wouldn't let us play with it either. rot "but that's because he and his football buddies were always embroiled in "important" races all the time" -- "the chief enemy of creativity is good taste" - Picasso real address: gee...@ican.net web site www.corpusnet.com/geezuz
Ryan Kasnick wrote: > I can't resist. Make it a turtle neck! > --Ryan-- > "They're not bad jokes, just misunderstood."
Oooooh ... that was almost bad enough to make me hold my nose and run screaming from the room .... and I gotta tell ya, that's not easily done -- just ask rot *g*
wine "keep 'em coming Ryan ..."
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> Oooooh ... that was almost bad enough to make me hold > my nose and run screaming from the room .... and I gotta > tell ya, that's not easily done -- just ask rot *g*
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