Froggie Thoughts: Action Figures!
As a kid…
- Beg parents to buy action figure.
- Parents finally give in.
- Go to the toy store and get action figure.
- Car ride home, giant smile on face. Can’t wait to play with action figure!
- Get home, run to your room. Tear open the packaging.
- Play with action figure.
- Kung Fu grip! Hiiiii yah!
As an adult…
- See same action figure on eBay.
- Get nostalgic.
- Place bid on item, 3000 times the price your parents paid for it.
- Item still in original packaging. (Nice!)
- Win auction, wait for item to ship.
- Action figure arrives. Take it out…put on shelf. Still in original packaging.
- Stare at action figure.
- Take picture of action figure, post online.
- Friends make comments like, “Ooooo…and it’s still in the original packaging!”
- Stare at action figure some more.
- Inner kid wants you to tear open that motherfucker and play with it!
- But it will lose it’s value.
- KUNG FU GRIP!
- I need to keep it in mint condition.
- The dude has a sword! Take it out, and start pretending to chop bad guys with it!
- Do you know how much this will be worth in 10 years? It’s an investment.
- Ugh. You’re no fun anymore.
