Re: A New 12 inch INDIANA JONES ACTION FIGURE???! Whoaaaa! Sign me up, baby - (silence) ... HOW!! much?

Posted by nobody from jcmcmahon.ne.mediaone.net on May 11, 1999 at 15:44:11:

In Reply to: A New 12 inch INDIANA JONES ACTION FIGURE???! Whoaaaa! Sign me up, baby - (silence) ... HOW!! much? posted by Dietrich on May 11, 1999 at 15:16:19:

Great story! I too was an action figure junkie, and would kill to be reunited with my colection of Big Jims, G.I. Joes, 6 Million Dollar man etc. I was a bit too old for figures by the time Raiders came out. Now, ask yourself, if you buy that figure, will you be able to not take it out of the box, not play with it? Because if you buy it, it will appreciate in value, especially if they make another movie. But only if you leave it be. Can you do that? 3000 is susch a small number, you would definitely make a profit. Just don't touch it!

: All -

: Let me tell you all a story. If you're not interested in fond memories of a Lucas and Spielbergian childhood, then leave now. Okay, for everyone that's still reading... When I was little, I fell in love with Raiders of the Lost Ark. I used to run down the hill in my backyard that summer and whistle the Indiana Jones theme song while I brandished a saddle bag ripped off of my family's hobby horse and a clay handled clothes line whip.

: Man I loved that movie. I made my parents take me to see it twice (that was a big deal back then) and for my sixth birthday that coming December I asked for a bunch of the toys from Kenner. Empire Strikes Back toys were still going strong and I had my eye on one of those AT-ATs, but this was Indiana Jones we were talking about. I had to have 'em. Lo and behold, my parents surprised me the entire action figure line. I was estatic. With those figures and the playsets from Santa come Christmas - I had the entire Kenner Indy collection. Well... almost, anyway. You see, that damn twelve inch doll was near impossible to get. My parents couldn't find it anywhere. They looked at every toy store in the Pittsburgh area but that thing wqs tougher to track down than a missle-firing Boba Fett. Well I scrounged and I scraped and after Christmas - I was determined to see for myself whether or not I could find this thing.

: My parents took me to a Children's Palace (does anyone remember those?) and praise Jehovah ("Ooooh, IDIOT! In Latin Iehovah starts witha an "IIIIIII'") there it was. It was like gazing upon the Holy Grail. I reached up on my tiptoes and I pulled that big yellow box down. There couldn't have been more than two of them. I looked at that figure - which was really nothing more than the Han Solo 12 inch with a new jacket and it was like manna from heaven.

: But then my dad, who was wandering the store, found these Universal Monsters 8 inch figures on sale. As he figured, I could get ALL four (Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman and the Mummy) for the price of that Indy figure. Why get one figure when I could have four? With both Christmas and my birthday over, he started making a lot of sense. So I put the Indiana Jones figure of my dreams back on that shelf. (Okay, actually on the one below it. It was hard enough getting that thing down the first time.) And I regretted that day for the REST OF MY LIFE. Damn, I shoulda bought that figure. Little did I know that my dad was as big a Mummy freak as I am an Indy freak and probably just wanted to take it out and play with it.

: Recently, I saw one of the Indy guys MIB at a comic book convention for about a hundred bucks. I just started working, so I had a nice big paycheck burning a hole in my back pocket - but I didn't buy it. This time though, I didn't buy it because I'm 23 years old and I realize that figure looks like dog shit. It doesn't even look like ol' Harry Ford! Not to mention that lampshade fedora!

: And now here we are. A new Indy figure has sprung up. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't going to click back to that link at least fifty more times tonight.... but THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!!??????!!!!! Dear God, fellow IndyFans - I could buy a DVD player for that much! A new TV... Car stereo... Pay off some of my student loans... $350 bucks. Somebody please... talk me into buying this thing. Convince me that it's worth it. Convince me I wouldn't be insane to spend that much on an action figure. And if you do convince me, whatever the cost - DO NOT TELL MY GIRLFRIEND HOW MUCH IT COST!!! Dammit. Three hundred and fifty bucks. Life ain't fair....

: - Dietrich

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: Great story! I too was an action figure junkie, and would kill to be reunited with my colection of Big Jims, G.I. Joes, 6 Million Dollar man etc. I was a bit too old for figures by the time Raiders came out. Now, ask yourself, if you buy that figure, will you be able to not take it out of the box, not play with it? Because if you buy it, it will appreciate in value, especially if they make another movie. But only if you leave it be. Can you do that? 3000 is susch a small number, you would definitely make a profit. Just don't touch it!

: : All -

: : Let me tell you all a story.  If you're not interested in fond memories of a Lucas and Spielbergian childhood, then leave now.  Okay, for everyone that's still reading...  When I was little, I fell in love with Raiders of the Lost Ark.  I used to run down the hill in my backyard that summer and whistle the Indiana Jones theme song while I brandished a saddle bag ripped off of my family's hobby horse and a clay handled clothes line whip.

: : Man I loved that movie.  I made my parents take me to see it twice (that was a big deal back then) and for my sixth birthday that coming December  I asked for a bunch of the toys from Kenner.  Empire Strikes Back toys were still going strong and I had my eye on one of those AT-ATs, but this was Indiana Jones we were talking about.  I had to have 'em.  Lo and behold, my parents surprised me the entire action figure line.  I was estatic.   With those figures and the playsets from Santa come Christmas - I had the entire Kenner Indy collection.  Well...  almost, anyway.  You see, that damn twelve inch doll was near impossible to get.  My parents couldn't find it anywhere.  They looked at every toy store in the Pittsburgh area but that thing wqs tougher to track down than a missle-firing Boba Fett.  Well I scrounged and I scraped and after Christmas - I was determined to see for myself whether or not I could find this thing.

: : My parents took me to a Children's Palace (does anyone remember those?) and praise Jehovah ("Ooooh, IDIOT!  In Latin Iehovah starts witha an "IIIIIII'") there it was.  It was like gazing upon the Holy Grail.  I reached up on my tiptoes and I pulled that big yellow box down.  There couldn't have been more than two of them. I looked at that figure - which was really nothing more than the Han Solo 12 inch with a new jacket and it was like manna from heaven.

: : But then my dad, who was wandering the store, found these Universal Monsters 8 inch figures on sale.  As he figured, I could get ALL four (Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman and the Mummy) for the price of that Indy figure.  Why get one figure when I could have four?  With both Christmas and my birthday over, he started making a lot of sense.  So I put the Indiana Jones figure of my dreams back on that shelf.  (Okay, actually on the one below it.  It was hard enough getting that thing down the first time.)  And I regretted that day for the REST OF MY LIFE.  Damn, I shoulda bought that figure.  Little did I know that my dad was as big a Mummy freak as I am an Indy freak and probably just wanted to take it out and play with it.

: : Recently, I saw one of the Indy guys MIB at a comic book convention for about a hundred bucks.  I just started working, so I had a nice big paycheck burning a hole in my back pocket - but I didn't buy it.  This time though, I didn't buy it because I'm 23 years old and I realize that figure looks like dog shit.   It doesn't even look like ol' Harry Ford!  Not to mention that lampshade fedora!

: : And now here we are.  A new Indy figure has sprung up.  I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't going to click back to that link at least fifty more times tonight.... but THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!!??????!!!!!  Dear God, fellow IndyFans - I could buy a DVD player for that much!  A new TV...  Car stereo... Pay off some of my student loans...  $350 bucks.  Somebody please... talk me into buying this thing.  Convince me that it's worth it.  Convince me I wouldn't be insane to spend that much on an action figure.  And if you do convince me, whatever the cost - DO NOT TELL MY GIRLFRIEND HOW MUCH IT COST!!!  Dammit.  Three hundred and fifty bucks.  Life ain't fair....

: : - Dietrich

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