nostalgia
last night i bought a couple more of these dudes; these little dunnys are my new favorite collectible object. they're so cute and not-cuddly, but still cool. they come in packages that conceal their identity until you open the box; you never know which on you're buying. it's quite a gamble to say the least. with only 20 or so design options, your likelihood of unwittingly buying duplicates is rather high. as i've been purchasing them i've felt i rush that i haven't felt since i used to blow all my lawn mowing money on these:
that, in case you are not saavy, is my box of star wars ccg tournament decks. i pulled these bad boys out of my closet yesterday in a fit of nostalgia; ah, 7th and 8th grade were some of the finest for me. i remember sitting in card shops all across the tri-state area (well...mostly texas. and one in louisiana.) and playing hour-long games with other pale, glasses-wearing fellows. and their fathers. there was something alluring to the strategy inherent in the game, where you created your own 60 card deck and pitted your instinct and style against anothers. i now recognize what a slave i was to the marketing back then, since to construct my two perfect stacks of 60 i bought about 4000 cards. but heck, i was in 7th grade; it's not like i had to pay for car insurance. i'm afraid that if i still played this game (which, i found out after a google search today, was retired a good half-decade ago) i would be looked upon as a super nerd not worthy of my excellent music library, but man...it might be worth it. star wars cards is freakin fun.
...i shall keep this sacred box in a dust-free place until the time is right for its unearthing.
...stop judging me.
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7:47 AMI must say: I'd never heard of those Kidrobot things until your post, and man! They're awesome! I'm thinking about getting myself a little apparrel to celebrate such grandeur.
Otherwise, consider yourself un-judged on the Star Wars cards. I never played card games growing up, which had little to do with lack of want - but, rather, lack of job and, thus, money. My alter ego comes out when I reunite with my POGS. I still have three tubes upstairs. Truly, they're not the refined versions of POGS, meaning "they're not all official POG brand," but they were hot to me. I remember gazing into water troughs at M.J. Designs in Fort Worth (I think on Hulen... no, that's not right), seeing stacks and mounds of the wondrous little flying discs. They were originally $0.50 a POG. When people realized that POGS were really quite flat after all, they dropped to $0.02/POG... then to $0.01.
Such a joy.
10:22 AM
yeah dude, i think i still have a bin of pogs somewhere. my pride and joy was a quadruple steel slammer that was pretty much impossible to beat.
9:30 PM
one time i bought a pack of 500 pogs at wal-mart in a big bag. i think it cost about $5.
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